Popcorn Park Zoo

I was somewhat Disappointed with this zoo! It’s a very small, not much parking, if there are alot of vehicles. And you can buy popcorn to feed the animals. But the issue with that are their are fences on top of another fences, so when you throw the popcorn the animals can’t get to it. So basically it’s a waste of money.
The best experience was the adoption center so many cute kittens and alot of dogs. To see and buy.
And if you need to use the restroom you need to walk out of the zoo and walk past the adoption center and you will see the restroom, unfortunately that’s the only one available.
I don’t think I would go back again. There many other zoo’s that are much bigger to see many animals…

Went there on a whim with my g/​f and it was great! Loved seeing the rescued animals and feeding them popcorn.

This zoo is too depressing. I know they rescue animals but it doesn’t look like the animals are making any improvement. The first display after the entrance was I believe a bird cage and trying to see through the cloudy plastic was impossible… This is definitely not the place to take a stroller as it was like I was off roading with the baby…

Been going to PPZ since I was a child and it only gets better in time. The workers do a fantastic job in the shelter and zoo. It is always clean. The animals are well-​fed and happy.

The animals are happy! You can feed all sorts of critters (deer, monkeys, goats, sheet, ponies, etc) — just don’t forget to buy popcorn after purchasing your tickets. Very stroller friendly.

We enjoy walking around the grounds, watching animals in local habitats. Our grandchildren love being there, feeding popcorn to certain animals (popcorn bought at the ticket booth, inexpensively). There are many different species of animals, domestic and wild. Before leaving the grounds, we walk to the clinic section… observing the animals there is fun and exciting. All the pets there are available for adoption.

They get 5 stars just for caring for these animals! Each animal has a sad story of how they came to be at the popcorn zoo but without the humane society stepping up I would not want to know what would happen to these animals. They have monkeys, Tigers, bears, deer, goats, a bull, horses… the zoo is sizable but sandy so wear closed toed shoes! Most of the animals can be fed popcorn which you can purchase at the entrance but some are hard to get in the cages and you can miss which is sad for the animals — I also felt like I was throwing it at the them which was a little sad too hit most animals looked happily and eager for the treats and didn’t mind the bad throws at all. You can feed the monkeys and bears peanuts.

We went on a hot day, which was not perfect, but the facility was great. We love to support organizations that rescue animals, which this one does. The kids loved feeding peanuts to the animals. They particularly loved how the bears could deshell the peanuts with little work. Great place for kids and adults a like.

I really like this zoo but it definitely needs a bit of improvement. My visit there today wasn’t the best visit I’ve had. The parking lot was pretty bad. Not enough parking. Had to park down the road, wasn’t that far but not very comfortable waking with a 4 year old. Paid for entry. The cashier was a nice, older woman. Very helpful. Found out the bathrooms were actually outside of the park, so 10 mins into entry, had to turn around. Now let me tell you. These bathrooms are trailer portapottys. In the women’s section, there were 3 stalls. We were there at 11:30 in the morning. The first stall had no toilet paper. The second stall looked like rust and explosive poo was all over the toilet, the third stall was some what reasonable. I can not believe the health dept hasn’t done anything about that. Being that we were there half hour after opening and they were disgusting, means they were totally not cleaned in the morning or night before. Anyway, after my son fell down the portapotty trailer stairs, we went back into the park. The park is really cool. You are so close to the animals. It’s really an amazing experience. The animals aren’t in the best of shape since many of them have medical issues. I love how you can purchase popcorn and peanuts to feed the animals. My son had such a blast. By 2, the park really started to clear out and the animals that were hidden before started to come out. So I think we did about 3 loops of the park which was great and it’s not packed like Philly zoo. As we were leaving, there was no exit sign anywhere. Just an open door through the entrance. There were a bunch of customers lined up to pay, as they cleared out, I started to head through the 5 foot hallway hut to leave. A different older woman was behind the counter and started to yell at me to use the exit. She was so rude about it and I was quite embarrassed. I found the «exit» which was not labeled. I had to open one door. Shove a stroller through only to shove the stroller through the other door 5 feet away. Not realizing how close the curb was to the door, I fell of the curb with my son with the stroller. At this point, I was pretty annoyed. I probably should have let it go but went back to tell the elder woman about the exit sign and how rude/​embarrassing she was. She just yelled at me. So it was pretty pointless to say anything. What was a pretty nice day (besides being in fear of the third world bathroom) ended on a negative note. Anyway, I do recommend this place but don’t drink anything before hand. Sip on water. Even the kids. As for diaper changes, good luck. Also, stay away from the cranky old women!

We used to love this zoo & visit 5+ times a year, well not anymore — One of their employees was incredibly rude to us while we were trying to find parking in their (tiny, overcrowded) lot — He literally got out of his (Popcorn Park Zoo) truck in his uniform & YELLED at us very angrily to move our car (when we weren’t blocking anyone and had our turn signal on to pull into a spot, someone on the other side of the road was parked illegally.) How about you don’t yell at paying customers, ugly goatee clad idiot? You just lost frequent customers & we won’t be back. If this is who Popcorn Park employs, stay far away!

