It seems the fan-favorite animal encounter, Winged Encounters – The Kingdom Takes Flight bird show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is ending its four-year run this week.
Winged Encounters – The Kingdom Takes Flight seems to be ending this week at Animal Kingdom. This is the macaw flyover in front of the Tree of Life. I always enjoyed this!https://t.co/rjvqEKNjW4
— Steve Soares (@WDWentHost) May 24, 2019
The last date showing times for the experience on the Walt Disney World website is Saturday, May 25th:
The schedule for the experience remains empty for the remainder of the calendar:
This short show showcases six types of macaw: hyacinth, green-winged, blue and gold, scarlet, blue-throated and military while avian experts taught audiences about how these birds have become endangered out in the wild.
We have a video of the experience from back when it debuted in 2014, before it was moved over to the front of the Tree of Life:
While none of this has been officially announced by Disney, if Winged Encounters is finally removed, we’re sure many fans of this experience will miss it sorely.