Animal Kingdom touring plan idea?

[mefordis]

My sister wants to enter Animal Kingdom for early magic hours and she already have Kilimanjaro Safaris, Na'vi River Journey, Expedition Everest and Flight of Passage lightening lane passes.
Where should I point her to go for the first attraction during EMH?

TIA!

 

[Dug720]

I don't think it opens until 9, but if she's going any time soon, people are now rope dropping Maharajah Jungle Trek to see baby Basko. So personally if it were me, I'd go get in that line. I so want to see that little meatball!!

 

[mefordis]

I don't think it opens until 9, but if she's going any time soon, people are now rope dropping Maharajah Jungle Trek to see baby Basko. So personally if it were me, I'd go get in that line. I so want to see that little meatball!!

Thanks so much!

 

[Hubalorian]

I would use that time to ride Flight of Passage, I know you have the lightning lane set up for it, but it’s such an amazing ride. Especially if you’ve never done it before, definitely would recommend doing it twice

 

[nherbert]

I don't think it opens until 9, but if she's going any time soon, people are now rope dropping Maharajah Jungle Trek to see baby Basko. So personally if it were me, I'd go get in that line. I so want to see that little meatball!!

AK opens for EMH at 7:30am and the Trek doesn’t open until 9am, that would be a very long time to wait and also miss some precious time on key rides. I would suggest FoP followed by EE, I know have LL but both those you want to do more than once. Then head to the Trek or the reserved LL. The trek can hold a lot of people, and if people are lining up in the morning that maybe the slowest time - also the coldest Basko may not be out that early.

On a personal note, I can not express how sad I am to have missed seeing Basko by a week. I looked on my last AK day and he wasn’t out yet. He will be fully grown by the time we are back.

 

[Dug720]

The trek can hold a lot of people, and if people are lining up in the morning that maybe the slowest time - also the coldest Basko may not be out that early.

At this point he's generally out around 9-11/11:30. He can come and go, but generally he's in all afternoon for a nap and to prevent overwhelm.

The good thing is they are letting people onto the platform in groups that can stay for 5 minutes, then they are directed off and another group on - so people aren't preventing others from the opportunity by just hanging out up there. That is why there's the line up before 9am when the Trek opens.

The bad part is that because he's free to come and go, there are no guarantees that he'll be out even between 9 and 11/11:30.

 

[Dug720]

I would use that time to ride Flight of Passage, I know you have the lightning lane set up for it, but it’s such an amazing ride. Especially if you’ve never done it before, definitely would recommend doing it twice

I would definitely do it twice. Plus with LL you don't get to experience the queue which is amazingly themed.

 

[scrappinginontario]

For those unaware (me! ) Basko is a baby tiger cub.

 

[Dug720]

For those unaware (me! ) Basko is a baby tiger cub.

Sorry!! There has been so much uproar over him I forget not everyone knows who he is!

 

[Mouse Tracker]

Where should I point her to go for the first attraction during EMH?

Depends on order/times of LLs.
Maybe Dinosaur?
Could have done EE at that time and used the LL for something like FotLK.

 

[lentesta]

I think the only two attractions that would be open for ETPE in the next few weeks and for which your sister does not have LLMP are:

• Dinosaur
• It's Tough to Be a Bug (before March 17, 2025 when it closes)

Assuming your sister doesn't want to repeat attractions, I'd do this:

• Dinosaur at ETPE Rope Drop. If it's not running move on to the next step and do Dinosaur third.
• It's Tough to Be a Bug
• Meet Mickey & Minnie at Adventurers Outpost

Adventurers Outpost opens with the rest of the park. Getting there as close to that time as possible is the best way to minimize waits there.

If your sister's visit is in March, when Kali River Rapids is expected to re-open, I'd do that after the three steps above.

FWIW I tested a new Animal Kingdom rope-drop plan a couple weeks ago that went like this:

• Flight of Passage
• Na'Vi River Journey
• Adventurers Outpost
• Dinosaur
• Everest
• Kilimanjaro Safaris

I forgot about ITTBAB but it can be seen anytime. Kali wasn't open.

Starting at rope drop I was off of Kilimanjaro Safaris and done with all the rides by 9:15 a.m. The key step was Adventurer's Outpost, for which I waited 1 minutes but was later 30 minutes.

 

[Simba's Mom]

On a personal note, I can not express how sad I am to have missed seeing Basko by a week. I looked on my last AK day and he wasn’t out yet. He will be fully grown by the time we are back.

I wonder how much I missed him by. My last day was January 24th. No doubt it was too cold for him that week. However, I would have dearly loved to see him. I'm not surprised he's so popular. When did he start allowing visitors?

 

[nherbert]

I wonder how much I missed him by. My last day was January 24th. No doubt it was too cold for him that week. However, I would have dearly loved to see him. I'm not surprised he's so popular. When did he start allowing visitors?

Our last AK day was Jan 26th, and yes I agree it was probably too cold. I think he came out for visitors Jan 30th.