To coincide with the upcoming Earth Day and 25th anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the Discovery River Character Cruise has some new additions greeting guests today. Koda and Kenai from the film “Brother Bear” could be spotted cruising along this morning: Between April 16 and April 23, an expanded array of unique characters are joining … Read more
Attention all Kevin fans — a new Disney Big Feet Plush featuring the popular Disney bird is now available at the Emporium at Magic Kingdom. Big Feet Kevin Plush- $29.99 Kevin is the newest character featured in the Disney Big Feet collection. Each character is very soft and has a pair of oversized feet, as … Read more
Santa Claus has returned to Disney’s Animal Kingdom for another season of festive flotillas. He can be seen on Discovery River periodically throughout the day. Santa is of course appearing in his iconic red suit with white fur trim. His flotilla is decorated to look a bit like a sleigh. It has red cloth hanging … Read more
Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened to guests this afternoon following Hurricane Ian. While the park seems generally okay, we did notice that no character flotillas were traversing Discovery River. It turns out several trees were knocked into the river during the storm, preventing flotillas from sailing their usual course. Near Discovery Island, we saw these downed … Read more
With the return of Donald and friends to Donald’s Dino-Bash! at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the flotillas on Discovery River are changing. The Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto flotilla and the Pocahontas flotilla remain, while a new “Adventure Flotilla” has launched. There are two versions of the “Adventure Flotilla,” the first featuring Launchpad McQuack and Scrooge McDuck, while the second is supposed to … Read more
With the return of Donald and friends to Donald’s Dino-Bash! at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, the flotillas on Discovery River are changing. The Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto flotilla and the Pocahontas flotilla remain, while a new “Adventure Flotilla” has launched. There are two versions of the “Adventure Flotilla,” the first featuring Launchpad McQuack and Scrooge McDuck … Read more
In honor of Earth Day on Friday, April 22, the hyenas from “The Lion King” are appearing on a Discovery River flotilla in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Guests can see Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed on this jungle-themed flotilla occasionally throughout the day. Like other character flotillas, it circles the river, so guests all over the park … Read more
Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary is in full swing, and the celebration is getting wild at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with the arrival of Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto on an EARidescently decorated 50th Anniversary flotilla. Mickey and the gang are excited to see everyone around the waterways of Animal Kingdom. The flotilla makes a longer stop … Read more
Jambo from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! It’s a pretty big day from Walt Disney World’s youngest park, as we see the (modified) return of one of the resort’s most popular live shows: “Festival of the Lion King”. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is perhaps the park with the most detail—it exists at every turn, and in so many … Read more
Welcome back to Walt Disney World for another exciting Sunday in the parks! We’ll be starting our day at EPCOT and later moving on to Disney’s Animal Kingdom as we find new characters, new barges, a new drink, and more. Let’s check it all out. At the entrance to EPCOT, we always appreciate the recent … Read more
We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Sunday, April 18, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more
Earth Day celebrations have officially returned to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! Because Earth Day falls on April 22nd, which is also the theme park’s anniversary, festivities are in full swing this week. We were able to catch some special characters join the fun aboard flotillas cruising down Discovery River. Guests who have visited Disney’s Animal Kingdom … Read more
Howdy from Disney’s Hollywood Studios! We’re coming to you from Walt Disney World after an evening full of tornado watches, though thankfully we’re only feeling slight after effects of the storms. We’ll also be heading over to Disney’s Animal Kingdom later in the day. With all of that being established, there’s a busy day in … Read more