Columbus Zoo and Zoombezi Bay provide summer season Adventure Nights

• The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and Zoombezi Bay are kicking off a brand new summer season occasion referred to as Adventure Nights.
• Adventure Nights will provide free after-hours actions on Fridays and Saturdays from June 26 by means of July 25.
• Discounted admission to Zoombezi Bay may even be accessible through the occasion.

Outings with the children can break the bank, however due to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and Zoombezi Bay, household enjoyable simply received rather a lot inexpensive.

The zoo and waterpark in Powell will debut Adventure Nights, a summer season occasion providing free after-hours actions and alternatives for added financial savings.

Held fom 6-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays within the zoo’s Adventure Cove region, Adventure Nights will run June 26 by means of July 25.

Visitors may be entertained by films, music, arcade video games, miniature golf, strolling entertainers, character ambassador appearances and extra.

Some rides, together with the Sea Dragon and Tidal Twist curler coasters, can be open throughout Adventure Nights, with journey tickets and wristbands accessible for buy.

Family-friendly films can be offered in Conservation Courtyard at 7:30 p.m. every Friday, together with:

• “The Goonies,” June 26
• “National Treasure,” July 3
• “Muppet Treasure Island,” July 10
• “Jungle Cruise,” July 17
• “How to Train Your Dragon,” July 24

Conservation Courtyard will grow to be live performance central from 7-10 p.m. every Saturday, with stay music by Columbus artists Angela Perley, June 27; Cassette Mindset, July 4; Three Ton Toad, July 11; The Thirsty Travelers; July 18; and Youngstown’s Riley Burke Band, July 25.

Want an much more adventurous evening? Plunge into Zoombezi Bay for the discounted worth of $24.95 throughout Adventure Nights. Gold members and Zoombezi Bay season passholders will obtain free admission.

Select water sights can be open, together with Baboon Lagoon for the youthful crowd and Conservation Tower, ranked one of many nation’s finest new theme park sights in USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.

Parking is $12 per car, and free for Columbus Zoo members and Zoombezi Bay season passholders. 

For extra particulars about Adventure Nights, go to columbuszoo.org/adventure-nights.

Contact options and leisure reporter Belinda M. Paschal at bpaschal@dispatch.com.