@Cl4ssMammalia #54 is a tunnel under the river. The left and right ends will begin stairs that head down to the tunnel under the river. At least, that's the plan. When building, I might not be able to do this and will change to an overhead bridge instead. All plans are tentative for now. Thanks for responding.
Concept Map
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Really like your map...
It looks like a really big zoo...
Just 1 concern, are you sure about your staff areas:
Are there enough zoo keepers areas and won't the zoo keepers be travelling too much to prepare food and cleaning enclosures?
Especially the lower left part: warthogs/elephants/rhinos/ostriches/zebra, that's a lot of poo/cleaning/feeding in 1 part...
Just curious
And if you make such a zoo, please share the pics !!
It looks like a really big zoo...
Just 1 concern, are you sure about your staff areas:
Are there enough zoo keepers areas and won't the zoo keepers be travelling too much to prepare food and cleaning enclosures?
Especially the lower left part: warthogs/elephants/rhinos/ostriches/zebra, that's a lot of poo/cleaning/feeding in 1 part...
Just curious
And if you make such a zoo, please share the pics !!@NL_Mutso Yes, I agree. I tried to plan it so that every keepers hut only handled 4 habitats at most, but, after play testing, I might need to add more. Do you know whether or not a big keepers hut that can handle more keepers, can all be assigned to the same habitats. If I Have a big keepers hut for those big habitats could I assign one keeper (or maybe two) to one big habitat?
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I mean wow, that is some serious work there. Amazing job, I can't wait to see it in the game!
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Wow, nice work @dannydanbo 
I think you inspired me to give making a zoo map a try once I have my own zoo.
I look forward to see how your zoo is going to turn out. Be sure to share your progress on the forums!
I think you inspired me to give making a zoo map a try once I have my own zoo.
I look forward to see how your zoo is going to turn out. Be sure to share your progress on the forums!
There are larger keeper huts but it is just so more staff can work in it at a time instead of just 1, when you have a large habitat like my tiger one that I made during beta
I had to have 2 keepers assigned to this at all times, so I had 1 keeper hut and a staff room assigned, and manually told 1 keeper to only tend to cleaning poop and the other was for both feeding and cleaning poop, and never had issues, however because I had a stream going around the one side of my enclosure the keepers do not walk in water, so if i wanted to make it more functional for the keepers I should have made a bridge that goes across the river, because to feed the tigers them would always need to walk all the way around the river... lol
Just make sure you have enough keepers on poop cleaning duty, you really only need 1 keeper for feeding on habitats that have only 1 species of creature but probably require one for each individual animal species if you have multiple animals, maybe 1 keeper per 2 species to feed. Always make sure you have staff rooms included too, because everyone uses a staff room, and if everyone needs a break then wont do anything for your animals...The small staff rooms could be used by a lot of staff not at the same time but like over time, just need to make sure you have enough staff rooms so is to not have overflow, I think having the larger staff rooms will help significantly.
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Not sure - I never had a chance to test those in the beta
@dannydanbo Your concept map is beautifully done, thanks for posting it!
Launch day needs to get here quickly. I'm on my forth edited version of my original map. By Tuesday, I might be on the fifth or sixth.
Very Cool Plans ! Can't wait to look in your thread again ans´d see more stuff from it
To keep everyone interested up to date (and maybe keep me from changing it again), I decided to post the current plan. I also am posting a picture I found on the Facebook site someone had posted that is the inspiration for the new building in the center of my zoo.
@NL_Mutso Thanks. I like this version, too. I especially like separating the Elephants, Giraffes and Zebras into their own habitats. I'm thinking about trying to create a big rhino head on top of those two waterfalls near the boat station. It all depends on how good I am at manipulating the gound. I am a bit surprised that with all the building controls available in the game, that you can't size things up or down. Or have I missed that feature?
Don't say I didn't warn you guys. Version #5. Mainly added a Brown Bear habitat and a Red Panda Habitat (please don't post any more cute animals on FaceBook, I'm running out of room).
I know I'm late to the party and my feedback is in no way meant for you to change anything,
I come from an german-zoo standpoint and I don't know if it's different where you live, But we almost never have habitats / exhibits across from each other. At least not in view point. We have a habitat on the left, then a little way without you seeing an animal, then a habitat on the right, a little way and so on. I guess the reason is to optimize guest flow and not have anyone run from one side to the other constantly.
I can't see it exactly, but does your zoo have a tour where you can see every animal without going back and fourth?
I come from an german-zoo standpoint and I don't know if it's different where you live, But we almost never have habitats / exhibits across from each other. At least not in view point. We have a habitat on the left, then a little way without you seeing an animal, then a habitat on the right, a little way and so on. I guess the reason is to optimize guest flow and not have anyone run from one side to the other constantly.
I can't see it exactly, but does your zoo have a tour where you can see every animal without going back and fourth?