Newpark Hotel

2022 - 7 - 21

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'Jurassic Newpark' – life-sized dinosaurs check into Irish hotel's new ... (Independent.ie)

Kilkenny may be associated with cats, but locals and visitors will soon be able to meet a more exotic species: dinosaurs.

It’s strange how 40kph seems like no speed at all when you’re stuck behind a tractor on a country road... The dinosaurs were sourced in China and are made of “a foamed material and covered with a steel structure”. The four-star hotel is bringing the “prehistoric habitat” to its 25 acres of parkland from late July, with several dinosaurs including the fearsome T-Rex, as well as a Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Velociraptor. It will be free to hotel guests, with tickets otherwise costing €11pp. Children under the age of two go free, and family rates are available from €35. ‘Jurassic Newpark’ is a €250,000, interactive experience featuring life-sized, robotic dinosaurs that move and roar at the Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny City. €250,000 project will bring robotic dinosaurs and trail to the four-star Newpark Hotel

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SNEAK PEEK: A real-life Jurassic Park is opening soon in Kilkenny ... (Kilkenny People)

We've been busy harnessing dinosaur DNA from local 'black and amber' fossils to create a new dinosaur park in Ireland! “The Newpark Hotel family loves to offer ...

So far everything is going really well since they arrived on site - no raptors have escaped into the kitchen and the T-rex hasn’t swallowed any of our staff.” We’ve been busy harnessing dinosaur DNA from local ‘black and amber’ fossils to create a new dinosaur park in Ireland! Newpark Hotel is creating a safe and secure habitat for the dinosaurs and an interactive walk-through experience for visitors, which will officially open from August.

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'Jurassic Newpark' life-sized dinosaurs arrive in Kilkenny for new ... (RSVP Live)

'Jurassic Newpark' will feature an interactive walk-through experience with life-sized (robotic) dinosaurs that move and roar.

So far everything is going really well since they arrived on site - no raptors have escaped into the kitchen and the T-rex hasn’t swallowed any of our staff.” "I am delighted to announce our successful venture into paleo genetic engineering, a little skill we picked up during lockdown. ‘Jurassic Newpark’ life-sized dinosaurs arrive at Kilkenny hotel for new themed attraction

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