Families will be able to experience up-close animal encounters, munch on their favorite fun foods and experience interesting occupations at a dozen different “dream stations.” A child may dream of being a cowboy, firefighter, TV reporter, magician, race car driver, policeman, soldier, dancer, animal keeper or super hero – and he or she can experience them all at the dream stations.
DreamNight started in 1996 as a partnership between the Rotterdam Zoo and Sophia Children’s Hospital in the Netherlands. Since that time, DreamNight has grown to become a worldwide event involving 82 zoos, wildlife parks and aquariums in over 23 countries around the globe. And it happens all over the world on the first Friday evening in June."
So read the invitation we got to go to the DreamNight at the Zoo. We got the invitation because of Meagan's cleft lip. Nate was TDY, but I decided to go ahead and take all three kids by myself. It was amazing! They shut down the zoo to the regular public, and you had to have an invitation coordinated through a physician to be able to get in. Everything was free: the Skyride, the carousel, pony rides....they even had a free hot dog dinner and cotton candy, plus there were tons of booths with lots of free stuff for the kids. Meagan even got a stuffed unicorn. We watched a hippo show and a lion feeding. There was so much to do, we ran out of time. We had a blast and are truly grateful to those who made it such a memorable night!
