Spend your Labor Day at the Birmingham Zoo! Splash in the fountains, take a ride on the train*, zip down the wild slide*, enjoy a Wildlife Show and experience all the Zoo has to offer.
In honor of Labor Day, the Zoo is offering a discounted admission of $8 to First Responders and up to four (4) guests at $8 each. First Responders must show valid ID or badge to receive discounted admission.
*Additional cost
When:
Saturday, August 24 until Sunday, September 8
Offer:
$8 admission for one (1) First Responder and up to four (4) guests at $8 each.
Please Note: First Responders are employees of an emergency service responsible for going immediately to the scene of an accident or emergency to provide assistance, such as: EMT/Paramedics, Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers.
Labor Day at the Zoo Activities Schedule:
August 24 – September 8
*Activities are Weather Dependent
All Adventure Wristband
*Can be purchased only on weekends, Saturday & Sunday with special holiday purchase on Labor Day – Monday, September 2
Cost: $12.50 plus tax
Includes unlimited rides on train, carousel & slide (when open), PLUS one giraffe feeding and one lorikeet feeding
*All rides are weather dependent.
Children’s Zoo Splash Pads
9am – 4:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am – 5:45pm — Saturday, Sunday
Weather Dependent
Full Moon BBQ Wild Slide
9am – 4:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am – 5:45pm — Saturday, Sunday
Cost: $3.50 plus tax
Riders must be 4 years of age and 40 inches tall to ride
Protective Life Carousel Rides
9am – 4:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am – 5:45pm — Saturday, Sunday
Cost: $3.50 plus tax
Children under two, receive a free ride on the carousel with a paid accompanying adult.
Children two and older must have a ride ticket.
Red Diamond Express Train Ride
9am – 4:45pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
9am – 5:45pm — Saturday, Sunday
Cost: $3.50 plus tax
Goat Walk
Daily – 9:30am
This exciting experience is an enrichment activity/exercise for our goats and is not interactive for guests, but is viewable from the walking paths around Alabama Wilds. Please note, the route of the goat walk varies and goats may be walked through certain areas restricted to guests.
MyEyeDr. Lorikeet Aviary
10am – 2pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
10am – 5pm — Saturday, Sunday
$2 plus tax
Weather dependent
Sea Lion Training
10am — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
2pm — Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Red Diamond Sea Lion Show
10am — Saturday, Sunday
2pm — Saturday, Sunday
Kiwanis Giraffe Encounter
10am – 3pm — Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Cost, $3.50 plus tax
Weather dependent
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Wildlife Show
11:00am — Saturday, Sunday
Coca-Cola UNITED Predator Zone Lion Training
11:30am — Saturday, Sunday
3pm — Saturday, Sunday
This exciting experience puts you face-to-face with African lions. Watch how the keepers care for the lions during this narrated presentation. Predator Zone features a training area where zookeepers and visitors are on the same level as the animals. See behind-the-scenes training that the keepers conduct on a daily basis to care for the Zoo’s lions.
Animal Greetings at the UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Wildlife Stage
2:30pm — Saturday, Sunday
