Category: Animal Kingdom

  • Dirk Wallen’s 6/27/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 6/27/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Animal Kingdom, the Villas at the Grand Floridian, and Epcot earlier today and took some great photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: Starting at Animal Kingdom, Kodak signage is gone from the Camera Center With FastPass+ currently testing, It’s Tough to be a Bug once again […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 6/1/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 6/1/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited Animal Kingdom and the Magic Kingdom on Saturday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: Still no permanent sign installed at the Explorers Outpost Surprisingly, there is still work happening down at the Tree of Life nets Small walls still up Looks like […]

  • REVIEW: Wilderness Explorers Game Opens at Animal Kingdom

    REVIEW: Wilderness Explorers Game Opens at Animal Kingdom

    Several months ago, Walt Disney World announced that they would debut an experience at Animal Kingdom based on the Wilderness Explorers from the Disney-PIXAR film UP. While we looked for signs of the attraction being installed over the last few months, we were not able to find anything around the park. While there was no […]

  • VIDEO: Laser Effects Return to DINOSAUR at Animal Kingdom After 15 Years

    VIDEO: Laser Effects Return to DINOSAUR at Animal Kingdom After 15 Years

    The DINOSAUR attraction at Animal Kingdom has been somewhat notorious for vanishing effects since it opened as Countdown to Extinction in April 1998. Some of the more fabled effects were laser-related and were located at the very beginning and end of the attraction. Well, for some reason, laser effects returned to the ride this week: […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 5/13-5/20/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 5/13-5/20/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen has been all over the Walt Disney World theme parks over the last week and has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: We begin at Downtown Disney To Pleasure Island while it is still a thing… While nothing is going on at Adventurer’s […]

  • PHOTOS & VIDEO: Mickey & Minnie Move Into Adventurers Outpost at Animal Kingdom

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: Mickey & Minnie Move Into Adventurers Outpost at Animal Kingdom

    With the closure of Camp Minnie-Mickey eminent, we were promised a new home for Mickey and Minnie somewhere in Animal Kingdom a few months ago. The location turned out to be the former Beastly Bazaar shop that reopened today after some delay as Adventurers Outpost, supposedly Mickey and Minnie’s exploration headquarters. Take a look: The […]

  • WDWNT: The Magazine – Animal Kingdom Opening Day Remembered

    WDWNT: The Magazine – Animal Kingdom Opening Day Remembered

    Animal Kingdom Opening Day Remembered by Ron D’Anna [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the Disney Parks fans, there can be no greater event than the opening of a new theme park.  The last time this rare event occurred at Walt Disney World was April 22, 1998. I was there–a senior in high school skipping class to attend. Earth Day […]

  • VIDEO: Mowgli Makes Rare Appearance at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

    VIDEO: Mowgli Makes Rare Appearance at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

    It isn’t everyday you see Mowgli from the Jungle Book appear at a Disney theme park… From what we understand, you shouldn’t expect to see Mowgli doing regular meet and greets anytime soon, even as part of Limited Time Magic. While it isn’t anything permanent, it sure was nice to see a rare character appear […]

  • Dirk Wallen’s 5/10-11/13 WDW Photo Report

    Dirk Wallen’s 5/10-11/13 WDW Photo Report

    WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom this weekend and has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: Work continues on the Villas at the Grand Floridian Windows are being installed now It’s starting to look like part of the Grand Floridian A look […]

  • Tom Corless’ 4/16-4/26/13 WDW Photo Report

    Tom Corless’ 4/16-4/26/13 WDW Photo Report

    I recently visited the Walt Disney World Resort (just last week) and I have a ton of newsworthy photos to share with you, so let’s take a look at all of the changes happening around the resort right now: They got a new banner, too bad they only have a few months left… They added […]