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self serve ticket machines
Arizona Docent, 19 Feb 2020
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    • snowleopard
      Something that Frankfurt Zoo knows nothing about. :p Self-serve ticket machines? We'd rather make everyone wait...haha!
    • Arizona Docent
      Yes I know Cincinnati added these when they redid their front entrance and now Living Desert did it as part of their new entrance. I wonder if this is a new trend that will be commonplace at zoos in the future?
    • snowleopard
      The Living Desert Zoo has self-ticketing machines so that visitors can purchase a ticket and then enter the zoo in approximately 30 seconds. Meanwhile, in Frankfurt people wait ages to enter the zoo. I've heard rumors that clean-shaven men have beards by the time they see the entrance gate. :p

      Insanity at the Frankfurt Zoo: (which honestly is a very nice place once you are inside!)

      [​IMG]
    • zoomaniac
      While I can understand your anger about waiting in line (and believe me: there is almost nothing that bothers me more - maybe beside red lights and speed limits on freeways), I'm not really sure if self-ticketing machines would solve the problem on a crowdy day. Just think how many people acting desperately in front of those to get their tickets ("Where is this fu... bottom to confirm/continue")....
    • Coelacanth18
      And just imagine what would happen if a zoo that started relying heavily on self-serve ticketing suddenly had the machines malfunction or break down!
    • Arizona Docent
      I know some zoos and aquariums also offer the option to buy tickets online ahead of time. I wonder how common this is?
    • Coelacanth18
      @Arizona Docent From what I've seen it's pretty common. Online tickets are usually discounted by a dollar or two as well, as a way of encouraging people to do it.
    • Arizona Docent
      I agree. Considering how commonplace it is becoming (in USA at least) for people to use bar codes downloading to their smart phones for admission tickets to various places, I think this practice will only increase. I am not much of a smart phone user myself, though I would still be likely to buy online on my computer and print out a barcode ticket. The one time this is not practical is if the zoo gives a reciprocal membership discount (typically 50%) in which case I have to show my local membership card at the ticket booth. I wonder if the future will see an integrated system where reciprocal members can type in their local zoo membership number online when purchasing admission for another zoo? Maybe I will invent a system myself and sell it to AZA and retire as a millionaire! ;)
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