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Caring for Giants

Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park

Walt Disney World® Resort

Valid admission required. A theme park reservation may be required based on admission type.

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Behind the Scenes, Animal Encounters

Get a closer look at the majestic African elephants at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park—and learn what it takes to care for them.

An Experience You’ll Never Forget

During this 60-minute experience, you’ll meet with a knowledgeable Guide who will provide insight into the inner workings of our African elephant herd. Your guide will provide a glimpse into the day-to-day care of these amazing animals and share stories of Disney’s conservation efforts dedicated to the preservation of wild populations throughout the world.

Throughout this experience, you’ll be able to observe the elephants from approximately 80 to 100 feet away—so you’ll enjoy a closer encounter with the elephants than you would during other in-park experiences.

Know Before You Go

• Theme park admission is required, but not included in the price of this tour. Theme park reservations are also required.
• You will be approximately 80 to 100 feet away from the elephants during this experience.
• Please keep in mind that this is an outdoor experience. Be sure to check the weather forecast and dress appropriately, including wearing comfortable shoes.
• No cameras, video equipment or cell phones may be used while backstage. However, photography is allowed and encouraged in non-backstage areas.
• Guests under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a participating adult (18 years of age or older).
• Guests must be 4 years of age or older to participate.
• Please check in 15 minutes prior to start of experience at the Curiosity Animal Tours kiosk, located across from the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction entrance. Late arrivals may not be able to join the experience.
• Itinerary, content, duration and availability are subject to change without notice.
• There is a 24-hour cancellation policy. Full price will be charged/forfeited if the Guest cancels within one day or fails to show up for the reservation.
• For information about service animal policies for this experience, please call the Guest Animal Experience team directly at (407) 938-1373.
• Non-transferrable wheelchair guests may remain in their wheelchair throughout this experience; however due to limited capacity onboard the backstage transport vehicle, all accommodation requests should be confirmed by calling (407) 938-1373.
• Guests using an ECV must leave their mobility device onstage where they will retrieve them upon conclusion of the experience. Guests must walk by themselves, or be assisted by a member(s) of their party in a courtesy wheelchair to participate in this experience.
• This experience visits outdoor areas containing common allergens such as dust and hay, as well as biting/stinging insects.

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Caring for Giants

Valid admission required. A theme park reservation may be required based on admission type.

An Experience You’ll Never Forget

Delve into the wondrous world of our park's largest inhabitants.

During this 60-minute experience, you’ll meet with a knowledgeable Guide who will provide insight into the inner workings of our African elephant herd. Your guide will provide a glimpse into the day-to-day care of these amazing animals and share stories of Disney’s conservation efforts dedicated to the preservation of wild populations throughout the world.

Throughout this experience, you’ll be able to observe the elephants from approximately 80 to 100 feet away—so you’ll enjoy a closer encounter with the elephants than you would during other in-park experiences.

Know Before You Go

• Theme park admission is required, but not included in the price of this tour. Theme park reservations are also required.
• You will be approximately 80 to 100 feet away from the elephants during this experience.
• Please keep in mind that this is an outdoor experience. Be sure to check the weather forecast and dress appropriately, including wearing comfortable shoes.
• No cameras, video equipment or cell phones may be used while backstage. However, photography is allowed and encouraged in non-backstage areas.
• Guests under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a participating adult (18 years of age or older).
• Guests must be 4 years of age or older to participate.
• Please check in 15 minutes prior to start of experience at the Curiosity Animal Tours kiosk, located across from the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction entrance. Late arrivals may not be able to join the experience.
• Itinerary, content, duration and availability are subject to change without notice.
• There is a 24-hour cancellation policy. Full price will be charged/forfeited if the Guest cancels within one day or fails to show up for the reservation.
• For information about service animal policies for this experience, please call the Guest Animal Experience team directly at 00 800 2006 0809.
• Non-transferrable wheelchair guests may remain in their wheelchair throughout this experience; however due to limited capacity onboard the backstage transport vehicle, all accommodation requests should be confirmed by calling 00 800 2006 0809.
• Guests using an ECV must leave their mobility device onstage where they will retrieve them upon conclusion of the experience. Guests must walk by themselves, or be assisted by a member(s) of their party in a courtesy wheelchair to participate in this experience.
• This experience visits outdoor areas containing common allergens such as dust and hay, as well as biting/stinging insects.

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Caring For Giants Tour Review at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Caring for Giants is a 60-minute guided tour at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park. This unique experience takes you behind-the-scenes to learn all about elephants, their care, and fun anecdotes about their personalities.

Animal Kingdom Caring For Giants Tour Review

Tour check-in.

Start your tour experience by checking in at the Curiosity Animal Tours kiosk at Animal Kingdom.

The easiest way to find the tour kiosk is by following a map, app, or signage to Kilimanjaro Safari. The kiosk is located to the left and a few feet away from Kilimanjaro Safari’s entrance.

Arrive 10 to 15 minutes before your tour to sign waivers, get your name tag, and take a last minute bathroom break. Caring for Giants tours start right on time and you may be left behind if late.

Tour guides greet guests and engage the group in some small talk before guiding you backstage.

Backstage Area

Follow the guide behind a wall via a private access door and enter some of the rarely seen Animal Kingdom backstage areas. This area is normally reserved for cast members, but tour guests get a peek while walking to the bus parking lot.

Climb aboard the small air-conditioned tour bus for the 15 minute drive to the elephant berm. Along the drive, tour guides point out noteworthy backstage areas like a grazing field the size of Magic Kingdom and Imagineering offices. 

Guides also spend the drive to and from the berm talking about the elephants, Disney’s conservation mission, and answering questions. 

Please note: Guests are not allowed to take any pictures in Disney backstage areas.

Elephant Berm

Exit the bus, walk up a ramp, and find yourself looking out at Kilimanjaro Safari. Watching safari trucks rumble by while learning about the elephants is a unique experience

Tour guides share anecdotes about the elephants while you watch them in their habitat. You’ll also get the chance to see and touch an elephant tooth, some of their tail hairs, and a sanitized piece of elephant poop.

Expect to spend about thirty minutes watching and learning about the elephants. There’s also time to take plenty of photos while visiting the berm. 

When time is up, climb back aboard the tour bus and take the fifteen minute ride back. Ask last minute questions before returning to the on-stage part of Animal Kingdom.

How Much Does Caring For Giants Cost?

Caring for Giants is $35 per person plus tax. Disney World annual passholders get a 15% discount which brings the price down to $29.75 per annual passholder. 

How Do I Make Caring For Giants Tour Reservations?

Reservations are available 60 days prior to your Animal Kingdom visit. Book online 60 days before your trip for the best tour time options.

Caring For Giants Tour Tips

You Need Park Tickets and Park Reservations To Take Caring With Giants Tours

Guests must have a valid theme park ticket PLUS Animal Kingdom park reservation to attend Caring for Giants tours. The tour price does not include admission or guarantee access to Animal Kingdom.

Arrive Early 

Tours begin exactly at the scheduled time and late guests are generally not accommodated. Arrive early to sign waivers, run to the bathroom, and be ready for your behind-the-scenes tour by the official start time.

Book A Morning Caring For Giants Tour

Caring for Giants is generally offered four times per day, two morning and two afternoon sessions. The elephants tend to be more active in the morning, especially during hot summer days.

Make Smart Genie+ Selections

Genie+ can be a valuable tool when visiting Disney World. Because we had a morning Caring for Giants tour time I knew we wouldn’t be able to rope drop top attractions. 

Because of this, I purchased Genie+ at 7am. I then booked Kilimanjaro Safari for a Lightning Lane return time that perfectly matched the end of our tour time. When we returned from our tour Kilimanjaro Safari was just steps away.

I also splurged on an Avatar Flight of Passage Individual Lightning Lane since we couldn’t rope drop this fun, and extremely popular, attraction.

Animals Are Unpredictable

Disney’s website states guests will be “approximately 80 to 100 feet away” from the elephants on the tour. While this may be true most of the time, nothing is guaranteed.

On our Caring for Giants tour the elephants were further away, but active. We felt watching them as they played and ate made up for them not being as close as expected.  

Not Everyone Can Take The Caring for Giants Tour

Guests must be four years or older to participate in Caring for Giants and those under 18 years must attend with an adult.

Those using an ECV are welcome to participate, but must leave their equipment “onstage”. Guests unable to transfer from a wheelchair can be accommodated, but must contact Disney World at (407) 938-1373 to confirm availability.

Is The Caring For Giants Tour at Animal Kingdom Worth It?

If this is your first Disney World trip I would skip Caring for Giants. Use your limited Animal Kingdom time for rides, shows, and a character meal at Tusker House .

For those who’ve visited Disney World before, and are looking for a new experience, I think Caring for Giants is worth the modest tour price. We enjoyed the chance to learn more about Animal Kingdom’s elephants and the work Disney Conservation does to protect wildlife around the world.

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Caring For Giants Tour at Animal Kingdom

Caring for Giants is a 60-minute tour offered at Animal Kingdom that takes you behind the scenes of Kilimanjaro Safaris to learn all about the care and keeping of elephants! It is one of the most affordable tour options at Walt Disney World at just $35 per person. And it’s one of the more accessible options for families, because the minimum age is four years old. I recently took the Caring for Giants tour with my family, and now I’d like to share with all of you about this special experience and whether you might want to add it to your next Animal Kingdom day!

Reservation and Tour Check-In

Like most other “Enchanting Extras” at Walt Disney World, you can start booking Caring for Giants 60 days prior to your vacation – 60 days prior to check-in if you’re staying on property, or 60 days prior to the tour day if you’re off property. You can book online , in the My Disney Experience app, or you can call Tours and Recreation at (407) 939-7529.

