Like Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney’s Animal Kingdom has several attractions with specific showtimes, making it harder to fit the best attractions into one day. And because Disney’s Animal Kingdom has about the same number of attractions as Disney’s Hollywood Studios, its shorter hours make it harder to see and do everything you want. We’ve come up with touring plans—one for adults and one for kids— that take the typical showtimes into account to minimize waiting and backtracking. If you plan to use these plans, or modify them, be sure to check your Times Guide for showtimes. Use the fill-in-the-blank lines below to record showtimes on the day you visit to help you stay on track. As always, the touring plans work best if you go in the same order that we’ve listed, but you should feel free to skip an attraction or two (and return to it later) if that works best. You should be able to accomplish either of these plans in one day if you start by 9:00 am. Those with infants and toddlers, or less-adventuresome adults, may prefer to skip all attractions in blue.

TOURING WITH ADULTS

Touring With Adults

Get FastPass+ (can be reserved 30-60 days in advance on My Disney Experience) as early as possible.

Stroll through The Oasis

Enter Africa

Visit Kilimanjaro Safaris

Visit Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail

Have a snack at Kusafiri Coffee Shop

Visit Festival of the Lion King @ _____

Enter Asia

Visit Expedition Everest

Visit Maharajah Jungle Trek

Visit Kali River Rapids

Eat lunch at Harambe Marketplace, Tusker House*, Pizzafari, or Flame Tree BBQ (plan lunchtime for about 3½ hours after you arrive)

Enter DinoLand U.S.A.

Visit “Finding Nemo—The Musical” @ _____

Visit Dinosaur

Visit Primeval Whirl

Enter Discovery Island

Visit It’s Tough to be a Bug!

(Tour duration: About 8 hours)

TOURING WITH KIDS

Get FastPass+ (can be reserved 30-60 days in advance on My Disney Experience) as early as possible.

Stroll through The Oasis

Enter Africa

Visit Festival of the Lion King @ _____

Visit Kilimanjaro Safaris

Visit Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail

Take Wildlife Express Train to Rafiki’s Planet Watch

Visit Rafiki’s Planet Watch

Take Wildlife Express Train back to Africa

Eat lunch at Pizzafari, Harambe Marketplace, Tusker House*, or Flame Tree BBQ (plan lunchtime for about 3 hours after you arrive)

Enter DinoLand U.S.A.

Visit The Boneyard

Visit TriceraTop Spin

Visit “Finding Nemo—The Musical” @ _____

Enter Discovery Island

Visit It’s Tough to be a Bug! or Maharajah Jungle Trek

(Tour duration: About 8 hours)

* These restaurants may be difficult to impossible to get in as a walk-up. Advance dining reservations can be made up to 180 days in advance (see page 226).

DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM ATTRACTIONS AT-A-GLANCE

The Allow column gives the amount of time (in minutes) you should allow for an attraction, assuming you do not have a FastPass+ and there are no ride breakdowns. The letters after the page numbers stand for the first two, three, or four letters of the land in which that attraction is located: DI=Discovery Island, Afr=Africa, RP=Rafiki’s Planet Watch, Asia=Asia, and DL=DinoLand U.S.A.

Finding the Animals at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Everyone has their favorite furry and feathered friends. The chart below shows typical locations of popular animals.