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- DAK - Safari Village
- The hub of Animal Kingdom.
- DAK - It's Tough to be A Bug
- The 3D show in the Tree of Life Theater
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- The defunct March of the ARTimals non-parade.
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- Countdown to Extinction; the Boneyard.
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- Disney Radio Cruise (formerly River Taxi, formerly Boat Ride). You are here!
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- New in 1999: Maharajah Jungle Trek, Kali River Rapids
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- Africa: Harambe village.
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- Pangani Forest Exploration Trail - gorillas and more.
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Safari Village: Radio Disney River Cruise
Formerly Discovery River Taxi; formerly Discovery RiverBoat Tour
August 1999 Update:Discovery River will soon be without boats again. The Radio Disney River Cruises will end on August 21st. You'll see that this isn't new - Disney hasn't figured out the secret to success with Discovery River's boats. Is there another iteration in the future? Stay tuned.
November 1998 Update: The Discovery River Boat Tour, closed in September, re-opened as Discovery River Taxis.
By changing the name, Disney's attempting to get over the earlier problems: the line-ups were very long,
and there were complaints from guests that it wasn't worth the wait. So they're now called River Taxis - functionally
more accurate. However, you can still take the original tour on our site...
On our way from DinoLand U.S.A. to Asia, we took the Discovery River Boat Tour. Alternatively, you can
walk through Safari Village (stay to the right) to the Asia bridge.
For some reason, this ride has a long queue - often 45 minutes
when the other attractions in the park have queues under 15 minutes!
The cruise takes you around the Tree of Life, giving you another perspective
By a welcoming bird (a white stork)
A mystery mammal
Watch out for hot spring geysers
And the dragon's cave (a hint of the future Beastly Kingdom?)
Be prepared for a few surprises on your cruise. After all, this is Disney. (On our first cruise, we heard that it would be named the "Critter Cruise" soon. They did introduced 'critters' like spiders)
We exit the cruise in Asia (in June 98, the boat was doing only round trips back to Safari Village; in September 98, the ride closed; in November 98 it re-opened as Discovery River Taxis, closed and has only re-opened for peak holiday crowds. In March 99, it re-opened as Disney Radio River Cruise, and it closed in August 1999).
March 1999 Update:It's now called Radio Disney River Cruise! They've repainted all the boats in bright colors and added DJs. Not necessarily improvements in either case. It's still not an 'attraction' - just a boat ride.
January 1999 Update:An early December visit found the Discovery River Taxis closed.
The entrance signs were draped and potted plants placed across the entry, so it seems to be only temporary.
It re-opened for the Christmas holiday and is now closed again.
You can enter the Discovery River Boat Tour from beside the bridge to DinoLand U.S.A.
There is another entrance beside the bridge to Oasis, however it is usually signed asking you
to use the DinoLand bridge side.
