How much "interaction" did you have with the elephants? I know there is no touching etc., but are they fairly close? Or do you need binoculars to see them? This will probably be what tour we do...Thanks
The best way I can describe it is that it is like I was on a front porch and the closest elephants were in the yard across the street. You have time to observe from a couple of areas overlooking the elephants. We watched several eating and Rafiki, the oldest spraying water. We also watched as the baby, stella, wandered into the area and walked under Rafiki's trunk. The CM that introduced us to the elephants was great...he told us that he was going to talk and was happy to answer questions....but that he understood we were there to watch the elephants and he wasn't expecting us to look at him as he talked.
We love that show too!
Have they ever gone to Rafiki's Planet Watch to see the veterinary procedures and actually gotten to see a vet that they'd seen on that show "live and in person"? I have-and I acted like a little kid who'd just seen a big TV star. I can't remember the vet's name, but the day I saw him on TV, he was operating on a Turtle, and he was also operating on a turtle (but a different kind of operation) the day I got to see him.
We have gone over there but nothing was happening in the procedure room. It would be amazing if it worked out!
Nothing would be happening if you go in the afternoon. Usually the only time anything is going on is 10:00-11:30 or so in the morning. Of the many times I've gone there, I've only seen one that went past noon, and that was the one with the doctor from the Disney + show who was working on the Turtle. Apparently things were a little complicated.
