Rides & Attractions

Individual Ride & Attraction Pricing

Ride or attraction Type	Price
4D Theater	$4.00 member, $6.00 non-member
Train*	$3.00
Shuttle*	$2.00
Carousel*	$2.00
*Unlimited Rides (excludes 4D Movie)	$6.00 member, $7.00 non-member

Remember that GOLD members enjoy unlimited rides everytime they come to the Zoo! Contact Membership today to join! (Remember that due to seasonal restrictions rides do not operate year-round)

Attractions

4-D Special FX Theater

The Cincinnati Zoo is the first zoo in the country to open a 4-D Theater (Presented By Coldwell Banker West Shell). You’ll see it. You’ll move with it. You’ll taste it and you’ll even smell it. Believe it or not, it will even touch you.Experience a NEW 4-D Special FX Theater only at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. Digital 3-D visual effects coupled with 4-D environmental effects, such as wind, scents and other amazing surprises will leave you on the edge of your seat!

 

 

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Wild Earth Africa 4-D Experience

Take a trek to Kenya and spend an action-packed “day in the life” at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. With never-before-seen footage of Africa’s most fascinating animals in amazing 3-D, the action leaps of the screen as the added effects transport you. Experience elephants, rhinos, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, cheetah and lions in their natural habitat. And, follow the story of a young boy as he learns first-hand the lengths that the rangers will take to protect these animals from poachers and the important role that veterinarians play in protecting them. Will an endangered animal be harmed before the poachers are caught? Experience Wild Earth Africa to find out.

Planet Earth™: From Pole to Pole

Follow the sun as it touches the lives of creatures across the planet, bringing a fresh understanding of how the world is interconnectedFrom Pole to Pole shows us where water is abundant—and where it is scarce. As spring arrives in the Arctic, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with two tiny cubs. They have just two weeks to cross the frozen sea before it melts and they become stranded. At the other end of the globe, emperor penguins are plunged into darkness for four months. They endure the coldest temperatures in the world as they suffer through winter in Antarctic—huddled together to protect their precious eggs.See where the seals go to breed -- and the Great White sharks that follow them. Then watch the mighty elephants of the Kalahari as they set off on an urgent search for water. From Pole to Pole examines how the seasons produce the greatest spectacles on Earth and illuminates the importance of the sun’s energy to life on Earth.

Extreme Log Ride4-D

Blaze into the future on an Extreme Log Ride to save humankind from extinction. In 2020 humankind is on the brink of a major environmental disaster due to years of over-harvesting in the Amazon forests. To save us from extinction, scientists develop a super-tree that quickly generates desperately needed wood and life-giving oxygen. The super-trees are grown in a simulated “super world” called HimalAmazon, a unique combination of the Himalayas and the Amazon.The thrilling adventure begins as we follow one of the super-trees from seed to harvest.Extreme Log Ride is a roller coaster ride with an ecological message making it a 4-D must-see.

 

Nick Jr. at the Movies

Nickelodeon presents "Nick Jr. at the Movies",a 30-minute program featuring episodes and musicvideosof Nick Jr.’s popular shows, The Backyardigans and The WonderPets with added 4D effects to bring the experience to life. The program provides kids and their parents a fun and comfortable introduction to the movie-going experience with the characters they know and love. Share the experience together!