点评:I read reviews that were nearly all positive and decided to visit.
The positives: The park is clean and there are plenty of places to cool off, get drinks/food, and rest rooms. The gardens are beautiful and well kept.
The negatives: the part seems to be trying to be a one stop playground for children. They are adding on a splash pad, there are these really, really unattractive, large metal/fabric garish larger-than-life sized flora and fauna "art" throughout the part that distract from the natural beauty. They are everywhere. There is a beautiful at a distance wisteria tunnel that is actually plastic plants and fabric flowers. Why? Then there is this light display at night I can only guess to get more evening visitors. But the most troublesome to me are the animals. I've never been as close to a giraffe as I could at this zoo--yes, this place is an actual zoo, and even without paying for the feeding, visitors can get within 10 feet of a giraffe. While the animals appear to be healthy, people stand in lines to "feed a giraffe" either lettuce leaves ($10, 3-6 seconds per person) or grain in buckets for I'm sure a much higher price. I understand that the place needs income, but I am doubtful that the animals in any way benefit from constant physical and emotional interaction with humans. But what's even more disturbing is how close you can get to a wallaby. Inside the Australian village the wallabys run wild. They seemed to not have anywhere to get away from human noise and viewing. They looked miserable and have to run quickly across human walking zones to get to other "off limit" sand locations with a few boulders. I watched this occur. There are two frog birds there as well--amazing birds but who seem to spend most of their time hiding from the constant noise. The whole area is an acre or less (my estimate) but I bet these birds' territory in the wild is much, much greater. Apparently the two breed and nest unsuccessfully each year. There is no protection for their nest--it's in a tree right now that you can stand on a boulder (which is allowed--I asked if I could--was told of course) and get quite close to. While I found all the staff to be knowledgeable and friendly, there was zero enforcement of "quiet zones." Adults generally allowed their kids to run, yell, scream as if they were at a playground.
Finally, just be aware that like nearly every similar place the markup for food is crazy high. I bought one can of Bud Light for 14.99.
翻译:我读了几乎全是正面的评论,于是决定去看看。
优点:公园很干净,有很多地方可以降温、喝饮料/吃东西,还有休息室。花园很漂亮,维护得很好。
缺点:这个部分似乎想成为孩子们的一站式游乐场。他们正在增加一个喷水池,整个部分都有这些非常非常不吸引人的、巨大的金属/织物花哨的、比真人还大的动植物“艺术品”,分散了人们对自然美景的注意力。它们无处不在。远处有一个美丽的紫藤隧道,实际上是塑料植物和织物花。为什么?然后晚上有灯光秀,我只能猜想是为了吸引更多的夜间游客。但对我来说最麻烦的是动物。我从来没有像在这个动物园里这样近距离地靠近长颈鹿——是的,这个地方是一个真正的动物园,即使不付钱喂食,游客也可以在 10 英尺以内靠近长颈鹿。虽然这些动物看起来很健康,但人们还是排队“喂长颈鹿”,要么喂生菜叶(10 美元,每人 3-6 秒),要么喂桶装谷物,我敢肯定价格要高得多。我知道这个地方需要收入,但我怀疑这些动物是否会从与人类不断的身体和情感互动中受益。但更令人不安的是你能离小袋鼠多近。在澳大利亚村庄里,小袋鼠四处乱跑。它们似乎无处躲避人类的噪音和观看。它们看起来很可怜,不得不快速穿过人类的步行区,才能到达其他有几块巨石的“禁区”沙地。我亲眼目睹了这一切。那里还有两只蛙鸟——令人惊奇的鸟,但它们似乎大部分时间都在躲避持续的噪音。整个面积只有一英亩或更少(我的估计),但我敢打赌这些鸟在野外的领地要大得多。显然,这两只鸟每年都会繁殖和筑巢,但都失败了。它们的巢穴没有任何保护措施——现在它在树上,你可以站在一块巨石上(这是允许的——我问是否可以——当然有人告诉我)并靠近它。虽然我发现所有的员工都很博学和友好,但“安静区”却没有得到任何执行。成年人通常允许他们的孩子像在游乐场一样奔跑、大喊、尖叫。
最后,请注意,就像几乎所有类似的地方一样,这里的食物价格高得离谱。我花了 14.99 美元买了一罐百威淡啤。