4 Evgy - a month ago
Summary: The palace is a zoo combined with multiple animal shows and a safari. Full day activity with one hour of it dedicated to the safari. A bit crowded with school tours. Expensive and multiple activities require additional changes. Many food options inside. The zoo is more a combination of animal shows and less a zoo.
The safari is a very good experience of driving through the "animal kingdom" on your car, or alternatively on a small bus for a 60 baht per person fee. There is a feeding ride at 9:30 that should be more interesting. This is a great experience and I strongly recommend you to do this ride.
The zoo has some nice, well treated animals, and they are also very friendly for some reason :) But this zoo is more animals shows oriented, and you find yourself running from one show to the next. I personally don't like the idea of animal shows and the animals from the shows in this zoo are seen only at the shows and cannot be seen in any other way. So your only way to see the elephants, orangutans, dolphins and other interesting animals is in the show :(
There are multiple additional activities inside for extra charge, like the river boat ride, taking pictures with some animals, feeding some animals and so on, which is a bit annoying after paying the large entrance price.
The spy show is an action show that doesn't involve any animals and has multiple explosions that are interesting to children but less to adults. Also, while this show is mostly for children, one scene contains a woman removing her dress and seducing the soldier to follow her into the room in which kissing sounds are heard after they close the door behind them... Don't think this is appropriate content for the very young kids that attended this show.