Updates on Kilamanjaro Safaris Refurb?

The Empress Lilly

The Empress Lilly

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Tip Top Club said:
Hey Everybody, if you were to ride Kilimanjaro Safaris today, you might see something there that wasn't there before.

I'll give you a hint, they're black with White stripes, not the other way around!
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Awesome, tapirs!! :D

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jmuboy

jmuboy

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So has the zebra habitat opened fully?

Whats the storyline? Is there one? Is the Warden Wilson character still heard?

Any other changes? Were all the ending water features removed?
 
Tip Top Club

Tip Top Club

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The Zebra exhibit has opened with 11 Grant's Zebras. They also have two Grevy's Zebras but from what I'm told they won't be joining the new herd as was rumored.

It has officially opened as of October 23rd.

The Storyline is that you are going on a photo-safari through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. Warden Wilson Retired earlier this year.

The area is great, the water features have been transformed into bubbling brooks and small waterfalls rather than shooting geysers.
 
neoian

neoian

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We were there last weekend and the Zebras were added and in the script. They were actually blocking the road for us since there were so many.

The idea is now that you're on a photo safari and you're to have your camera ready at all times. The bridge was working for us so it's one of the few times that line in the script made sense.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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Tip Top Club said:
The Zebra exhibit has opened with 11 Grant's Zebras. They also have two Grevy's Zebras but from what I'm told they won't be joining the new herd as was rumored.

It has officially opened as of October 23rd.

The Storyline is that you are going on a photo-safari through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. Warden Wilson Retired earlier this year.

The area is great, the water features have been transformed into bubbling brooks and small waterfalls rather than shooting geysers.
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Are Grant's Zebras the same thing as Plains Zebras? I believe the Disney Parks Blog said that Plains Zebras would be the first ones in the new exhibit
 
The Duck

The Duck

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Tip Top Club said:
Grant's is a subspecies of plains. And yes, the bridge has returned after an eight-ish month hiatus.
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Glad to hear about the bridge. Last January, I took a 73 year old friend on his first WDW trip. He has lived a very sheltered life (practically Amish lifestyle) and I wasn't sure how he would react to the experience. After we exited Kilimanjaro Safari, he turned to me and said, "I thought that Disney would take better care of their property. Do you think they know that bridge is about to collapse?".
 
GlacierGlacier

GlacierGlacier

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I didn't want to start a thread on this, but for the first time in a long time that I've experienced the old bridge shook and tilted with our truck on board.

Does anyone know if this is uncommon? Because again, in the many times I've gone to AK in the past few years it hadn't happened to me (except when I was much younger) until today.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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GlacierGlacier said:
I didn't want to start a thread on this, but for the first time in a long time that I've experienced the old bridge shook and tilted with our truck on board.

Does anyone know if this is uncommon? Because again, in the many times I've gone to AK in the past few years it hadn't happened to me (except when I was much younger) until today.
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It happens about 50% of the time for me.
 
Princess Leia

Princess Leia

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Happened for me a few weeks ago. The CM mentioned it was an old bridge as we drove across. I don’t think we went slowly over it last year

Somewhat related- are they ever going to clean out the poacher’s camp?
 

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