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kids can travel
I just checked out the Trexcafe but the only restaurant is in Kansas. I'm not opposed to adding a more commercial component to the trip but it will need to be a bit closer to a dig site. I'll keep it in mind for future travel.
The owner of Rainforest Cafe bought the T-Rex Cafe and is building another one in Downtown Disney in Orlando Florida. The resaurant will include some incredible props, seat 800 people, and cost $25 million to build.
The restaurant is expected to open in early 2008.
"Landry's paid Schussler $7.6 million for 80 percent of the rights to T-Rex and another Asian concept, with an option to purchase the remaining 20 percent for up to $35 million more, if the chain turns $20 million in total profit. The deal allows Schussler to
build eight T-Rex locations domestically and nine more outside the United States."
"Several different themed dining areas, one of which will feature a live shark tank as its centerpiece, connect with seven activity areas. Each space is filled with a junglelike environment, populated with more than a dozen dinosaurs, plus waterfalls and geysers."
"Unique to Orlando will be the Ice Room, a 20-degree vodka bar with a robotic bartender, working side-by-side with a human counterpart preparing drinks."
"Among the unusual retail components is a licensing agreement with Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. to develop Build-A-Dino, complete with components for eight dinosaur figures."