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Disney's Animal Kingdom, Part 2

Part 1 Entrance The Oasis The Tree of Life Discovery Island
Part 2 Discovery Island (continued) Camp Minnie-Mickey
It's Tough To Be A Bug Flame Tree BBQ Pizzafari Festival of the Lion King
Part 3 Africa
Tusker House Kilimanjaro Safari
Part 4 Rafiki's Planet Watch Asia
Conservation Station Affection Section Flights of Wonder
Part 5 Asia (continued)
Yak and Yeti Kali River Rapids Expedition Everest Expedition Everest Queue
Part 6 DinoLand U.S.A.
Dinosaur Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama TriceraTop Spin/Primeval Whirl Lucky the Dinosaur
Part 7 Finding Nemo the Musical Parades AK's Christmas Trees Final Thoughts
Animal Kingdom Video Index

Discovery Island (continued) - It's Tough To Be A Bug

Animal Kingdom Slideshow 2
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It's Tough To Be A Bug is Animal Kingdom's feature 3-D movie. Every park has one. Like every 3-D movie in Disney World, ITTBAB is an immersive feature, not only teasing sight, but the other four senses as well. (Okay, maybe not taste.) All the 3-D movies at WDW are must-see attractions. Some, maybe only once (*cough* Captain EO *cough*), but they all are entertaining.

Unfortunately with 3-D technologies becoming commonplace at movie theaters and even at home, these are less impressive as they once were. But fun, nonetheless...

It's Tough To Be A Bug
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Flame Tree Barbeque

One of the large counter service food venues in Discovery Island, is Flame Tree Barbeque. The food is pretty good, and some of the seating areas have spectacular views of the lagoon in front of Expedition Everest.

It's interesting to note that all the themeing in this place is something about to eat something else...

Flame Tree Barbeque
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Pizzafari

Pizzafari is the other counter service venue on Discovery Island. And, once again, the food's not bad. The pizza is tasty, and I really like the crust. In a nod to healthy, the pizzas actually come with a salad...

The place also has interesting themeing, with bugs on the chairs, bats hanging from the ceiling, and the animal-about-to-eat-another-animal motif from Flame Tree is also here...

Pizzafari
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Camp Minnie-Mickey

DAK Map Camp Minnie-Mickey is the main Character meet 'n greet area of the park, along with the centrally staged musical, Festival of the Lion King. Since there is no other exit from this area of the park, Disney used it for special events, like an after hours dinner for D23's Magic and Merriment event in December 2011.

Camp Minnie-Mickey
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Festival of the Lion King

Festival of the Lion King is a high-energy stage show shown in-the-round. It's loosely based on the Lion King characters, using the parade floats from a parade once held in Disneyland.

It used to be an open air show, with large panels on the building (that didn't show the backstage areas) open to allow fresh air and light in. At some point, the theater was closed up and the show is done in the dark. And it looks much better that way.

I have video of this attraction in both standard and high definition. Festival of the Lion King video.

Festival of the Lion King
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