Jungle Island makes best/worst-of lists
May 16th, 2008 by admin
This week, Miami New Times released its “Best of Miami 2008″ list. The weekly gave its tongue-in-cheek “Best Financial Black Hole” award to Miami’s Jungle Island. Due to disappointing attendance, the attraction has been unable to pay back a $25 million loan that was secured to build its new facility in 2003. Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami have been left to cover the payments.
New Times criticized Jungle Island’s “through-the-roof admission prices,” but Jungle Island’s depressing tiger shows, its irresponsible breeding of chimpanzees and other animals, among other problems, were the reasons we added the attraction to our “Worst of Florida” list. Please click here to view our list of vacation spots you definitely want to miss.