Editor note: Please credit photographer
Dennis Conner.
What:
Tickets
are now on sale for Woodland Park Zoo’s
Pumpkin Prowl presented by Bartell Drugs. Celebrate Halloween
at the zoo this year
for spooktacular trick-or-treating, glowing pumpkins and fun-filled
activities for the entire family. Trick-or-treaters are encouraged
to wear costumes!
When:
Three howling nights –
Friday and Saturday, October 27, 28: 5:00-7:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 29: 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Where:
Woodland Park Zoo’s Family Farm, “Bug” World
exhibit, Beech Grove, South Entrance Plaza, African Village, Zoomazium,
Rain Forest Food Pavilion and Education Center at N. 50th St. & Fremont
Ave. N. |
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Cost:
Advance tickets can be purchased at all Bartell Drugs locations and at Woodland
Park Zoo’s South Entrance during zoo hours. Ticket prices are: $9 adults;
$7 children 17 and under; free for children 2 and under. There is a $2 discount
if tickets are purchased at Bartell Drugs. This is an after-hours fundraiser
so regular zoo membership privileges do not apply.
Rain
or shine event. No ticket refunds.
Other:
Free parking is available at all zoo lots. Free shuttles to the South Entrance
at N. 50th St. & Fremont Ave. N. will be provided from the zoo’s
North Entrance off N. 59th St. & Phinney Ave. N. and West Entrance at
N. 55th St. & Phinney Ave. N. Note: Please do not bring flashlights,
your own carved pumpkins, balls, balloons, Frisbees, toy guns or other toy
weapons. Snacks and hot beverages will be available for purchase outside
the South Entrance Plaza and in the Rain Forest Food Pavilion.
Info:
For more
information, visit www.zoo.org or call the zoo’s
events hotline at 206.615.0076.
Accredited
by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, award-winning Woodland
Park Zoo is famed for pioneering naturalistic exhibits and setting
a standard for zoos all over the world. With conservation, education
and excellent animal care at the core of the zoo’s mission,
the zoo is helping to save endangered species in Washington state
and around the world including tree kangaroos, snow leopards, red-crowned
cranes, African wild dogs, western pond turtles and Oregon silverspot
butterflies. By inspiring visitors and others to care and act, Woodland
Park Zoo is making a difference in our planet’s future.
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