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Friday, March 27, 2015

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Africa, Safari Ride - Part 11

 Please refer to the previous postings.

 We then proceeded to the African section. The scene is like a market place in Nairobi.


Very quaint eating establishment with the old world charm.


The next adventure that is a must in Animal Kingdom is the Kalimanjaro Safari ride. This is a real safari ride. Real animals in their environment.


The entrance looks simple but this ride takes up the largest space in the park. We are lucky with the crowd (or lack of). We could just waltz in without any waiting.


Comfortably sitting on the large safari bus with my son all excited for the ride to start.


The first warning sign we saw as we started on the tour.


On the bus we saw a list of animals that Disney have in the park. The bus driver is also the tour guide. As usual, before we get to the see the animal, there is always an interesting aspect of the ride; crossing a swaying bridge and driving through a deep river.


Like their habitat in Africa, Disney re-created the environment for the animals to roam free.


Disney even created a savannah-like area.


We got to see a lot of animals.


The whole ride took approximately just over 20 minutes. As a continuation, there is also a walking section of the ride.




Here we get the chance to go up close to gorillas.


A silver-back gorilla.






To be continued.

Previous postings:

Disneyworld 2014: The first leg - Part 01

Disneyworld 2014: The second leg - Part 02

Disneyworld 2014: The third and final leg of a very long inbound journey - Part 03

Disneyworld 2014: Checking into Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Riverside - Part 04

Disneyworld 2014: Hunting for our first dinner at Disneyworld - Part 05

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping at Orlando's Premium Outlet - Part 06

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping and jet lag don't mix; the aftermath - Part 07

Disneyworld 2014: First day at a Disney park. First stop, Animal Kingdom - Part 08

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Dinoland - Part 09

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Asia - Part 10

 

 

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Disneyworld 2014: Animal Kingdom, Dinoland - Part 09

Please refer to previous postings.

In Dinoland there is a huge life-size dinosaur made out of stone. The color choice of yellow is a bit off in my view. 


In this section of the park, the many buildings are designed to look like forward research stations. Note the lack of crowd (I like it this way).


There are other dinosaur statues that are more realistic. My kids told me that these dinosaurs were from the movie 'Dinosaurs'.



The first official trill ride for our Disneyworld trip is the 'Dinosaur' ride. Couldn't take a lot of pictures because of poor lighting. Only photo I got was just before we got into the vehicle. This is like a coaster ride.


As usual, at the end of the ride, the exit will always lead to a merchandise shop.


The next ride we took was more of a typical amusement park ride with wild light and gaudy decor. The kids enjoyed it.



Not a very high roller-coaster but has a lot of sharp turns and spinning.


The rest of the stuff here is very 'amusement' park like.


We then saw our first Disney character 'meet-and-greet' session. We immediately join the queue.


My son.


Still waiting...


Finally met Goofy as Santa Clause!


Oh, before I forget, the fun park is called 'Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama'.


Abstract art perhaps?


Here is a large play area when the kids can climb all over the place.


Quite a number of interesting bulletin boards all over the place where information about dinosaurs are put up.


A picture of me with a dinosaur skull.


The kids on a truck..


Actual bone of a dinosaur that was unearth...


After a while we decided to head to the Asian section...


Welcome to Asia!!



To be continued.

Previous postings:

Disneyworld 2014: The first leg - Part 01

Disneyworld 2014: The second leg - Part 02

Disneyworld 2014: The third and final leg of a very long inbound journey - Part 03

Disneyworld 2014: Checking into Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Riverside - Part 04

Disneyworld 2014: Hunting for our first dinner at Disneyworld - Part 05

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping at Orlando's Premium Outlet - Part 06

Disneyworld 2014: Shopping and jet lag don't mix; the aftermath - Part 07

Disneyworld 2014: First day at a Disney park. First stop, Animal Kingdom - Part 08

 





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