The World that Never Was: The Animal Kingom Animal Carousel

By Admin
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 2 Comments »

by Josh Taylor A few months back, I wrote about Disney’s Animal Kingdom and its search to find what it was in its beginnings. I focused on the entrance plaza and land, which were themed to a biblical Noah’s Arc stork. This time around, we are going to talk about an area of the park [...]

The World that Never Was: Genesis Gardens of Animal Kingdom

By Admin
Monday, August 6th, 2012 2 Comments »

by Josh Taylor When Joe Rohde, executive designer and vice president at Walt Disney Imagineering, was put in charge of Walt Disney World’s newest theme park in the 1990s, he decided the Animal Kingdom needed to stand out immediately for park guests. That is why a number of different concepts were tossed around for the [...]