Just thought of another observation. I didn’t see as many animals at MK. I saw several ducks, but that was it. I didn’t see any cats, turtles, and other wild birds that I normally see at DL.
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First Visit to MK: Disneylander Documentation
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DLR92
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I wonder if Disney bought the turtles or adopted the turtles? There mostly the common turtle you find for sell in the pet store.
Good question. I don’t know where the turtles or the other animals I’ve seen in the park came from. Not even the ducks. I know why the cats are there, but I’m not sure about the history of how the others got there.
I remember the park also having swans in the moat. Too bad they’re gone now.
mlayton144
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Just be glad you didn’t encounter the state bird of Florida - the mosquito lol
I don’t recall seeing any wildlife at MK , not even the little geckos you see throughout the rest of the resort. You often see a variety of pretty cool birds around 7 seas lagoon - egret, stork , ibis, etc
I read that MK actually pipes in sound to try to keep the birds out of the park to avoid the inevitable burglary of guest snacks
I don’t recall seeing any wildlife at MK , not even the little geckos you see throughout the rest of the resort. You often see a variety of pretty cool birds around 7 seas lagoon - egret, stork , ibis, etc
I read that MK actually pipes in sound to try to keep the birds out of the park to avoid the inevitable burglary of guest snacks
MOSQUITO STATE BIRD
I actually saw a beautiful stork on the way back to the car. It was so cool.
I wasn’t really affected by the bubble and isolation, but I will admit it was nice not seeing any homeless people near the resort.
DLR92
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I’m sure the ducks are wild. They recognize the waterways prime home without the need to migrate.
Brer Panther
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I'm pretty sure there are usually egrets (or are they storks?) in Frontierland at the Magic Kingdom. Or at least there were at one point.
DLR92
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I’ve seen wild Heron in DL by entrance of Adventureland. It was cool to see some actual native wildlife using a crowded park as refuge.
Animaniac93-98
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With the obvious exception of AK, you'll see more wildlife outside the parks than in at WDW.
But sometimes you may see gators swimming in the Rivers of America.
Dear Prudence
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I have seen egrets and herons, lizards, mice/rats (not Mickey), possums, skunks, and raccoons in DLR on top of our friends the cats and the turtles. I've also seen little fish in some of the bodies of water (y u c k).
DLR92
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I know Disney put Mosquito Fish all over their body of waters to combat mosquitos.
Another observation… There are SO many rides with a Fastpass (just gonna keep using this term for a while) option. Why does Dumbo need this? Or the Teacups? Even Pirates…this ride has high capacity. Why not just have a standby?
Disone
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PREACH!!!!!!!!!
Has it always been this way?
Dear Prudence
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People have always said the fast passes at WDW were a nightmare and I wonder if maybe this is why?
It’s possible. Even Pan and small world have FP.
I’ve seen complaints about Genie+ at WDW and how it doesn’t work as well because of the smaller capacities at parks like DHS and AK. If most of the rides have FP, passes will be gone in no time and standby times will likely swell.
No Name
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No, this only started in 2013 when they switched to Fastpass+. They replaced the paper machines with MagicBands but most importantly (and terribly) let everyone book 3 in advance. So a lot more like people started using it, and so they needed more fastpasses to give people, so everything under the sun became fastpass-able. Including parade and nighttime show viewing areas.
Guess it stuck around for Genie+.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Part of the Fastpass+ charade to convince people to schedule more and more of their stay.. and pump up the # of attractions in the FP+ pool.
Instead of Fastpass simply being a line skip.. FP+ was pushing the idea of 'get all the things you want to do!' so it doesn't make sense to tell people to plan and book everything.. and then not be able to do it
And of course by increasing the # of FP+ attractions, it avoids the 'nothing to ride' situation in FP+ views.