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Nature – Disney Style

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A Disney Wordless Wednesday post with the theme of nature.

In celebration of the upcoming Earth Day the Disney (Almost) Wordless Wednesday theme this week is nature.  The first place that comes to mind when I think of Disney and nature is Animal Kingdom, the Orlando theme park which is centred around Disney's dedication to nature and conservation.  Animal Kingdom, which takes up about 500 acres of land, is the largest animal themed park in the world with more than 1700 animals representing 250 species.

I spent my last birthday with my family at Animal Kingdom and we arrived at the park early and headed directly to my favourite attraction – the Kilimanjaro Safari which departs from the Harambe Wildlife Reserve.  We were fortunate that we had a pleasant day and there were a lot of animals out enjoying the morning sunshine thus providing me with the opportunity to take lots of great photos (and a nice birthday bonus).  These are a few of my favourites. 

 

Disney World-Rhinoceros at Animal Kingdom
A rhinoceros

 

Disney World-Giraffes at Animal Kingdom
Giraffes greeting each other

 

Disney World-Elephants at Animal Kingdom
Elephant and baby

 

Disney World-Lions at Animal Kingdom
A pair of lions

  

 

Thanks to Deb at Focused on the Magic for hosting Disney Wordless Wednesday. 

 

 

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  3. Katrina Harris

    I can’t tell if you are moderating messages or if the internets ate my comment 🙂

    So…sorry if this is a repeat!

    I love the safari, too. Though it’s tough to argue with my children who always want to do Everest first. We get excited when we have to stop for a long time due to meandering animals. We were stuck for almost 10 minutes once because of Rhinos!

    Have you ever done the Wild Africa Trek?

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  5. Steve

    You got to the park early? With Katie? It must have been your birthday if your teenager got up before noon. Nicely played.
    And nice pictures.

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  8. Lisa Goodmurphy

    Katrina, sorry about the problem with comments. I figured out last week how to change my settings so that I can reply directly below comments and ever since commenters have been having difficulty. I think I’ll have to turn off the moderation and see if that helps.

    Haven’t been on the Wild Africa Trek but I’ve seen photos and I don’t think it’s for me. I have a bit of a thing with heights and wobbly bridges so I’m pretty sure it would freak me out!

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  10. Lisa Goodmurphy

    Katie can get up when there’s a carrot or a stick involved. In this case we were going to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter the next day – but not if she messed up my safari ride by refusing to get out of bed on Animal Kingdom day!

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  19. Lisa Goodmurphy

    Thanks – we’ve been on the safari a few times as well and I don’t think we had such a good view of the lions any of the other times. It probably helped that it was the end of December instead of mid-March – much cooler in the morning.

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