AK Caring for the Giants Tour...

[timsueshd]

I just book the Caring for the Giants Tour at Animal Kingdom, for $30 a person, it didn't sound like a bad price...

Has anyone else been on this tour? How was it?

By what I have found online, it sounds very cool (better than seeing elephants at a local zoo) and interesting!

 

[rachdawn26]

I did this in March. It was pretty cool seeing all the backstage areas and where the elephants stay when they're not on the safari. You definitely get more up close, but not enough to touch them like you do in the new rhino tour. It's fun seeing the safari from the other side while the ride vehicles are passing by. It took a little over an hour and was a good way to do something a little different in Animal Kingdom. I had an AP discount so it was around $25 for me and I used my Disney Rewards to pay, you might want to see if you qualify for any discounts.

 

[kashzan]

Did this and loved it.

 

[FigmentSpark]

It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the new Rhino tour once people start reporting back.

 

[timsueshd]

I did take a look at the new Rhino tour, but it didn't seem as interesting as the elephants.

I would imagine it all depends on what each person's interests are.

 

[SaintsManiac]

It's amazing. We got bumped half an hour due to lightning. The CMs were great about keeping us informed and getting us going as soon as we could. They gave us a little extra time, too!

We learned a lot and the elephants were so close! We saw about 5 including baby Stella

This review, as well as posts on the DIS convinced me to book it:

https://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/review-caring-for-giants-elephant-tour-at-disneys-animal-kingdom/

 

[rteetz]

I have heard rave reviews of it but have yet to do it.

I am doing the Rhino tour in November though.

 

[luvmy3boyz]

For this tour, do you drive through the regular safari at all, or do you still have to do that separately?

Thanks!!

 

[SaintsManiac]

For this tour, do you drive through the regular safari at all, or do you still have to do that separately?

Thanks!!

Safari is separate. You are driven backstage by a CM. You can actually see the Safari trucks riding through from where you stand.

 

[holden]

Highly recommend this tour! Well worth the money!

 

[AngiTN]

We've done the Elephant tour at least 3 times, seems like I'm forgetting one even.
We love it, needless to say. Any animal event is always wonderful and always worth doing over and over again because they are animals and never do the same things.
You can always learn things about them.
If you search here on the board you'll find a lot of reviews on it.

 

[Monykalyn]

Did this in March for my birthday! Loved it and highly recommend. Great addition to an AK day!

 

[timsueshd]

Thank you for the confirmation I made a good choice!!!

 

[NH-to-FL]

We did this tour last February. It was great! Here is my report:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/caring-for-giants-tour.3664524/

 

[timsueshd]

We did this tour last February. It was great! Here is my report:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/caring-for-giants-tour.3664524/

Thank you, it sounds awesome!

 

[NYMommy80]

I’m really looking forward to it!

 

[DisneyFansInNYC]

We just did it in August with our whole family and we loved it. We are a family of 6 and they bumped us up because of the forecast and we ended up having our own private tour. We will definitely do this again.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Do you do this before or after doing the KS?

 

[SaintsManiac]

Do you do this before or after doing the KS?

You go whenever it works for you. The sign up/check in is right next to Safari. They aren’t connected events, though.

 

[Simba's Mom]

I just book the Caring for the Giants Tour at Animal Kingdom, for $30 a person, it didn't sound like a bad price...

Has anyone else been on this tour? How was it?

By what I have found online, it sounds very cool (better than seeing elephants at a local zoo) and interesting!

I just did this tour last Saturday. It was worth the $30, but unfortunately when I went, the elephants weren't very cooperative, so I didn't get to see them "play with sticks" (as one review called their antics) very much at all. But for an Animal Kingdom fan, I'm really glad I did it.