Changes at AK- night water parade/night safari, etc.

[Simba's Mom]

In September we had a baby giraffe block our path and walked up to the truck and started eating part of the hood!!! Our guide instantly called for help and a cm got the giraffes attention with some browse. It was quite memorable and our guide talked about it through out the trip!

LOL, I'm sorry to be off-topic here, but I can't resist "cute baby animals" stories. I remember at the Lunch With the Animal Keeper at Sanaa, the animal keeper was telling us about a baby giraffe that get "exiled" to the AKL because it was fascinated by the windshield wipers on the safari vehicles and kept trying to eat them. The animal keepers at AKL, he said, now monitor the KS radios, and when they hear stories about an animal being problematic to the jeeps like that, they now say '[that animal] is soooo coming over here!" So it sounds like AKL may get a baby giraffe soon!

 

[lockedoutlogic]

That evening show will keep or bring people in don't you think?

But do they have enough dinner options? I know they are adding some more food choices in Africa but I don't think there is enough.

One of the problems always have with DAK is staying until close 7:00-8:00 in the summer and then finding a place to hop to for the evening. If MK isn't open late, we were kind if out if luck. If DAK stays open until 10:00 that helps. I probably won't show up until 3:00, that park is a challenge for all day. It wears me out more than the other parks.

I think they are gonna need more....
More than a show and the avatar thing...

Animal kingdom was really cut corners...the More you look at it. The whole park opened around a large, but incredibly expensive safari ride that is not enough draw to a large expensive park.

Honestly...I don't think they had any clue what they were getting into. They needed to invest more money in that park than any of the "magic kingdoms"...maybe even more than Epcot (still probably the most expensive adjusted for inflation)...for it to be right.

Disney got stickershock and cut it. Big mistake. They've probably lost more in additional revenues over 15 years than they would have spent...penny wise and dollar foolish.