You’ll need to know the names of each participant, and you will pre-pay for all tickets. The tickets are refundable if you cancel more than 2 days in advance, but are technically non-transferable. (One member of our traveling party learned that they would be unable to travel just a few days before our vacation, and we did have someone else take the tour with us without attempting any transfer of the ticket or the booking. But the fine print says non-transferable, so operate under the assumption you can’t reassign the ticket to someone else.)

You can also book directly at the Curiosity Animal Tours desk in the park, and it’s not uncommon to find same-day availability. If you’re a Disney Vacation Club Member or Annual Passholder, don’t forget to ask about discounts. They are periodically available.

You’ll receive an email a few days before your tour with more details about the tour itself and where to meet. Park admission and a park reservation (if your admission requires it) are required to take this tour. Your entire party will check in at the Curiosity Animal Tours desk, which is just in front and to the left of the Kilimanjaro Safaris queue entrance. You are asked to arrive no later than 15 minutes before the start of your tour.

During check-in, your tour guide will make sure that names are correct for nametags, give you any last-minute information, and help get waivers signed. They will also recommend that everyone use the restroom – you won’t have access to any bathroom facilities for the duration of the tour.

Start the Tour Backstage

There is a small access between the tour desk and Kilimanjaro Safaris queue that leads directly backstage. If you stand in this area you’ll frequently see cast members leaving and entering the park. Your guide will take you on a 5-minute walk to a waiting van. Guests aren’t allowed to take any pictures during this part of the tour.

Even though no pictures are allowed, as a Disney geek, this was one of my favorite parts of the tour! You may be able to see things like composting activities, a hidden Mickey in Pandora that is only visible from backstage, or even cast members training on how to drive Safari trucks – this is where all of those trucks park at night or when they are not needed.

Then you have approximately a 10-minute drive around the back of the Safari to the elephant barn. Your tour guide will point out more things to see during this drive (and on the drive back), like the Animal Kingdom Imagineering headquarters, a field that grows fruit and plants for animals to eat (it’s the size of Magic Kingdom!), animal barns that may be familiar to viewers of the Magic of Animal Kingdom, and even a “retirement savanna” where non-stage-ready animals get to spend their days.

Learning about Elephants

Once you exit the bus after passing by the elephant barn, you’ll walk up a ramp and be looking out at the elephant portion of Kilimanjaro Safari. Once off the ramp, you’re allowed to take pictures again! You’ll likely see many, many trucks full of guests rolling past throughout your tour.

Elephants aren’t guaranteed to be near the tour overlook. In fact, they’re not even guaranteed to be visible at all during your tour. But with two different portions of the overlook covering most of the elephant area, there’s at least a good chance that you’ll be able to see them quite clearly. During our tour, two males were right in front of us for the entire 30 or 40 minutes.

Your tour guide will share stories and information about the elephants while you watch them. They’ll also teach you more about conservation and learning about elephants in their native habitat too! Each tour guide has plenty of content to easily fill the full tour, but you are actively encouraged to ask any questions that you have as well.

On our tour, we learned about bee fences, and we got to hold an elephant tooth, an elephant tracking collar, and a sanitized piece of elephant poop! I guess elephants aren’t great at processing fiber …in fact, your nametags for the tour will be made out of “Poop Paper” – made from 85% recycled poop fiber. Hooray.

Tour guides will describe any elephant activity that you see happening while on the tour, they’ll provide additional educational information, and they’ll happily take pictures of you and your party too.

When time is up, you’ll head back down to the van for another drive and walk to deposit you right where you left originally.

Is the Tour Worth the Cost and Time?

• If this is your first-ever visit to Animal Kingdom, your time may be better spent soaking up the animals on various trails and the Safari (plus rides and entertainment) rather than a tour. Animal Kingdom is easily a full-day park without an extra tour, although you may hear otherwise from those who are focused only on rides.
• If you have kids (or adults) in your party who are particularly interested in animals, veterinary care, or conservation, I would definitely prioritize this option. The tour group is small enough that you’ll get lots of personal attention and time to ask any questions you might have.
• I was worried about my 4-year-old getting bored on the tour because she’s not particularly enthusiastic about animals or their care. Standing around and listening to someone talk for 40 minutes isn’t really a big passion for her (or any 4-year-old probably …). But I shouldn’t have worried! The tour guides are like all other cast members – well-trained in keeping kids entertained and happy. She remained engaged and excited for the duration of the tour.
• Overall, the cost of this add-on is pretty low, and if you’re looking for a cool behind-the-scenes tour at Animal Kingdom, we’d recommend this option!

Have you ever tried the Caring for Giants tour? Is it on your wish list?

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Becky Gandillon was trained in biomedical engineering, but is now a full-time data and analytics nerd. She loves problem solving and travelling. She and her husband, Jeff, live in St. Louis with their two daughters and they have Disney family movie night every Saturday. You can follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becky-gandillon/ or instagram @raisingminniemes

7 thoughts on “ Caring For Giants Tour at Animal Kingdom ”

Is there a “tip” to getting reservations. We are wanting to get one for our trip. 60 days out is coming soon. I check every day just to see available times so we can plan what time we want to try and get our tour and every single day, for 4 people, it is telling me there is nothing available. Is it that popluar or am I doing something wrong. We are now worried we won’t get reservations and it was a surprise for my niece . . this is her high school graduation trip. Thanks in advance for any advice.

As with most experiences like this, it helps to have the activity you’re trying to book near the end of your vacation. If you’re staying onsite, you’ll be able to book for all days of your vacation at the 60 day mark from your first day. So you’ll get “ahead” of others staying offsite or with vacations starting later. That being said, Caring for Giants has more capacity than something like Up Close with Rhinos, so I would hope you’d be able to book it early in the morning of 60 days out.

“Animal Kingdom is easily a full-day park without an extra tour, although you may hear otherwise from those who are focused only on rides.”

My appreciation for this park went way up when I had a “free” day & explored by myself all the Animal exhibits in detail, and much of the live entertainment. This became my 2nd favorite park as a result. (MK will always be #1 lol).

In my estimation, so many are missing out on what this park has to offer if they’re solely focused on rides & big shows. I also appreciate how expensive it must be to keep this park running with all that needs to be maintained.

Hey Becky! It looks like you and your family had a great time! Is this tour accessible to someone in an ECV?

An excellent question, and I apologize for not including this information in the post! ECVs must be left “onstage” and therefore cannot come along on the tour. However, if those in an ECV wish to participate, they may transfer to a courtesy wheelchair for the duration of the tour. A member of their party will be responsible for pushing the wheelchair during the experience. Anyone that would like to book the tour who requires a wheelchair will need to call (407) 938-1373 to confirm capacity onboard the backstage transport.

I didn’t even know they had this tour until after I booked the Wild Africa Trek. I immediately booked it for same day and was glad I did. The entire experience was fantastic and we must have seen about 4-6 elephants. Well worth it!!

Wild Africa Trek is my favorite tour of all!! A combo with Caring for Giants is totally next-level.

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Caring For Giants: Close Encounters with the Elephants at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

November 9, 2017 by Alan Dalinka

If you have ever taken a ride aboard one of the Kilimanjaro Safaris trucks through the African savanna and into the red clay pits at Disney's Animal Kingdom, you have probably seen at least a glimpse of the majestic herd of giants that inhabit the park. The family group of African elephants, lead by their matriarch Rafiki, roams the driver's side in nearly-constant search of (Disney-supplied) food. Two bull elephants take turns roaming a separate enclosure on the opposite side of the truck pretty much out of sight of the family group—you may have spotted one of these males beyond the “Road Closed” sign just after Monkey Point when traveling from the savanna.

From a Kilimanjaro Safaris truck, you can spot the elephant observation area beyond a fence on the other side of the elephant habitat. (Look for the fence toward the left side in this photo.) Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

The “Road Closed” sign you see from a Kilimanjaro Safaris truck is one of the locations to spot the enclosure where the African bull elephants may roam. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Now you can get a closer and more prolonged look at the African elephant herd on the Caring For Giants backstage tour, which is offered several times each day. The approximately hour-long experience takes you on a short ride backstage starting near the entrance to Kilimanjaro Safaris to an elevated viewing location on the opposite side of the elephant habitat from the road traveled by the Safari trucks. While the viewing location has been in place for animal specialists and researchers since before the park's opening, it has only recently been opened to park guests visiting on the Caring For Giants tours.

As you walk from Discovery Island just beyond Tusker House and the elephant sign, but before you reach the entrance to Kilimanjaro Safaris, you see the Curiosity Animal Tours Booking Center kiosk. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Checking in and Heading Backstage

The Caring For Giants tour begins at the Curiosity Animal Tours Booking Centre kiosk at least fifteen minutes before your scheduled departure time. Early arrival is required to provide you with ample time to review and complete the extensive legal release and indemnity agreement. In particular, the warnings in this agreement are more serious than possibly any other you have encountered in visiting a Disney Park—including potential exposure to bacteria, animal and insect bites, fall hazards, and worse. If you are bringing along minors, parents or guardians are required to execute releases on behalf of the minors in their charge as well.

Beyond the risks and legal niceties, hopefully your visit includes cast members at check-in as eager to offer insights into how to best enjoy a visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom as my tour did. Even as a frequent visitor (as readers of our Weekly Walt Disney World Resort Updates know I am), I learned new ways to enjoy the park and new details about the park just from a brief chat. Among other things, I learned details about some of the other animal encounter tours offered at the park that I have not yet experienced, like the Wild Africa Trek.

