While nearly all of Walt Disney World is closed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, legendary Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde is offering a different kind of tour of some of his work. In a series of post on his Instagram account, Rohde explained the thesis behind the design of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Tree of … Read more
The Orange County mayor has announced that he will be signing a stay-at-home mandate for all of Orange County effective starting Thursday, March 26 at 11:00 PM, for the duration of two weeks. Disney has yet to make any official announcements at this point, but the two-week period would put the closure past the originally-stated … Read more
Walt Disney World Resort may be temporarily closed, but Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s animal care team is continuing to provide top-notch care to thousands of animals, including the newest addition to the park, an adorable baby prehensile-tailed porcupine. The baby, known as a porcupette, was born to mom, Peri, on Feb. 25. If you’ve seen the One … Read more
The Disney Parks may be closed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, but that doesn’t mean the adventure has to stop. We’re bringing our cinematic safari of Disney+ offerings to our final stop at Walt Disney World, Disney’s Animal Kingdom! Naturally, each of these parks is covered in the Disney+ Original Series “The Imagineering Story.” … Read more
Walt Disney World is currently experiencing an unfortunate, yet historic time as for the first time ever, all of its parks have now been closed for over a week. Yes, that includes all four parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom. All resorts and transportation have also closed and/or come to a standstill due … Read more
Due to the ongoing closures related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic across the nation and at Walt Disney World Resort, new reports from Landry’s Restaurants employees, which includes Rainforest Cafe and T-REX Cafe in Disney Springs, plus the Rainforest Cafe and Yak & Yeti in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, state that all employees are being furloughed. … Read more
Good evening from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! It is, sadly, the last night the park will be open for quite some time due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions. With its 8:00pm closing time, the park will be the first of the Florida parks to close – the final four that were open worldwide. It is certainly an … Read more
Construction to the entrance area of Disney’s Animal Kingdom has been underway for some time now, and has had some significant visual progress recently. We stopped by for an extensive photo tour of outside and inside the fenced-off area. Approaching from the Unicorn parking lot, which is on the left side of the parking lot … Read more
Good morning from beautiful Disney’s Animal Kingdom! We’re ready to have a wonderful, wild day here, so let’s see what we can find! Coming into the park early in the morning means catching some of the animals napping before the large crowds arrive. These flamingos were taking a little snooze all together before the busy … Read more
On a hot Florida day, nothing says pot of gold at the end of the rainbow quite like an ice cream sandwich. This treat has made a seasonal appearance here before, but we sure are glad to see it back! This giant ice cream sandwich is made from two double chocolate chip cookies (with white … Read more
With the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shutting down most events and theme parks throughout the country, Walt Disney World Resort has announced it will temporarily close after Sunday, March 15 out of an abundance of caution for their Cast Members and guests. The closure is stated to last through the end of the month, but Walt … Read more
With this new addition from Loungefly, you too can be in B-mode… backpack mode, that is! An adorable new yeti backpack has made its way to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and it’s roaring (and strobing) its way into our hearts. The all-over furry backpack is coated in soft white fur, with a light blue face with … Read more
With the growing concern over Coronavirus around the world, we are closely monitoring Walt Disney World’s status and daily-changing response. Today, we found a portable hand-wash station installed at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The accompanying sign provides basic directions for guests to fight the COVID-19 virus. On the signage, it does also direct guests to the … Read more
We profiled some of the new construction going on to the entrance plaza at Disney’s Animal Kingdom yesterday. Today, we were treated to a much clearer view of the job site and the construction progress as a whole. We got an especially good look at the upcoming security checkpoint plaza that, judging by the size, … Read more
The popular “A Path Less Traveled” Tour at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is returning to the park in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! The limited-time tour first debuted in 2018 as part of the park’s milestone 20th anniversary celebration and is now making a comeback, albeit slightly modified, with all backstage portions of … Read more
Good morning from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! It was chilly day today at the park, let’s go take a look around. The Tree of Life *might* just be my favorite park icon. It’s also the perfect backdrop for a great selfie! Some of the new merchandise for Disney·Pixar’s “Onward” has arrived at Disney’s Animal Kingdom! With … Read more