Home » Forums » Areas and Attractions » Theme Parks » Fun facts about Animal Kingdom

Fun facts about Animal Kingdom

Login to post comments
9 posts / 0 new
Wed, 07/17/2013 - 02:47
Jess's picture
Jess
Offline
Joined: 03/04/2011
Posts: 3280
Fun facts about Animal Kingdom

It's the largest theme park ever built

The tree of life is based off a Bonsai tree in Epcot

You were originally going to be able to go to the top of the tree of life and there was going to be a restaurant at the bottom of it called roots

Originally there was no chimp on the tree of life, they added it to the tree in honor of Jane Goodall

__________________

Tags:
Fri, 07/19/2013 - 02:56
Mandy's picture
Mandy
Offline
Joined: 06/18/2013
Posts: 2485

The base of Tree of Life is an upside down oil rig to provide enough space for them to use the bottom. Most people know this but Camp Minnie-Mickey was supposed to be Beastly Kingdom but they ran out of money to complete it. Festival of the Lion King was a last minute addition to the park and they were going to get rid of it eventually. Expedition Everest is 199 1/2 feet tall, at 200 feet, they would of had to point a red blinking light on top of it. Animal Kingdom was ready to open two months before it was supposed to open but everyone wanted to wait because they wanted to open on Earth Day.

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 04:56
M
Offline
Joined: 05/29/2013
Posts: 48

Probably my favorite non-personal WDW story is about one aspect of the Animal Kingdom's planning stages. One of the ideas about what should be immediately inside the front gate was a parade of animals walking to Noah's Ark towards the middle of the park.
An astute participant asked something like, "Let's see if I understand this correctly. waiting The first thing everyone is going to see when they come inside our park is a parade of butts?"
Back wink to the drawing board.

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 12:05
Eeyore's picture
Eeyore
Offline
Joined: 11/22/2012
Posts: 1120

Very cool! I think it would be awesome to go to the top of the tree!

__________________

2013 WDW & Fantasy TR

2015 Florida Keys & Universal Studios TR

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 14:06
Kristen K.'s picture
Kristen K.
Offline
Joined: 09/01/2011
Posts: 23803

M wrote:
An astute participant asked something like, "Let's see if I understand this correctly. waiting The first thing everyone is going to see when they come inside our park is a parade of butts?"
Back wink to the drawing board.

rolling rolling rolling
Isn't that really what we see anyway?

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 16:54
The Colonel's picture
The Colonel
Offline
Joined: 11/08/2012
Posts: 2943

Many of the animals in AK are "rescue" animals from the area around Chernobyll.

__________________

See my Disney Photography at...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rt_images/

DVC owner since 2002 BCV/BWV/BLT/VGC

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 20:48
PirateGirl
Offline
Joined: 08/01/2012
Posts: 2037

Kristen K. wrote:
M wrote:
An astute participant asked something like, "Let's see if I understand this correctly. waiting The first thing everyone is going to see when they come inside our park is a parade of butts?"
Back wink to the drawing board.

rolling rolling rolling
Isn't that really what we see anyway?

awesome We all are lemmings!

Thu, 07/18/2013 - 17:23
J's picture
J
Offline
Joined: 02/06/2012
Posts: 484

Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Magic Kingdom could all be fitted in Animal Kingdom. Magic Kingdom alone could fit in Kilimanjaro Safaris.

Sat, 07/20/2013 - 13:41
JoAnn C's picture
JoAnn C
Offline
Joined: 05/20/2011
Posts: 6757

great information everyone

__________________

 
‹ Previous topic: How Much Would You Pay to Ride the old Horizons? Next topic: Fun facts about Frontier Land ›