Discounted Tickets for Zoolights at Point Defiance Zoo
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Zoolights at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium is back in their 25th year this year and they will be featuring half a million energy efficient LED lights offering up some beautiful displays. There will also be a new display this year – a 100 foot Giant Pacific Octopus sitting on top of the North Pacific Aquarium.
If you want to check out Zoolights, make sure to purchase discount tickets ahead of time – you can either go to the zoo website – www.pdza.org to buy them for $7.25/ea online or you can buy your discounted Zoolights tickets for $7.25/ea at Fred Meyer stores. If you wait to buy them at the gate, then they will be $8.50/person. {Children under 2 are free} If you are a Zoo member, you will pay only $4.25/person (just one of the many advantages to zoo membership!)
Zoolights will start on Black Friday, November 23rd and it will run through January 1st, 2013, during the hours of 5pm – 9pm each night (closed on December 24th only). If you head there on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening, you can watch the Scuba-diving Santa swim with the sharks (except on December 25th and January 1st). There will also be camel and carousel rides, too.
We checked out Zoolights last year for the first time when my dad was in town visiting and we had such a fun experience. Our girls just loved all the fun light displays. Just make sure to bundle up as it can get chilly walking around for awhile. A wagon is a really good idea
If you’re looking for more fun Christmas events in the Pacific Northwest, make sure to check out our big roundup of Christmas events, bazaars and Christmas tree farms.
