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--Animal Kingdom
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AT A GLANCE...
Animal Species by Area
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THE OASIS
Place of Transition Part I
Place of Transition Part II

DISCOVERY ISLAND
The Tree of Life
It's Tough to be a Bug
Discovery Island Trails

CAMP MINNIE-MICKEY
Festival of the Lion King
Character Greeting
   Trails

AFRICA
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Pangani Forest
   Exploration Trail

RAFIKI'S PLANET WATCH

ASIA
Expedition EVEREST
Flights of Wonder
Kali River Rapids
Maharajah Jungle Trek

DINOLAND U.S.A.
Dinosaur
The Boneyard
Dino-Sue
Chester and Hester's
   Dino-Rama
   --Primeval Whirl
   --Triceratop Spin
Finding Nemo: The Musical

ENTERTAINMENT
Mickey's Jammin'
   Jungle Parade
Mickey's JINGLE Jungle Parade
DiVine
Live Entertainment

Special Reports
New Babies at AK!

African Comb Duck
Asian Tigers
Baby African Elephants
Capybara
Giraffe
Nile Hippopotamus
Okapi
West African Crownded Crane

Photo Essays
Gorillas
Faces
Hidden Mickeys
Park Details

ALL EARS®
Feature Articles
-- Animal Kingdom Turns 10
-- Animal Kingdom Turns 5
-- Kaleidoscopic Kingdoms
-- Other Side of Animal Kingdom

TOURS
-- Back Stage Safari
-- Wild by Design

ARCHIVES
Pocahontas and Her
   Forest Friends - Closed 9/27/08
Tarzan Rocks! Closed 1/06
Journey into the Jungle Book
Closed 4/99
Lucky the Dinosaur May-July 2005
March of the Artimals Closed 6/99
Radio Disney River Cruise aka
Discovery River Taxi aka
Discovery RiverBoat Ride aka
Discovery River Boats - Retired 1999
Walk Around Artimals
Pre-Opening Guide Map

OTHER THEME PARKS
Disney's Hollywood
   Studios
Epcot
Magic Kingdom

Disneyland
Disney's California
    Adventure

Amidst a Northeastern forest of cedar and birch trees you will find Camp Minnie-Mickey and the Character Greeting Trails.

During the month of December, the characters were dressed in holiday wear; Santa Goofy; Casual Winterwear for Minnie, etc.

Mickey and Minnie, Pluto and Goofy, Pooh and Tigger, Terk and Rafiki are usually out and about for photos and autographs. Each of the trails is marked with the characters that are appearing.

If you are not planning to see the first showing of Festival of the Lion King, this is a good time to see the characters with short waits.

"We also found that if you wait until the Festival of the Lion King is going that you can have a private audience with the characters in Camp Minnie-Mickey."  (Sharon, Ron and Cameron)

 

 

There are Halloween Meet and Greet surprises at Animal Kingdom! At Camp Minnie-Mickey, we were thrilled to see Chip and Dale appearing at a Meet and Greet in their ghost costumes! What a neat family picture! We also saw Mickey and Minnie in costume and were told by a Cast Member that every 1/2 hour, when Mickey and Minnie would go in for a break, they would change and come out in a different costume! On Discovery Island behind Disney Outfitters, just before going over the bridge to DinoLand U.S.A. you may be familiar with this spot as the place to meet Pooh and his friends -- but we were elated to find him and his friends also in costume and an extra-special friend who is rarely spotted -- Rabbit! (Deb Fansler)