not a nice title:0)

I had a title prepared that i am not going to use!! We took the kids out for a "night out" at the london zoo. They only do this once a year, so we thought that it should be a nice night and good treat!! The zoo costs money over here, so we figured that we would pay to go to this rather than a normal day at the zoo. It was from 6:30-10, so even though we knew it would be a late night, we figured the kids would enjoy it! We arrived after an hour and a half train, tube and bus journey. We stood in a line that we were told to get in to. G asked 3 times if we should go on through b/c we already had tickets. no, no, stand here we were told. 20 minutes later, and a bit fed up, G walks all the way to the front to then be told, if you have a ticket, come on thru. Could the evening have started out worse?? They were supposed to have feeding times and talks through out the zoo. We would get to an area 5-10 minutes ahead, and no one would be able to tell us where the feedings were happening. after this happened a few times, we finally said, fine lets just go look at the animals. It was 8:15, and we walk up to the giraffe's, only to be told they are now going to bed. Same thing happened with the reptiles, and the penguins. Needless to say, we got home after midnight, we tired and disappointed kids. At least we had some family time and if this was the only bad day we have had this whole trip, we really can't complain too much:0)