Conservation Station @ AK

[DNSDisney]

Can anyone give me a review of the conservation station at AK? Is it something 11yr old girls would enjoy?

Thanks,
Sharon

 

[betterlatethannever]

Originally posted by DNSDisney
Can anyone give me a review of the conservation station at Epcot? Is it something 11yr old girls would enjoy?

Thanks,
Sharon

Is there a conservation station at Epcot? The only one I know of is at AK.

 

[DNSDisney]

LOL sorry! early for me ... yes AK not Epcot
I will go edit it

 

[Goofyposter]

LOL! yes...it IS early...so I hope this makes sense...


I've only been there once...I thought it was definately geared for the younger ones....there's alot of 'hands on' demostration type learning things there...and a cute little train ride to the station. There's a penned in petting type area where the kids can touch some animals....it is nice and I would think if your gals are generally interested in animals etc.. they'd like this!

hope this helps!

 

[slp87]

We went for the first time last year and found it to be okay. We probably stayed 30 minutes. The path when you get off the train had some interesting facts. We saw Pocahontas & Meeko who we had never seen before. But the highlight for my DD that makes her want to go again next year, was seeing the talking trashcan. If you're girls are interested in animals then I would try it out.

 

[Redmic]

Personally, I think the conservation station is a little lame, but my 12 year old daughter (who is not really an AK fan) loves to go into the Sounds of the Rainforest booth and listen to the sounds with the headphones on. My 8 year old loves this as well.

 

[webmomom]

Personnaly we think it is great. the train ride is nice and after you get off and take the walk there is a cute garden game you can play to see if you can find all of the bugs. Once there, there is a petting area. It is very nice as the goats and other animals do not try and eat you clothes. You are not allowed to feed them ( that is the reason they don't bother you), but they have grooming brushes that you can use to brush the animals. Next to that is a small stage. they have shows there several times a day, with very unusal animals that they are trying to train to do different things. Inside if you get there ealier enough you might beable to catch a opereation. During the day they bring out different animals with a handler and they give a short description of the animals and after you can go up and touch them. there are alot of hands on demostrations there also. As mentioned in an earlier post they are booths of sounds from the rain forest. As with the whole AK park you need to slow down and really look at what is going on. On several occassion even out front they will have animals just walking around. If we had been rushing on our last trip, we would have never seen the turltles walking around out front . Just slow down and look.

 

[Luv2Roam]

I think it just depends. Not having kids, I can't speak for them.
I agree with *lame*. We have gone a few times, each time thinking something has been added and it will be more interesting. Hasn't happened yet, so we finally gave up.
Usually you wait quite awhile for the train coming and going and once you are at CS, there isn't much to see.
Reminds me of a very small kid's zoo with a few characters and not much else. And that with the wait to board the train both ways doesn't make it worth it to us.
I think it would just take a certain type of person, who is interested in that field, to find it interesting. A local zoo would be much more entertaining and less hassle.

 

[Kuzco]

The last time I went to Conservation Station, we waited longer for the train than for any other attraction at the park. We've never had a good time there, but its not a bad train ride and younger kids might enjoy it. I'd say to at least try it! You'll never know if you like it if you don't try...and if you don't like it, maybe it can become a running joke like it is in my family!

 

[mickeysaver]

While we have no kids, other than the 4 legged variety, we both loved AK as a whole including Conservation Station. The train ride over was kind of on the non-eventful side, but we enjoyed meeting Pipa the talking trashcan, seeing all the critters in the petting zoo, listening to all the tree huggin' hippy stuff at the station as well as doing the sounds of the rainforest booths. There was a cool presentation on an endangered owl species and we were engaged in a debate about whether or not the grand daddy long legs was actually a spider or not. They have monitors set up along the Pangani Trail and in the overnight barns. You can choose animals to watch a bit more up close from this remote location. There were some cool dead bugs and neat skeletal remains of creatures on display. They had an animal cafe of sorts with someone there to show and discuss with you foods that some of the animals in the park eat. There were vets there that explained some of the captive breeding program work that is ongoing there. They measure the hormones in the poop to determine when the animals are ready to breed. We met Meeko and Rafiki there too, but this was at least a 2 hour event for us.

If your kids like Animal Planet, this is a place you are going to have to go to. It's worth the time. IMHO Mickey

 

[Safari Steve]

This is also the only place at WDW where you can meet Stanley and Dennis from Playhouse Disney on the Disney Channel. Check with guest relations at the park entrance for their schedule. Stanley is usually there in the mornings.

 

[Alice Sr.]

listening to all the tree huggin' hippy stuff at the station

LOL

 

[KIRSTIN'S MOMMY]

I'm not a big fan of this park in general, and I thought this was a waste of time. We only spent about 3 hours in this park total, as my DH had DiveQuest over at Epcot later in the day. We've been twice, however, and I probably won't go back.

 

[wdwguide]

Originally posted by mickeysaver
There was a cool presentation on an endangered owl species and we were engaged in a debate about whether or not the grand daddy long legs was actually a spider or not.

They're both Arachnids, but spiders belong to the Order Aranae and Daddy Longlegs are Opiliones

I knew that Entomology class was a good investment

 

[wdwguide]

One more thing - if you have small kids, be careful at Affection Section, the petting zoo. Those animals can get pretty rough!