Safari animals real?

[chwilson88]

Does anyone know if all of the animals in the safari ride at Animal Kingdom are actually real? Some people have surmised that certain animals in there wouldn't be able to live in that kind of environment, and as such, may be animatronic....I doubted it, but wanted to see if anyone else (especially any cast members) has an opinion or information.

 

[disneymoc]

Does anyone know if all of the animals in the safari ride at Animal Kingdom are actually real? Some people have surmised that certain animals in there wouldn't be able to live in that kind of environment, and as such, may be animatronic....I doubted it, but wanted to see if anyone else (especially any cast members) has an opinion or information.

Ummm....... :lookaroun

They are indeed real. Except for the inclusion of Little Red at the end.

 

[Figment632]

They are all real but the ride most of the time is like that scene out of Jurassic Park where they don't see any dinosaurs on the dinosaur tours. Unless you go early in the morning or late afternoon a lot if the animals are hiding

 

[Fun2BFree]

All animals except the Little Red AA and the concrete termite mounds are real.

 

[dove_]

They are all real but the ride most of the time is like that scene out of Jurassic Park where they don't see any dinosaurs on the dinosaur tours. Unless you go early in the morning or late afternoon a lot if the animals are hiding

I wouldn't say quite like that... Disney's pretty good at manipulating the animals to be visible. I've always been satisfied with seeing the animals on the tour.

And yes, all the animals are real except Little Red. The Jungle Cruise is all animatronic, don't get confused.

 

[shoppingnut]

Does anyone know if all of the animals in the safari ride at Animal Kingdom are actually real? Some people have surmised that certain animals in there wouldn't be able to live in that kind of environment, and as such, may be animatronic....I doubted it, but wanted to see if anyone else (especially any cast members) has an opinion or information.

They do things to help the environment be more like the ones they would have, like the lions for instance, the rocks are actually heated.

 

[imagineer boy]

On every ride I've always been satisfied with the number of animals I've seen, and I've ridden it during various parts of the day. Disney really does a good job of incouraging the animals to go closer to the vehicles.

 

[joel_maxwell]

I tell you what, you jump in the hippo or alligator section and report back to us. :lol: They are real.

 

[blackthidot]

We went on at like 2pm and it was rather cool that day, I didnt think such a day could exist at AK but all the animals were out.

 

[happymom52003]

You might be interested in the Animal Kingdom special that is on the Travel Channel periodically. It goes into some detail on how they have manipulated the environment to keep the animals away from each other, etc....but have hidden it from the guests sight, as well as other little tricks such as the rock heating a previous poster mentioned. It is a very interesting show.

 

[blackthidot]

You might be interested in the Animal Kingdom special that is on the Travel Channel periodically. It goes into some detail on how they have manipulated the environment to keep the animals away from each other, etc....but have hidden it from the guests sight, as well as other little tricks such as the rock heating a previous poster mentioned. It is a very interesting show.

It was on last week, I watched it for the 3,927th time.

 

[shoppingnut]

I've also been on the ride during the early afternoon when it's been overcast or rainy in the summer and we saw so many of the animals, even pumba.

Also on my last trip in September, we even saw the anteater which you very rarely see him. He's on the left side as you walk into AK.

 

[RiversideBunny]

The Invisible Peruvian Bears are animatronic.

 

[YankeeMouse]

I work for a zoo in Chicago. If the animals are not native to a climate, they can become accustomed, which is why polar bears can be in a warm climate. They just have to become acclimated gradually to the new climate, not thrown in all in one day.

 

[Captain Hank]

I work for a zoo in Chicago. If the animals are not native to a climate, they can become accustomed, which is why polar bears can be in a warm climate. They just have to become acclimated gradually to the new climate, not thrown in all in one day.

Ah, so that's how they did it on LOST. :animwink:

 

[durangojim]

It is a common misconception that AK has real animals on the safari ride. When AK first opened, they did indeed have real animals. Unfortunately one day some cheetah's were able to escape from their habitat and ate a bunch of other animals. After this Disney decided it was too risky to have real animals, so all of the real animals were all killed, and had their innards replaced with a polyurethane and aluminum skeleton, thus creating the most lifelike audio animatronics (AA) Disney has ever created. They also went to Africa and found some real poachers, and had the same process applied to them to creat AAs, although they were removed shortly aftere guests found that objectionable. You can read more about this on the Jim Hill site, just search back a couple of years.

 

[hrcollectibles]

While I was staying at All Star Music in August (the Week Tropical Storm Fay was there) I was sitting at the outside bar having a conversation with the bar tender. There was another guy sitting there convinced the animals on the safari were fake...

 

[joel_maxwell]

While I was staying at All Star Music in August (the Week Tropical Storm Fay was there) I was sitting at the outside bar having a conversation with the bar tender. There was another guy sitting there convinced the animals on the safari were fake...

maybe it was the OP... wait, i dont think they are old enough to be sitting at a bar.

:lol:

 

[SirGoofy]

And yes, all the animals are real except Little Red. The Jungle Cruise is all animatronic, don't get confused.

They're animated figures. Not animatronics. Sorry, the JC is my ride and I'm about it. :ROFLOL:

 

[dove_]

They're animated figures. Not animatronics. Sorry, the JC is my ride and I'm about it. :ROFLOL:

I had JUST read the thread on that, too, haha. I knew it wasn't the right word but couldn't think what else to call them, haha. :lol: