I've been dying to go to this since I moved here in mid-2010, and so finally went this past Saturday night. I'm a lady who LOVES lights at night, but add in that the lights take shapes of various zoo animals?!? Even more enticing...
I did buy a ticket online (which saved me $2), so I didn't have to stand in any sort of line. I parked in the Main Lot which was free but my friend told me (she got there 45 min before me) the Main Lot was full and had to park in lot on VanBuren, which sorta sucked. Hmmm... guess there are advantages to being late for everything... It would be great if they offered the VanBuren lot folks some sort of shuttle which circles at certain intervals - especially when it's winter time.
I wasn't prepared for the UTTER wonderland of lights ahead of me. Really. It was sooo spectacular and awesome. My ADD went into overdrive and I was darting my head every which direction that I couldn't walk a straight line. The entire walk took us less than 2 hrs, but we had children and elderly person with us also. Plus took a ton of photos.
Be sure to visit the camels!! I didn't realize how cute their faces are! They remind me of llamas - such characters. Think they were sleepy as one camel was plopped down resting and one kept yawning.
Zoolights does have a pretty elaborate food court offering various options, but I didn't stop to check types or even prices.
I was so impressed, I would consider making this an annual event as tradition.