BEST & WORST Rides in Disney's Animal Kingdom

Banshee rides, yeti encounters, and time traveling rovers — Disney’s Animal Kingdom can be a WILD time (with rides that you’ll wanna experience over and over again). But which rides are the BEST in this park… and which may not be worth all the fuss? Find out today, here on DFB Guide.

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[__emmafisher]

this channel is a lifesaver as i get ready for my trip to disney 🙌🙌

[LuluOrLuca]

I think Navi river journey gets a lot of undeserved hate, sure it doesn’t have any drops or thrilling elements and even though it’s short (I’ll be the first to admit that) it’s still beautiful and has a lot of really great qualities like the animatronic at the end. I think the only reason it gets hate is because the line gets really long and it’s not worth it most of the time.

[ninabeena]

For Tough to be a Bug, if you think there’s at all a chance you or your kid might freak out with the dark or the effects, try to see if they can seat you towards the back of the theater and as close to the far side as possible. There’s a walkway in the back to allow for guests with accessibility concerns, but if you need to hop skip out of the theater right quick, the best way is gonna be to flag down the closest cast member and either head for that back aisle so they can guide you, or heads toward the far side wall if you’re closer so they can point you to the door.

[Mockingdragon]

The first time I went as an adult my friend/travel planner INSISTED I go on Flight of Passage. I was skeptical because I'm not really a fan of Avatar, but I was blown away. Could not believe how much I enjoyed it! I often have motion sickness issues on screen-based simulators, but the wind and water effects really helped to cut that down. I mentioned it to a cast member on the way out and they said that was intentional.

[birbluv]

Nice video. Dinosaur is so scary that, the one time I did it (19 years ago) I swore never again.

[Mockingdragon]

I also love Expedition Everest for having a single-rider line! I do sort of want to see the ride queue but I literally walked on as a solo.

[kyleaarons]

I made the exact time management mistake trying to get flight of passage before a dining reservation at Disney springs. Glad to see that scenario called out!

[peacocca]

My rank worst to best. I think they all are worth doing at least once. If I didn’t rank it, I don’t consider it a ride. But all shows are also worth it.
Triceratops Spin- it’s fine, but it’s just worse Dumbo.
Navi River Journey- 1 beautiful animatronic on an otherwise lacking boat ride
Dinosaur- fun, but worse Indiana Jones
Flight of Passage- a solid ride… an extremely overrated ride
Kali River Rapids- a weak river raft ride, but it’s still Florida heat and the only wet ride in the park.
Expedition Everest- the best Disney coaster
Kilimanjaro Safari- the animal ride of animal kingdom

[catshepherd]

I’d definitely consider the stand-by line on Expedition Everest to be worth it, as long as it’s not longer than about 45 minutes or so. If you’re into Himalayan culture, then I’d say yeah, do the stand-by. Contrast the stand-by line for Na’vi River Journey — no, don’t do it, get Genie+ for that one! The ride needs to be longer but the Na’vi Shaman is _definitely_ worth it! But avoid the stand-by line if at all possible. My party and I were unanimous in that the ride wasn’t worth an hour of walking back and forth, back and forth, back and forth in that labyrinthine and very unremarkable queue.

[Jim]

I think they should put more into Pandora. I mean definitely didn’t put in the effort as they did with Star Wars.
To me for one, it needs the Na’Vi walking around. Which you’d think they can easily pull off.
If Universal can have Transformers meet and greets. Pandora is just missing something.

[luma]

Animal kingdom need more rides(notice i didn't say rethemes😅). Same with Hollywood studios

[butchie]

I don't think you can leave Carousel of Progress once it starts. I mean in an emergency you can but the cast member at the beginning always says this is a 20 minute show so basically leave now if you can't sit through it.

[es]

Pith helmet ready! Let's go on an adventure!

[ProudPapaJD]

The avatar ride is so good it made me like that movie! I was always blah about avatar but that ride is soo cool I reminisce about it when watching the movie.

[melstark]

One of my favorite rides was Navi River. The animatronics were amazing. It’s was a great break from the heat, it was relaxing and enjoyable. Unfortunately I get motion sickness so the flight ride was unfortunately hard on me.

[jacitucci]

My son would of FREAKED if he saw the Michael Jackson painting in that que! The ride was closed when we went this past spring! That’s so cool! ❤

[CatherineDupuis]

I agree that Expedition Everest hits different with age. I definitely felt it last year at 35 in comparison to riding it as a high schooler when it first opened.

[Surpriseddoginajacket]

First! And personally I love the pandora flight of passage

[FordGuy]

With the “not ride back to back” thing, I uhh, I rode Everest 27 times one day back to back to back. 😂

[tinawidmann]

I remember riding Dinosaur. Two little girls, who sat in our car, were terrified. I felt so bad for them. 😞