Evan Patel
@EvanPatel11
Theme park and photography enthusiast. Passionate DAK fanatic🌳🦏 UCF
Incredibly excited to announce my first photography book is done! The Irreplaceable Nature of Disney’s Animal Kingdom represents my perspective on the most beautiful theme park. Each land is featured with vibrant photos from all! Link in bio or message me if you’re interested!
Wow this evening at DAK… A monster thunderstorm with some insane lightning and thunder. Rain stops and we have extended evening hours! Safari open late and the village doesn’t close until late as well. A spectacular firey pink sunset to end the day. Nothing better.
Golden hour spent in the Harambe village. Not much better than this
Extremely interesting
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Some of my all time best animal portraits! Some of Animal Kingdoms most iconic residents!
Real mascots of DAK
Magic Kingdom: Orange Bird Hollywood Studios: Cameraman Animal Kingdom: Rafiki EPCOT: Buzzy and Figment
Environmental storytelling. Kilimanjaro Safaris and some of the reserves residents
Four parks, four pics
Epcot restaurants can’t be beat #wdw #bestthemeparkever
On your next trip to a Disney Park I challenge you to find a cast member who probably rarely gets to interact with guests and leave them a cast member compliment.
Selling an African landscape over 110 acres in central Florida is genuinely one of the most impressive things wdi has ever accomplished. Not only did this take over a decade of planning, it involved over 6 trips to Africa just to research and collect plant species.
May just be the most impressive attraction at WDW for that reason alone. It’s obviously not a technological marvel like Flight of Passage, but the transformation of that entire area AND the care that goes into all the animals is so impressive to me
One of my favorite things about the safari is the landscape. Just remember that NONE of what you see was there before it opened. The land was a swamp! Everything you see was carefully curated to sell the illusion of traveling to Africa.
Aerial look at part of Kilimanjaro Safaris in Disney's Animal Kingdom. A hidden Mickey is in a water feature at center.
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An empty Dino Institute. Downtime at Dinosaur this morning means empty pics :)
Why do so many selfie sticks make it into the parks? Genuinely so confusing how security lets them in when they almost always hinder some operation.
Yes!!! Lions are loving the rain right now. They were gone essentially the entire day cause of heat then as soon as this amazing thunderstorm came in the Lions returned. Crazy safaris in this weather!
@EvanPatel11 AK in the rain today.. it’s as great as you say!! saw this amazing sight!
There truly is nothing like DAK. I hope you all learned something from one of my posts today. I have so much passion for this park. The storytelling and detail are just at an amazing level. It’s no wonder I’m here all the time.
Gorilla falls is an amazing level of immersion and storytelling. For people who like the safari, you have to like gorilla falls. A slower paced walking version of the reserve. Take your time and immerse yourself in the African wildlife and natural surroundings.
Another part of Animal Kingdom that is just amazing, both paths around the Tree of life! So peaceful and atmospheric. Incredible perspectives of different parts of DAK!