Peter and Lisa Noah have created an adventurous experience at the Clark County Fair, asking fearless people of all ages to join in a noble cause to rescue a baby dragon
Paul Valencia
Clark County Today
The Dragon Rescue Society is on the lookout for some heroes at the Clark County Fair.
Do you want to rescue a baby dragon today?
That’s the pitch for a new vendor/attraction at the fair. How new? Well, it debuted Friday on opening day at the fair, from the creative minds of Peter and Lisa Noah of Vancouver. (Lisa gives Peter all the credit for the idea. Lisa, though, is up for long hours putting the finishing touches on the experience.)
Here’s the premise:
“Our little baby dragons have lost their heart stones. We have a few intrepid dragon heroes here at the fair. We have a bag of ancient sands that you take to our magical waters,” Peter Noah explained. “You separate the ancient sands from the treasure and the heart stone. You take that over to our nursery. You choose a dragon egg. You reunite the dragon with the heart stone and the treasure. That way, it becomes healthy again.”
Those brave enough to rescue a dragon get to bring the baby dragon home, along with the heart stone, treasures, the egg, and more.
The treasure rocks, legend says, are for energy, to make the dragon stronger. But they also help the hero.
“If you rescue a dragon, it will rescue you,” Peter said.
This is more than a stuffed, toy dragon. This is an experience.
“The parents who come in with their kids enjoy it as much as the kids,” Lisa said. “They love the story that goes with it. We have heard so many parents say, ‘This is cool.’”
This past weekend, they saw one mother and daughter rescue a dragon, then they went on their way to visit other places at the fair. They returned to rescue another dragon. A while later, they came back to rescue a third dragon.
“I got a hug from a girl who said thank you,” Peter said.
“It is so satisfying,” Lisa said. “We keep hearing, ‘We love this.’ The comments … you live for the comments. The comments are what we’re proud of because that says we did this the right way.”
One can rescue a baby dragon on the midway at the fairgrounds, across the way and near the Pirate’s Parrot Show and the All Creatures Barnyard Races.
If you recall where Butterfly Adventures was located in recent years, you know the area.
Oh yes, Peter and Lisa also run Butterfly Adventures. That attraction is not at the fair this year, but it might return in a future year.
Peter noted that he wanted to try something new, and a little bit easier to set up than the butterfly holding area.
Not that the dragon rescue was easy to make.
The set includes posters of dragons, and banners with quotes. Plus there are the magical water ways that are built for rescuers to sift through to find the treasures and the heart stone in each bag of “ancient sand.” Think of it like a prospector searching for gold.
Peter built it all … all except for Sebastian. The animatronic-like dragon was a bit above Peter’s expertise. Sebastian is a big draw, too.
“He wakes up, and he scares people, and it’s fun,” Peter said.
There are three levels of the hero experience, at three different prices.
The Rescue Ranger gets the experience of sifting for the heart stone and treasures, then goes to the nursery to pick a small egg. The ranger gets to keep the egg, dragon, and stones.
The Wizard level gets all of those things, as well as an amulet that predicts the future for the hero. And a bigger egg and dragon.
And the Royal Bundle gets all of those, the biggest egg and dragon, plus two luck stones “because everybody needs a little bit of luck,” Peter said.
The draw, here, is the story. It is not just another stuffed animal.
One impressed parent told the Noahs: “We could buy that, but there is no memory. With this, there is a memory.”
Magic, right?
“That’s the word,” Lisa said.
“They love that we are not just selling merchandise. There is an experience that goes with it,” she said.
“The parents and the kids get to do something together,” Peter said. “It’s a shared experience for the people. That’s what we want. We want to give them an experience that makes a memory.”
The Rescue a Baby Dragon experience will be open every day through the fair’s run.
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