The Commerford Zoo Kids Fun Fair travels around the east coast putting on kids’ fairs with a petting zoo and kiddie rides. We recently went to a fun fair at the DCU Center in Worcester and had a great time. This is not a full-featured circus or carnival, but was a welcome break from the cold we’ve been experiencing. Tickets were $10 per adult and kids under 12 were free with a coupon that you can get at the ticket booth. These tickets gives you access to all of the animals, but the games and rides are À la carte with cash or tickets for purchase.

The Animals

Commerford has a wide variety of animals including elephants, lemurs, monkeys, snakes, camels, a zebra, various birds, and even a uni-cow, which is a large cow with a single horn on its head. You and your kids can feed many of the animals, so bring your quarters and hand sanitizer. For an additional charge, pony, camel, and elephant rides are available as well as photographs with many of the animals.

Rides and Games

Carousel and kiddie rides await your little ones in exchange for tickets and cash. Tickets can be purchased for the rides at booths throughout the venue and can be purchased individually for $1.25, or save some money and buy them in blocks of 12 ($12.50), 24 ($25), and 36 ($37.50). Rides required either 2 or 4 tickets per person and included a carousel, train ride, car ride, super fun slide (highly recommended!), a huge bouncy, and several others. Games required a few dollars to play and included your standard carnival games of water gun squirting and balloon burst, all to win stuffed animal prizes.

Overall Thoughts

This fair is smaller when compared to the large, outdoor carnivals and fairs throughout New England, but is a nice change of pace to get out of the cold and see some animals up close and personal. While petting zoos can get old for parents, kids never seem to be able to get enough of seeing animals in this setting. The fact that kids were free was a benefit, but we ended up spending $20 for two adults to enter and $12.50 on tickets to go on a few rides. We spent an hour and a half at this one, and could have extended that to 3 hours if we ate there and took in a few more rides.

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