this place is constantly upgrading its experience....

this place is constantly upgrading its experience. its great revisiting yearly and seeing the improvements.

their aquarium is the best in phoenix. they have several buildings housing different themes of aquariums. and then you forget on top of all that they still have an actual Zoo. The Reptile world is a pretty cool exhibit they recently upgraded that was a great addition. The other exhibits offer awesome views that you won't get at some of the other local zoo's, but also makes me wonder how long they can continue to do that before someone or some people will ruin that experience for the rest of us.

they offer several rides as well. log ride which seems to be too expensive, a ski lift that takes you over the omnivores (plant eating animals), and a train ride that's pretty cool. they also offer a boat ride that probably needs the most help. its almost a sad experience and should just be offered free since it really shows you nothing.

the petting/feeding area might not be for small kids. the deer and goats go wild at the sight of food. parents hold your kids and tuck away anything they can nibble.

the feeding area for the giraffe's is amazing and cheap. whereas other zoo's charge you a lot you can feed these guys for less than a buck and get great photo ops.

some might argue about the price of this place, but considering the zoo+aquarium combo its really a great price. perhaps they could split the cost? they do have a fence that separates the zoo from aquarium so i suppose in the future they could just separate them.