There is a path that leads you right in front of the Tree of Life at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Doesn’t say that its a path right in front of the Tree of Life. If the path is open (may not have been the last few times I’ve been to the park). You get to see some of the genius details of that sculpture. Click on image to see larger view.
Kora is a West African stringed instrument. Amazing sounds played well.
I’m fascinated watching the gondola going over the mechanism on each of the poles. Gondolas do not fall off but you look up and wonder how it works. At the stations the gondola can be disconnected from the wire quite quickly. I’ve ridden them a number of times and it becoming one of my favorite modes of transport around Walk Disney World.
Alas the trains are still not running. The track has not be placed over by the new Tron ride so we have to wait a bit longer.
I’ve been really enjoying the new Mickey & Minnies Runaway at Hollywood Studios. The dimensionality and vibrancy of the ride is quite good. There is also a lot of little things that you might miss unless you ride it more than once. One of those things is a poster down in a corner just before you go into the Twister room from the fairground scene. You can get caught up in Donald Duck losing a battle with a bottle of mustard. Then there is the poster to the left. I would not have caught it if I’d not taken this image.
Mikey & Minnies Runaway Railroad took over the the space that used to contain The Great Movie ride. This little ode to the ride is entitled The Great Moving Ride and shows riders riding down an escalator WITH OUT HOLDING ON to the rails. I guess some imagineer’s subtile dig at the previous rides lack of excitement. Still it is a good joke well hidden. And now you know about it.
