The ULTIMATE Guide to Animal Kingdom in 2023

How can you get a lower wait on Flight of Passage WITHOUT a Lightning Lane? What secret pathways do YOU need to know about? And how do you go behind the scenes at Animal Kingdom? Learn the answers to these SEARING questions (and TONS more) — in our ULTIMATE 2023 DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDOM GUIDE.

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[MrNBreezy]

My daughter and I park-hopped to AK when it rained and everyone else wanted to go back to the resort. The safari ride was AWESOME. We actually had to stop several times to wait for the animals to cross. The big cats went for cover but most of the other animals were out wandering and eating. It was definitely our best safari ride so far.

[jgetscensored]

Do the safari near sunset. That’s when the animals, including the big cats, are most active.

[child_of_hermes]

My friends and I, who were 16 and 18 at the time, were obsessed with the Wilderness Explorer hunt. We completed the entire thing and we're so proud of ourselves.

[sxeshoe]

My top tip would be to go to Expedition Everest first thing while everyone else is going to Avatar. Last trip, we were able to ride Everst 8 times in a row as a walk-on before the line started to get longer.

[HAWKSTA]

I’m an avid Disney World goer but I still enjoy watching your videos with my daughter to get psyched for our trips!

[wdwexploreandchill]

There’s a duck named Sulley with a wonky tail feather that sticks straight up, he and his gf are at the front by the foot bridge and i’ve been checking in on him regularly for years. I literally cried the first time I saw him after the shut down. ❤❤❤

[The_Alexandra_B]

Happy to hear that free self parking for resort guests is back! Our trip just got about $100 cheaper and anything helps.

[MrKelvin]

I swear no matter how many times i hear the explanation of how genie + and lighting lane works, i still dont understand it.

[Day-tmpb]

Animal kingdom theming is the best or most immersive at this time of all the parks. It still feels like more than just another park. Also, the shows are really awesome and well acted. My active kid loves animal kingdom.

[Matt_Hattr]

These videos of what to look for in 2023 have been so helpful with planning my trip later this year! Thank you DFB team!

[modeltrainstipsandtutorials]

We love the variety of food at Harambe Market - a great place to rest and snack under cover.

[jenstrebelinski]

A "where to enjoy" breakfast at each park would be helpful

[KelliAmandaHoward]

I’m still amazingly confused, that they took out the animation academy from Hollywood Studios, and moved it to animal Kingdom

[ILoveTheWeasleyTwins]

I love ak, and im once again running to dfb guide for my upcoming Nov, 2023 trip! Im so excited to go once more with my bestie. Wish me luck!!

[Tony-hvwz]

They should expand animal kingdom into finishing it with the original idea of a fantasy section. They can base it off of onward or something

[jacquelinerodenbush]

Thank you for saving me from a disappointment. I was most looking forward to Pandora at night, but we are going the last week of June.

[IndriidaeNT]

My family and I visited Animal Kingdom in (Along with Epcot, Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios) DisneyWorld in February Break of 2023, and I loved it. My favorite rides from the Animal Kingdom were Expedition Everest, DINOSAUR, and Avatar: Flight of Passage. But I am disappointed that we didn't see any real animals in Animal Kingdom since it was too hot. But we will next time. I also hear that later in 2023, DisneyWorld is opening some new rides in Animal Kingdom based on Zooptoia (2016) and Moana (2016). While I love Moana (2016) and all it's songs I love Zooptoia (2016) even more because of the characters, setting and themes plus the song, "Try Everything." I can't wait to go on these new rides based on Zooptoia (2016) and Moana (2016) the next time my family and I visit DisneyWorld and the Animal Kingdom. I also need to visit the new recreation of the city Zooptoia from the 2016 animated film with the same name and 2022 Zooptoia Plus series in Shanghai DisneyLand when my family and I get our passports to visit other countries. I also can't wait for the upcoming sequel to Zooptoia (2016), Zooptoia 2 and the live-action remake of Moana and the series based on it coming out in 2024. I hope in Zooptoia 2, Nick Wilde will be featured as the main protagonist and Judy will become the deuteragonist through a main character role swap similar to the one in Frozen II (2019) and focus on Nick and Judy plus the other main characters in Zooptoia visiting Zoo York City (A Zooptoia version of New York City) or Rio Deer Janerio (A Zooptoia version of Rio De Janerio and Gazelle's home city.) to fight and stop all the crime that's there and it will finally reveal whether Nick and Judy are indeed in love and romantically into each other or not. It's the moment of truth. (Or "love truth".)

[Bur]

Surprised to hear the safari is only 18 min.. it always feels much longer to me

[eugeneceremus]

I would do Genie+ here only if the park is sold out. That actually was worth it, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to do as much.

[larryhernandez]

I can't wait to go in stemptember it will be my first time going to disneyworld