Overall it's an exciting place for my young childr...

Overall it's an exciting place for my young children. However, it is expensive ... Making the annual pass a good value of you come a lot. Otherwise, the main portion of the zoo is free on Wednesdays. I do appreciate that they are trying to expand the activities for kids by adding the nature trek section ... but otherwise certain special add ons are not worth it if you don't have the annual membership where it's all included. I've never found the tram to be exciting. And the fact that if didn't have the annual membership, i would have to pay extra just to see certain animals ... annoys me as it's an obvious money grab. But i guess all the money supports the zoo, so i don't mind paying for their overpriced food. But bring your own if you want to save, since they don't check bags.