Ice cream and waffle cones are made fresh inhouse. We made a pilgrimage every evening to Jeni's.

By far the best ice cream I have ever had. Not far from the zoo is Jeni's Splendid ice cream shop. During the week you will have little problem getting a reservation with short notice. You have to make a reservation online via the zoo's website, but they have thousands of available reservations each day. The zoo has no entrance fee and ample free parking outside the pay parking lot area. I don't go out of my way to visit zoo's, but this zoo was wonderful. The highlight of the visit was the Saint Louis zoo. There is a rail station on the Casino property to downtown, ball park, aquarium and beyond. You can drive a couple of minutes across the river or take the commuter train. Campground has a basic playground, restrooms and camp store with vending machines, but the location and access to downtown Saint Louis was perfect for our family. with our family because the site allowed us to pull out 40ft motorhome and pickup (In tow) into the the site without unhooking the truck. The larger RV sites 40-70ft rigs are out in the open and provide no shade.

The sites are spacious and have water/electric/sewer hookups. The RV park is clean, safe and has very helpful/friendly security staff. The Casino Queen RV park is locate just across the Mississippi River from downtown Saint Louis and the arch. I wish we’d done that instead of wasting our time with casino Queen. There seemed to be other campers parked next to the metro in parking spots. The lot is so far away from the metro which means you have to walk through a big parking lot without sidewalks with kids. I called again and had to tell them their site does not allow booking for parking so they finally helped. I tried walking up to the building but nobody is there and a code is needed there as well. The website does NOT have the option to book a half day parking. When you pull up a code is required to enter. The day of I called to book and was told I had to use the website. I didn’t book at that time because I didn’t know our itinerary yet. I called Casino Queen to see where parking is allowed and was told you have to pay for a half day campsite to park. A week prior to our trip I was told by staff at the Gateway Arch that we could park our RV at the Casino Queen RV Park and take the metro into town.

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