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breakfast_organisms t1_j2evcbu wrote

Reply to comment by moonbunnychan in What are your favorite free things to do in DC? by lean-green-machine

The zoo only makes you have passes during events like Zoo Lights. The other days of the year you just walk in.

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moonbunnychan t1_j2f62w2 wrote

They've required entry passes ever since they reopened after Covid. Just double checked as I haven't been since summer and it says they still do. They rarely are all gone but it's still annoying.

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breakfast_organisms t1_j2fi85n wrote

No seriously I went in November and early Dec of this year and just walked in - the website is incorrect or at least 5 times the staff wasn’t checking… I walked there at least once a week.

ETA: it was the southern entrance by Harvard St if that matters - not coming in the main way. There’s never been a check when Ive gone

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moonbunnychan t1_j2fj9ts wrote

Interesting. I wonder if the staff just stopped caring, I'm sure it's more trouble then it's worth. Every time I've gone since 2020 there were a bunch of pissed off people and exasperated staff arguing about passes and people trying to make one then and there on their phone. I'm assuming you went in through the main entrance on Connecticut Ave?

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