Twycross Zoo Twycross Zoo News 2018

Popped in on Boxing Day for a couple of hours quiet day and nice weather for December the new fencing as you enter by the monkey house and around the orangutans apeares to be perminate to direct the public up to the bongos before you can get over towards gibbon forest to create a sort of one way system exiting by the snow leopards viewing window. Good idea if you have the kids with you as they aren't presented with the new play area as you enter the zoo behind the monkey house and you wonder why you just payed £80 to see the animals when a trip to the park would have done the trick. The new tiger enclosure area is all boarded up around the perimeter and takes up a massive chunk of land in the area, good times comeing sone though that is all they have appeared to do so far on this before the Christmas break as you can still see the fencing of the old enclosure over the boarding. The rest of the zoo seams to be nice and tide with winter matenence going on, enclosures cleared of over growth and painting up ect taking place all over the site for next season.
 
J C said:
Just moving over from the marwell tread a bit of chat about the lego displays at twycross and sone to be marwell was wondering if any body else has seen them and there opinion. I personally think they are an interesting addition and discreet in the zoo whist adding to a visits appeal with out distracting from the collection. Unlike some other collection like black pools dinosaurs which must have cost a fortune and takes up so much space in the grounds for fiberglass and plastic. Plus they are only there for the winter and will probably help the zoos admittance through the cold months, does any body know what the deal is with these traveling exhibits, does the zoo pay have them or are they on gate / merchandise commissions.
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I have no idea what is happening in terms of paying or being paid, it is really difficult to work out.
My first thought was that they were built by/for the park 'unofficially' as they are billed as 'brick safari' on site. I only saw confirmation that they are actually LEGO on one poster in the entrance/exit building, but there is no LEGO on sale in the shop which was a surprise.
 
J C said:
Popped in on Boxing Day for a couple of hours quiet day and nice weather for December the new fencing as you enter by the monkey house and around the orangutans apeares to be perminate to direct the public up to the bongos.
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Since when did Twycross have Bongo?
 
J C said:
up to the bongos
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Nyala possibly? ;)

J C said:
Good idea if you have the kids with you as they aren't presented with the new play area as you enter the zoo behind the monkey house and you wonder why you just payed £80 to see the animals when a trip to the park would have done the trick.
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As a parent all I can say is well done Twycross, play areas at the start of a zoo visit are a nightmare! :p
 
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