Meet Our Dinos & F.A.Q.

Great question!  We are located in Hampton Roads, Virginia and service Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Southampton, Surry, and York County.  We also service areas outside of Hampton Roads (including, but not limited to) Richmond and it’s surrounding cities.

If you live further outside of these areas, please contact us so we can discuss the possibility of us traveling to your event.

Our dinosaurs are as real as you want them to be.  BUT…as realistic as our dinosaurs look, sound, and move –  they’re missing a few key features that any true prehistoric predator would have sported. For starters, where are those tiny, useless feathers that paleontologists tell us adorned even the mightiest T-Rex? And let’s not even talk about the lack of authentic dino odor – no amount of rubber and latex can truly capture that 67-million-year-old musk. Also, a real dinosaur wouldn’t be slowed down by the occasional bathroom break or the need to hydrate between photo-ops. So while our dinos may roar and thrash convincingly, I think we can all agree the lack of terrifying primal instincts and not eating every human in sight, gives away the fact that our dinos may not be as real as some may want them to be.

Our dinosaurs measure up to 7 feet tall and 12 feet long, and yes, they do make dinosaur sounds. So we kindly ask that you make sure our dinos will have plenty of room to be able to move around freely.  For smaller, more easily frightened children, we ask our performers to not trigger the dino roars when in close proximity to the child.

Our performers are very aware that children may be afraid of our dinosaurs given their realistic appearance, size, & sound. However, our dinosaurs never intentionally attempt to frighten anyone (or pursue anyone who appears frightened).  If our dinosaur handlers notice a child getting a little too scared, the handler will inform our performer to slowly back away and to assume a submissive pose (dinos head down, eyes averted, and lowered body posture) so that the child/children can approach the dino at their own pace and see that the dino is their friend, not an enemy.  But, at no point will our handlers inform the audience that the dinosaurs are not real, as to retain the integrity and “magic” of the events performance. 

If asked if the dinosaurs are real, our handlers will respond, “They are as real as you want them to be.”

As you can imagine, it gets pretty hot inside our dinosaur costumes. Our dinosaurs are so advanced that they use animatronics, which require computers, computer screens, motors, and other electronics which all heat up pretty fast. Combine that with the body temperature of our performers, and you have yourself one Jurassic oven! Even with multiple air vents and fans to protect our performers, temperatures can easily reach over 102° inside the dinos, even in winter months. Because of the aforementioned, we are extremely strict with our limit of 30 minute performance sessions.

Yes, with some exceptions. If you would like to hire our dino(s) to perform for longer than 30 minutes, you would need to book multiple sessions (at a multi-session discount) but there must be a resting period of 30 minutes between each performance so that our performer(s) may cool down.

As fun as that may sound, this is unfortunately not possible. Due to the extreme array of liability issues that can manifest inside our dino costumes, we cannot let anyone but our trained staff operate our dinos. Plus, you don’t want to break it, these things are EXPENSIVE!

At this time, we do not have a location set up where you can come to us. 

Yes, a 50% deposit is required to book a date. The other 50% is due 5 days before the event. The reservation deposit is applied to the total entertainment cost.

We gladly accept company checks, debit and credit cards.

Ugh… Life happens and we completely understand.  That’s why at Dinos on Demand we’ll do our very best to work around any unexpected schedule changes you may have surrounding your party or event.  Unfortunately, deposits are non‐refundable; however, they are transferable based on availability. Meaning, we will work with you to try and reschedule your Dino arrival at a more convenient time. 

In the unfortunate event of inclement weather on the day of the performance, we be forced to reschedule your event.  Our dinosaurs do not do well in the rain as they are filled with automation electronics  and open airways for cooling purposes.  This allows for rain to easily travel into our realistic dinosaur costumes causing absolute chaos.  We appreciate your understanding.