The third park we visited on our Disney World trip was Animal Kingdom. I really liked this park. You walk around different parts of the world and you see and meet beautiful animals.
When we stood in line for the Kilimanjaro Safari, the guy who was there to direct people where to go for getting on the truck, saw that I had a camera and told us that the best seats are in the very back and placed us there. Thanks:) Even if I love to take pictures, I still wanted to be respectful to the animals plus I wanted to actually see them and not look through a camera lens the whole time. I liked it. It was a cute ride.
The Lion King performance was cool, I wouldn’t mind being a performer in it myself:) It’s tough to be a bug was of course fun with all the effect they had, like when it felt like bugs were crawling under your butt, haha.
Our favorite ride was Expedition Everest. We went three times:) For some reason there were short lines in the afternoon. So much fun! J booked us on the Kali River Rapids ride and I wasn’t too excited about that. I don’t care if I get wet and ruins my hair or something, but I don’t like to walk around with wet clothes cause I get cold very easily (and wearing a poncho is just retarded, then you shouldn’t go on that ride). But J was excited so I told myself it will be fun. Of course all the splashy stuff came on me, and me only. I was soaked! Oh well, it was fun:)
It was so nice to walk around in this park. In the afternoon we basically just walked between the countries and enjoyed each others company. We also walked over to the kids rides. We played a few games and won over all the little kids. Maybe not so nice, but we are both very competitive hahah. We won two stuffed toys and I suggested that we should give them away to some kids, but J wanted to keep them hahah. So we had a lot of toys brought back to New York:)
So, it’s been taking me a little while to post about this park. There are so many who are against zoo’s or animals kept locked in etc. So I have read multiple articles (I tried to find the most recent ones) specifically about Disney World’s animals and try to make up my mind about things and find answers to questions. How are they treated? What does animal rights people say about this park? Should I feel guilty about that I enjoyed this park?
It seems like the animals are well taken care of. I got that feeling when I was there and after reading about it as well, that might be and hopefully is the case. Disney World has very high standards and high qualifications, I read. I’d like to think that some of these animals probably has a better life at the Disney parks than in the wild. They get fed, they have veterinary on sight and humans who care for their well being 24/7. I read somewhere that the animals comes first, so sometimes they make the decision to close off parts for the visitors, which I think is great.
This is a sensitive subject and I don’t know where to stand on this. When we were in Mexico, 2014, we went swimming with dolphins. They claimed that this specific place was one of the best and takes good care of the dolphins, but who knows, and is it really ok? I don’t know, and even if I enjoyed it, I can’t say I fully stand by it. I would much rather see them in the wild. I do not support the old circus’s and elephant riding should def be forbidden, just saying. But regarding Animal Kingdom at Disney World, well, from my own experience and from what I’ve read, I think it’s probably ok. And that’s how I’m gonna leave it.
If you have any valuable information or thoughts on this, please share, I like to hear your opinion or see some facts.
Two pictures from earlier this week. Wall Street and Zuccotti Park.
