April 29

Zoo news: dinos arrive, free carousel, ZooTunes

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Thanks to our sister site Phinneywood for much of this post.

It’s a big weekend for the Woodland Park Zoo. It’s opening its “Dinosaurs. Real Close” exhibit of animatronic dinos, plus it’s offering free carousel rides courtesy of Seattle City Light.

Seattle City Light recently installed solar panels to help power the carousel. On Saturday and Sunday, zoo-goers can ride the carousel as many times as they want. (Carousel rides are normally $2.)


Photo by Mat Hayward/Woodland Park Zoo.

The “Dinosaurs. Real Close” exhibit opens on Saturday and runs through Sept. 5. The animatronic dinos will move, roar, snarl, hiss and spit. The dinosaur exhibit costs $3 in addition to zoo admission (free for children 2 and under). It is located next to the West Entrance, near the penguins, where the Butterflies and Blooms exhibit used to be.

Syracosaurus and friends arrive at Woodland Park Zoo earlier this month. Photo by Tyler Steele, PhinneyWood intern.

You can purchase dinosaur exhibit entry at the zoo admission gate or at the dinosaurs exhibit; and you can re-enter the exhibit as many times as you want on the day of purchase. The zoo’s summer season officially starts on Sunday, May 1, with extended hours (open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily) and increased prices.

The zoo also announced the ZooTunes summer concert series lineup today. Tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. May 6 on the ZooTunes website for these shows:

June 22: Taj Mahal / Joan Osborne ($26)

June 26: Marc Cohn / Mary Chapin Carpenter ($24)

June 29: Lucinda Williams ($22)

June 30: The Robert Cray Band ($24)

July 6: AfroCubism ($22)

July 20-21: Indigo Girls with Mount Moriah ($26)

July 29: Brandi Carlile ($36)

Aug 10: k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang ($35)

Aug 14: The Go-Go’s Ladies Gone Wild Tour ($24)

Aug 17: Carolina Chocolate Drops with special guests ($19)

Aug 21: Aimee Mann with The Weepies ($19)

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