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Disney's Animal Kingdom

Theme Park Guy Rating: 55555
Date Visited:
December 21, 2007

Review

Animal Kingdom is the best Disney park in North America, containing unique thrill rides, a drive-through safari and terrific landscaping. I love strolling around here: its dense jungle and perfect cocktail of rides make for the best possible theme park experience.

'Expedition Everest', opened in 2006, is a colossal, fast and surprising backwards-and-forwards roller coaster careering through a Himalayan landscape in search of the yeti. With stops, thrills and a stunningly life-like yeti animatronic at the end, it leaves nothing out apart from some lacking interior design within the mountain structure. 'Everest' is quite a rough roller coaster by Disney standards and, given the extensive exposure to G-forces, not for everyone.

'Dinosaur': due to its hidden location, many visitors miss this attraction. Don't!! Using the same 'Enhanced Motion Vehicle' technology as the Indiana Jones rides in California and Japan, you get warped back in time, crashing through a dark dinosaur jungle. In my opinion it's actually better, faster and more comfortable than the Indiana Jones versions. Picture meteors thundering down around you in the dark while speeding through the primeval forest, with dinosaurs and predators everywhere!

'It’s Tough to be a Bug!' is the best 3-D movie Disney ever created. The screen is set into the roots of the beautifully designed artificial 'Tree of Life', made up of dozens of animals carved into the tree’s trunk. After the most inspiring and well-designed theme park queue you will ever wait in, you will watch a greatly entertaining movie, complete with bugs attacking the audience... from everywhere!

'Kilimanjaro Safaris': your driver will take you on a narrative journey, cruising in your safari vehicle through an African-themed landscape with lions, elephants, rhinos, crocodiles and giraffes. The size of the area that awaits you behind this attraction’s small entrance is very surprising. Fabulous!

Whatever your plan is, don't skip Animal Kingdom when visiting Walt Disney World!


Disney's Animal Kingdom aerial view Disney's Animal Kingdom aerial view

Animal Kingdom vista Animal Kingdom vista

Expedition Everest roller coaster aerial view Expedition Everest roller coaster aerial view

Expedition Everest coaster POV Expedition Everest coaster POV

On the lift hill On the lift hill

Lift hill from the side Lift hill from the side

It looks a lot more spectacular from outside than it feels on the ride It looks a lot more spectacular from outside than it feels on the ride

On the peak of Disney's Everest On the peak of Disney's Everest

The end of the track, from where the coaster will go backwards The end of the track, from where the coaster will go backwards

Yeti shadow inside the mountain Yeti shadow inside the mountain

Plummeting down with endorphin-inducing speed Plummeting down with endorphin-inducing speed

Expedition Everest from above Expedition Everest from above

Tree of Life, the centerpiece of the park Tree of Life, the centerpiece of the park

Animals are engraved into its trunk Animals are engraved into its trunk

It's Tough to be a Bug! This is a fantastic, multidimensional movie experience It's Tough to be a Bug! This is a fantastic, multidimensional movie experience

Dinosaur ride vehicles (it's a brilliant ride!) Dinosaur ride vehicles (it's a brilliant ride!)

River rapids ride River rapids ride

This one is quite a disappointing attraction This one is quite a disappointing attraction

Safari bird's eye view Safari bird's eye view

Kilimanjaro Safari is one of Animal Kingdom's major attractions Kilimanjaro Safari is one of Animal Kingdom's major attractions

Real animals - this is an animatronic-free zone Real animals - this is an animatronic-free zone

Real crocodiles Real crocodiles

Animal Kingdom safari Animal Kingdom safari

The safari section of Animal Kingdom from the helicopter The safari section of Animal Kingdom from the helicopter