Alan Grant

Review of Central Florida Zoo and Botani...

Tourist trap disguised as a dysfunctional zoo cram...

Tourist trap disguised as a dysfunctional zoo crammed into a space the size of a shopping center and is stuck in the year 1990. Claims to preserve & protect the animals but gives them the space, diet & freedom you've come to expect from SeaWorld. Professional and underpaid staff, braindead management. Giraffe exhibit is a carnie show with two giraffes and an unwelcome design. Stench of food littered before you were born, an amalgamation of sweat from trash of all cultures, and disgusting "craft" beer that might as well be Listerine soaked into the rotting wood that lines the entire zoo and creaks more than the sun-powered baby barbecue put on show by the careless parents that hoard the aging exhibits. Even the "brand new" bear exhibit has paths carved into the exhibit from how much they pace in one spot. All that I can say is that the selection of animals isn't bad and the shows are alright.