The Curiosity Animal Tours Booking Centre kiosk is located near the entrance to Kilimanjaro Safaris. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Cast Members like Kendal at the Curiosity Animal Tours Booking Centre may provide you with a wealth of information about how to more fully enjoy your visit to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Kendal also was our driver during the backstage van ride and provided a wealth of information about the park, including telling the history of some items no longer on public display inside the park along the way. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Guests taking the Caring For Giants tour must arrive at least 15 minutes before scheduled departure to review and complete the required paperwork. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Adults are required to read and sign an extensive release and indemnity agreement in order to participate in the Caring For Giants tour. Parents or guardians must sign another form on behalf of minors (children under 18) in their charge. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Though there are serious warnings to heed and legal niceties required, Disney-style “edutainment” begins at tour sign-in. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

As one of the many examples of animal conservation on the tour, guest name tags are on handcrafted paper made from 85% elephant poop fibers. The plastic tag holder and the lanyard are returned to the kiosk at the end of the tour to be used again. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

At departure time, your tour group is escorted backstage next to the entrance to Kilimanjaro Safaris. Of course, photos and video is not permitted while backstage. We can, however, note that from the air conditioned van you get the opportunity to see some of the backstage animal quarters and care facilities, some park artifacts that have been “retired” from public view, and some of the equipment used to make some of the “Disney Magic” you see on nighttime safaris, for example. Your brief van ride takes the perimeter road outside the west side of the savanna that you may already have seen if you had the opportunity to ride the Express Transportation option buses into or out of Disney's Animal Kingdom when that bus service was available earlier this year, but on the tour someone explains to you what you were seeing. As you may also glimpse on the Wildlife Express Train to Rafiki's Planet Watch, the backstage animal facilities are modern zoo facilities (as fitting the park's accreditation by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums) which are not unlike those depicted in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park .

The Elephant Viewing Experience

After the short backstage van ride, you enter the elephant observation area north of the elephant family habitat that you see when you ride the Kilimanjaro Safaris trucks through the red clay pits. This area was constructed for elephant observation when the habitat was built. Only recently has it become possible for guests to visit by taking the Caring for Giants tour.

In the observation area, tour guests are greeted by an animal specialist and an African cultural representative. The animal specialist provides detailed information about the African elephants that live at Disney's Animal Kingdom, how they serve as ambassadors for their species in the wild, and how they are cared for at the park. We learned, for example, that as a matriarchal hierarchy, the park's “family group” herd includes only adult female elephants and very young males. The two mature bull elephants at the park live in separate enclosures and take turns roaming a separate area on the savanna (as mentioned above, the area you can see beyond the “Road Closed” sign just past Monkey Point).

The African Cultural representative talks about how the elephants and human inhabitants interact in Africa and how conservation efforts increasingly seek new ways of avoiding conflicts between them. Just as is often mentioned on rides on Kilimanjaro Safaris, our cultural representative, Denise, discussed how farmers use bees—which elephants are afraid of—to keep elephants from destroying crops; the farmers then have the added benefit of selling honey the bees produce in hives for supplemental income, in part, to make up for the conservation requirement that they refrain from expanding farms into areas the elephants inhabit.

Denise, from Harare, Zimbabwe, is a Disney Cultural Representative. Jake, from Fort Myers, Florida, is a Disney Animal Specialist. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Rafiki, the matriarch of the herd, is identifiable by her uneven tusks. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Even the smallest of the elephant herd weighs several hundred pounds. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

The elephants feed, move on, and repeat. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

Kilimanjaro Safari trucks pass the elephant enclosure in the red clay pits, providing brief glimpses of the herd. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

On the Caring for Giants tour, you get to stay in the same area and observe the elephants roam for a substantial period of time. (On my tour, we were in the observation area for more than one half hour.) Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

This elephant sculpture is an example of “SNARE Art” on display in the elephant observation area. As Cultural Representative Denise explained, removing snares from the bush helps protect the animals, and proceeds from the sale of art pieces such as this are used to help offset impacts on African populations effected by animal conservation efforts. Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

The inscription on the sign reads: “Authentic SNARE Art. This handmade art piece has been produced from 100% recycled snare wire removed from the African bush. It is a product of the KaiNav Conservation Foundation's SNARE Art Program, which contributes to both the conservation of African wildlife and the development of underprivileged artists.” Photo by Alan S. Dalinka.

As of this publication, the tour price is $30/person (applicable to all tour-permitted ages and, of course, park admission is not included but is required). Various discounts are available, so be sure to ask. For example, as a long-time Disney Vacation Member, my cost was $25.50/person. Payment is required in advance, and failure to show up on time or cancel your tour at least two days in advance will result in forfeiture of the full price paid. Disney donates a portion of the proceeds of the tour to the Disney Conservation Fund which means, in a small way, by taking the Caring For Giants tour, you are, in fact, caring for giants out in the wild too.

Reservations for the tour can be made at the Curiosity Animal Tours Booking Centre kiosk just across from the entrance to Kilimanjaro Safaris. Reservations can also be made by calling (407) WDW-PLAY; DVC Members need to call (or ask to be connected to) Member Services at (800) 800-9800 to get the discounted rate when making reservations by phone. All guests must be at least four years old, and while wheelchairs are permitted (though arrangements need to be made for being transported backstage), ECVs are not. As you can guess from the waiver discussed above, there are also many other important details (including allergy alerts) relevant to this closer-up animal viewing experience. You can read more on this page of DisneyWorld.com and be sure to ask Disney Cast Members to address questions in advance of your experience.

The Caring For Giants tour is truly a unique experience. It furthers Disney's Animal Kingdom's overall conservation message in a meaningful way that provides insight into these beautiful animals, and furthers thoughtful discussion of how various animal conservation efforts are being conducted by non-governmental organizations in Africa in conjunction with economic activities that benefit the local populations impacted by conservation activities. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and hope to do it again. While it is not an experience for those folks with conditions mentioned by the warnings, those who are risk-averse or just impatient, or those who just want to eat, shop, see characters and/or shows, or just go on rides, it is a great example of what is often called the “Disney Difference” when considering your vacation, leisure, and/or entertainment options.

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New Elephant Tour in Disney’s Animal Kingdom

By Author Ziggy Oskwarek

Posted on Last updated: April 28, 2019

The name of the tour is “Caring for Giants” and it will be a unique, family-friendly backstage viewing experience of the majestic African elephants that live in the Animal Kingdom.  The tour lasts for 60-minutes and guest will have the opportunity to meet with the animal care experts who provide for the care and and are dedicated to the wellness of the elephant herd.  You will also be able to hear stories of Disney’s conservation efforts by African cultural representatives who are dedicated to the preservation of wild elephants throughout Africa.

Unlike some of the more expensive special events Disney has been offering lately, such as the new Fireworks Viewing Party from the California Grill , the “Caring for Giants” tour is actually a reasonable $30.00 (ages 4-100) , which for what you’re getting is a deal imo.  Tours will be offered throughout the day between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m .  Of course you will need to provide your own park admission.

Children under 4 are not allowed on the tour and any child aged 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult. A 2-day notice is required for cancellation.  To book this or any of the other great tours offered in Disney you can call (407) WDW-PLAY .  Full payment is required at the time of booking.

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My name is Ziggy and I love Disney, everything Disney! I grew up on Disney and it has and continues to be a huge part of my life. I started young when my parents took me to Disney World when I was 18 months old. Little did they know that would be the first of an uncountable number of trips we would take. I have so many amazing memories going to Disney with my family and friends and it has been interwoven into my DNA.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Caring For Giants Tour: Hang Out With Elephants For Less Than The Cost Of A Meal

Did you know that for $35 per person, you can participate in an amazing backstage tour at Animal Kingdom called “Caring for Giants?” With this tour, guests can take a closer look at the African elephants at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park—and learn what it takes to care for them.

Caring For Giants Tour

This 60-minute tour lets you explore the backstage areas of Animal Kingdom as you travel via a passenger van out to an area on the reserve that’s usually only open to Animal Kingdom employees. No cameras are allowed on this journey, but you’ll drive by many of the homes of those same animals you often see on Kilimanjaro Safaris – giraffes, rhinos, ostriches. Keep in mind, that most of the residents aren’t home, because your tour will take place while the park is open and the animals are out on the safari.

Your guide will drive you to an area that’s behind where most of the guests on safari see the elephants. Once you arrive at your destination, it’ll be time to bring those cameras back out of hiding, as photos are allowed again. While there’s no guarantee which elephants you’ll see or how close they will be to you, the odds are good that you’ll have a great view of them from 80-100 feet away. You’ll be able to hear them snorting and huffing and maybe even roaring! You can also see the safari vehicles traveling along the roads on the other side of the elephants.

Animal Kingdom lets its elephants (and other animals) determine where they’ll go and what they’ll do so there’s no telling which elephant herd you’ll see or what they’ll be up to. On my visit, our tour group had the bachelors with the oldest elephant, Mack, who’s about 40 years old, hanging out with two younger bachelors – Jabali and Tsabo. The younger ones did a lot of sparring and goofing around while eating while Mack either corrected them or ignored them.

Our tour guide provided lots of information on our tour, and there are a few props around the tour site to generate conversations but nothing is scripted. As our guide put it, she lets the guests determine the direction of the conversations and you can either participate or simply stand in awe of the elephants and spend your tour soaking in their awesomeness.

Here are a few reasons I recommend this tour:

• It’s inexpensive. For basically the price of a lower-priced sit-down meal, you can have an experience of a lifetime – because admit it, you can get sushi anywhere, but can you get this close to elephants for this price anywhere?
• It’s short. Long tours are great, but with little ones or even those who still want to have most of the day to themselves, they can be a bit overwhelming. Plan this tour for the start of your Animal Kingdom park day. You can enjoy it and then still have almost all day at a park.
• It benefits elephants worldwide. The proceeds from this tour go directly to the elephant conservation fund.

Would you enjoy going backstage and learning more about Disney Animal Kingdom’s elephants?

30 best Disney World rides ranked for 2024

With four iconic theme parks, more than five decades of history, innovation and nostalgia to consider, and over 50 rides to choose from, naming anything the "best" at Walt Disney World is no easy task ... but we gave it a try anyway.

