We went to the zoo this afternoon, hoping to visit the latest addition, Kai Kai and Jia Jia, the new foreign talents from China. To our dismay, the tickets to their enclosure were fully sold out for the day ! How disappointing. I always wonder why there is a need to sell a separate ticket of $5 for adults and $3 for children when the panda enclosure is clearly situated inside the zoo, unless it is a way for the zoo to recoup their yearly rental of $1 million dollars a year and to make more money out of it.
Unable to see the panda, the children were utterly disappointed. Rb whined for a panda plush toy but unfortunately for us, only the exclusive panda-selling shop sells all the panda merchandise and that shop is located inside the panda enclosure. Without the exclusive tickets, we definitely cannot buy the panda merchandise too! Another selling tactic? I bet!
Bearing no choice, we had to buy the panda plush toy from the shops outside the zoo, and I was glad we did that instead coz the panda in Kiddy Palace was only $24.90 instead of $29.90 in the zoo. To get even, Pb wanted a polar bear too.
So this is the result of today's zoo visit! At least the children were happy :) My Coach shades were broken and I saw a cheap pair that I liked in the zoo but I didn't even bear to spend $19.90 for myself... Sigh... So much for the kids ya! :p
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Do you still have the polar bear from Kiddy Place? Can I buy from you? My son's polar bear is torn..he loves it so much that he wants it everynight to sleep with.I can't wean him off.
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