UP! A Great Bird Adventure — Former Show · History & Timeline

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⚰ Permanently closed · Mar 2020operated 3 years · 2017–2020

↩ On the former site of Flights of WonderReplaced by Feathered Friends in Flight! →

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2020

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ChangedJul 13, 2020#

Feathered Friends in Flight was reported open in the same theater by July 13, 2020, hosted by animal behavior specialists in place of Troop Leader Jones with Russell and Dug.

UP! A Great Bird Adventure→Feathered Friends in Flight

This is the positive evidence that the March 2020 closure was permanent rather than the COVID pause. The cited article states the successor took "the place of UP! A Great Bird Adventure" but gives no exact debut day, so the date is its publication date. Wikipedia's Animal Kingdom attractions list carries Feathered Friends in Flight under current entertainment for Asia, confirming the successor is still running and UP! never came back.

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RefurbishmentMar 2020#

UP! A Great Bird Adventure stopped performing in March 2020 when Walt Disney World closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, and it never resumed.

The two sources give different days, so the date is held at month precision: Wikipedia's Animal Kingdom attractions list says "The final performance was on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak impacting Florida," while the Walt Disney World attractions list records it as "Permanently closed on March 16, 2020" (the park-wide shutdown date). Permanence is not inferred from the shutdown itself but from the successor show opening in the same theater four months later and still running.

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2018

UpdateMay 1, 2018#

The show ran about 25 minutes and featured more than 15 bird species, including parrots, toucans, macaws and an African fish eagle with a seven-foot wingspan, alongside Wilderness Explorer Russell and his dog Dug from Disney/Pixar's Up.

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NewApr 22, 2018#

UP! A Great Bird Adventure opened on April 22, 2018 in the Asia section of Disney's Animal Kingdom, taking over the bird-show theater from Flights of Wonder.

Flights of Wonder→UP! A Great Bird Adventure

Wikipedia's Animal Kingdom attractions list records "Opened April 22, 2018, replacing Flights of Wonder" and names the venue the Anandapur Theatre; contemporaneous Attractions Magazine coverage calls the same venue the Caravan Theater.

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2017

ChangedDec 31, 2017#

Flights of Wonder closed on December 31, 2017 and was replaced by UP! A Great Bird Adventure in the same Asia theater.

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Questions & answers

When did UP! A Great Bird Adventure open?

Per the documented record, UP! A Great Bird Adventure at Animal Kingdom opened on Apr 22, 2018.

When did UP! A Great Bird Adventure last close for refurbishment?

The most recent closure/refurbishment documented for UP! A Great Bird Adventure is dated Mar 2020: UP! A Great Bird Adventure stopped performing in March 2020 when Walt Disney World closed for the COVID-19 pandemic, and it never resumed.

What changed recently on UP! A Great Bird Adventure?

The latest documented change (documented Jul 13, 2020): Feathered Friends in Flight was reported open in the same theater by July 13, 2020, hosted by animal behavior specialists in place of Troop Leader Jones with Russell and Dug.

How many changes are on record for UP! A Great Bird Adventure?

5 documented changes, dating back to 2017 — the fan-kept show changelog nobody else keeps.

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