The best rides at the Most Magical Place on Earth are the ones that deliver incredible thrills, groundbreaking technology and mind-blowingly immersive theming — so this ranking — in order starting with our top pick — is based on a combination of storytelling, thrill factor, innovation, emotional response and old-fashioned nostalgia.

So buckle up, tug on the yellow strap and enjoy your tour of the best rides at Walt Disney World.

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance

• Location: Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, Disney's Hollywood Studios
• Height requirement: 40 inches

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance — the centerpiece attraction in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — is such an epic, visceral experience that it feels reductive to call it merely a ride. During the nearly 20-minute adventure in a galaxy far, far away, guests become recruits, enlisted to join the Resistance in the fight against Kylo Ren and the First Order.

There's no other Disney attraction that can compete with the scale of Rise of the Resistance and its four different ride systems, vast cinematic sets, upward of 65 Audio-Animatronics, original score by John Williams, and audio and visual media featuring the original "Star Wars" cast.

The queue, pre-show and ride experience blend seamlessly, forming a cohesive narrative journey that is enhanced by technology but never overpowered by it. The attraction makes you forget the real world — but not because you're stuck in a dark space staring at a screen. In fact, Disney cast members doubling as Resistance heroes or First Order captors appear at key moments during the attraction, bringing a tangible reality to the experience that deepens the immersion.

Rise of the Resistance is a fully realized attraction that also still feels aspirational — new rides have opened since, but none have been quite so ambitious or delivered as Rise does. The bar has been set, and Rise is holding strong.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

• Location: World Discovery, Epcot
• Height requirement: 42 inches

Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind — Epcot's first-ever roller coaster and Walt Disney World's first Marvel ride — definitely wins the "most fun" award. The fact that it's still using a virtual queue nearly two years after opening is a testament to its popularity.

The galaxy's fate is at stake, and the Guardians need help. Coming to their aid, guests board a "starjumper," a 360-degree rotating ride vehicle that reverse-launches into a high-speed indoor roller coaster journey through time and space.

One of six randomized '70s and '80s pop-rock classics provides the soundtrack for the silky smooth ride that feels like a swinging, soaring dance party through space. Like Space Mountain, the ride is in near darkness but enhanced with elaborate projections and some physical set pieces.

Everyone has a favorite song, and predicting which one you'll get adds to the fun, making the ride even more repeatable.

Bonus points go to the physical queue, which winds through the Wonders of Xandar pavilion, formerly "Universe of Energy," and tells a story that feels like classic Epcot but with plenty of Guardians banter.

Ride vehicles rotate to direct attention to a mix of screens and physical set pieces, and though it's a controlled rotation, those prone to motion sickness are likely to be affected by this ride. The negative effects can be minimized by avoiding looking at the screens and keeping your eyes pointed in the direction of the track.

Avatar Flight of Passage

• Location: Pandora – The World of Avatar, Disney's Animal Kingdom
• Height requirement: 44 inches

You don't even need to see an "Avatar" film to be wowed by your first ride on Avatar — Flight of Passage.

The breathtaking 4D experience simulates a flight over Pandora's Valley of Moara. A motorcycle-like ride vehicle creates the sensations of soaring, swooping and diving on the back of a banshee, which you can feel breathing and flapping its wings beneath you.

The stunning score, gorgeous visuals and effects like scents, mist and wind combine to make this one a top must-do, but it also comes with one of the heftiest wait times — still regularly clocking in at two or more hours, nearly seven years after opening.

Luckily, the standby queue is one of Walt Disney World's best, winding through alien flora, mysterious caves, an RDA bunker and a bioluminescent forest before entering an ACE laboratory that includes a stunning full-size Avatar moving inside a tank.

Interesting though the queue is, we still only recommend waiting in it when wait times are manageable, typically at rope drop or as late as possible in the evening.

For most Walt Disney World guests, time is money, so purchasing an Individual Lightning Lane is a smart way to skip the line.

Haunted Mansion

• Location: Liberty Square, Magic Kingdom
• Height requirement: None

An opening-day attraction that never gets old, Haunted Mansion adds more fans to its cult following every year. 2023 brought the debut of a new film inspired by the ride and the announcement that the mansion's 999 happy haunts would soon be hitting the high seas in Haunted Mansion Parlor, opening when the Disney Treasure sets sail this December.

This Ghost Host-led tour aboard a Doom Buggy weaves through the cavernous mansion and its grounds. It's spooky but not too scary for most kiddos — just remind timid little ones that these grim-grinning ghosts are having a big party, and everyone's invited to the swinging wake.

You don't need a new reason to keep this one high on the list, but last November, the Walt Disney World ride did get a long-awaited addition of the legendary Hatbox Ghost, already part of Disneyland's version.

Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain

• Location: Asia, Disney's Animal Kingdom

Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain at Disney's Animal Kingdom is a great roller coaster on its own, but like the other top rides on this list, its immersive theming is as strong as its thrills.

From Serka Zong village in the Himalayan foothills, an old steam-engine tea train operated by a tour and expedition company brings climbers to Mount Everest base camp — if they're brave enough to ignore the warnings that a mysterious yeti stalks the mountain, that is.

The tallest "mountain" of any Disney park at 199 feet, this is definitely one of Walt Disney World's more intense rides. There's a sizable drop and some big surprises, but there are no inversions, and it's well paced, giving you time to catch your breath during the scenic ascent and dramatic pauses.

This is one of the better picks at Animal Kingdom if you have to do the standby line — it moves quickly, and the immersive queue sets the stage for the adventure, passing through the village tourism office, the Yeti Museum, and even an internet cafe and inn for trekkers.

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

• Location: Frontierland, Magic Kingdom

The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness combines family-friendly thrills, nostalgia and immersive theming. Hold on to your hats and glasses as you take off on a runaway mine train, weaving among the iconic towering buttes that reach 197 feet at the highest point.

The bumpy ride is laugh-inducing, sending riders sliding into each other as the train rounds tight turns. A fan favorite since it opened in 1980, the oldie-but-goodie still stands up to Disney's newer coasters in both theming and fun, and at nearly 3 1/2 minutes, it provides a much more satisfying length than many of the newbies.

Three main ascents are followed by gentle drops and thrilling turns that aren't overly stomach-churning. For the wildest ride, sit in Row 15 in the back of the train.

An enhanced backstory and new character, Barnabas T. Bullion, were introduced to the ride in 2013, along with an updated interactive queue. Owner and president of the Big Thunder Mining Company, Bullion is also a member of the Society of Explorers and Adventurers, a fictional mythology spanning stories and attractions across Disney parks worldwide.

Pirates of the Caribbean

• Location: Adventureland, Magic Kingdom

Constructed in just 15 months after guests expressed disappointment when Magic Kingdom opened without the popular Disneyland attraction in 1971, Florida's version of the (mostly) slow-moving, dark boat ride absolutely deserves a top spot on this list.

Housed behind the facade of an old Spanish fort, El Castillo del Morro, the entrance and queue take their design inspiration from a fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Many people would argue Disneyland's version is better, but Walt Disney World's queue is far more immersive. Depending on whether you use the standby queue or Lightning Lane, you'll pass through either the soldiers' quarters or the dungeon, where a famous scene dreamed up by famed Walt Disney Imagineer Marc Davis shows two skeletons frozen for eternity staring at a chessboard stuck in a no-win configuration.

The ride includes one gentle but exciting plunge in the darkness, followed by some of the most iconic scenes, music and Audio-Animatronics on any Disney ride.

Twilight Zone Tower of Terror

• Location: Sunset Boulevard, Disney's Hollywood Studios

It's hard to imagine Disney's Hollywood Studios without the iconic Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, but the attraction didn't open until 1994, along with the Sunset Boulevard area of the park.

Once the site of a glamorous Tinseltown hotel, the ominous 199-foot-tall tower casts an aura of foreboding over the decaying grounds. Overgrown landscaping and eerie big-band jazzy tunes help set the stage in the immersive queue, which becomes even more impressive upon entering the abandoned, cobweb-covered lobby.

As the story goes, on a fateful night in 1939, five hotel quests disappeared when lightning struck the hotel elevator. Today, guests visit the abandoned site — riding in a still-functioning service elevator that enters the fifth dimension, launching riders on a series of dramatic drop sequences.

Not for the faint of heart (or stomach), this ride is both scary and nausea-inducing for some, but a runaway fan-favorite thrill ride for many. Even if you hate the freefall sensation, it's worth trying to experience some of Disney's best-ever ride theming and storytelling.

Tron Lightcycle / Run

• Location: Tomorrowland, Magic Kingdom
• Height requirement: 48 inches

A must for thrill-seekers, Tron Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom is now the fastest roller coaster at Walt Disney World. Inspired by the 1982 "Tron" and 2010 "Tron: Legacy" films, the indoor-outdoor coaster adds more thrills and gorgeous nighttime lighting to Tomorrowland.

We love the unique body positioning that really makes you feel like you're on a bike (especially in the front row!) and the silky smooth ride.

Many Tron fans will tell you night rides are superior — and with lighting after dark, they're not wrong — but unless you're willing to pay for a timed Individual Lightning Lane after sunset or are eligible for the 6 p.m. virtual queue drop during extended evening hours for Deluxe Resort guests, you'll have to settle for the virtual queue return time you're assigned.

Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway

• Location: Hollywood Boulevard, Disney's Hollywood Studios

Walt Disney World took nearly 50 years to open its first ride starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, so it had to be good. Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway opened March 4, 2020, at Disney's Hollywood Studios, replacing The Great Movie Ride in the Chinese Theatre.

The innovative dark ride blends a little bit of everything — trackless ride technology, digital projections, Audio-Animatronics, a catchy original theme song and original animation based on the newest generation of Mickey Mouse shorts.

