Take the Wildlife Express Train at Animal Kingdom

When going to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park a great stop is the Wildlife Express Train. It is something fun to do whether it is raining or not and is often overlooked. It is found toward the back of the park in the Africa area behind the Tree of Life.

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Disney Takes Animal Kingdom to Facebook With Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers

Disney Interactive today announced Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers, a social game inspired by The Walt Disney Company’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, is now live on Facebook. Developed by Disney Social Games, Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers is a hidden object game that provides players with a social, ecologically minded play experience.

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First Look: Park-Inspired Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers Game

Have you heard? Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers is coming soon and it’s the first social game inspired by our very own Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. Yes, it includes “The Tree of Life,” and during game play, you’ll have a chance to create and nurture your own wildlife nature preserve

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Please Refurbish this ride – “It’s Tough To Be a Bug” at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

If you’ve been a reader of Chip and Company for a while, you’ll know that I wrote a piece about the show “It’s Tough To Be a Bug!” about 9 months ago.  So why I am writing another about it so soon, you ask?  Because instead of just upgrading it,

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Take Five at Walt Disney World: Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Of all Walt Disney World theme parks, Disney’s Animal Kingdom perhaps offers my favorite “Take Five” moments – those little breaks in a touring plan that are opportunities to relax, enjoy some unscripted fun and appreciate details that make up the Disney Difference. I generally find Disney’s Animal Kingdom relaxing,

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Disney Food Confession – Jalapeno Cheese Stuffed Pretzel

Where can you find it? Disney’s Animal Kingdom-Safari Pretzel Kiosk OR EPCOT-World Showcase-Fife and Drum Tavern What is it? A jalapeno cheese stuffed pretzel Why you want it- It is a delicious soft baked jalapeno bread stuffed with lots of  melted cheese! Despite it’s name it’s not super spicy but

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom Opening Ceremony – Kinda’ Fun

We don’t spend a lot of time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom except to see some of the shows and hit a couple of the significant attractions. There are also lots of photo opportunities and we take advantage of those too. On our last visit, for some reason, we got there

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom gets a new resident

Luna, the fifth elephant baby to be born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, is introduced to the park’s savanna less than a month after her May 20, 2010 birth. Luna and her mom, Donna, spend part of the day with their elephant family group along the Kilimanjaro Safaris route. There are

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Disney’s 2011 Expedition Everest Challenge

Experience the true meaning of “racing heartbeat.” Expedition Everest™ Challenge, a race adventure with some bite, is coming Saturday, May 7, 2011 to Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. Just after sunset, individuals and teams of two will brave the mysteries of a thrilling 5K trek held in the shadows of

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Wild Africa Trek safari tour overview at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

At Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, guests can now step onto the “other side” of the safari as part of the Wild Africa Trek. Included in the 3-hour adventure are up-close encounters with hippos and crocodiles, shaky rope bridge walks, and relaxing time snacking in the middle of the Harambe

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Adventure comes alive in Wild Africa Trek, an exciting new experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Adventure comes alive in Wild Africa Trek, an exciting new experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The new add-on offering invites intrepid explorers to up-close encounters with the park’s wildlife. As part of their expert-led adventure, guests clip onto a lifeline as they step to the very edge of a cliff

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My Fab Five Disney’s Animal Kingdom Attractions

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the park we spend the least time in. In spite of that there are a number of attractions we try to visit on each trip so here are my Fab Five attractions. As I go through them you will notice a couple of the biggies are

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Crocs, Hippos and Rickety Footbridges Add Up To Wild Adventure at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Navigating a rickety footbridge suspended over a river chasm can be a white-knuckle experience.  For explorers on an all-new Disney adventure launching Jan. 16, 2011, what lurks below their bridge may quicken their step to get to the other side: crocodiles! A ravine of menacing-looking crocs, pools of hippos, bushwalks

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Best Things I Love About Disney – The Festival Of The Lion King

MUSIC! DANCE! FLOATS! ATHLETICS! EXCITEMENT! It’s hard to find all of these things anywhere but at Disney’s Animal Kingdom they are presented many times daily in The Festival of the Lion King (FOTLK) in the Camp Minnie-Mickey area. This is one of three or four things that draw me back

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