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Imagineer Joe Rohde offers masterclass on storytelling in three Instagram posts

Joe Rohde walks with James Cameron and Tom Staggs (among others)

Joe Rohde walks with James Cameron and Tom Staggs (among others)

Not only has Joe Rohde, imagineer and champion of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, posted a terrific photo of a very hard to get image from Expedition Everest roller coaster, he’s provided something of a master-class on creating a back story for an attraction with just three Instagram posts.

Check out the tale explaining the story of the Forbidden Mountain below: Read More »Imagineer Joe Rohde offers masterclass on storytelling in three Instagram posts

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Starts Starbucks Construction

The store formerly known as Creature Comforts on Discovery Island inside Disney’s Animal Kingdom is currently in the process of becoming the 6th and final Starbucks locations for Disney’s domestic theme parks. The building was recently repainted with a color scheme that has earthy tones… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom Starts Starbucks Construction

Drone provides Aerial Video of Avatar Construction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Update: The drone owner has decided to take down his channel after receiving a lot of blow-back. A YouTube channel called Your Flying Camera has added a drone flyover of the Avatar – World of Pandora expansion at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. In it you can… Read More »Drone provides Aerial Video of Avatar Construction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Carol of the Bells By Chakranadi At Disney’s Animal Kingdom

This year Disney’s Animal Kingdom is celebrating a “Festival of All Seasons.” As part of the celebration, musicians around the park are performing seasonal tunes with a twist that comes from their own traditions. Over in the Asia section of the park, Chakranadi performs this… Read More »Carol of the Bells By Chakranadi At Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Harambe to expand with Africa Marketplace at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

The keen folks over at WDW Magic have gotten their hands on a piece of concept art for a new expansion coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Africa Marketplace will open in Spring of 2015 in the Harambe area of the park. It will be part… Read More »Harambe to expand with Africa Marketplace at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Update – Construction Walls Everywhere

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I ducked into Disney’s Animal Kingdom for a late October check on the progress the park is making to adding some much needed night time entertainment. As part of the project the area around the Tree of Life on Discovery Island is getting upgrades and a larger performance zone, and so is the river between Asia and DinoLand that will eventually be home to the Rivers of Light water show.

If you can’t view the video, I have an image gallery at the end of this post:

As you can see all the construction makes Disney’s Animal Kingdom a Kingdom of Walls. We were there on a weekend and there was a lot of activity on Discovery Island, around the Tree of Life, but as far as I could tell, no work on the tree itself yet. In fact, they’ve actually let the area around the tree go a little bit. And you could see where horticulture really needed to get in and clean things up.Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom Update – Construction Walls Everywhere

Disney’s Animal Kingdom wins AZA Award

“All creatures great and small” is a great motto for the caretakers at a park like Disney’s Animal Kingdom. This last week at the annual Association of Zoos and Aquariums meeting, they received Top Honors at the 2014 Edward H. Bean Award for their efforts… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom wins AZA Award

Celebrity Spotting: Avery Brooks Narrates Harambe Nights

Harambe Nights “The Lion King Concert in the Wild,” Disney’s new up-charge after-hours event at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, has now had two Saturday performances. It has been getting generally good reviews, with everyone agreeing that the post-show dinner party was the best part. I have… Read More »Celebrity Spotting: Avery Brooks Narrates Harambe Nights