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Jubilee Zoo Mobile Services & Brandi’s Barnyard
4.5(296)4.5 out of 5 stars, 296 reviews New Orleans, LA
About Jubilee Zoo Mobile Services & Brandi’s Barnyard
Jubilee Zoo offers a highly interactive and unique animal experience beyond typical petting zoos, featuring opportunities like bottle-feeding baby goats, interacting with kangaroos (who hold their own cones!), petting zebras, and even getting kissed by a camel. It provides a family-friendly atmosphere with additional attractions like bounce houses and a splash pad, making it a diverse entertainment option.
What parents should know
Summarized from real visitor reviews.
Best for: Families seeking a highly interactive and hands-on animal experience.Children who love petting and feeding animals, especially unique ones like kangaroos and camels.Parents looking for a family-friendly venue with bounce houses and a splash pad.A fun outing for children who enjoy active play and diverse attractions.Fall visits for themed photo opportunities.
Why families love it
- Interactive kangaroo and wallaby encounters, where they hold their own food cones.
- Opportunity to bottle-feed baby goats.
- Hay rides that are considered 'soooo worth it'.
- Direct interaction with animals like getting kissed by a camel and petting a zebra.
- Bounce houses suitable for both children and adults.
- Splash pad available, requiring swim shorts.
Insider tips
- Arrive early in the day to maximize play time and potentially avoid crowds, especially if you wish to do multiple activities like the hay ride.
- Bring swim shorts for children if you plan to utilize the splash pad.
- Purchase tickets online in advance for potentially smoother entry (one reviewer was among the first ones there with online tickets).
- If arriving close to closing time (within the last 1.5-2 hours), explicitly confirm the exact closing time and whether all attractions will remain open until then, due to inconsistent experiences reported.
- Be aware that bounce houses or other activities might be shut down prior to the stated closing time, and staff may be reluctant to restart them.
- Consider fall visits for the small pumpkin patch and photo ops.
Good to know before you go
- Arriving within the last hour or hour-and-a-half of operation, as activities may be prematurely closed, and staff can be rude about enforcing departures, leading to poor value.
- If you expect a large, elaborate pumpkin patch, as it is described as 'very small'.
- If you require consistent and friendly staff interaction at all times, particularly near closing.
- Inconsistent enforcement of closing times: one visit staff allowed staying until 5:30 PM, another visit staff was rude and demanded leaving by 4:58 PM.
- Activities like bounce houses may be deliberately deflated early (e.g., at 4:45 PM before stated closing time of 5:00 PM), even if customers are still present.
- Crowds
- Generally not crowded, described as a family-friendly atmosphere unlike corporate zoos.
- Value
- Admission is described as "very reasonable". However, specific incidents highlight potential for extremely poor value if closing policies are strictly or rudely enforced, with one family paying $65.00 for effectively only 30 minutes of play. There are no other hidden costs mentioned, but on-site pizza and 'make your own stuffed animal' are available purchases.
- Food
- Pizza is available on-site and described as 'really good'.
- Accessibility
- No specific accommodations for special needs or accessibility features are mentioned in the reviews.
- Safety
- No specific safety features are explicitly mentioned in the reviews beyond general supervision, though staff attention is implied by the baby goat chasing a child to be pet (taken positively by the reviewer).
What parents say
"So much for the kids to do here. Had a great time. Plenty of shade. Want to pet a kangaroo or wallaby ? (They hold the cones themselves, so cute ! ) want to bottle feed a baby goat ? This is the place to go. Admission is very reasonable and staff is super nice."
a year ago
"It honestly pains me to give this place only three stars. But, after our last visit, I have no choice. My husband said to give ONE star. But, the first time that we ever went, it was a five star visit. So, I averaged it out by giving three stars. My son had been asking to come back here since the first time we visited last summer & it seemed like every time we tried to go, we got rained out. Then I saw their Facebook post about the little pumpkin patch that they added for fall, with some adorable photo ops. So I thought what a perfect time to take him! My husband does not get off work until 2:"
3 years ago
"Was skeptical because of some bad reviews. Got to say we loved it. We had a blast. Most zoos are crowded and corporate atmosphere. This was family friendly and staff made us feel like part of their family. We stayed long enough for the hay ride and it was soooo worth it. Getting kissed by a camel and petting a zebra was awesome! The pizza was really good. The bounce houses were great for my daughter. We even bought a make your own stuffed animal. I am proud that we got to help support such a great place. One of the baby goats got out and chased my daughter down to be pet 😂 they even have a sp"
6 years ago
Reviews sourced from public Google data.
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