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Are you going to the Toronto Zoo with your baby? Is it on your list of places where you want to experience with your child for the first time?<\/p>\n
If you are one of those parents like us who are just really excited to bring their baby around the zoo, this post is for you.<\/p>\n
I’ve heard people telling me that the baby is too young to enjoy the zoo as they might not understand. That may seem true but really, it’s for the parents. Also, it’s free for babies so why not?<\/p>\n
Going to the Toronto Zoo is an exciting time and you want to be prepared. We went in the summer, so there might be a few changes. First, it’s cheaper now for adults during the winter or cooler season. The second is that is highly related, is you will need to bring more layers for yourself and baby.<\/p>\n
Before I continue, please feel free to check out how we got these tickets for free here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pin this for later!<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contents<\/p> If you are driving to the Toronto Zoo, you need to pay for parking. As of now, it’s $12. You can either pay when you enter or at a machine when you leave.<\/p>\n We decided to go to the zoo after breakfast, and was still able to get a close parking spot to the entrance.<\/p>\n Due to our free tickets<\/a>, we went through the prepaid line. It was really quick and easy. One thing I noticed is that there’s actually a booth right beside the prepaid line. It was a really short line because no one seem to be aware of it. It’s the one on the furthest right.<\/p>\n One difference from Disney’s Animal Kingdom<\/a> is that you do not need to go through metal detectors or security checking your bags. You go straight into the zoo after buying your tickets. Yay! More time to enjoy the zoo.<\/p>\n One thing that we notice is that the washrooms are available, but a good walking distance to one another.<\/p>\n When we first changed baby K’s diaper in the family washroom at the entrance, it was not bad. It was not the most spacious but still acceptable.<\/p>\n Later in the day when we wanted to change her diapers, there wasn’t a washroom nearby. We decided to change her by the bench. One of us held her upright while the other quickly change her. Good thing that we did not get peed or pooped on during this process.<\/p>\n I guess one tip is to plan ahead and change your baby when you see a washroom nearby.<\/p>\n The Toronto Zoo has 2 shows that takes place at the Waterside theatre. Unfortunately for us, we did not have time to see the shows. I cannot tell you about it but if you do have time, please let me know how it went.<\/p>\n We decided to explore the Toronto Zoo in a clockwise manner. If we did it counter clockwise, we probably would have made it to one of the shows.<\/p>\n If you’re tired of walking and exploring (and carrying the baby), the shows would be great for you to rest and enjoy the animals at the same time.<\/p>\n It might be closed for the winter. Please check their website<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n While walking around the zoo, I notice that it is very stroller friendly. So much so that they even rent out strollers if you need one.<\/p>\n Whenever there is a flight of stairs, I’m able to easily find a ramp for strollers and wheelchairs.<\/p>\n Even in the buildings where the animals are indoors, we could push our strollers right through. I am very impressed.<\/p>\n If you are planning to carry your baby around as well, I would highly recommend for you to bring your baby carrier. Here is the one similar<\/a> to ours.<\/p>\n The reason why we all want to go to the zoo is because of the animals. Now I’m not an expert of zoos or animals, but we enjoyed our time there.<\/p>\n From giraffes to flamingos, it was pretty interesting.<\/p>\n Side question: do you know why flamingos are pink? If you know, let me know in the comments below.<\/p>\n We were able to see many animals, except for Elephants as they moved them to a warmer place (I have heard). The penguins were so cute. The gorilla was showing off his climbing skills. The black panther is still relaxing under a shade.<\/p>\n Overall, it was great.<\/p>\n I was surprised that for one of the iguanas, they covered a portion of the glass. Why? It was to allow the iguana to gradually get used to visitors as it was new to the zoo.<\/p>\n Here are some pictures we took:<\/p>\nHere is my experience visiting Toronto Zoo with a baby:<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Parking and Entrance<\/span><\/h3>\n
Changing diapers<\/span><\/h3>\n
Shows (Closed for the season?)<\/span><\/h3>\n
Accessibility for strollers<\/span><\/h3>\n
Variety of animals<\/span><\/h3>\n