Branson Wild World

This place is way overpriced for what it is. The animals all look miserable in their tiny enclosures. The poor kangaroo is placed in the arcade and is constantly having to hear the obnoxious arcade noises. The wolves were in a tiny cement and glass enclosure with trees painted in the walls. The outdoor space for the wolves is a strip of gravel with a chain link fence around it. The last straw was the alligator in the mini golf area that had a pool of water with a film across the top (obviously hadn’t been filed in ages) and the water was about two feet below ground level so it would be tough/​impossible to get in and out of. I don’t know anything about requirements for animals in enclosures, but this was rough. I felt bad for all the animals. Definitely do not recommend this place.

Expensive and not at all like the photos on their website… very deceiving. The animal enclosures are tiny, and don’t allow for the animals to move much. Our family actually felt really bad for the animals. Our pass was supposed to include the arcade with free games, but only a few games even worked. We were all very disappointed.

Great place to go for hands on animal experience. You can feed sharks, stingrays, & a sea turtle! You get super close to wolves, and go in and touch dingos. We will for sure be back to see all the new exciting additions.

My family loved this place! My 3 teens pet a shark, a kangaroo, a dingo and saw a huge sea turtle swimming right in your face. You can’t get all these experiences just anywhere. The wolves were massive and scary. I loved how they would come up to the glass for some fun photo shoots. Eek! Most of the birds were sitting outside their cages and all chattering. They had a touch tank and allowed the kids to touch a small, bottom feeder shark. The kangaroo, Finn, was one of our favorites. he had a toy attached to the enclosure and the kids would grab it and toss it and he would hop over and retrieve it and «play» with them. We payed $ 4 for the girls to go in and play with the Dingos. be careful with fringe or long vests bc they took a liking to chewing on my daughter’s vest. She had to tie it up to keep them off of her. We played the black light mini golf for an extra $ 2 and enjoyed it. It was a small, 9hole course. The arcade had a virtual reality ride that was hilarious to watch from the outside. We enjoyed our time and appreciate the chance to see these animals up close and personal.

We had a great time! Being able to feed the sharks and stingrays was the best part! And the dingo encounter was a blast!

Purchased the VIP ticket for $ 19.95 online. Got there and walked through the area. (shark feeding is not included in price) the price was supposed to include a show but they had «taken that out months ago and had not updated their website» so we walked around and saw a ton of snakes and fish and a few other animals. Then we played golf on a terrible mini golf course. It is crammed into a tight spot so every hole is impossible to not hit 9 times. The sign outside on the building advertised an arcade that is not there either. If you get a deal It worth it but do not expect much.

After the great time we had with our kids here, I did not realize how many negative reviews could come out of this place. I wonder if everybody had something else in mind when walking into this place, I’m not sure. I do know this, I have been to lots of zoos and I have been to indoor aquariums, including Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans, Ripley’s Aquarium in Gatlinburg, TN and The Gulfarium in Fort Walton Beach, FL along with a few others. AND I have seen POOR conditions before! That said, this place did not have poor treatment at all compared to the ones I have seen. This place is more of a «Tropical aquarium and zoo» with a lot of hands on stuff, for example: Feeding, petting, touching, etc… and YES, food to feed the animals does cost extra $$$…so get ready for your kids to BEG BEG BEG you to spend a little extra to feed the animals. TROPICAL, keep in mind, will feel tropical!!! So, expect TROPICAL temps and feel when in there. The employees were VERY friendly and let my kids hold and touch several animals. They talked with me about the care many animals received and seemed VERY genuine and kindhearted. My wife, kids, and I walked through this place many, many times, as there is no limit to the number of times you can start over. We took lots of pics, dipped our hands in the «Doctor» fish tank several times and much more! We have been here 3 times and all 3 were SO MUCH FUN! Please check out my photos to get a small glimpse on how much fun we had and whats inside!

I had bought the Groupon for us prior to reading all of the reviews. I was very nervous about coming after reading such negative remarks being made about it. We decided to come anyway, since I had already spent the money on it. I am glad that we did! I was pleasantly surprised. There are a lot of neat exhibits and the staff was very friendly and knowledgable with all of the questions that we had. I will be planning another trip to Branson for next Summer to bring my kids, and this one will definitely be on the list. We didn’t do the putt putt since we were traveling with my husband’s older parents. We did peek in on it though and it looks like a lot of fun! I only took one star off because some of the enclosures did seem too small for some of the animals (mainly the sea turtle) Thanks, Wild World for the Groupon and if there’s another one next summer, we will be back.

This place was Better then expected. The animals were a great stop to see but the staff was not so friendly. We got there, not knowing they were closing early. The lady let us know we would only have an hour and tried to talk us out of seeing anything. We had purchased a Groupon to save cost, and we decided to go ahead. So glad we did! We had the whole place to ourselves and got to see a lot of really cool stuff! Our 2yr old loved it!

