Tours/Experiences at Disney

My wife and I have done Keys to the Kingdom, Caring for Giants, Up Close with Rhinos, Segway tour in EPCOT (no longer offered) and Segway Tour at Fort Wilderness. All were excellent but the Segway in EPCOT was our favorite.
Segway Tour at EPCOT was our favorite too!
 
Probably best to see what sort of tours are currently offered. We did a behind the Disney scenes tour many years ago that was excellent, but no longer offered. The tour of the Land was also worthwhile and I believe reasonably priced and still offered.
 
I did Behind the Seeds many years ago and the first part of the tour was watching a video that largely featured insects, so I averted my gaze, but the rest was great.

I loved Keys to the Kingdom. Great fun to be in the Utilidors and really the entire tour was fantastic.

Caring for Giants and the Rhino tour are both excellent. I've done the Giants tour 3 times and will definitely do it again.

I've also done a tour that I think no longer exists: Wild by Design at DAK. I was extremely disappointed by this tour as I'd thought it was going to be an in-depth view of how the park was designed but in fact it wasn't and I was both unamused and quite bored--so I don't even remember what it was about! But I do remember that it was freezing cold and pouring rain that day, so besides being bored I was cold and wet!
 
Does anyone know if this tour is still offered at Wilderness Lodge? We'll be there next week.
 
We have only done 2 tours,
Keys to the Kingdom was fabulous and so much fun to see the utilidors and areas we are not allowed. We got to enter the Haunted Mansion through the unseen hallways that the cast members us. This was many years ago and I don't know what they do now.

We did Caring for Giants too. I am a big fan of elephants and was so excited for this tour. Unlike a previous poster, we did not have a good experience on this tour. We were bused to the area behind the scenes which is directly across from the Safari route. The elephants did not get even a little bit close and they stayed over by the Safari route. No one talked about caring for Elephants at all. There was a nice African lady there who talked about her country, which was the only good thing about this tour. I guess my expectations were too high. I thought caring for giants would actually involve Caring for giants, as in close up viewing of actual care (feeding, medical care, training, grooming, etc),, not just standing and looking at them from far away. Maybe they have changed this experience, I don't know. This was at least 6 years ago, before covid. And maybe this was one time that the tour didnt work out?
I just know we were disappointed in this tour. I wish I had something good to say about it besides the nice African lady.
 
If you are a gardener I strongly recommend the Behind the Seeds tour. My 82 year old MIL did it with us on her scooter and had no problems. Disney gardeners are amazing. Their massive yields in small spaces is impressive.
 
If you are a gardener I strongly recommend the Behind the Seeds tour. My 82 year old MIL did it with us on her scooter and had no problems. Disney gardeners are amazing. Their massive yields in small spaces is impressive.
Thanks for the tip about the ECV. That's one reason I'm hesitant to do tours these days. Also, specifically regarding the Behind the Seeds tour. Did anyone here ever do it way back when it was free (I remember in 2001)? And then do it at its current price (Is it $40 now?) I often wonder what the difference is. The big thing I remember is that for free, I was the only guest with two tour guides.
 
Thanks for the tip about the ECV. That's one reason I'm hesitant to do tours these days. Also, specifically regarding the Behind the Seeds tour. Did anyone here ever do it way back when it was free (I remember in 2001)? And then do it at its current price (Is it $40 now?) I often wonder what the difference is. The big thing I remember is that for free, I was the only guest with two tour guides.
I've used a scooter on many of the tours. Disney and CM's are very accommodating.

I did Seeds when it was $8. I did Epcot fireworks cruise in 1999, $85. Now, $445. The Mouse is hungrier.
 
I've used a scooter on many of the tours. Disney and CM's are very accommodating.

I did Seeds when it was $8. I did Epcot fireworks cruise in 1999, $85. Now, $445. The Mouse is hungrier.
The mouse must be starving Dan!!! We are going on another big family trip in August 2025 and the kids asked me about the fireworks cruise and I told them for $5,000 we could do the cruise but not eat all week. They haven't asked since!!!
 
The mouse must be starving Dan!!! We are going on another big family trip in August 2025 and the kids asked me about the fireworks cruise and I told them for $5,000 we could do the cruise but not eat all week. They haven't asked since!!!
:laughing: Haha, good way to move to a different subject, Steve. It certainly has gotten costly to go there.
 
Every time I look at the price of airfare from Canada, hotels, meals, entrance costs etc. Plus with the Canadian dollar so low... maybe next year. Its been too long already!
 
The mouse must be starving Dan!!! We are going on another big family trip in August 2025 and the kids asked me about the fireworks cruise and I told them for $5,000 we could do the cruise but not eat all week. They haven't asked since!!!
OMG!!! Is that the cost for the pontoon boat tour, or is it on the cabin cruiser type ship? I remember doing Epcot fireworks cruises multiple times over the years. People would "rent out" their available seats to offset the cost of the cruise. I remember paying maybe $10-$15pp, "back in the day."
 
Someday I would love to do the KTTK tour…

But we have done the Behind the Seeds and loved that. I’d like to try that when the Christmas decor is up!

We did the Savor the Savanna tour at AK and it was amazing!!! We got to go off the regular trails and then ask questions to a KS zookeeper. Then an incredible feast in the boma in the middle of the safari (included different African wines as well). They had binoculars at all the tables to look at the animals and there was a bridge with an overlook to look at the animals. So wonderful!

As for experiences, we really enjoyed the La Cava Experience at the Mexico pavilion in EP and Sangria University at the Three Bridges at CSR. We’ve done both of those twice and really enjoyed both. Learned a lot about tequila from the tequila ambassador and we got to create our own sangria at Sangria University.

Savor the Savanna and the La Cava Experience were quite pricey, but very worth it.
 
We love the tours also!

We did Family Magic when our kids were little, meeting Peter Pan afterwards. Our 3 kids were young but we loved it.

DH and I have done the Epcot Segway Tour (favorite!), Keys to the Kingdom, Sangria University (if that counts...we've done it twice), DH and son did the Magic of Steam Trains tour - they loved it; my family has done the Fishing Excursion on Bay Lake a few times - loved that one; DH has done the DiveQuest (Scuba diving at Living Seas) probably 3 or 4 times over the years and wants to do it again. We did the AK tour that took us backstage and then out on the Savannah for a meal and got lots of fun photos from that one. We also did another family tour of MK that took us behind the Haunted Mansion (but not underneath MK) and we loved that one. I think that's all.

Also Walk in Walt's Footsteps at Disneyland --- AMAZING!

DH and I have a quick weekend planned next month for my birthday and are debating either the Segway tour at Ft. Wilderness or the Behind the Seeds tour. We are worried weather may be iffy so waiting a bit even though we may risk losing it. Guess we could book and cancel if we choose Segway again.
 
Many years ago we went horse back riding. Had an amazing time. I think we had to go Fort Wilderness and then to the Circle D Ranch. Was probably in the early 90's.
 
Just got back from a week at the mouse. Did Behind the Seeds for the second time and learned a lot 60,000 lbs of cucumbers from just a few plants every year. Also did Caring for Giants. Put on a bus to the area behind one of the elephant areas. Watched the elephants, took some pictures and our guide talked for 45 minutes about the elephant family we were looking at. Not as good as the
Rhino tour which we took last visit.
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