Disney's Animal Kingdom — know before you go
Theme park · FL, US
What trips people up at the gate: bags and security, loose articles on rides, lockers, outside food and water, parking, rideshare and transit.
Bags, lockers and loose articles
- Bag policy
- Bags are allowed; security screening at the entrance. Bags over 24 by 15 by 18in are not permitted.
- Loose articles on rides
- Secure items before Everest and Flight of Passage; Kali River Rapids gets you wet.
- Lockers
- Lockers near the entrance: small about $10/day, large about $12/day.
Food, water and money
- Outside food and drink
- Disney allows outside food and drink; no glass and no large coolers.
- Water refill
- 18 water-refill locations in the park. Bottle-fill is free at most fountains; confirm the park's current policy.
Parking
- Animal Kingdom Lodge Parking Lot
- Bus Parking Lot
- Butterfly Lot
- Cast Parking
- Cast Parking
- Cast Parking Lot
- Dinosaur Lot
- Disabled Parking Lot — Paid parking
- Giraffe Lot
- Parking
- Parking
- Peacock Lot
- Surface parking
- Surface parking
- Unicorn Lot
- Yeti Lot
EV charging
- ANIMAL KINGDOM — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- KOMPOSE BR STATION 1 — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- KOMPOSE BR STATION 3 — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- Kissimmee, FL Supercharger — Tesla (Tesla-only charging) · Located at Wawa
- Niido Orlando — Blink Charging · MON: 24 hours | TUE: 24 hours | WED: 24 hours | THU: 24 hours | FRI: 24 hours | SAT: 24 hours | SUN: 24 hours
- Park Inn By Radisson Resort & Conference Orlando — Tesla (Tesla-only charging)
- REEDY CREEK — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- SUNSET WALK 1 CLUBHOUSE 1 — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- Shoppes of 192 — Tesla (including non-tesla)
- Tesla Supercharger
- Tesla Supercharger — access=customers; opening_hours=24/7
- WALGREENS #7074 — Blink Charging · MON: 24 hours | TUE: 24 hours | WED: 24 hours | THU: 24 hours | FRI: 24 hours | SAT: 24 hours | SUN: 24 hours
- WDW ANIMAL KINGDOM1 — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- WDW CORONADO SPR 2 — ChargePoint · 24 hours daily
- Waterstar Apartments - Tesla Destination — Tesla (Tesla-only charging)
- Westgate (Villas) — Blink Charging · 24 hours daily
- Westgate (Villas) — SemaConnect · MO: Not Specified; TU: Not Specified; WE: Not Specified; TH: Not Specified; FR: Not Specified; SA: Not Specified; SU: Not Specified
- Westgate Vacation Villas Resort & Spa — 24 hours daily; guest use only
Tips from the sourced guidance
- Head to Avatar Flight of Passage at opening; it posts the longest wait in all of Disney World.
- Ride Kilimanjaro Safaris early or late when animals are most active.