Our family was excited about going here, the pamphlets made it look fantastic. Sad to say we were very disappointed, and worse of all was the condition and lack of habitat that these animals exist in! My heart was extremely saddened to see the wolves and extreme lack of habitat, dirt and cement is all they have with a large cattle basin for a water facility. The Dingos and Bob Cat only indoors with cement on all sides. The Giant Sea Turtle only has a small tank to swim in circles and the 2 toed sloth can only go back and forth, and the blue macaw’s beak seemed so over grown. The alligators, crocodiles and iguanas enclosures seemed way to small and dingy for them as well, extremely under stimulating. The entire facility and the animals was very sad to see.

I was going to give 3 stars but the kids bumped it to 4. This place didn’t have the greatest reviews so I’ll admit I was pleasantly surprised by everything we saw. Omaha zoo was our first spot to visit this summer so nothing really compares to that! We did see a decent variety of animals and my kids loved feeding the Sharks (small ones), sea turtle and sting rays. They all lived the touch tanks too. The spaces were all decently clean for the animals but much too small for the wolves. I know they’re expanding so hopefully they get a bigger area. It was a good way to spend a rainy morning and everyone left in a good mood. A decent spot to bring the kids though a bit overpriced (as everything in Branson!)

The animals looked sad, lonely, and malnourished. The place is small, the cages are too small and I’m sad for the animals that they don’t get to ever be outside. I feel guilty that I supported a place like this.

Very sad and too expensive for what you get to see. The tanks and aquariums are small, dirty, and a lot of fake plants. The Brochure and commercials are deceptive. Do NOT waste your money or time.

This place is so sad. Dimly lit, sparse enclosures. Every animal lived in an area that was way too small. Bunch of 18 – 20 year old kids working there. Didn’t see a single person of authority. The sea turtle is the saddest-​poor Savannah has no room and is kept in isolation. Plus its super expensive.

Extremely humid. Animal smell throughout.
Animals not properly cared for.
I was claustrophobic in both aquarium and mini golf.
Sharks were obviously obese, sea turtle was in very small exhibit.
Security on venomous animals lax. Locks open on enclosures, doors to secured areas ajar.
They should consider cutting some animals out to better care for a smaller collection.
Been to dozens of aquariums, this is the only one I’ve been disappointed I’ve gone.

None of the animals seemed happy, no enrichment, there’s no way that places makes enough money to properly care for that many animals. There are super young people as «zookeepers» and had no proper credentials to care for animals. The guy breeds wolves at his house, dingos live in a tiny room. Rabbit, parrots, everything seemed miserable ! I hope this places goes out if business and the animals can be rescued omg

Aquarium was not well kept. Animals not taken care of. Some animals are in cages only twice their size. Many animals have scars on them. The arcade which is included in the price only had MAYBE 30% working machines. The best part was the mini golf which was small but fun. I would not recommend giving your money to this place. Too many other sights to see

If you don’t like snakes, this isn’t the place for you. They are unavoidable and around every corner.
I wasn’t a big fan of the place, the price was really high for what we got and there were no sharks as advertised.
The birds were cool, and we liked seeing the wolves, but wish all of the animals had been more active when we were there.
The Camo draping and black lighting gave me the feeling that we were in a haunted house. Just not a fan.

Don’t waste your money, this place is over priced, very small, before you know it you reach the exit, and you are like «that’s it? I need my money back.
I don’t know how anyone will give this place a good review, unless they have never been in an aquarium before, I’m from Texas, and the smallest aquarium there is probably twenty times bigger than this one, and way cheaper.
the animals are mistreated and have no room to move around, I saw two big crocodiles stuck in the display cage, the length of the crocodile is longer than the width of the cage.
also there was about 5 or six wolfs, that are miserable, they had them living in sand and gravel, and in a little space, they look skinny, and sad, no green space for them to run around, or trees to hang around, Lufkin ZOO, which is not considered a nice ZOO in Texas, have more space for the animals and they can actually run.
Also I could not figure out why do they have wolfs? it’s an aquarium? you can’t put Wolfs in a show case.
when I went there they charged me $ 37 for 2 people, full price, but they did not have any sharks, they said that they took them away because of some sort of tainted meat.
the sharks were their main creatures, and they advertise that you’ll be able to feed the sharks but when I went inside there was no shark, I was very disappointed, they couldn’t reduce the price when they know that there is no shark.
they also have birds that you suppose to hand feed, but again when I reached the bird room, they told me that because it is the beir bed time, there will be no bird feeding???
I was very mad, and could not believe their quality of customer service.
don’t waste your time or money, go to Texas and enjoy the ZOOs there,

$ 71 for a family of 4 with VIP passes. These are over fed animals kept in way to small of cages. Was special that the DNR was there writing up warnings on the caged animals. If you are looking for an over priced white trash vacation hotspot, you found it. Don’t forget to hit the broken arcade. Free with VIP admission. All games free… If they work.