[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I agree. It's really run down and in need of a total restoration. When we went in there were only two food concessions and one had a line out the door. I wanted to leave right then and there but we soldiered on. We had the world's worst pizza and headed over to see the animals on Reid Island. Again the place was dirty and run down. A lot of animal enclosures were empty and some of the animals looked sick. There were a ton of alligators. We sat for a "show" and it was boring.
IT WASN'T ALL BAD HOWEVER.
The glass bottom boat ride was fascinating. I really enjoyed it and found out that the television Program Sea Hunt and several movies had been filmed there. Looking down into the natural springs was awe inspiring.
After that we had an ice cream at a run down little building and headed over to the other side of the park where the animals are.We fed the giraffe but my wife felt sorry for him because he was all alone. The bears put on a nice little show and we took the safari ride which was OK. Found out that the Tarzan movies were filmed there. We headed back over to the island hoping to see some of the big cats that were advertised but not there the first time and we did see three or four of them hanging around in really crappy enclosures. Again one of them looked very sick and was vomiting. Maybe it was just hairballs.
We then took a river cruise which was interesting as we learned a bit about the history of the area.
Overall it was an OK day. It really is too bad to see how run down the place it, but it has a lot of potential. On the upside it's really inexpensive. I think it was about $35.00 for both of us with our Florida resident discount. Just show your driver's license.
I wouldn't say not to go, but once is probably enough for me. I don't think I'll be going back unless we have visitors from up north that are interested.