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Walt Disney World · Bay Lake, Florida
Animal Kingdom
“nahtazu — it's not a zoo”
Disney's biggest park by far — 580 acres where a carved tree anchors a real savanna, a forbidden mountain, and a moon with floating rocks. Half the animals are alive; the rest are drawn below.
- Mapped
- 23 experiences
- Headliners
- 4
- Queue scan
- 23 eligible names
- Opened
- April 22, 1998
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the tree of life hides 337 carved animals — the scorpion takes the longest to find
Showing all 23 listed attractions
1 Single Rider listing Audited Varies by day
The Oasis
2| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Explorers Earn all the badges. Caw caw, roar. | — | — | — |
| The Oasis Exhibits The garden gauntlet between the gate and everything else. | — | — | — |
Discovery Island
5| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree of Life Headliner 145 feet tall, 337 animals carved into one trunk. | — | — | — |
| Zootopia: Better Zoogether! Judy and Nick in 4D, inside the Tree of Life. | — | — | — |
| Discovery Island Trails The paths around the Tree — animals in the roots. | — | — | — |
| Animal Encounters: Winged Encounters – The Kingdom Takes Flight A flock of macaws sweeps over Discovery Island in a burst of color. | — | — | — |
| Viva Gaia Street Band! A globe-spanning street band celebrates the living planet. | — | — | — |
Pandora — The World of Avatar
2| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar Flight of Passage Headliner Ride a banshee over the valley — the best ride on property. | — | — | — |
| Na'vi River Journey Drift a bioluminescent river to the Shaman of Songs. | — | — | — |
Africa
6| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilimanjaro Safaris Headliner An open-sided truck through 110 acres of real savanna. | — | — | — |
| Festival of the Lion King Broadway-caliber, in the round, six times a day. | — | — | — |
| Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail Silverbacks, meerkats, and a walk-through aviary. | — | — | — |
| Wildlife Express Train The backstage train to Rafiki's Planet Watch. | — | — | — |
| Harambe Village Street Band – Burudika Afro-pop rhythms fill Harambe village throughout the afternoon. | — | — | — |
| Tam Tam Drummers of Harambe West African drumming turns the Harambe street into a dance floor. | — | — | — |
Asia
4| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expedition Everest Headliner Forward, backward, and face-to-face with the yeti. | — | — | — |
| Kali River Rapids A round raft, a logging camp, and one guaranteed soaking. | — | — | — |
| Feathered Friends in Flight! Free-flying birds overhead — no nets. | — | — | — |
| Maharajah Jungle Trek Tigers prowling temple ruins. | — | — | — |
DinoLand U.S.A.
1| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond! The fish are puppets; the singers aren't hiding. | — | — | — |
Conservation Station
3| Experience | Minutes | Level | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Care at Conservation Station The vet hospital with the curtains open. | — | — | — |
| Bluey's Wild World at Conservation Station Bluey and Bingo, for real life. | — | — | — |
| Jumping Junction Meet kangaroos and wallabies from Bluey's home country at Conservation Station. | — | — | — |
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FIELD NOTES
What makes this park itself.
This is the park that argues a zoo can be a story: real lions on a real savanna, one land over from a mountain guarded by a myth and a moon that glows when the sun quits.
Go at rope drop for the safari — the animals are up, the light is gold, and the line isn't. Then cross the whole park and let Flight of Passage ruin every other simulator for you.
The field map holds the Tree of Life at the hub, then lets the river paths, mountain, savanna, and Pandora pull the park into four different kinds of wilderness.
- opened
- April 22, 1998
- size
- 580 acres — WDW's biggest
- the icon
- The Tree of Life
- my headliners
- Flight of Passage · Everest · Safaris