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1300 Fulton Street West, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504, United States
Get directionsWas fun ! But cost to much to bring a family there :(
We went yesterday. Yes I know it is "off" season BUT half of the zoo is under construction and the parts that were open you were lucky to see an animal. I feel that the "discount price" should be a little more discounted at this time of year. $16 for me and my son was not what I call a discount for what was available.
Went to the zoo boo weekend one. Overall I've always liked this zoo but for the Halloween events, I'd stick with the Detroit zoo. Half of the treat and activity stations were empty still early in the afternoon and the staff running the stations at times seemed very un engaged, with one station actauallu having the gal running it on her phone the whole time. One suggestion would be to sell timed ticket entries to avoid the massive entry line (one thing the Detroit zoo does). The benefit is to see many of the animals out si... read more
This is the most boring zoo I've ever been to. We went for boo at the zoo, most animals weren't even out or had a sign saying it was too cold for them. The kids only got maybe 10 pieces of candy and were so disappointed to not even see any animals. Don't even bother going its gone down hill the last few years.
It was not very exciting the kids were even a little bored. The one plus is i got a lot of walking in on all of those empty trails. I hope that the zoo improves in the feature.
John Ball Zoo has a 4.6 star rating with 13,532 reviews.
John Ball Zoo is temporarily closed. It will reopen on Mar 20th, 2026.