A Walk Around Animal Kingdom With A Telephoto Lens

Today we head to Disney’s Animal Kingdom for a walk around the park equipped with my Nikon D750 and a Sigma 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 OG lens. This is one of the cheaper full frame lenses on the market, one that not many serious photographers would typically keep in their bag. That being said, I was able to grab used one for $137 from B&H and I … Continue reading A Walk Around Animal Kingdom With A Telephoto Lens

Is Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World’s Best Theme Park?

In this post, I’m gonna take a bold leap and attempt to make a case that Animal Kingdom could be Walt Disney World’s best overall park at the moment. I’m sure I’ve lost a great deal of you already, but I really think it at least merits consideration. I’ll start right out by saying, Magic Kingdom is still my favorite of the Florida Parks. That however, is … Continue reading Is Animal Kingdom Walt Disney World’s Best Theme Park?

When is the Best Time to Ride Kilimanjaro Safaris?

In our previous post, in which we began touring Animal Kingdom with a mid-afternoon arrival, we took a pretty successful ride on Kilimanjaro Safaris. That ride was taken around 4:00 pm during the hottest time of the day. Today, we are going to look at a safari ride we took about an hour prior to sunset on the same day. We’ll compare this to our … Continue reading When is the Best Time to Ride Kilimanjaro Safaris?

Animal Kingdom Touring: Afternoon Arrival

Today we return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to take a look at what we can accomplish with a mid-afternoon arrival at the park. We parked the car right around 2:15 and were inside the main entrance by 2:30. The park was open until 10:00 on this particular day, as it will be for the majority of the summer. As we stated in our 11 Underrated Attractions … Continue reading Animal Kingdom Touring: Afternoon Arrival

Wild Africa Trek: Recap and Review

Today, we are going to take a look at one of Walt Disney World’s signature vip tour options. Wild Africa Trek is offered several times daily at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park. The tour is 3 – 3-1/2 hour experience through several exclusive areas of both Kilimanjaro Safaris and Gorilla Falls Exploration Trails. There is also a thrilling surprise about an hour into the tour! It … Continue reading Wild Africa Trek: Recap and Review

A Walk Around Disney’s Animal Kingdom: March 2019

Since our last post was a bit on the negative side, I figured we’d follow that up with a post showing some of the many things I love about Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Much like we recently followed up our Festival of the Arts post with a stroll around World Showcase, this is basically just going to be a bunch of random photos I took while … Continue reading A Walk Around Disney’s Animal Kingdom: March 2019