worst zoo ever i went their and i hated it so much omfg!

the place is very exspensive for a zoo. I have been to many better ones. It is very limited and just messy. The Orangatangs are just sad. Most the animals are not visable and the layout overlaps and makes you walk more than nessasary - I guess to make you think the place is larger? I don't know who walks around grant park but I wouldn't even in the daylight. If you hadn't read Atlanta has one of the worst crime rates of large cities- and pollution and traffic. Too bad that everyone seems to think you have to stick things down there.. if it wasn't for the zoo getting all the schools to bring down masses of kids to keep them afloat .. Overpriced and not worth it. I wonder who is writing these positive reviews? employees?

I love the Atlanta Zoo. It is in a great neighborhood and is well maintained. It has a fine selection of animals but is not so big that you get exhausted trying to see it all.

I really enjoyed the zoo. There were lots of animals but we went on Sunday afternoon and alot of the animals were asleep. The primates were by far the best animals we saw that day! The setup of the zoo gives you a good look at all of the animals but enough space for comfort. The pathways are very easy to follow but eat before you come or sneak some food in. You'll get very hungry and thirsty and a bottle of water is like $2.50. It took us about 3 hours to go through the whole zoo and it was worth every second!

I'm a college student and I love going to the Atlanta zoo. It's still fun, even at my age. The gorillas and pandas are the best. As far as those negative reviews about the pricing and size... How can you expect the zoo to have cheap admission AND expand!?! The price is decent... only a few dollars more than catching a movie! Also, it's fun to take a picnic and eat in Grant Park.

There wasn't a great selection of animals, and the animals were hard to see (poor design). They had a petting zoo and playground for little kids, but my kids (12 and 14) were not interested in that, and we saw the whole park in one hour.

Make sure you get there first thing in the morning, otherwise you'll just get to see a sleeping furry dot way off in the distance. They feed the animals in the morning then they nod off for a nice long afternoon nap. Make your way to the very end of the zoo and then make your way back to the front. The Pandas are towards the back end of the zoo.

But I expected more for the money. There are other cities Atlanta's size that have a wider variety of animals and the admission is much less. It appears that they have devoted a great deal of time, money and real estate to providing habitat's for the lowland gorilla, orangutan and panda bear at the expense of the of the rest of the animal kingdom. If you really like lowland gorilla's, orangutan's and panda bear's then you might find it a good deal.

I guess it just depends on where you're from or where you've been. Obviously the people who wrote great reviews are from really small towns in the middle of nowhere or dont get out very often. I guess to really enjoy the exibits are to know the feeding time schedules. These animals looked so bored and didnt move an inch. There were not many animals to see. I caught the gorilla at feeding time so that was cool. Everything else was horrible besides the gift shop. The flamingo's are the first exibit comiing in. They look more filthier than the piegons in NY. Nothing special about this place.

It's kind of difficult to imagine a zoo in a city like Atlanta for me, but my friend wanted to check this place out so I went along. Admission is $18 for an adult, but I noticed at the Aquarium that you can buy a combination pass for both attractions for $35 (a $7 discount) so that's worth checking out. I just wish I had noticed it before we went to the aquarium. :-) The zoo is rather small. We walked through it in a couple of hours. However, there are some really exciting exhibits here! The zoo had just been blessed with the birth of a baby panda when I went so it ws really cool to see mother and daughter playing together. Also, there were tigers, gorillas, zebras, rhinos, giraffes, elephants and so much more. A lot of the exhibits allow you to get pretty close to the animals so it's great for photos and for kids who want to get a good look. The food at the zoo is decent. I had lunch there. It's not too expensive, but the food is nothing more than what you would get at the snack bar in Wal*mart. The menu of the place I went to was things like fried chicken strips, cheeseburgers and pizza. Beware that visting Atlanta in the summer is nice and hot so wear sunscreen if you're going to visit the zoo. There is a lot of shaded areas and a couple of places to eat indoors or with tables with umbreallas so it's not unbearable. All in all, I would go again.