CA eco-cruises Eagle Cap, Ore. Jamestown Wired travel Ga. Animal Kingdom has fewer animals than a zoo and fewer rides than an amusement park. Yet I enjoy its lush vegetation, the illusion that it has been carved out of a jungle.
Real birds sing in real trees.
Music is heard everywhere and, as in all Disney parks, there are plenty of street musicians. The new Asia section is a small but interesting addition. Temple ruins, Buddhas and other sculptures and buildings representing Nepal, India, Thailand and Indonesia create an even more dramatic environment than the streets of the Africa section. But beyond a geyser, waterfall and a patch of misty jungle is the sound of chain saws. Disney is making an almost uncharacteristically blunt message about the devastation of wilderness.