Jurassic Parties

I had Jurassic Parties come out for my son’s birthday. They were a big hit! They arrived on time and took their time demonstrating the animals and letting the kids interact with them, everyone got a turn. The staff is patient and well prepared for interacting with young inquisitive children. Both adults and kids were entertained and educated. It was a great experience!

This place is a good hidden spot. If your kids like reptiles they will love it. Some of the animals are very active and cool to look at. Friendly staff very patient with kids.
My only complaint they need to dust. There’s cob webs every where. Dust everywhere.

Jurassic Parties came to our home on 2÷24÷16 for my sons 6^th birthday party. We did this in our backyard on a very hot 83 degree day in February and had to figure out additional shade using sheets and hang from our slated overhang. (The reptiles should not be in direct sunlight). The age of the 15 party guests ranged in age from 4 to 11 years old. He arrived 10 minutes before their scheduled presentation time to set up. Many of my party guests were late so we started 5 minutes or so later than expected. However, the presenter was ok with that. He was extremely knowledgeable and very good with the kids. We only had 10 reptiles during our presentation, BUT it would have gone too long if there were more (70 minutes already!). The younger party guests would have started to get restless if it went much longer. The presenter stayed after to answer questions and every single person left with a smile. All parents texted me later saying this was one of the best birthday parties they have been to in a long time. Many are used to going to indoor trampoline parks and bounce house parties and this was a nice change. This party cost was also CHEAPER than those places! This place was an A+ in my book.

We had my son’s 5^th Birthday party here at Reptile zoo on Saturday. Everyone was happy and enjoyed the zoo and the private presentation. Yes, not only kids, but also adults liked it very much. My son and his guests had a chance to hold snakes, tortoises, to pet tegu and other reptiles. All kids gathered to hold a giant python in the end of the presentation. Finally we fed turtles and tortoises. Unforgettable memories. Our presenter was Ellen, and she did a great job answering hundreds of why/​what/​when questions from my son and other kids. I highly recommend this place, especially for Birthday parties. By the way you get a private room for 2 hours for your guests and 1 hour presentation on a separate room when you book a Birthday party package. Averall, this place is a must see, if you have a little one who is into reptiles. I am sure will be returning to this place again and again as my son grows.

I hired Jurassic Parties for my son’s 3^rd birthday party. They came to our club house… and were the hit of the party! The girl brought lots of animals and the kids enjoyed learning about each one and touching them. It was money well spent!

They were on time, great with kids, they had a blast. It was perfect for our large party and well within our budget. I recommend it for any party girl or boy!

Had them come to our house with the reptiles for my son’s 5y birthday party. It was great! Super easy to book, very professional, and the kids and adults both loved it. Would definitely recommend.

My daughter absolutely loved her party. We surprised her and the guy was so nice to play along with the surprise. Professional, knowledgable, and great with the kids! It was a great experience, we would do it again in a heartbeat. Thanks for a great party for my animal obsessed kiddo. All of the animals were a hit!

Brisa’s 6^th birthday was so much fun! She wore her safari vest and hat, and she was incredibly excited to assist Dan with the animals. So, here are some of the reasons that the birthday party rocked and it makes sense to throw a party here:
1. The staff responds and reacts appropriately to kids of all ages, from toddlers to older kids.
2. The party includes an educational show, where everyone gets to interact with the animals.
3. Costs about the same to throw a bday party at home, but there’s no clean up afterward!
4. There are soooo many animals to observe and feed.
5. It is actually a SUPER memorable experience for the birthday kid and the guests. So far, this has been my favorite birthday party.
ONE (or two) gripe/s…They need A/​C in the party rooms and they need larger rooms to accommodate large groups.

Excellent presentation! The presenter kept 3 and 4 year old children engaged for the entire presentation. My son had a wonderful birthday party!

We had them come out for my 5 year old’s Billy the exterminator birthday last year. The staff was great, the trainer real knowledgeable, we had a great time. Would definitely use them again.

Recently had Lauren out from Jurassic Parties. She was an amazing, educated and animal loving host! Our residents here at the Irvine Company loved the presentation and loved being able to touch the giant snake! Class act company who really goes the extra mile!

We had a wonderful experience! So much fun & so educational. We can not wait to go back!

We had Jurassic Parties come to our home for our 11-yr-old’s birthday party. We had been to some parties at their store — but those were all for very young kids, so I wasn’t sure how successful it would be for older kids. The reptiles were a BIG hit. The reptile handler, Ellen, was excellent with the kids — very friendly, personable, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. She brought a wide variety of critters, including my personal un-​favorite, the tarantula:) You really can see a lot of animals in an hour. We had 11 kids there, which was a great number — everyone could get up close and personal with each animal.

Had Jurassic Parties come to my son & daughters (4 & 6) combined birthday party this last weekend. It was absolutely amazing, way more than I expected.
We had the party at a local park and it was perfect. The rep (Craig) was awesome, got to the park on time and set up really quick. He was amazing with the kids, very patient and took time to explain fun facts about each animal and made sure all the kids that wanted to got to touch each animal. There were about 30 kids so it was a pretty good size group and Craig was great with everyone.
The animals that he brought were great, various size snakes, turtles, lizards, giant bullfrog, tarantula, a huge kimono dragon, and an even larger albino python at the end… The dragon and python were so incredible to see and touch up close… I think most of the parents came over for those too!
I would defenitely recommend if your little ones love to see and touch reptiles… my kids loved it and worked out great for the party.

We had my sons bday party here this past weekend… I’ll start with the no so good first.
There was a minor issue with our room «Congo» when I arrived. There was only 4 tables in the room when I was told there would be 5. I know no big deal, but I had 40 ppl RSVP and I was a little worried. Luckily the staff was great and they brought in another table for us to use. Problem solved :). THANKS!
One other concern, only because I’m BIG on Customer Service that I’m making a comment on this. When our party was over we allowed the kids to feed the turtles in the from of the store. A man came walking up to the counter asking to speak with the manager. The blonde behind the counter quickly responded with «Well I’m not it» and ignored him. He proceeded to tell her that one of the their employees was standing right outside the door smoking as quest were walking in. I don’t blame the guy, I would have been bothered if that happened with me & my family as well. She had no comment for him and just stood there, she really didn’t care. However, there was a man standing behind her, on the other side of the counter, that responded saying he agreed and would address it. My concern is, why have someone with such a terrible attitude working for you when there are SO many people out there looking for work that would be more then happy to serve you with a smile. Lady personally, if you don’t like your job why work there. Not to mention, is this the type of people who care for your animals there? If she treats customers like she did I can imagine how she must treat the animals.
Overall, the presentation was awesome! Mandy & her assistant were great with the kids and super friendly. I must say everyone in our party had a good time and because of the great service we had I would probably have another party here.

We had Jurassic Parties come to our house for our son’s 5^th birthday party. We had about 15 kids ranging from 2 to 6.
The Jurassic Parties person was a few minutes later than she was supposed to be, but she was able to get set up quickly. She spent a little over an hour with the kids showing them snakes, lizards, a tortoise, a scorpion, and a tarantula. The animals were all very interesting and tame. The keeper was very patient and helpful with the kids. She really encoraged them to touch and interact with the animals.
My only problems was that the promotional material says they will bring 12 — 14 animals and spend about 1.5 hours presenting. We got 10 animals and just over 1 hour presentation. I feel like I might not have gotten all I paid for. However, that has to be tempered by the fact that we were dealing with 5 year olds. An hour is about all they can stand before they lose interest. So, I guess it all worked out well in the end.
I would recommend Jurassic Parties to other parents who are planning a party for this age group. If you do the home party, you save about $ 100 and you don’t have to go anywhere. Using the money we would have spent to have the event at the Prehistoric Pets store to get a bounce house worked out very well for us.

I used to love this place, big fan of snakes and turtles so used to come here and just have a good time checking out the reptiles. Went today with my son and niece and they now charge you a fee to walk around! wtf? It’s a small place… so to charge just to walk around for maybe a good 15 mins is ridiculous! I mean all the reptiles are in cages, you are looking at them through glass. It’s a pet store! But yeah, no bueno!

My niece invited us here for her bday. She invited a group of friends and had an an area where you can bring in your food and cake for the celebrant. As an adult, I really enjoyed this place. They had so many gigantic as well as very small and cute animals that they brought out for the guests to touch and interact with. It was very informative as well as FUN! This place seems great for kids of all ages… look at me, I even had tons of fun.
I wonder if I should have MY birthday here too? That will certainly be different and so out of the box…

just a fun place.
The company i used to work for had an office pet, a ball python, and i believe we got him from here. I needed to come here weekly for nearly a full year to buy the lil guy some food (yes, feeder rats)
everytime i came in, the clerks were always really nice and helpful. Maybe because i was a frequent customer, after awhile, i was given priority over other customers who were either just browsing or had questions. Never forgot the day I came in and the clerk stopped helping another guy to help me. Yeah, sucks for the other guy but they certainly know the value of a loyal customer.
The store in general is like a wonderland of reptiles. If you’re in to exotic pets you could easily lose yourself for an hour or more here. They got different species of snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, etc… Only con is that they’re expensive to buy and care for so if you take a kid here, you might have to beat the idea of taking one home out of him-​not that i’ve had to do that…
One cool feature is the turtle pond. You can feed em for some change and just watch em swim and, um, make up funny captions for them to say in your head.
Ok funny story: one time i did take my nephew and in the dry tortoise pen, the male mounted the female and well, they copulated in front of kids. i still have the pic on my camera phone. classic.
SO really, Jurassic parties is a great little store, they have exotic animals, the staff is frendly and knowledgeable, the turtles are horny… what more can you want?