Discovery Island Archives

Capture Your Moment is Coming To Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park

May 9, 2021

A few weeks ago I shared about Disney’s Capture Your Moment service in the parks. In case you missed it, this service allows guests to schedule personalized 20-minute photo sessions with a Disney PhotoPass photographer! This is the perfect way to commemorate your vacation, especially if you’re already celebrating something special like an engagement, graduation, or baby announcement. Capture Your Moment has been available in Magic Kingdom Park from its start in 2020, but earlier ...

Disney Throwback

Opening Day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

April 22, 2021

Walt Disney World’s fourth (and so far final?) theme park, Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened its gates to the public 23 years ago. (Cue “What’s My Age Again” by blink-182.) Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s anniversary is also Earth Day, April 22! Today we’re taking a trip back in time to the Opening Day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom — April 22, 1998. Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s opening had a grand opening ceremony featuring ...

Disney Parks

New Holiday Magic Coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom This Year

May 30, 2019

Summer hasn’t even begun, but it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas time at the Most Magical Place on Earth! Each of Walt Disney World’s four theme parks go all out for the holidays. From decor to trees to holiday overlays, visiting the parks during the holiday season is a whole different kind of magic! Disney Parks Blog announced some pretty exciting new additions coming to my-fastpass-picks-animal-kingdom this holiday season. The magic of the holiday will meet the magic ...

Disney Style

Where The Wild Things Are

August 31, 2018

“Welcome to a kingdom of animals… real, ancient and imagined: a kingdom ruled by lions, dinosaurs and dragons; a kingdom of balance, harmony and survival; a kingdom we enter to share in the wonder, gaze at the beauty, thrill at the drama, and learn.” —Michael D. Eisner, April 22, 1998 Disney’s Animal Kingdom is one of those experiences that I think we start to appreciate more with age. As a kid, it was my least favorite park — always choosing others over it ...