Jerod Osterhout

Review of Aramark at the Maryland Zoo

My family and I were on vacation and wanted to tak...

My family and I were on vacation and wanted to take our kids to the zoo, we had a rough morning driving around Baltimore. Seeing how the Zoo closes at 4 on Saturdays and we weren't going to make it there until 3 my wife called and asked what time the last admittance would be they told us 4, she then asked so if we get there at 3 will we still be able to see the animals, they told us yes. So we got there at 2:50 walked up to buy our tickets and the lady behind the desk says "well we close at 4 and all the animals will be put away in about 1/2 hour". Really they are going to put the animals away before the zoo even closes and we called and asked if we would be able to see the animals if we got there at that time! We decided to go in anyways because really where are they going to put the animals.. in a cage so they can't run free, we didn't think so. We were able to see most of the animals as we ran through making sure we could get there in time. (I wasn't about to tell our 6 year old we weren't going to the zoo after being in the car for 3 hours) As we checked out the map they provide we couldn't figure out where we were and where we were going because the map is not accurate at all! We came across the camel they were the only friendly people in the entire place! Even though it was 4:00 we asked them if they were still doing rides they told us absolutely! Then the park patrol came around trying to make us leave the zoo (we were not the only guests at the zoo) the camel people told us and the zoo patrol they were told to give rides until 4:30 so we were able to get a ride on the camel. Overall the zoo was nice and the people were rude (except the camel people).