AK Wilderness Explorers Made Our Day!

[Deffenm]

Thank you for posting. My DD10 will love to do this. Another new thing to add to our list.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

My kids were 7 and 3 on our last trip, and they both loved it, too. I agree that it really gives you an opportunity to see many parts of the park that you wouldn't spend time in before. Plus, all the CMs seem really, really into it. It gives them a nice way to interact one on one with the kids, which they seem to enjoy.

My kids didn't finish the book in one day, but that's OK. I told them next time they can work on it!

 

[michelle06]

@seus-mouse-I think 3 half days would be perfect! 6 of the badges are out at the Conservation station, so you could do those one day, then divide the park for the other two days. Fun!

We are wanting to do this. Would you mind sharing how long of a day you spent at AK and what all you were able to accomplish? We are trying to figure out how much AK time we need and that may affect our FP+ selections depending on how many days we pick. Thanks!

Nice! We are planning to do this with our kids. I have been wondering, though, what the badges are and whether earning them is easily worked into the day/touring plan. Are you able to share more information about the badges?

I found a great website where a woman posted the entire book. It really gives a good idea of what to expect for someone like us who have never done this before.
http://****************.com/animal-kingdoms-wilderness-explorer-game-is-now-live/
Scroll down and you can see all the pages. You can even click them to enlarge the pictures so you can read them a bit.

 

[anelson81993]

We were in AK on 3/22.
Just wanted to put a plug in for the Wilderness Explorers activity. It's free and my DD 12 LOVED IT. We did do RD for KS, but had a casual non touring plan day ahead--11:55 ADR for Tusker, planned to do EE after parade, planned to skip Dino and Nemo.
While DD was getting a henna tatoo, DS 17 read about the Explorers Club. We found a place to get a book (there are many) and off we went. DD instantly decided she was going to get ALL THIRTY-ONE badges!
No. Really.
So off we went. She made a plan, and basically we saw AK like we've never seen it before! Still did all the rides we wanted, had a nice lunch, but also saw some corners of the park that we've skipped before. Her energy about the activity really kept us going!
She was proud of earning the large Senior Wilderness Badge at the end!
Here is her pix, see the CM doing an Awesome photo bomb!!

Love, love, love the Wilderness Explorers! It's fun both as a CM and as a guest in the park!

Sidenote: I actually work with the guy who is photobombing you, is it okay if I pass this on to him? He is the sweetest guy and this would probably make his week!