Animal Kingdom - Pandora

 

Welcome to Pandora - the World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom

This place is unbelievable.  Photos really do not do it justice

These are floating mountains

Everywhere you look is something unearthly

Check out the flora

This is the line for the Flight of Passage ride

A totem for one of the flying creatures found in Pandora

Cave art

The queue takes you through a bioluminescent forest 

The flora glows at night

The skull of a banshee is massive

Here is one of the avatars waiting to be synced

A mural in the waiting area before heading to the sync chambers where you will get to ride a banshee while using an synced avatar

Lots of water features in this land

This is Pongu Pongu

The featured drink here is the Night Blossom and it is delicious

The second attraction in the area is the Na'vi River Journey

You board boats and float down a river through the bioluminescent forest

It really is beautiful

A shaman bids you farewell.

Animal Kingdom - Exhibits

 

EXHIBITS

In this update, we will be focusing on the exhibits at Animal Kingdom

Kilimanjaro Safaris is still the best way to see the most animals at the park

The best part is that you get to sit down and be transported while viewing the animals

Hippo pool

Alligators

These "upside down trees" always fascinate me

Moving out into the plains area

Zebra

The giraffes were all hiding in the trees today except this one

Elephant

Hiding in the tall grass

Looks like a party

Emu and a rhino in the back

Goats have taken over the headquarters

Once you return to the station, make sure you take the trail to see the gorillas.

There's another trail by the Rapids Ride where you can see Komodo Dragons

There's also tigers on this trail (they like to hide in places where you cannot get a decent photo of them).  I also like the bridge that goes over these large cattle

The Wildlife Express will take you to Conservation Station

The train is the only way to reach this area of the park

At Conservation Station, there is a petting zoo of barn animals

Since we are from the Midwest, we see these all the time, but the city people really enjoy them

One last thing.  Inside the actual building at the Conservation Station there are additional exhibits including these tree frogs and several species of snakes.

Animal Kingdom - Rides

 

RIDES

In this update, we are going to take a look at the rides at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

First is Kali River Rapids

Good luck escaping this ride dry.

The marquee attraction at the park is Expedition Everest

This are of the park is really nicely done

I really like the queue for this ride

It takes you through a temple and then a Yeti artifact museum

Looks like this way is blocked

It is an exciting roller coaster experience that features both forwards and backwards sections

This is Dinosaur

This is another fun queue area

Get in and buckle up as this time rover is going back in time to the age of the dinosaurs

This is Triceratops Spin.  There are honestly not that many actual rides at this park, however there are lots of different experiences.  Next we'll look at the animal exhibits at the park