A minor fire occured today at the 4:15 showing of The Festival of The Lion King. The float that holds the Elephant puppet caught fire early in the show (the Tumble Monkey performance was underway). No injuries were reported and the fire was quickly extinguished… Read More »Festival of The Lion King float catches fire during show
We’re really excited for the arrival of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s first night time show – “Rivers of Light.” Beginning on Earth Day April 22nd, the show will begin nightly performances on Discovery River between Expedition Everest and the Theater in the Wild (home to Finding… Read More »Rivers of Light testing at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Later this spring Disney’s Animal Kingdom will make a big transition from a park where the fun stops before dusk to when the party doesn’t really get started until after the sun goes down. Encouraging guests to stay late will be a variety of shows,… Read More »Get ready to experience Disney’s Animal Kingdom at night
Although we’ve known for some time that Disney’s Animal Kingdom was shooting for April 22nd, aka Earth Day, as the official opening for “Rivers of Light,” the new water and light pageant that is coming to a newly constructed stadium around Discovery River, it is… Read More »Rivers of Light to open on Earth Day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
With a movie based on the animal kingdom, it made sense for Disney to host the promotional tour for Zootopia at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. That meant we Orlando locals also got an invite to sit at the table and share a few moments with the… Read More »Zootopia – Meeting the team in person
Although there’s a lot of buzz about the Star Wars and Toy Story land additions coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, it’s really Walt Disney World’s 4th gate, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, that’s about to be transformed by two major additions. We previously posted our February look… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom Update – Avatar-land and more
Here’s the scenario. A friend of a friend is coming to Orlando next weekend for a three-day vacation with his spouse, a 6 year-old boy, and a 2 year old infant. They’re staying off property and want to spend Friday afternoon at Disney Springs with… Read More »Critique my two-day plan of attack for an Orlando vacation
We’re just a few months away from the first major addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom since the opening of Expedition Everest. The good news is that Rivers of Light water pageant construction has finally proceeded to the point where they’re starting to do some basic… Read More »Rivers of Light Construction Update – February 2016