Two of the Delaware Valley’s anchor wildlife institutions just made the math easier for families who wanted to do both. The new AquaZoo Combo Ticket — available now through June 12 — bundles general admission to America’s first zoo and a Top 10 U.S. aquarium under one purchase, with savings of up to 30 percent off standard gate pricing. At $55.99 for adults and $45.99 for children, it represents the rare regional partnership where the value proposition is genuinely compelling rather than just bundled.

The timing is notable. The AquaZoo Combo Ticket launches the same week the Philadelphia Zoo opens the public phase of its $85 million Remember the Future campaign — a launch weekend on May 8 and 9 with sport mascots, a Teddy Bear Clinic, the Get Wild Dance Party at Bird Lake Plaza, and a 48-hour fundraising push. For families using the combo ticket that weekend, the Zoo side of the trip lands in unusually high gear.

What the AquaZoo Combo Ticket Includes

The AquaZoo Combo Ticket grants general admission to both venues. On the Adventure Aquarium side, that means access to the Shark Tunnel, the longest Shark Bridge in the world, Hippo Haven (the only aquarium in the U.S. exhibiting hippos — resident Nile hippos Button and Genny), Stingray Beach Club’s touch exhibit, and the property’s 14 aquatic exhibits spanning more than two million gallons of water and 15,000 animals.

On the Philadelphia Zoo side, the AquaZoo Combo Ticket unlocks the full 42-acre campus: the Giraffe Experience, Big Cat Falls, KidZooU, the PECO Primate Reserve, the McNeil Avian Center, the Reptile and Amphibian House (home to Mommy the Galapagos tortoise and her now-famous hatchlings), and Zoo360 — the see-through animal travel system the Philadelphia Zoo pioneered and that more than 70 zoos worldwide have since adopted.

AquaZoo Combo Ticket Pricing and Savings

The AquaZoo Combo Ticket pricing structure is straightforward: $55.99 for adults, $45.99 for children, with savings of up to 30 percent off combined gate pricing depending on which day-pass categories families would otherwise have purchased. One important mechanical detail: Adventure Aquarium requires a reservation with a specific date and time selected at the moment of purchase, while the Philadelphia Zoo does not impose the same requirement on general admission. That difference matters for same-day planning — the Aquarium reservation is the fixed anchor of the trip, and the Zoo visit flexes around it.

Planning Your AquaZoo Combo Ticket Visit

Geography is the other planning factor for the AquaZoo Combo Ticket. Adventure Aquarium sits on the Camden Waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Center City. The Philadelphia Zoo is in West Philadelphia, just off Girard Avenue. For families coming from the Philly side without a car, the RiverLink Ferry connects Penn’s Landing to the Camden Waterfront from May through September, offering a clean car-free path for the Aquarium leg of the trip.

For families building a full single-day visit, the most practical pattern is Aquarium in the morning (with the time-locked reservation), then Zoo in the afternoon. The reverse also works, particularly during the Zoo’s expanded May 8 and 9 launch weekend programming. Families who’d rather pace the experience can split the AquaZoo Combo Ticket across two separate days as long as both visits happen by June 12. As Patrick McMaster, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at the Philadelphia Zoo, framed the partnership in announcing it, the goal is celebrating the biodiversity available right in the region’s backyard — a framing that matches the conservation register both institutions have leaned into this year.

How to Buy the AquaZoo Combo Ticket

The AquaZoo Combo Ticket is available exclusively through Adventure Aquarium’s limited-time ticket page. Date and time selection is required at purchase to lock the Aquarium reservation, and all tickets must be redeemed by June 12, 2026 — the same date the limited-time partnership ends. Families planning to use the bundle should buy early, both to secure preferred Aquarium time slots and to ensure full flexibility on the Zoo side.

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Allan Lane

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