Disney Food Confession – White Chocolate Elephant Cupcake

Where to find it:   Kusafiri Coffee Shop & Bakery at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park (Africa). What is it?  Rich Chocolate Cake filled with Chocolate Cream and topped with a Light Buttercream and Toasted Coconut Why you want it:  This is a beautiful, flavor rich and luscious cupcake. A perfect treat

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Disney Leads Team to South Africa on Special Mission: Elephant Sterilizations

A two-week visit to South Africa requires thoughtful planning, a good book for the long flights and efficient packing skills. Now imagine that your trip includes a vasectomy – for an elephant. Better not forget anything. As they prepare to leave from Orlando International Airport, a team from Disney’s Animal

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Affordable Disney Vacations: Splurging on Animal Kingdom Lodge

As one of Disney’s Deluxe resorts, the Animal Kingdom Lodge is not the first place that comes to mind when trying to save money on a Walt Disney World vacation. Still, with the new 25-30% Deluxe Resort Summer Savings, Disney is offering a promotion that may make this stunning resort

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Disneynature’s plans to work with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to “Save the Savanna” have gone viral.

Disneynature’s plans to work with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) to “Save the Savanna” have gone viral. As the April 22 opening of the awe-inspiring “African Cats” approaches, Disneynature is tapping into the true power of social media by building awareness of its “See ‘African Cats,’ Save the Savanna” program.

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Disney’s Fit for a Princess Expo Hosts SIGVARIS, Global Leader in Compression Therapy

SIGVARIS, the global leader in graduated compression socks, will host a booth at Disney’s Fit for a Princess Expo on Feb. 25-26 at the Jostens Center located at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Kissimmee, Fla. The two-day event is a celebration of women. The event features seminars

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With 500 Pounds of Luggage, Disney Researcher Packs Up for Trip to Africa

Imagine the packing list for a month-long visit to Africa. Wet wipes? Check. Binoculars? Check. Basketballs? What? Basketballs are just one of the many items packed by Disney’s Animal Program research biologist Tammie Bettinger, Ph.D. for an upcoming visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). She and other researchers

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Disney’s Animal Kingdom gets a new resident

Luna, the fifth elephant baby to be born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, is introduced to the park’s savanna less than a month after her May 20, 2010 birth. Luna and her mom, Donna, spend part of the day with their elephant family group along the Kilimanjaro Safaris route. There are

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Wild Africa Trek safari tour overview at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

At Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, guests can now step onto the “other side” of the safari as part of the Wild Africa Trek. Included in the 3-hour adventure are up-close encounters with hippos and crocodiles, shaky rope bridge walks, and relaxing time snacking in the middle of the Harambe

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Adventure comes alive in Wild Africa Trek, an exciting new experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Adventure comes alive in Wild Africa Trek, an exciting new experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The new add-on offering invites intrepid explorers to up-close encounters with the park’s wildlife. As part of their expert-led adventure, guests clip onto a lifeline as they step to the very edge of a cliff

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Crocs, Hippos and Rickety Footbridges Add Up To Wild Adventure at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Navigating a rickety footbridge suspended over a river chasm can be a white-knuckle experience.  For explorers on an all-new Disney adventure launching Jan. 16, 2011, what lurks below their bridge may quicken their step to get to the other side: crocodiles! A ravine of menacing-looking crocs, pools of hippos, bushwalks

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