Deal of the Week: Penguin Days at the Dallas Zoo, with $5 admission for everyone

By Joy Tipping/Staff Writer

December 27, 2012

Lydia Schultz, 2, watches one of the African penguins at the Dallas Zoo. Lydia was visiting the zoo with her family while on a trip from Nebraska. (PHOTO: Brad Loper/Staff Photographer)

The temperatures are dropping, and so are the prices at the Dallas Zoo. The zoo’s bringing its admission price down to $5 per person for everyone age 3 and up (yes, it’s still free for 2 and younger) from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28. As we see it, that gives you more money to feed the lorikeets (for $1) and the giraffes ($5). You may want to consider taking DART to the zoo; at $8 to park your car, your vehicle is a more expensive date than you are. The $5 admission special runs from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 650 S. R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas. (Regular admission is $12 for adults, $9 for children and seniors.) 469-554-7500. dallaszoo.com. — Nancy Churnin


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