The pre-show features an original Mickey Mouse short called "Perfect Picnic," after which guests find themselves on a train ride driven by Engineer Goofy through Runnamuck Park.

The ride is packed with hidden Mickeys and Easter eggs. For example, the original whistle used in Disney's 1928 animated short film "Steamboat Willie" was used to create the train whistle sound on Runaway Railway.

Each "train" comprises four trackless ride vehicles, which split apart and shuffle positions during the attraction, with each car providing a slightly different ride experience.

Pro tip: Keep your eyes peeled. In addition to a secondary storyline involving poor Pluto's desperate attempt to reunite himself — and a picnic basket — with his owners, a curious little crab appears in each scene, giving you even more to look for during repeat rides.

Spaceship Earth

• Location: World Celebration, Epcot

Housed in a geodesic sphere that's arguably as iconic to Walt Disney World as Cinderella Castle, Spaceship Earth opened with Epcot on Oct. 1, 1982.

Related: Why Epcot is now Disney World's must-do park

The 16-minute, slow-moving dark ride follows the development of human communication from prehistoric times to the computer age and beyond. From the invention of the alphabet to classical Greece to the Industrial Revolution, key periods and moments are represented with detailed sets, animatronic figures and narration by Dame Judi Dench.

The attraction has received a few updates through the years, but if you love the current version, thank the Phoenicians it's still around. While it might not be a physically thrilling ride, it's quite the thrill to make the "rounds" inside such a legendary structure.

Jungle Cruise

This opening-day attraction is always a good time; if you don't believe me, you're in de-Nile.

The "10-minute, 10,000-mile" boat ride down the rivers of Asia, Africa and South America first debuted on Disneyland's opening day in 1955 as a straightforward, educational attraction. It took shape as the joke-filled version we know today in 1960, when Walt Disney Imagineer Marc Davis stepped aboard to skipper the story in the comedic direction that made it the "World Famous Jungle Cruise" it is today.

A 2021 reimagining to address cultural insensitivities in certain scenes introduced new characters, animals and scenes to the ride and established a more elaborate backstory that deepens the ride's connections to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers.

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Pro tip: We love pairing a ride on Jungle Cruise with a meal at the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen restaurant across from the ride. This Easter egg-packed restaurant serves some of the best table-service food in Magic Kingdom (along with plenty of puns courtesy of Skipper servers).

Kilimanjaro Safaris

• Location: Africa, Disney's Animal Kingdom

The next best thing to a real African safari, Kilimanjaro Safaris is in many ways the realization of Walt Disney's original vision for Jungle Cruise, which was to have wild animals in true-to-nature environments. You can spot more than 30 different animal species during the 18-minute open-air drive across 110 acres of savanna — nearly as much space as all of Magic Kingdom park.

Given the unpredictability of live animals, no two rides are the same. Through the years, we've experienced so many memorable moments, from a giraffe coming right up to our vehicle and keeping us there until he was ready to move along, to watching a 2-month-old baby elephant run around on her first day on the savanna.

Pro tip: Many of the animals are most active early in the morning and at sundown, so aim for those times. And don't shy away from a rainy ride — some animals seem to love it, and you'll stay (mostly) undercover.

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

• Height requirement: 38 inches

"Star Wars" fans simply can't pass on the chance to take the controls in the cockpit of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy by joining Hondo Ohnaka's flight crew for an important smuggling mission aboard the Millennium Falcon.

For "Star Wars" fans, the queue is as bucket list-worthy as actually taking a seat at the controls. After first passing the life-size Millennium Falcon from the front as you enter the queue, you'll get to see it from additional angles and from multiple levels, getting a closer look at the iconic ship from different perspectives as you wind through the Easter egg-packed queue.

Flight crews of six are assigned the positions of pilot, gunner or engineer and get a few minutes to explore the main hold and take a seat at the centerpiece dejarik table before heading to the cockpit.

Once in your seats at the controls, it's time to work as a team to put the bucket of bolts to the test and see if you can complete your mission — and get back to Batuu with the Falcon in one piece. Pilots steer, gunners defend and engineers perform repairs, and at the end of your mission, Hondo will let you know how well you've done — and what your cut of the credits will be.

Pro tip: Young riders who just make the 38-inch flight requirement often struggle to reach all of the controls in the pilot position. If they have their heart set on piloting, consider putting the longest-armed adult in the other pilot position so they can reach over and help.

Slinky Dog Dash

• Location: Toy Story Land, Disney's Hollywood Studios

When guests enter Toy Story Land, they "shrink" to the size of one of Andy's toys from the films. It's easy to look at Slinky Dog Dash, which Andy has "built" in his backyard by combining his Slinky Dog toy with a Mega Coaster Kit, and assume it's a coaster for little kids a la Magic Kingdom's The Barnstormer.

But this coaster is tons of fun and worth the ride, even without kids. The ride vehicle mimics Slinky Dog's springy body — launching then seemingly springing along, bobbing up and down over gentle but exhilarating hills, and winding among Andy's toys. You'll also glimpse some wonderful vistas across the theme park. A second, more thrilling launch, narrated by Slinky Dog, sends riders seemingly straight up into the sky, giving a brief feeling of weightlessness.

Grown-ups will get a nostalgic kick out of the classic toy boxes used to construct portions of the queue and load area too.

Pro tip: Slinky Dog Dash is the most popular Genie+ Lightning Lane at Disney's Hollywood Studios, so make sure to grab this one first at 7 a.m. The ride also frequently goes down due to weather, so if you're opting for the standby queue and only have one day to ride it, make sure you don't save it until the end of the night if the sky looks threatening.

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

• Location: Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom

Like Slinky Dog Dash, this is another true family coaster that's not just for kids. Opened in 2014 as part of Magic Kingdom's Fantasyland expansion, this gentle but exciting coaster ups the thrill factor just enough to engage adults and bigger kids without scaring less daring littles.

The ride vehicles are modeled after mine carts and sway back and forth along the otherwise smooth track, which ventures into the diamond mine where the seven dwarfs famously whistle while they work.

Bright, reflective gemstones (look out for the Hidden Mickey !); cheerful, singing dwarf animatronics; and an earworm rendition of "Heigh-Ho" as you make your ascent up the main hill make it impossible not to smile on this ride.

One drawback — there's only one main show scene and a second brief final scene, making the ride feel over a little too quickly given its consistently long wait times.

The ride is available via standby queue (an interactive queue helps keep kids busy) or Individual Lightning Lane. The price may not be worth the cost for thrill-seekers, but it could definitely be worth it with antsy younger kids.

Star Tours — The Adventures Continue

• Location: Echo Lake, Disney's Hollywood Studios

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge might get more of the attention lately, but Walt Disney World's first "Star Wars" ride has been going strong since 1989.

Opened first as Star Tours and later updated to Star Tours — The Adventures Continue in 2011, this 3D flight simulator ride takes guests on an unpredictable adventure across a galaxy far, far away in a Starspeeder 1000 ship helmed by reluctant pilot C-3PO and trusty navigator R2-D2.

Every adventure includes four randomized main scenes, introducing potential variability of characters, including classic original trilogy characters like Princess Leia and Darth Vader and destinations like the planets Tatooine and Hoth.

Updates through the years have added new characters and destinations as new "Star Wars" films have been released and ahead of the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. On April 5, 2024, Star Tours got its latest galactic glow-up — new scenes and characters from the Disney+ series "Ahsoka," "Andor" and "The Mandalorian." Now, guests could get an urgent transmission from Ahsoka Tano, Cassian Andor or the Mandalorian and Grogu.

For a limited time, all guests will visit a new destination, the planet Seatos from "Ahsoka," where the Starspeeder joins Ahsoka's T-6 Jedi Shuttle in a dogfight amid a pod of purrgil, massive space whales first introduced in the animated series "Star Wars Rebels." After this phase of introduction to the new characters and scenes, the ride will reenter a "random play" mode, as Walt Disney Imagineer Tom Fitzgerald called the ride's eventual fully randomized sequencing, and will increase the ride's total potential storyline variations to more than 250.

Peter Pan's Flight

One of Disney's most nostalgic and iconic dark rides, with a soundtrack that can instantly unlock childhood memories, Peter Pan's Flight opened with Magic Kingdom in 1971 and to this day remains one of the park's most popular Genie+ Lightning Lane attractions — with a correspondingly hefty standby wait.

Board a pirate ship and take off from the Darling family nursery, flying over the rooftops of London then off to Neverland. Fly past scenes like a miniature Mermaid Lagoon below and a life-size swordfight between Peter Pan and Captain Hook overhead.

If you do end up in the standby line, the interactive queue through the Darling family home helps pass the time. Look out for twinkling signs of Tinkerbell's trail of pixie dust, and you might spot her rattling around and even getting stuck in tiny places around the house.

Space Mountain

This Walt Disney World original, which opened Jan. 15, 1975, was so popular that it inspired new versions in four more parks worldwide. Fitting for Tomorrowland, it was the first roller coaster ever to be controlled by a computer.

The iconic structure encloses two almost identical tracks, Alpha and Omega, which each launch spaceship-themed ride vehicles on their ride through space. The nearly total darkness makes the coaster feel much faster as it makes sudden sharp turns and drops.

An attraction that definitely feels its age, this coaster doesn't have any inversions or extreme drops, but it's definitely one of Walt Disney World's rougher rides.

Remy's Ratatouille Adventure

• Location: World Showcase, Epcot

Pixar meets Paris in a whimsical extension of Epcot's France pavilion that gently transitions from the real-world architectural grandeur of the City of Light to Pixar's more playful and exaggerated animated version, setting the stage for Remy's Ratatouille Adventure.

You'll shrink down to rat size and board rat-shaped trackless vehicles for a 4D dark ride that has you scurrying through Gusteau's restaurant.

