LAist: Road Trip: San Diego Zoo

condiment

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:35:00 -0800

LAist, we love you and everything, but this is the Los Angeles equivalent of that British guy Tina Brown once brought in to do Talk of the Town commissioning that piece on the tree at Rockefeller Center. Koala bites man? Bring it on. Koala looks cute on eucalyptus branch? Yawn....

Felix

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:04:17 -0800

Wife and I headed down to the SD Zoo for a nice weekend day trip. First, just finding it takes 2 people watching out for the small signs. Parking is crap. The disign of the lot makes it so if you get there any time after dawn, you walk a half mile. Next was the lines. It's just insane that people will stand in line with their shreiking, spitting little horrors, doing not-a-damn-thing but then comepletly shuit down when they get to the window. Its like they found an alien object. What, money? Oh, let me dig into my giant sack of crap to find my wallet that I didnt bother looking for in the hour I stood here with my thumb in my ass. The people in front of me, 4 of them in a group took no less than 20 minutes to understand that a weekday pass isnt good on sunday. The tickets are stupid expensive. I know these exotic animals need good grub but this is insane. The only food inside is unhealthy crap. The Churro I bought was tepid and raw in the middle. The whole place was wall to wall screaming kids who beat on the cage / glass of every animal they found. When the beating didnt work, they screamed or threw whatever they had in their grimy hands. People that work there cant make more than min wage as they were all 17 and had shit attitudes. THe signs were crap and the whole layout is stupid and makes you hike like a friggin sherpa. The SD Zoo sucks out loud. Its a complete waste of time unless you live down the street and have a few hundred to drop. The hippo was kinda cool. Still not worth it. Save your money and drive to Santa Barbara for the day and eat lunch at Brophys. Keep your brats at home.

Jen

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:13:24 -0800

I know, John, and I've amended the situation. As for the L.A. Zoo, I didn't have enough time to visit - no pandas, then no Jen. But really, Rick Fox should have been going to the L.A. Zoo. Shouldn't he represent? Unless Ford was appealing to some San Diego area dealers.

Will Campbell

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 10:39:03 -0800

This post illicits the same sigh as the Ford commercials last year in which then-Laker Rick Fox piles his now defunct family into an Explorer and heads down to the San Diego Zoo for the day. Kudos and props to the awesome SD Zoo for sure, but it was disappointing that Ford and the L.A.-based Fox couldn't drive a little love to the oft-overlooked L.A. Zoo instead. Es tu, LAist?

John Rambow

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:14:39 -0800

Someone's gotta ask it: Where are the panda shots?!?

Phil

Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:45:34 -0800

That's awesome! I love the San Diego Zoo. Best zoo in America.