alittlemouth t1_itr19ar wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:52 PM

Pretty sure the family membership is for two named adults (they’re pretty stringent when it comes to checking ID’s). Whether you can show your membership and your ID and not have them ID the other person is probably up to whoever is scanning. I’d be prepared to pay for the other adult.

a-german-muffin t1_itr23kh wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:58 PM

It's technically for two named, yeah, but in practice, the zoo doesn't care. I've brought my mom on our membership before, for instance, and when I brought our little dude to Boo at the Zoo a couple weekends ago, they didn't even check my ID.

alittlemouth t1_itr2ll8 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:01 PM

That's crazy to me! I've been carded EVERY time I go to the zoo with my membership. If I were OP I'd hope they'd let in the 2nd person but I'd still be prepared to pay for them!

a-german-muffin t1_itr3u4x wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:09 PM

I was a little surprised I didn't get the ID check for Boo, but at the same time, we had a reservation during early members hours, so... maybe they just had a good-faith expectation that only legit members would be showing up in that time frame. Who knows.

0rang3-Crush t1_itrho2c wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:37 PM

I remember them checking IDs years ago, but for at least the last 2 they haven’t carded me when they scanned my membership for entrance. Weird.

alittlemouth t1_itrk26f wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:52 PM

Weird! I’ve been a member for 10 years and have never not been asked for ID.