Extremely depressing, while the idea of the park is amazing giving a place to rescued and abused animals, the financial strain is evident.
The enclosures are small and have broken structures the bears looked depressed and sat in one spot scraping in peanuts and popcorn thrown at it, one was showing hair loss. All in all a good convept but desperately needs help

I like the idea behind this park; a place where displaced and abused animals could live in peace. Oh and also you can feed (or mindlessly throw) popcorn at them.
Being a bleeding heart animal lover I was determined to see this place one day. The admission is very reasonable, but keep in mind the park is somewhat small.
At this point many of the animals beg for popcorn, and if they see the red and white box in your hands they’ll be your best friend for a few moments. Despite a diet of corn most of the animals look healthy and well cared for. However, there’s typically two fences separating you from any given animal for safety reasons, but this makes it difficult to feed them. It’s hard to aim when you’re throwing fistfuls of light weight popcorn. Kids will love this place regardless and have lots of fun trying to feed the animals.
A cute little park, and I appreciate the work they do here. It could just use a bit more funding and a bit better of an enclosure system.

Luv this place!!! This place is great! Took my 3yr old & didnt worry about him not having fun… the animals are all rescued & its nice that people do care. Its cheap to get in, buy popcorn to feed the animals; they love it! Theres a lot of peacocks roaming around which is awesome!!! The down fall, if you can call it that is, the big cats are so darn thin! Its really sad to see. I wished i had some raw chicken for them… My son loved the popcorn luge for the horses; which is great but they should have them fir all the animals as so much popcorn goes to waste. My son walked out & ran around to the different animals & i didnt have to keep him on a «tight leash». They also have a pet asoption center which is great if you’d like to adopt. Definitely worth the drive.

Very cute zoo of rescued animals from pigs to tigers. My 3 yr old nephew enjoyed it so much he keeps asking to visit the bears again. We went on a week day which was quiet and parking was readily available in the lot. The animals love popcorn and I recommend bringing two large popcorns with you into the zoo — which you can buy when you buy your tickets inside the animal shelter. Great staff as well.

This place is great because it’s primarily a rescue, and secondly a zoo. All of the animals in their zoo are rescued from bad situations. As others have mentioned it’s very affordable, and runs off donations. The animals are more interested in you than at regular zoos because they are expecting you to feed them popcorn. It’s a really fun place, with a really great purpose. When the parking lot fills up you do have to park on lacy road, but the interior parking lot is not an employee lot as one other reviewer claimed, the street parking is only when they’re having a busy day. I have also adopted a dog from them, which was a really great experience.
Also they accept donations of blankets and pet supplies for their shelter animals.

This was supposed to be our first time visiting. The parking was extremely screwed up. Plan on parking across Lacey Rd if you want to visit. There are peacocks everywhere so be careful driving down the driveway of you do try to park there. We ended up leaving before we got into the park because someone in my party fell trying to cross Lacey rd.

Really cute place, we took our 9 mo old son today and had a great time. I read other reviews and was a little nervous, but had NO issues.
Yes, the parking is along the «highway» but there’s a crosswalk & it’s not constant traffic, then you walk about a minute down the entry and your in.
As for strollers, I would say don’t go with an umbrella stroller, because you WILL get stuck in sand, but our jogger was fine.
While we’re talking sand, wear sneakers or closed toe shoes, the sand is gritty and there are lots of exposed roots.
We were there for a good 2 hours, it’s a GREAT value, $ 5 for adults and free for kids under 3 yes old. The popcorn is $ 2.50 for a large and peanuts are $ 1.50 and all the animals love it and come right over to get some! They run off donations so don’t be stingy.
There are plenty of different animals to see: Monkeys, Tigers, Bears, to name a few and they all have unique rescue stories.
The one downfall was that the bathrooms are outside the zoo area, but not far.
They have a picnic area, soda machines, sell ice cream and there seemed to be a hotdog truck set up today (8÷28÷14).
Lastly, they also run a shelter where you can adopt domestic animals, so maybe you save a life before you leave!

Cute zoo and a great cause!
My niece & nephew… ages 5 & 8… loved this little zoo. It was clean and a great way to see how well the rescued animals are taken care of. I would highly recommend for younger children.

If you don’t love this place chances are you don’t have a heart and you suck a little.
Theres peacocks running amuck, in the trees and the pens. Theres bears chilling out looking for some popcorn. There’s big cats that sleep while you’re there and wake up and do cool things when you’re not (typical cats).
The goats and lambs will eat out of your hands and thats enjoyable. Makes you feel one with the stinky little freaks. If only they yelled taylor swift songs like in the videos on the interwebs.
i love em. i love em all.

My family and I visited this zoo earlier today. Admission was fairly inexpensive, for a family of 4 we spent $ 24 (including 4 large popcorns to feed the animals). The animals were great. I wanted to take the white horse home with me that’s how cute he was. Feeding the animals the popcorn was a great experience. The ponys’ were hilarious, they would kick the fence twice to get your attention so that you can feed them. I thought that was very cute. Parking was a little scarce many people were parking on the highway. I circled around and nudged my way into a «non-​traditional» parking spot. It was fine. We’ll be returning to this zoo we really enjoyed it!