Coming to an arena near you: Dinosaurs

Are you brave enough to share an evening in the forest with a bunch of life-size dinosaurs with 6-inch teeth? How about spending time with a walking, growling 45-foot tall, 75-foot long Brachiosaurus that seems to be looking around for its next meal?

"Walking With Dinosaurs," opens it's North American tour on July 11 in Tacoma. The show is based on the BBC Television series. The story, which spans 200 years from Triassic to the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It features 10 species with 15 life-size dinosaurs including a mother Tyrannosaurus Rex and her baby. This is a huge show. It can only play to two-thirds of the seating at typical American arenas. The Tacoma Dome, for example, will seat 8,000 for 8 shows. They are calling the show a live experience, and it even has a script like "Indiana Jones". The dinosaurs (and their keepers) can react to the emotions of the crowd. (zooming over to growl at noisy teenagers) The kids are sure to love this. If it doesn't scare them to death having such huge dinosaurs. It's a great idea. I picture it touring the country like a 21st century circus.