My friend and I visited from out of town. We were deciding going to the Mall of America’s aquarium, but we decided to go to the Minnesota zoo upon realizing that they, too, have an aquarium! We went on a weekday so it wasn’t extremely packed. I will say, though, I recommend purchasing your ticket ahead of time because you are required to make an account and there are selected entrance times that you can pick from (we didn’t know this), and it’ll be less of a hassle so that you don’t have to pay for the tickets as you walk in. Upon entering, my friend asked guest services if they had any physical maps, to which they don’t, so you have to scan a QR code in order to access it on your phone. We started walking around and noticed that we entered the treetop path instead of the regular zoo path which led us to walk endless miles of scenery. We were a little disappointed that we hardly saw anything notable while on the path, though. When we got to the right path, we visited the farm first, but there was not much to see in terms of animal variety. There were sheep, goats, a couple of cows, and a couple of horses. It is a zoo so we didn’t mind the lack of variety, however when we got to the actual zoo portion, we were disappointed with how many of the animal habitats were empty due to “upcoming plans.” There were large spaces between animal habitats so there was a lot more walking and seeing empty plots of land than there was seeing animals. Also, most of the attractions and food spots were closed or not open to the public, so that was really disappointing. Overall, it was nice visiting a zoo out of town, but it was disappointing not being able to see animals that you normally see in a zoo like elephants, giraffes, zebras, etc.