Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

The final day of our trip we spent the day at Animal Kingdom. It is the largest and newest of the four parks. We were able to see the entire park in half a day. Each park in Disney world features a iconic item. Magic Kingdom has Cinderella's castle, Hollywood Studios has Mickey's hat, Epcot has the dome and Animal Kindom has the tree of life. The tree of life was built by using the frame of an oil rig. The animals in the tree were hand carved.

Animal Kingdom was built well after Walt Disney's death. It however is the realization of his original vision of what the Jungle cruise in the magic kingdom would be like. He originally wanted the Jungle cruise to feature live animals. However they chose to use animitronics instead of live animals. Kilimanjaro Safaris is Walt's vision of what he originally wanted the Jungle Cruise to be like. It was the first ride we rode at Animal Kingdom. Here are some pictures from our safari:


Hippo Elephant
Lions Giraffe

For lunch we ate at The Yak and Yeti:

Yak and Yeti Dessert