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Transportation from Animal Kingdom to Downtown Disney Now Available

If you’re going to be at Disney World this month or next, you will want to know about this exciting new test! Direct transportation is now available from Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park to the Downtown Disney area. The Walt Disney World Resort in Florida will be running a limited time test now through October 31 which will allow guests to take Disney transportation (by bus) straight to Downtown Disney from Animal Kingdom. The bus service will run every day from 3:00 p.m. through 1:00 a.m. This transportation option will allow guests who are leaving Animal Kingdom the opportunity to enjoy the unique shopping, delicious food, and great entertainment that is available at Downtown Disney. You will be dropped off near Cirque de Soleil, near the Downtown Disney West Side bus station. Then, you can use return service for any of the Walt Disney World Resorts (Downtown Disney Marketplace or Pleasure Island bus stations) or the parking lot at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Downtown Disney West Side bus station).

What do you think of this new transportation option? Do you plan to try it out?

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New Festival of the Lion King Theater Coming in 2014

The Festival of the Lion King is a Broadway-inspired live show celebrating Disney’s film, The Lion King. You can see The Festival of the Lion King daily at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. From the acrobatic antics of the Tumble Monkeys to Zawadi’s soaring vocals during the signature “Circle of Life,” the lively spirit of the show’s cast will keep you entertained throughout the entire live show. This has also made the “Festival of the Lion King” a guest favorite at Walt Disney World Resort for 15 years.

Disney has announced that the “Festival of the Lion King” will soon be moving to an all-new theater at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The new theater will bring the “tribal celebration” home fittingly to the Africa section of the park, where Disney’s Animal Kingdom visitors will be able to continue enjoying the show for years to come.

The new “Festival of the Lion King” theater is scheduled to open sometime in 2014.

Be sure to check the Times Guide at the park each day for the most up to date times you can catch the Festival of the Lion King!

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Here’s What you Can Look Forward to Coming Soon to Walt Disney World

At Disney Parks, the Walt Disney Company is always working to improve their offerings and add new, magical experiences. New Fantasyland is now open at Magic Kingdom Park and there’s even more on the horizon at the Walt Disney World Resort. The addition of New Fantasyland completed the largest expansion in Magic Kingdom history, but there is still more coming soon to Walt Disney World!

Here are some of the newest offerings you will find at Walt Disney World later this year:

  • You Will Soon Be Able to Interact with Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in a New Immersive Queue–In the works in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom Park, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is about to get a new interactive queue.
  • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom Park – Imagineers have laid the first pieces of track in the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train attraction in the New Fantasyland expansion, set to open in 2014.
  • Development of AVATAR-Themed Land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park Continues – Work continues to bring the epic fantasy world of AVATAR to life at Disney Parks.
  • Starbucks Locations at Magic Kingdom Park and Epcot Set to Open Next Year – The first two Starbucks locations at Walt Disney World Resort will open next year, one at Magic Kingdom Park and one at Epcot.

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Happy 15th Anniversary to Disney’s Animal Kingdom!

Happy 15th Anniversary to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! Fifteen years ago today, on April 22, 1998, Walt Disney World’s newest park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened! This celebration also happens to coincide with Earth Day 2013.

Animal Kingdom has celebrations planned throughout the entire day. The day’s celebration began with a special opening ceremony led by Josh D’Amaro, Vice President of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, along with Dr. Jackie Ogden, Vice President of Animals, Science and Environment. The ceremony was highlighted with a fun performance of “Circle of Life” from the park’s “Festival of The Lion King” show. Other special activities planned for the day include special Earth Day “Party for the Planet” festivities as well as unique merchandise and food & beverage offerings.

When the park originally opened in 1998, it featured several lands that were each dedicated to exploring wildlife and wild places – Africa, Discovery Island, Oasis, Camp Minnie-Mickey, Rafiki’s Planet Watch, and DinoLand, U.S.A. An additional land, Asia, was added to the park in 1999. Animal Kingdom has seen many exciting additions since its debut in 1998, including TriceraTop Spin in 2001, Primeval Whirl in 2002, Expedition Everest in 2006, “Finding Nemo – The Musical,” which grand-opened in 2007, and Wild Africa Trek in 2011.

What do you think of Disney’s Animal Kingdom? Is this one of your favorite Disney parks? What is your favorite attraction at Animal Kingdom?