April 2001 Trip Report: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge and "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire--Play It!"

Dates: April 16-23, 2001

Adventurers:

• Jennifer Watson: 32, Disney veteran and co-author of PassPorter Walt Disney World, on her umpteenth trip to Disney (from Ann Arbor, MI)
• Dave Marx, 46, Disney veteran and co-author of PassPorter Walt Disney World also from Ann Arbor, MI)

Transportation: Southwest Airlines (from Detroit Metro Airport) and Tiffany Town Car

Resort: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge Resort (Savannah-view room and Deluxe Savannah-view Concierge room)

Parks: Disney's Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Magic Kingdom, Pleasure Island

Restaurants/Eateries: Jiko, Boma, The Mara, In-Room Dining, Prime Time Cafe, and Kona Cafe

Background: This was a research trip to check out the new Animal Kingdom Lodge resort and new Millionaire attraction. Virtually all of our time was be spent researching in great detail and thus went outside the realm of the typical vacationer experience. This report may not make for scintillating reading all the time, but we've tried to pack it full of great observations, tips, facts, and information.

Report Contents

Note: We reported LIVE from Walt Disney World, adding information each day as went. The links below lead to pages for each day, plus supplemental information we added after we returned.