The multisensory ride combines screens and physical sets, enhanced with scents and some other surprise effects we won't spoil, and makes wonderful use of the film's excellent soundtrack.

Located at the opposite end of Epcot from most of the park's other rides, Remy's is a welcome reward for kids who lose steam making their way around Epcot's World Showcase.

The ride is equally enjoyable for adults and kids, but it may bother some guests prone to motion sickness.

Frozen Ever After

A reskin of the Viking-themed Maelstrom boat ride attraction in Epcot's Norway pavilion, Frozen Ever After takes guests on a cruise through Arendelle past scenes inspired by the original "Frozen" film.

Related: How Disney brought animated mega-hit 'Frozen' to life at Hong Kong Disneyland

Audio-Animatronic characters sing abridged versions of songs from the film, modified to support the ride's storyline. Light thrills include a gentle reverse drift during "Let It Go" and one thrilling drop that's not too scary to keep little kids off the ride — but just nerve-wracking enough to generate some hilarious expressions on the Disney PhotoPass ride photos.

This ride continues to be extremely popular and breaks down a lot, so if it's a top priority, try to pick up an early Genie+ Lightning Lane or rope drop it.

Toy Story Mania

Toy Story Mania opened in 2008, long predating the opening of Toy Story Land, which better established the ride within the world of Andy's toys. The 3D carnival game-inspired attraction remains extremely popular, is endlessly rerideable (that is, until your arm gets too tired) and the game aspect of the ride even edges out newer game-focused rides like Web Slingers at Disneyland.

Ride vehicles seat two passengers side by side at spring-action shooters and whip and spin players from game to game.

Toy Story characters, including Woody and Jessie, Rex and Trixie, and the Green Army Men, host a series of five carnival-style 3D games on screens. Players ultimately compete against each other, but can also work together to unlock secret targets worth more points.

• Location: DinoLand U.S.A., Disney's Animal Kingdom

You either love or hate this rough, dark and downright terrifying (for some) blast to the past. Guests board a Time Rover with a mission to travel back to the Cretaceous period to retrieve an iguanodon and bring it back for research before the extinction-causing meteor strikes.

The fan-favorite preshow features Dr. Marsh (Phylicia Rashad), director of the Dino Institute, and Dr. Grant Seeker, a goofy, passionate scientist who briefs guests on the mission and frantically narrates during the harrowing attraction.

Loosely based on the 2000 film "Dinosaur," this attraction parallels Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure with respect to ride vehicle and layout. Unlike Indy, however, Dinosaur relies more on extreme darkness and jump scares than cinematic sets and impressive effects.

Kids who love dinosaurs and don't scare easily love this ride.

Dinosaur fans should get their rides in while they can. While no official retheme has been confirmed, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro began teasing potential rethemes of DinoLand, first in 2022 at D23 Expo, then again in 2023 at Destination D23, by playing "Indiana Jones" theme music, teasing a possible "Indiana Jones"-themed update in the area. More recently, D'Amaro confirmed that work is "well underway" for this project , with teams already going on research trips to Mexico.

Living with the Land

• Location: World Nature, Epcot

A prime example of Epcot edutainment, this "voyage of discovery and awareness" aboard slow-moving boats is part dark ride, part greenhouse tour.

Situated in Epcot's The Land pavilion, the dark ride portion showcases a variety of ecosystems — the tropical rainforest, desert and American prairie — before cruising through the pavilion's four working greenhouses.

It might sound dull, but guests of all ages will find themselves captivated by the array of different edible crops growing on display — from familiar tomatoes, cucumbers, salad greens and strawberries, to the more exotic banana trees and giant melons, to cacao and peanuts. Fish farms and hydroponic and aquaponic farming methods are also showcased.

Get a taste of the end products by dining at Sunshine Seasons or Garden Grill Restaurant, also in the Land pavilion. Both restaurants use produce and seafood farmed in the greenhouses in some of their dishes.

If you visit Epcot during the holiday season, be sure to wait until after dark to ride, when a holiday overlay bathes the greenhouses in the warm glow of festive colored lights.

Pro tip: Want to learn more? Book a Behind the Seeds walking tour — a one-hour tour of the fish farm and greenhouses.

Soarin' Around the World

• Height Requirement: 40 inches

This flight simulator attraction gives riders a hang gliding sensation as they "soar," feet dangling up to 40 feet above the ground, through screen-based scenes.

The ride originally debuted as "Soarin' Over California" in 2005. In 2016, it was replaced with the current "Around the World" version, which visits some of the world's most famous natural wonders and manmade landmarks, including the American Southwest, the Great Wall of China, the Eiffel Tower and the Great Pyramids of Egypt.

Recognizing fans' love for the original "Over California" attraction, Disney has begun bringing it back for limited runs. At Walt Disney World, it returned during the Disney100 celebration, and at Disney California Adventure, it's been making an annual return during the park's yearly Food & Wine Festival.

Pro tip: The farther you sit from the center of the screen, the more distorted some images appear — the Eiffel Tower in particular appears dramatically curved for guests sitting on the far sides. The best section and row for the least distorted image and no feet hanging in your view is B1.

Navi River Journey

• Location: Pandora — The World of Avatar, Disney's Animal Kingdom

Navi River Journey can't compete with Flight of Passage in the thrill department, but it does fully immerse guests in a beautiful, tangible Pandoran setting.

During the slow-moving (indoor) nighttime journey in Pandora's bioluminescent rainforest, boats float through the lush jungle, seemingly alive with the glowing sights and sounds of the planet's otherworldly creatures. Screens and projections are combined with physical sets, motion and sound to create impressively realistic effects, like alien creatures hopping from giant leaf to leaf overhead.

Ethereal music swells during the journey, reaching a crescendo as the boat approaches the massive Navi Shaman of Songs, a lifelike animatronic that is the most advanced Walt Disney Imagineering has ever created.

Navi River Journey gives those who don't meet the height requirement or are unable to ride Flight of Passage a great opportunity to experience Pandora's beautiful theming and detail.

"It's a small world"

Who wouldn't want to hop aboard "the happiest cruise that ever sailed"? An opening day attraction at Magic Kingdom following a successful debut at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, then at Disneyland in 1966, this nostalgic classic celebrates a message of peace, understanding and friendship by sharing a look at the world through the eyes of a child.

Different countries and cultures worldwide are represented by costumed Audio-Animatronic dolls designed to look as though they've been created by a child using papier-mache and other craft materials.

The lyrics to the timeless theme song by Robert and Richard Sherman, sung in the native languages of the represented regions, have become synonymous with calls for peace, empathy and acceptance. In an ongoing effort to honor the ride's message of inclusivity, a doll in a wheelchair was added to the ride last March.

Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

An oldie but goodie that's enjoyed a new wave of appreciation and popularity in recent years, the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover takes guests on an elevated, narrated tour of Tomorrowland.

The magnetically powered tram takes passengers behind the scenes for a different perspective of Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin and travels right through Space Mountain. The ride also provides stunning views of Cinderella Castle, the canopy of Tron Lightcycle / Run and an overhead look at Tomorrowland Speedway.

There's no Lightning Lane but the standby queue moves quickly and is rarely longer than 20 minutes.

The current iteration of Test Track gets high marks for thrills but lands this low spot for seriously lackluster theming, especially when compared to a sister ride at Disney California Adventure Park. Radiator Springs Racers uses the same ride vehicles and mechanisms but adds the stunning backdrop of Ornament Valley, a heartwarming dark ride component, and a head-to-head race at speeds of up to 65 miles per hour to the finish for extra fun.

With the right theming, this could be a top-tier ride like Radiator Springs Racers — and the good news is, a retheme is in the works. Test Track will close June 17, 2024, for its reimagining, which will take inspiration from the original World of Motion. We can't wait to see how it turns out!

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith is a high-speed roller coaster ride in the near darkness, save for neon signs, with Aerosmith music blasting the whole time.

The premise: After meeting Aerosmith in the recording studio, guests are invited to the band's concert on the other side of town and have to get through LA traffic in a super-stretch limo to get there.

This ride can be rough, but that doesn't stop it from being perpetually popular.

Note: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is currently closed for refurbishment, with plans to reopen in summer 2024.

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Dumbo The Flying Elephant Ride Review | Disney World

Dumbo the Flying Elephant is a beloved classic attraction located in the Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Based on the 1941 Disney animated film, this ride allows guests to soar through the air on the adorable flying elephant from the movie. First  opening at Disneyland in 1955, versions of Dumbo were later added to all Disney parks worldwide. The Magic Kingdom opened with this attraction in 1971.

Dumbo has a special place in many guests’ hearts and is often one of the first rides visited by young children during their Disney trip. This  review will provide a comprehensive guide to Dumbo the Flying Elephant, covering all the key details riders would want to know. That includes ride information and logistics, history and design, the experience of riding, and tips for guests. The goal is to give readers an informative, engaging, and useful article to help them better plan their Disney World vacation.

Ride Information and Logistics

Average Wait Time: The average wait time for Dumbo is typically less than 20 minutes. During peak seasons or busy times of day, the wait may extend up to 30–45 minutes at most.

Height Requirement:  There is no height requirement for Dumbo the Flying Elephant, making it suitable for guests of all ages.

Single Rider Line:  There is no single rider line offered. All guests must wait in the standby or Lightning Lane queue.

Ride Duration:  Each ride lasts approximately 90 seconds as Dumbo goes round in a circle.

Genie+ and Lightning Lane Access:  Dumbo is one of the attractions included with Genie+ and also has a separate Lightning Lane entrance for those purchasing that add-on. This allows guests to bypass the regular line.

Rider Switch:   Rider switch is not offered at Dumbo.

Disability Access Service (DAS):  Guests needing accommodations through DAS will receive a return time to come back and board.

Location:  Dumbo the Flying Elephant is located in Fantasyland’s Storybook Circus area, adjacent to The Barnstormer rollercoaster and the Fantasyland train station.

