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A rain forest? I understand the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has an indoor rain forest that would knock your socks off... and SFWOA is building one, too?
(P.S. You Clevelanders out there, you know who you are. Is this true? Have you experienced it?)
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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com
(P.S. You Clevelanders out there, you know who you are. Is this true? Have you experienced it?)
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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com
Lynch: if you are asking about the rain forest at the zoo i have been there. its nice but extremely hot, and humid but alot of fun and educational. it would be a great addition for families and such.
About everything else most of those plans are just rumors w/ very good chances of happening, since Gary Story said all of them. nothing is really official till it gets built.
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Don't mess with the X in 01
About everything else most of those plans are just rumors w/ very good chances of happening, since Gary Story said all of them. nothing is really official till it gets built.
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Don't mess with the X in 01
Lynch, The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo does indeed have an indoor rain forest however when I visited in '98 it did not knock my socks off, not even close. The extra admission to get in (in addition to the zoo's admission) and odd location really didn't work to well for me. Also, that zoo is really, really weird. It was one of the worst layouts I have ever seen, like a bad RCT park!
Hopefully SFWOA will create a better experience. I'm already loving the idea of a monorail and volcano!
Hopefully SFWOA will create a better experience. I'm already loving the idea of a monorail and volcano!
I used to live a few blocks from the Cleveland Zoo. The Rainforest is indeed one of the most unique zoo attractions I've been in. Of course it's hot and humid... it is supposed to simulate a rain forest.
The thing that is most cool about it is the mix of weird plants and animals you aren't used to seeing. It's certainly not something I go to every year, but it's still very cool.
The zoo in general has undergone many changes over the last twenty years. It once had a spectacular aquarium that was destroyed in a fire. Monkey Island was one of the most unique features of its kind.
The layout is odd, but keep in mind that this is an urban zoo, only a few miles from downtown. It never had the benefit of long-range planning. Thank God for the trams that carry you about, especially to the area where the cat and primate building is up the hill!
The Africa area was a field for a very long time, but now serves as a "natural" habitat. The wolf exhibit is fairly new.
Overall, it's a pretty good facility for being owned by the local park district. I haven't been to a zoo yet that offered more variety, though I did like Portland's lush vegetation around the attractions.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
The thing that is most cool about it is the mix of weird plants and animals you aren't used to seeing. It's certainly not something I go to every year, but it's still very cool.
The zoo in general has undergone many changes over the last twenty years. It once had a spectacular aquarium that was destroyed in a fire. Monkey Island was one of the most unique features of its kind.
The layout is odd, but keep in mind that this is an urban zoo, only a few miles from downtown. It never had the benefit of long-range planning. Thank God for the trams that carry you about, especially to the area where the cat and primate building is up the hill!
The Africa area was a field for a very long time, but now serves as a "natural" habitat. The wolf exhibit is fairly new.
Overall, it's a pretty good facility for being owned by the local park district. I haven't been to a zoo yet that offered more variety, though I did like Portland's lush vegetation around the attractions.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
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