A Walk on the Wild Side
Lace up your walking shoes and prepare to explore five lands of adventure in Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. The intriguing worlds of wild and fanciful creatures come to life on thrill rides and on an authentic Africa safari, in theatres brimming with colourful entertainment and through up-close encounters with the animal stars of Disney feature animation classics. Wonder and whimsy reign in this fourth and newest major theme park.
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Laughter's the cure for your fear of bugs. And lots of it. Burrowed in the roots of The Tree of Life is the comical 3-D adventure It's Tough to be a Bug! Put on your 3-D "Bug-Eyes" and hang on for a hilarious, all-out assault by a band of trouble-making grasshoppers. When a heroic young ant, and his friends step, drop and buzz in to save the day, the trouble flies. And swarms. And crawls. And creeps through the entire theatre.
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The Tree of Life, the parks towering centre-piece is full of surprises. Inside and out. The mighty trunk and branches of this majestic 14-story tree are cloaked in a tapestry of 325 hand-carved animals symbolising the diversity of animal life on earth. Spot the leopard and start counting.
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In minuets, a fiery meteor will slam into earth. And you are there, on the edge of disaster, with the not-so-simple mission to rescue the last dinosaur from certain extinction. The thrills and suspense of Countdown to Extinction are beyond any adventure you've ever taken. Nothing can go wrong, or you'll be trapped 65 million years back in time.
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Sign on with Kilimanjaro Safaris to brave the unpredictable fates of nature. With civilisation in your rear-view mirror, embark on a trek across 110-acres of African savannah. Fuelled by curiosity, your vehicle rambles through muddy trails and running rivers. Then, in the blink of a cats eye, you're surrounded by herds of real, freely-roaming elephants, lions, zebra, giraffe and other wild creatures. Your camera's barely loaded when, suddenly you're chasing down a dangerous band of poachers.
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Will you make it back to Harambe, the village where your adventure began? Cross a couple of fingers you do. Harambe, a Swahili name for coming together, is a modern day East African village. The locals are friendly. The shops and restaurants entice the senses. And when the bottle-band plays, you're convincingly half-way around the world.
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Camp Minnie-Mickey is a child's paradise of wood-land trails, and the place to be to meet your favourite characters. Its also home to the enormously popular Festival of the Lion King, a sweeping theatrical celebration unlike any telling of this tale tale, anywhere.
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Pangani Forest Exploration Trail leads guests through a very lush bamboo jungle inhabited by two troops of lowland gorillas, foraging through the trees just inches away. The winding trail also offers an intimate look at rare birds, mammals, fish and reptiles, many too small or too shy to be seen on the safari ride.
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The Wildlife Express steam train take visitors to Conservation Station for an up-close look at how the park's animals are kept happy and healthy. There are several interactive areas, including the Affection Section where guests can meet and pet small domestic animals.
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Gibbons emit deep-throated hoots as they swing from a Nepalese-styled monument tower to the ruins of a Thai-inspired temple in the mystical village of Anadapur in Asia, the newest land at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Another inhabitant is the Komodo dragon which can grow up to 12 feet long and is the largest monitor lizard in the world.
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Revered tigers roam near the crumbling walls of a palace on the Maharajah Jungle Trek, a breathtaking journey through the lush home of myriad animal and bird species. In this superb rainforest environment, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal and India all are represented through architecture, ruins and animal carvings.
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Giant rafts launch guests into the turbulent Chakranadi River for a wild, wet ride through a jungle habitat on the Kali River Rapids in Asia. Rafter get a fun - and very wet - ride, with surprises around every turn as the raft twists and spins through the river, narrowly avoiding disaster in a burning forest.
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Tarzan Rocks! brings the emotion of the hit animated film Tarzan to life in a high-energy and high-flying extravaganza performed in the Theatre in the Wild. singers, dancers, gymnasts, aerialists and in-line skaters join Tarzan, Jane and Trek on stage as action splits into and above the audience. The four-act show features five songs from the film's soundtrack, including the hit single "You'll Be in My Heart."
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Disney's Animal Kingdom is full of live animals.
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This means that attractions such as Kilimanjaro Safaris provide new and exciting adventures every-time you ride throughout the day.
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Try the early morning or late afternoon. The animals are more active then and the wait times are shorter! |
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There are many live shows throughout the park at different times.
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Its best to plan your day around these shows. Simply pick up a Park Guidemap as you enter the park for full details on show times.
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