
While the technology that enables the series is impressive, it is the stories that will touch your heart.

The creators of this series used cutting-edge photography techniques to help you get up close and personal, using custom-built GoPro rigs, 18-foot camera cranes, and specially designed underwater cameras. With National Geographic’s involvement, you get the stunning photography you expect. The series is a collaboration between Disney+, the Walt Disney World parks, and National Geographic (all operated by the Walt Disney Company). Disney created on-stage areas that allow the animals to flourish and allow guests to learn and see about them, as well as back-stage areas that are suited to providing care. Throughout the show, you see how Disney Imagineering worked with animal care experts as part of the park’s design. Photo credits (C) Disney Enterprises, Inc. We must create a place where an animal feels at home.” Joe Rohde tours Animal Kingdom with Kyle Price, Art Director.

What does the animal want? What does it need? How does it move? How does it live? All of those things are sort of fixed before we begin our part of the design. Joe said, “When you start with the animal areas themselves, you basically are starting with the animal. While you get to learn a lot about animals and their care, you also get some insight into the design and behind the scenes area of the Disney parks.ĭuring a press event for the series, Joe Rohde, Walt Disney Imagineering, Portfolio Creative Executive, talked about how the animals themselves were central to the design of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It doesn’t sound like Olaf is doing the narration, but you can pick up Josh’s signature voice as he does a great job telling the tales of animals and their keepers. Josh Gad, the voice of Olaf in Disney’s Frozen movies, hosts this brand-new series which launches with eight episodes. In a new documentary series called “The Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Series” premiering on Disney+ starting Friday, September 25, 2020, you can find out.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to take care of the 5,000 animals that make their home at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (plus The Seas With Nemo And Friends at EPCOT)?