Early Entry Access:  As a Fantasyland attraction, Dumbo is included as part of early theme park entry offered to eligible Disney World resort guests. Arriving early is a good way to experience lower wait times.

Best Times to Ride: The best times to ride Dumbo with lower waits are during the parades or fireworks shows later in the day, when crowds disperse across the park. First thing in the morning or late at night are also good times.

History and Design

The original Dumbo ride first opened at Disneyland on August 16, 1955, almost a month after the park opened. The design originally included 10 different vehicles that were intended to represent the pink elephants from Dumbo’s drunken hallucination scene. However, Walt Disney decided the pink pachyderms might encourage kids to drink and had the vehicles changed to Dumbos instead.

When Magic Kingdom opened in 1971, the ride was modeled after Disneyland’s but did not initially include the Timothy Mouse figure. Timothy and Dumbo’s signature hats were both added in 1972. Over the years, the Florida version saw updates, including new lighting packages and interactive elements added to the queue. As part of the New Fantasyland expansion around 2012, Dumbo was relocated from the middle of Fantasyland to the Storybook Circus area. This allowed the addition of an identical second Dumbo ride placed next to the original, doubling capacity.

The two carousels spin in opposite directions – one clockwise and the other counterclockwise. The  redesign brought several enhancements. The vibrant circus colors and theming transport riders into Dumbo’s world. Fiber optic lights surrounding the ride sync to music and change colors at night when Dumbo “takes flight.” The attraction sits inside a circus tent structure, and the interactive queue includes a big top play area for kids. Water features like fountains and bubble machines add whimsy.

Ride Experience

The Dumbo ride experience begins even before boarding the attraction. Those waiting in standby enter a circus-themed, air-conditioned tent queue filled with interactive playground elements. Kids can burn energy as parents relax while they wait. When your turn comes up, guests are loaded in groups to walk out and choose their Dumbo vehicle. Each colorfully-painted pachyderm seats two riders who share a small seatbelt. A joystick in the middle allows you to control the elephant’s height as the ride takes flight.

As upbeat circus music plays, Dumbo vehicles are lifted into the air and gently spun round in a circle. Fly your elephant up and down using the joystick to see Fantasyland and Cinderella Castle from new heights. The ride lasts about 90 seconds, but the views make it feel longer. At  night, the fountains, lights, and reflections surrounding Dumbo add even more magic. It’s worth a second ride to see the attraction transformed by the sparkling, colorful illumination after dark.

Tips for Riders

• Use Genie+ or purchase individual Lightning Lane access to bypass the standby wait if you want to maximize ride time rather than play in the queue.
• Nighttime is an excellent time to ride Dumbo to see the lights. Try to ride once during the day and once at night for a different experience.
• Request vehicle #1 or #10 for a unique viewpoint during the ride that allows you to see the other Dumbos.
• Keep an eye out for hidden Mickeys formed by the ride’s water jets and fountains as you soar around the attraction.
• Let little ones wear a Dumbo hat or play with the “magic feather” wand from the gift shop to fully engage their imagination and story during the ride.

Dumbo the Flying Elephant brings the timeless story of the 1941 film to life, allowing Disney guests to hop aboard their own flying elephant and let their spirits soar. It’s a quintessential Disney ride filled with nostalgia, whimsy, and delight, perfect for all ages. With  two carousels now available and ride enhancements like interactive queues, lively music, and dazzling new lighting, Dumbo manages to keep this classic attraction feeling fresh and relevant for new generations of Disney visitors. This review covered all the key details riders need to know to make the most of their own Dumbo flight.

Nearby Attractions

• The Barnstormer – This small rollercoaster ride featuring Goofy as a stunt pilot is directly adjacent to Dumbo within the Storybook Circus area.
• Mad Tea Party – The classic spinning teacup ride is a short walk from Dumbo, also located in Fantasyland.
• Prince Charming Regal Carousel – This carousel featuring ornately decorated horses is a close neighbor of Dumbo’s in Fantasyland.
• Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid – The dark ride based on The Little Mermaid is under 5 minutes walk from Dumbo’s location.

Caring for Giants

Valid admission required. A theme park reservation may be required based on admission type.

An Experience You’ll Never Forget

Delve into the wondrous world of our park's largest inhabitants.

During this 60-minute experience, you’ll meet with a knowledgeable Guide who will provide insight into the inner workings of our African elephant herd. Your guide will provide a glimpse into the day-to-day care of these amazing animals and share stories of Disney’s conservation efforts dedicated to the preservation of wild populations throughout the world.

Throughout this experience, you’ll be able to observe the elephants from approximately 80 to 100 feet away—so you’ll enjoy a closer encounter with the elephants than you would during other in-park experiences.

Know Before You Go

• Theme park admission is required, but not included in the price of this tour. Theme park reservations are also required.
• You will be approximately 80 to 100 feet away from the elephants during this experience.
• Please keep in mind that this is an outdoor experience. Be sure to check the weather forecast and dress appropriately, including wearing comfortable shoes.
• No cameras, video equipment or cell phones may be used while backstage. However, photography is allowed and encouraged in non-backstage areas.
• Guests under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a participating adult (18 years of age or older).
• Guests must be 4 years of age or older to participate.
• Please check in 15 minutes prior to start of experience at the Curiosity Animal Tours kiosk, located across from the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction entrance. Late arrivals may not be able to join the experience.
• Itinerary, content, duration and availability are subject to change without notice.
• There is a 24-hour cancellation policy. Full price will be charged/forfeited if the Guest cancels within one day or fails to show up for the reservation.
• For information about service animal policies for this experience, please call the Guest Animal Experience team directly at (407) 939-5277.
• Non-transferrable wheelchair guests may remain in their wheelchair throughout this experience; however due to limited capacity onboard the backstage transport vehicle, all accommodation requests should be confirmed by calling (407) 939-5277.
• Guests using an ECV must leave their mobility device onstage where they will retrieve them upon conclusion of the experience. Guests must walk by themselves, or be assisted by a member(s) of their party in a courtesy wheelchair to participate in this experience.
• This experience visits outdoor areas containing common allergens such as dust and hay, as well as biting/stinging insects.

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom Welcomes New Baby Elephant to Walt Disney World

• by Michelle Snow
• December 16, 2023 December 16, 2023

The Animal & Science Operations staff at Disney’s Animal Kingdom have announced the birth of a female baby African elephant at the theme park.

The Details

The baby elephant was born to mom Nadirah, and the 218 pound calf, who has been named Corra, is currently backstage bonding with mom.

The animal care staff say what makes this birth extra special is that Nadirah herself was born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 2005, making her baby the first second-generation calf.

Nadirah’s sister Luna was present for the birth, and soon the calf will be big enough to meet the rest of her family, including her grandma, Donna, and her other aunt, Stella.

It’s common for adult females in the herd to assist in raising young elephants until they are considered to be independent, typically around 8 years old.

Dr. Mark Penning, Vice-President of Disney’s Animals, Science & Environment, said of the birth, “I’m over the moon to share that for the first time since 2016, an African elephant calf was born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park. It’s been very special for me and the team to watch first-time mother Nadirah embrace her new motherly instincts and nurture the sweet bond with her baby girl.”

About the Birth

African elephant births like these are carefully planned through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan . This program helps ensure the responsible breeding of endangered animals in managed care.

Nadirah became pregnant through natural breeding in early 2022, and she’s received special care from the animal care team for the entirety of her nearly 22-month pregnancy.

Disney says under the expert care of animal keepers, their veterinary team, and scientists, mother and baby will undergo continued post-natal exams, and spend several days bonding before they are ready to join the rest of the herd.

During this bonding period, the elephant team will be watching for the pair to share key moments like successful nursing and weight gain.

This has been a busy year for animal births at Walt Disney World, including welcoming baby duikers , Red river hogs , Cotton-Top tamarins , and African antelopes …and now, Corra.

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What a Disney World Expert Is Quietly Listening to and Looking for When a Ride Is CLOSED

If you look closely and listen carefully, you’ll find subtle Disney World clues all OVER the parks.

For example, let’s say your favorite EPCOT attraction is unexpectedly closed. Well, when that ride reopens, Cast Members don’t exactly shout that information from the rooftops. We don’t want a stampede to form, after all! But, if you stick with us, we’ll tell you all the subtle signs and secret hints that a ride is getting ready to reopen. That way, you can be among the FIRST in line when it’s back!

Looking at the Disney World wait times on April 18th, 2024, you can see that  Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure was temporarily closed for a period of time. Now, if you want to be among the FIRST to get in line when the ride reopens, there are a few things you can do.

First, you can keep your eyes glued to the My Disney Experience app. This is one of the easiest places to look for up-to-date ride closures (and reopenings). But if you REALLY want to be one of the first back in line when a ride is closed, there’s another option.

Say Disney’s Haunted Mansion is temporarily closed. If you want to hop in line as soon as the ride is open, proximity is key. You can hang around the general area until the ride reopens, but keep in mind that Cast Members aren’t able to tell you how long a ride will remain closed, so you may be stuck waiting around for a LONG time.

That said, if you look and listen closely, you may start to see some hints that a ride is getting ready to reopen. For example, if you hear the Cast Member code “102,” that means a ride is reopening. (“101” means CLOSED.) Additionally, if you start to see a line of Cast Members near the entrance disperse from their formation, they may be preparing for the ride to reopen.

There’s no perfect science to this, but pay attention to what those Cast Members are doing; they may give you a hint about the status of a ride! Now, let’s check out the rest of the Disney World wait times on April 18th, 2024.

