Category: Animal Kingdom

Filming for upcoming television specials will take place at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Saturday, November 4th, prompting some shows to go dark for just that day.

The following entertainment offerings will not be available to guests on November 4th: Tree of Life Awakenings, Winged Encounters, Discovery Island Carnivale, Viva Gaia Street Band, and Sunset Serenatas. Additionally, PhotoPass photographers will not be stationed in front of the Tree of Life or the Oasis bridge. As well, Russell from UP will be relocated to the Flame Tree Barbecue area for the day.

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Kali River Rapids at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will close for refurbishment in early 2018.

The refurbishment will take place January 2nd through February 9th, 2018, reopening on February 10th, 2018.

Since January 2017, hair wraps have not been available at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.

Guests looking for these will be happy to hear that hair wraps are once again available on Discovery Island. The new location is on the Tree of Life side of Island Mercantile any and is open from park open to close.

As a reminder, Guests may also get their hair wrapped at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort.

Sohni, a Sumatran Tiger at Disney’s Animal Kingdom recently gave birth to two cubs, and we now get to see these brother and sister cubs with their eyes open.

Both cubs have weighed in at about 12 pounds each, and have begun to start walking on their own. The cubs will have to remain backstage for a few more months, but until then, we can gawk over these adorable photos.

Sumatran tigers are extremely endangered, with fewer than 500 left in existence due to poaching, habitat loss, and illegal wildlife trade.

Disney is aiding in the conservation of endangered species, and you can help by partaking in Disney’s Connect to Protect interactive missions throughout Pandora – The World of Avatar. When guests enter Pandora, they will receive a notification on their smartphone allowing them to partake in this activity. Working with artificial intelligence scientists, guests can vote and unlock monetary contributions on behalf of Disney. $100,000 has already been donated by Disney towards helping protect elephants in Kenya, but there are also ways guests can help protect gorillas, migratory birds, butterflies and other species.

When the newborn tiger cubs are out for the public to see on Maharajah Jungle Trek we’ll be sure to share another update.

The popular “You Are Here” mugs available at the Starbucks inside of Creature Comforts at Animal Kingdom have changed designs.

The new mug replaces the former design featuring the Tree of Life.

The new design features only attractions from the Asia area of the park, including Expedition Everest, Kali River Rapids, a tiger, and bats.

Here’s what the old design looked like:

Disneyland also updated their version of the “You Are Here” recently to feature just Fantasyland, so it is possible that all parks will soon have land-specific versions for sale.