Brooklin Disney Dad
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I can’t visit a zoo anymore after being on the Safari at Disney. Way more informative, interactive and close up.
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News Structure built in Kilimanjaro Safaris?
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Epcot_Imagineer
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I have been, and I'll be honest -- it's really not too shabby. After Disney removed almost any semblance of story, the Six Flags version isn't too bad compared to Kilimanjaro.
Walt d
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Its the new honey I shrunk the audience and the roller coaster ride. Opening soon!
Smiley/OCD
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I live about a half hour from Six Flags/GA...in 2013, it switched from a personal vehicle drive thru to a truck VERY similar to KS...it's almost a direct copy of Disney's but even with the story line changes, while Great Adventure's is very good, KS is better. GA's safari does have lots of animals and takes pretty good care of the animals. They've been doing it since 1974. Earlier this year, due to the COVID pandemic, they switched back to a drive thru experience with your own car. I still remember as a little kid, the baboons sitting on top of several cars that had the old vinyl roofs, peeling the vinyl off and trying to eat it.
Magic Feather
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I’m under the impression that the plan is for animals to return to the area, but I doubt it would be the same Simataur-Horned Oryx (I think I spelled that right) that previously occupied the space.
That said, whatever animal ends up in this space *could* tie into a new plot for the ride (that bit is pure speculation).
That said, whatever animal ends up in this space *could* tie into a new plot for the ride (that bit is pure speculation).
Disvillain63
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You mentioned Six Flags over GA. It's near Atlanta and does not have a safari. Did you mean Wild Adventures in Valdosta?
UNCgolf
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I thought that at first too, but he meant Great Adventure, not Georgia.
Disvillain63
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Ok...thanks.
Is that the Bronx Zoo by chance? Surprised to hear that.
Wild Adventures train safari is pretty good. As are their exhibits. Not a bad little themepark. Could use more coasters and a darkride though.
JoeCamel
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+bagcheck
DVCakaCarlF
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You can get the same experience at carowinds in Charlotte, but, instead of baboons on top of your car, there’s a group of teenagers smoking, a single mom dragging four kids with leashes, and some guy rubbing his belly button in the parking asking people if they have a dollar.
DVCakaCarlF
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It’s the bunker both bobs will go into hiding, when this is all over.
UNCgolf
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Wild Adventure is actually a great example of what I was talking about earlier.
Not that I blame people for going without knowing, but it's been cited by the USDA multiple times for poor living conditions etc. for their animals and has been listed as one of the worst places in the country for elephants.
Do you have a link to said information? Sad if true but unfortunately, that's beside the point. The discussion was about the experience being similar or rather how safari parks and other animal-based attractions including zoos offer experiences similar to that of Kilimanjaro Safari.
Emphasis on the guest experience, not that of the animals. Different discussions entirely.
I can, for example, feed a giraffe. Play with elephants and see a vast number of other animals at my local zoo. The local safari park near me has impala, zebra and other animals. Some of those experiences are greater than the ones spent sitting inside a vehicle. Alternatively, some of Kilamajaro's experiences are better than those at my local zoo. But they're similar. It is of my opinion that Disney's version should be better in some way. In the past that "betterment" came in the form of a plot, AAs and effects. I miss that addition. In that regard, those aspects made the safari unique.
Regardless, we're getting OT.
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Smiley/OCD
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No, GA as in Great Adventure in NJ...
DisneyDebRob
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Under budget for Disney also at 17 million!
Modular Miracle Grow. If it's modular - it'll pop-up in a matter of days; like weeds or a Taco Bell restaurant.
From a poured foundation to food being served at the drive-thru window all in the span of week.
Ooh. Maybe its a Taco Bell!
RSoxNo1
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Scimitar Horned Oryx.
I've been told that goats are a possibility. I wonder if they're relocating the Oryx to the Lodge, perhaps with the Addax.
Pi on my Cake
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- In the Parks
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Goats?
I know there's been on again off again rumors for the last decade of closing the Planet Watch and just keeping the hospital stuff back stage. I imagine in a post covid world of budget cuts getting rid of the guest areas of Planet Watch would get rid of a lot of extra cast with relatively low negative effects on guest satisfaction.
The Goats are the main draw of the petting zoo. Moving them to the safari would be saving the biggest "loss" of Planet Watch closing.
Plus, that would give a decent sized expansion pad for Animal Kingdom after budgets start to rebound enough to start building new things again.
Obviously I would prefer that nothing was closed until they are ready to start construction on a replacement. But Planet Watch isn't exactly the most popular thing in the park.
(None of this is inside info. All my friend of a friend, grain of salt source has said is they heard a story being added mostly through script/narration changes with maybe small additions towards the end that may or may no include animals. This is just me speculating)