{"id":6921,"date":"2014-01-20T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2019-06-25T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T22:28:58","slug":"i-believe-that-dinosaur-world-is-the-only-place-where-a-boy-like-me-can-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/i-believe-that-dinosaur-world-is-the-only-place-where-a-boy-like-me-can-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"I believe that Dinosaur World is the only place where a boy like me can be happy."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 One of the things we wanted to see outside of the immediate Orlando area was Dinosaur World, which is essentially Florida’s Jurassic Park, except a few expenses were spared and all of the dinosaurs were frozen in place. When we arrived, I realized my description required a correction: all of the dinosaurs were frozen in place with incredibly stupid expressions on their faces. We were the only people in the parking lot, aside from a police cruiser which had also just arrived. The officers were laughing and taking each other’s photos in front of the Triceratops out front, and we offered to take their photo together. In turn, they offered to take ours, and what follows is what I hope is the only photo a police officer ever takes of me. \"IMG_1178\"<\/a> The officers had to go back out on patrol, so Jason and I had the run of the park, which would have been more exciting if it wasn’t absolutely sweltering out. It’s hard to get up to shenanigans when your vital organs are shutting down out of self defense.\u00a0 I think the biggest trouble we stirred up was not following the correct route through the park (We tried, but with all of the branches and twists and turns, we ended up going the wrong direction at some point and just ignored the “STOP! WRONG WAY!” signs. Traffic flow is really more of an issue when there’s actually traffic.) and Jason picked a dinosaur’s nose. \"IMG_2279\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 Thankfully, the park was thoughtful about providing refreshments to their parched visitors.<\/p>\n