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DS and I recently had the chance to do The Lion King Scavenger Hunt currently being offered at Animal Kingdom. I had briefly read about this limited time activity prior to our trip, but frankly hadn't paid much attention to the details or even thought about it as something that might appeal to us.
The gist, 10 Lion King characters are hidden in the Harambe area generally between FotLK, Tusker House, the Safari entrance, and various shops. You purchase a map at The Outpost Shop or Mombasa Marketplace ($6.99 plus tax) that comes with stickers (the map with stickers placed is below). Upon completion, return it to Mombasa Marketplace and you get your choice of three (I think) "wood carved" magnets. We chose Simba, although I don't recall what the other options were (sorry!). They'll also go ahead and give you the magnet when you initially purchase the map if you so choose.
We unexpectedly really enjoyed this. I personally love this section of DAK so no complaints from me for spending time there. DS9 took well to the challenge of finding them... most are easy, but one was a bit tricky.
I appreciated: 1) the smaller / confined search area; 2) it was relatively quick, no need to budget too much time; 3) it provided a nice little spark of "something different" to add to a fun DAK day. And an honorable mention to #4 being that Dawa Bar just happens to be right in the middle of the search area.
And in typical Disney fashion, I'm sort of sitting here wishing I had the other two magnets to complete the collection!
Anyway, if you have a few minutes of extra time to spend in this corner of the park, it's worth a look if so inclined. I believe this goes through 9/28, per the map below.
The gist, 10 Lion King characters are hidden in the Harambe area generally between FotLK, Tusker House, the Safari entrance, and various shops. You purchase a map at The Outpost Shop or Mombasa Marketplace ($6.99 plus tax) that comes with stickers (the map with stickers placed is below). Upon completion, return it to Mombasa Marketplace and you get your choice of three (I think) "wood carved" magnets. We chose Simba, although I don't recall what the other options were (sorry!). They'll also go ahead and give you the magnet when you initially purchase the map if you so choose.
We unexpectedly really enjoyed this. I personally love this section of DAK so no complaints from me for spending time there. DS9 took well to the challenge of finding them... most are easy, but one was a bit tricky.
I appreciated: 1) the smaller / confined search area; 2) it was relatively quick, no need to budget too much time; 3) it provided a nice little spark of "something different" to add to a fun DAK day. And an honorable mention to #4 being that Dawa Bar just happens to be right in the middle of the search area.
And in typical Disney fashion, I'm sort of sitting here wishing I had the other two magnets to complete the collection!
Anyway, if you have a few minutes of extra time to spend in this corner of the park, it's worth a look if so inclined. I believe this goes through 9/28, per the map below.
