That would be foolish, since I have not yet been there. HOWEVER - People, please! I'm not "judging the zoo by it's web site," nor am I condemning them out of hand. More specifically, the argument "in today's market, you have to offer more." I'm not entirely convinced that's true, based on my own travels. So at the end of the day the water park and the golf course - no matter how "Disneyfied" they are - are aiding the main purpose of a zoo. Both attractions are supporting and promoting conservation and education which is the main purpose of a zoo. They have raised thousands and thousands of dollars that will help the zoo and our conservation projects and their profits have made us financially stable. But both attractions have helped promote the zoo, conservation and education. You have to see the zoo in person to make such judgments.Īnd being perfectly honest - I didnt like the water park or golf course at first either. Personally I dont like the Bronx Zoo's website but their zoo is one of the best in the nation. Just like at DAK visitors should be able to wake up to an African Savannah!Ĥ) I dont really like our website either but judging a zoo by it's website is ignorant. We can only build things so many things so fast.ģ) Arizona Docent - The hotel will most likely be built next to African Savannah and will have a Savannah theme. We already have the money for the hotel and three of our five construction projects (Polar Frontier, Animal Encounters, and African Savannah). We DID NOT divert any funds to build the water park or golf course - we had had that money for years. We have plenty and still have room to acquire more.Ģ) Even in these "tough economic times" we are probably one of the most financially stable zoos in the US. I'll reserve final judgment until I actually see the place (if I'm up that way), but I will say the first impression was not a good one.īruce "Where's my anti-nausea pills?" Laneġ) We have over two hundred acres of non developed land. Neither is appropriate nor necessary, in my mind, for a zoo setting.
I would hope the zoo itself is considerably better organized and visitor-friendly, though the fact that they obviously diverted financial resources towards a water park and golf course bothers me. While not a problem in and of itself, the very first impression I came away from the site with was "Sea World Wannabe," and Hannah's obvious influence serves only to back that up. I was puzzled by how difficult site navigation was at first, and then I saw that this is (apparently) the home zoo of Jack Hannah.
About as user-unfriendly as I've ever seen, and I doubt it comes anywhere close to meeting even the slightest of ADA guidelines for vision impaired visitors! FLASH animations everywhere (in fact, the site won't even come up without it - bad design!), and I found the way they designed the 'Animals' index to be dizzying at best. It does not store any personal data.Eeegads. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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