Magic Kingdom

Jungle Cruise : 0 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 0 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 5 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 5 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 5 minutes Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes “it’s a small world” : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 5 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 5 minutes Astro Orbiter : 15 minutes Haunted Mansion : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 20 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 20 minutes Space Mountain : 40 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 45 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 65 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : Closed

Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 5 minutes Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes “it’s a small world” : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 5 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 10 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 15 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 20 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 20 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 20 minutes Astro Orbiter : 30 minutes Jungle Cruise : 35 minutes Space Mountain : 35 minutes Haunted Mansion : 40 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 40 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 70 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : Closed

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 10 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 15 minutes “it’s a small world” : 15 minutes Mad Tea Party : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 20 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 25 minutes Astro Orbiter : 30 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 30 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 30 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 35 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 35 minutes Haunted Mansion : 40 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 45 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 50 minutes Space Mountain : 50 minutes Jungle Cruise : 55 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 55 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 55 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 10 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 10 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 10 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 15 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 15 minutes Astro Orbiter : 20 minutes Mad Tea Party : 20 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 20 minutes “it’s a small world” : 25 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 25 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 30 minutes Haunted Mansion : 30 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 35 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 35 minutes Jungle Cruise : 45 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 50 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 75 minutes Space Mountain : 75 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 10 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 15 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 15 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 20 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 20 minutes “it’s a small world” : 20 minutes Mad Tea Party : 20 minutes Astro Orbiter : 25 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 25 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 25 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 30 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 30 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 30 minutes Haunted Mansion : 35 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 35 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 45 minutes Jungle Cruise : 50 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 55 minutes Space Mountain : 75 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Mad Tea Party : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 15 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 20 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 20 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 20 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 25 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 25 minutes Astro Orbiter : 30 minutes “it’s a small world” : 30 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 30 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 30 minutes Haunted Mansion : 35 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 40 minutes Jungle Cruise : 40 minutes Space Mountain : 40 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 70 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 80 minutes

Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 5 minutes Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 5 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 10 minutes Haunted Mansion : 13 minutes “it’s a small world” : 15 minutes Astro Orbiter : 20 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 20 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 20 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 20 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 25 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 25 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 30 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 40 minutes Jungle Cruise : 45 minutes Space Mountain : 55 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 75 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : Temporarily Closed

Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 5 minutes Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 5 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 5 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 20 minutes Astro Orbiter : 25 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 30 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 30 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 30 minutes Space Mountain : 30 minutes Haunted Mansion : 35 minutes “it’s a small world” : 35 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 45 minutes Jungle Cruise : 45 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 50 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 70 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 10 minutes Astro Orbiter : 15 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 20 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 20 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 20 minutes “it’s a small world” : 25 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 25 minutes Haunted Mansion : 35 minutes Space Mountain : 40 minutes Jungle Cruise : 45 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 50 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 50 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : Temporarily Closed

Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 5 minutes Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 5 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 10 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Astro Orbiter : 15 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 15 minutes “it’s a small world” : 15 minutes Mad Tea Party : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 20 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 25 minutes Haunted Mansion : 30 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 35 minutes Space Mountain : 40 minutes Jungle Cruise : 50 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 50 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 55 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 5 minutes “it’s a small world” : 10 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 10 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 10 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Astro Orbiter : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 25 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 25 minutes Haunted Mansion : 25 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 30 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 30 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 30 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : 35 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 40 minutes Jungle Cruise : 45 minutes Space Mountain : 45 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 55 minutes

Carousel of Progress : 5 minutes Mad Tea Party : 5 minutes Magic Carpets of Aladdin : 5 minutes Pirates of the Caribbean : 5 minutes Dumbo the Flying Elephant : 10 minutes “it’s a small world” : 10 minutes Prince Charming Regal Carrousel : 10 minutes Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover : 10 minutes Astro Orbiter : 15 minutes Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini : 15 minutes Mickey’s PhilharMagic : 15 minutes Tomorrowland Speedway : 15 minutes Under the Sea – Journey of The Little Mermaid : 15 minutes Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin : 20 minutes Haunted Mansion : 25 minutes Big Thunder Mountain Railroad : 30 minutes Jungle Cruise : 30 minutes Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh : 35 minutes Space Mountain : 40 minutes Peter Pan’s Flight : 60 minutes Seven Dwarfs Mine Train : 65 minutes Enchanted Tales with Belle : Closed

Gran Fiesta Tour : 5 minutes Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Mission: SPACE : 10 minutes Soarin’ : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Test Track : 20 minutes Frozen Ever After : 35 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 70 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 10 minutes Mission: SPACE : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 20 minutes Soarin’ : 30 minutes Frozen Ever After : 45 minutes Test Track : 50 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : Temporarily Closed

Gran Fiesta Tour : 5 minutes Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 15 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 30 minutes Mission: SPACE : 35 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 50 minutes Frozen Ever After : 55 minutes Test Track : 75 minutes

Gran Fiesta Tour : 5 minutes Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 10 minutes Living with the Land : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Spaceship Earth : 20 minutes Mission: SPACE : 30 minutes Soarin’ : 45 minutes Test Track : 45 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 65 minutes Frozen Ever After : 70 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 10 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 15 minutes Spaceship Earth : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 25 minutes Mission: SPACE : 30 minutes Test Track : 30 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 40 minutes Frozen Ever After : 55 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 10 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 20 minutes Soarin’ : 25 minutes Mission: SPACE : 45 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 65 minutes Frozen Ever After : 75 minutes Test Track : 80 minutes

Living with the Land : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 10 minutes Spaceship Earth : 10 minutes Journey into Imagination : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Mission: SPACE : 30 minutes Test Track : 30 minutes Soarin’ : 35 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 60 minutes Frozen Ever After : 85 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Mission: SPACE : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 20 minutes Soarin’ : 20 minutes Test Track : 45 minutes Frozen Ever After : 75 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : Temporarily Closed

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 10 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 20 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 30 minutes Mission: SPACE : 45 minutes Test Track : 45 minutes Frozen Ever After : 75 minutes

Gran Fiesta Tour : 5 minutes Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Mission: SPACE : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 20 minutes Test Track : 35 minutes Frozen Ever After : 60 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 80 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Mission: SPACE : 30 minutes Frozen Ever After : 40 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 45 minutes Test Track : 50 minutes

Journey into Imagination : 5 minutes Living with the Land : 5 minutes Spaceship Earth : 5 minutes The Seas with Nemo and Friends : 5 minutes Gran Fiesta Tour : 15 minutes Soarin’ : 15 minutes Turtle Talk with Crush : 15 minutes Test Track : 20 minutes Mission: SPACE : 30 minutes Frozen Ever After : 55 minutes Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure : 65 minutes

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

TriceraTop Spin : 0 minutes Expedition Everest : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 20 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 60 minutes Dinosaur : Temporarily Closed Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed Kali River Rapids : Closed

Kali River Rapids : 0 minutes TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 20 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 45 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 50 minutes Dinosaur : Temporarily Closed Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed

Kali River Rapids : 5 minutes TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 25 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 65 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 70 minutes Dinosaur : Temporarily Closed Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kali River Rapids : 20 minutes Dinosaur : 25 minutes Expedition Everest : 25 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 60 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 80 minutes Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Dinosaur : 35 minutes Expedition Everest : 35 minutes Kali River Rapids : 35 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 45 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 50 minutes Na’vi River Journey : 75 minutes

It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes TriceraTop Spin : 10 minutes Dinosaur : 15 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 15 minutes Expedition Everest : 25 minutes Kali River Rapids : 50 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 125 minutes Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 25 minutes Dinosaur : 30 minutes Kali River Rapids : 50 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 95 minutes Na’vi River Journey : Temporarily Closed

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 10 minutes Na’vi River Journey : 15 minutes Kali River Rapids : 20 minutes Expedition Everest : 25 minutes Dinosaur : 30 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 70 minutes

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes Dinosaur : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 10 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 10 minutes Kali River Rapids : 45 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 70 minutes Na’vi River Journey : 70 minutes

TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes Dinosaur : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 10 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kilimanjaro Safaris : 15 minutes Kali River Rapids : 35 minutes Na’vi River Journey : 60 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 65 minutes

Kilimanjaro Safaris : 5 minutes TriceraTop Spin : 5 minutes Dinosaur : 10 minutes Expedition Everest : 10 minutes It’s Tough to Be a Bug : 10 minutes Kali River Rapids : 10 minutes Na’vi River Journey : 50 minutes Avatar Flight of Passage : 70 minutes

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 0 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 5 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 10 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 13 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 15 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 15 minutes Toy Story Mania : 15 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 45 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 35 minutes Toy Story Mania : 45 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 50 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 70 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 70 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 5 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 30 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 40 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 45 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 50 minutes Toy Story Mania : 50 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 80 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 35 minutes Toy Story Mania : 50 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 60 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 60 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 65 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 85 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 25 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 30 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 40 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 50 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 60 minutes Toy Story Mania : 60 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 75 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Toy Story Mania : 20 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 30 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 40 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 45 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 80 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 105 minutes

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 30 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 35 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 80 minutes Toy Story Mania : 80 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 85 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : Temporarily Closed

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 30 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 55 minutes Toy Story Mania : 60 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 65 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 70 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 75 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 95 minutes

Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 0 minutes Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 15 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 25 minutes Toy Story Mania : 40 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 45 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 55 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 90 minutes

Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 15 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Toy Story Mania : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 30 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 35 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 50 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 55 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 65 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 75 minutes

Muppet Vision 3D : 10 minutes Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : 15 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 15 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Alien Swirling Saucers : 30 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 45 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 50 minutes Toy Story Mania : 60 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 95 minutes

Alien Swirling Saucers : 15 minutes Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run : 15 minutes Star Tours – The Adventures Continue : 15 minutes Toy Story Mania : 15 minutes Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway : 30 minutes Rise of the Resistance — WDW : 45 minutes Slinky Dog Dash : 45 minutes Twilight Zone Tower of Terror : 45 minutes Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy : Closed Muppet Vision 3D : Closed

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