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
Let’s go on an adventure! The best place for that, of course, is Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Let’s see what it has in store for us. I always try to spot DeVine as I enter the park. She’s not always there, but she’s so well disguised, you never know if she’s just hiding. There are some … Read more
Jambo friends, and welcome to a walk around Disney’s Animal Kingdom! This park always makes me feel like I’m ready for adventure, so let’s go ahead and get one started! Kicking things off with a couple new pieces of merch today. In Discovery Trading Company, a couple new plushes showed up this morning. It’s a … Read more
It’s another beautiful, hot, humid day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and we’re out here in it for another park walk, so let’s hop to it! (That was an animal pun. Because Animal Kingdom.) Stopping into DinoLand USA, I checked in on Primeval Whirl. We reported earlier this week that it had closed unexpectedly for unscheduled … Read more
There is not a whole lot new going on in Animal Kingdom, but let’s take a look around anyway. Walls are still up around the otter habitat. Hopefully it will be back open sooner rather than later. I miss those little guys. It’s definitely a week until Christmas in Pandora. With a 160 minute wait … Read more
The hours of operations for various attractions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom have been reduced through the rest of the year. While Animal Kingdom is now open later than it used to be years ago, many rides will now close earlier or will open later than before. These include: Kilimanjaro Safari is now closing at 7:45 … Read more
Surrounded by lush greenery, colourful signs, aging murals, and fruitful shrines, Animal Kingdom’s Asia is a place like no other, offering you a beautiful glimpse at the continent within a theme park! Capturing the physical beauty of Asia’s regions and wildlife, this area has carefully created artwork, peaceful and gorgeous areas, and opportunities to learn … Read more
On Wednesday, Disney gave us the awesome announcement that Sohni, a Sumatran tiger at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, gave birth to a pair of beautiful tiger cubs, a first in the park’s history. According to Disney, Sohni and her cubs are bonding very well and are in excellent condition with around-the-clock care. Guests currently can’t see … Read more
After a recent refurbishment of the enclosure, Disney welcomed two new tigers to the Maharajah Jungle Trek at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with the idea being to breed them. Well, rather quickly, the female tiger is already expecting and should be delivering some tiger cubs to the park next month. Here’s the announcement from Disney: Disney … Read more
Our latest photo report brings us to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to see the latest progress on Pandora: The World of AVATAR, Rivers of Light, and more around the park. Let’s take a look… Wild Places and Parking Spaces The large dirt barrier behind Pandora: The World of AVATAR is still quite visible from outside of … Read more
This week, the lion-tailed macaque exhibit along the Maharajah Jungle Trek attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom finally opened. The new exhibit is located towards the beginning of the walkthrough, just before the bat house. Guests here can observe the creatures through glass windows, which there are two sets of at opposite corners of the exhibit. In … Read more
A new species of Monkey is coming to the Maharajah Jungle Trek walk through exhibit at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. An area of Maharajah Jungle Trek has been behind walls for several months now as a new home is built for these creatures, the lion-tailed macaque. The monkeys have been living backstage already for … Read more