Want an adventurous vacation without needing to fly to another country? Disney offers a highly affordable African-lodge-style resort at their Orlando Animal Kingdom Lodge. Newsobserver recently ran an article comparing Disney to other adventurous vacation locations, but the real nugget in the article was how people staying at Disney's resorts get to avoid the crowd by getting early and late access to Disney's various theme parks.
Disney resort guests get free shuttle service to and from the theme parks, as well as access to the parks an hour before the rest of the crowd, and up to three hours after everyone else has to leave. From the lodge's premium savanna-view guest rooms and some public areas, you can look out on free-roaming giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, Congo buffalo, spiral-horned antelope and other mammals, as well as exotic birds, such as African spoonbills, storks and cranes.
