April 22 - Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Apr-23-2008 By fresherkid
On this day in Disney history…
In 1998, on April 22nd, Walt Disney World Resort opened it’s fourth theme park in Orlando Florida, Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Thrilling children of all ages it is the largest single Disney theme park in the world covering more than 500 acres, it was promoted by Disney when it advertised “nahtazu” pronounced “not a zoo” which enmphasized that the park was more than your typical experience at a city zoo. The theme of the park is animal conservation and it certainly has grown from Walt Disney’s orignal Discovery Island concept. Records show that the popularity of the park continues each year with approximately 9.5 million guests having visited in 1997.
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