Animal Kingdom (Disney)
 
The Tree of Life is the centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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| Location | Walt Disney World Resort, Bay Lake, Florida, United States |
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| Coordinates | 28°21′29″N 81°35′24″W / 28.358°N 81.59°WCoordinates: 28°21′29″N 81°35′24″W / 28.358°N 81.59°W |
| Theme | Natural environment and animal conservation |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Operated by | Walt Disney Parks and Resorts |
| Opened | April 22, 1998 |
| Operating season | Year-round |
| Website | Official website |
Disney's Animal Kingdom is a zoological theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Parks and Resorts division, it is the largest theme park in the world, covering 580 acres (230 ha). The park opened on Earth Day, April 22, 1998, and was the fourth theme park built at Walt Disney World. The park is dedicated and themed entirely around the natural environment and animal conservation, a philosophy once pioneered by Walt Disney.
Disney's Animal Kingdom is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, meaning they have met or exceeded the standards in education, conservation, and research. The park is represented by the Tree of Life, a 145-foot-tall (44 m), 50-foot-wide (15 m) artificial baob tree.
In 2015, it had 10.9 million visitors, ranking it the fourth-most visited amusement park in the United States, behind the other three Walt Disney World parks, and seventh-most visited in the world.
Welcome to a kingdom of animals... real, ancient and imagined: a kingdom ruled by lions, dinosaurs and dragons; a kingdom of balance, harmony and survival; a kingdom we enter to share in the wonder, gaze at the beauty, thrill at the drama, and learn.
Construction for Disney's Animal Kingdom began in 1990, a year after the opening of the Disney MGM Studios. To create the theme park Disney Imagineers traveled to Africa and Asia to study the landscapes and wildlife and installed large numbers of plants once the exhibits were built, holding areas were confined and the park's animals were bought in. Some others were donated and different dark rides and animatronics were engineered.
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