So I will start off saying we did the VIP tour and were very lucky to have the owners be our guides!
But, even still, the day was amazing and this was one of those VIP experiences where you feel like a VIP.
the tour through the animal areas, in a custom roof top on a Hummer, was amazing, all the animals come close (the giraffe will lick you if you hold food in your mouth!) and petting the white rhino was awesome.
We were lucky to have some very cool families with us, which always makes the experience nicer.
Lunch was nice, in a shaded area above the tiger pool, then we were led to our own cushioned seats, and watched a very funny tiger, zion, be hilarious with the trainers, and jump incredibly high, then afterwards you get to be first to feed him, which was not really 'feeding' him, its a long 4' tube that the trainer puts a slab of meat on and you push through the fence to feed him, but was still fun. What was great about this place is how close you can be to the animals, espcially the lions and tigers, which are about 5 feet from you, where at a zoo, they are 30-40 feet away.
This excursion was the highlight of our trip to Sedona!