I know you're all excited about next years big 'opening' at Disney's Animal Kingdom so I'll get it out of the way now. Expedition Everest is virtually complete and dominates its area of the park. See how great it looks viewed from this bridge over a river in 'Africa'. Here's a close up showing one of the highly banked speed drops out of the mountain. They've built an amazing Himalayan villlage at the base of the mountain featuring dodgy electrics, backpackers hostels and cafe's and colourful trucks. The 'expedition' begins with a trek through the village and then a short hike to base camp. From there you board a train (aka rollercoaster car) and journey to the summit of Everest from which you race back down chasing the legendary Yeti. Take a look at this artists impression of the finished attraction and then thank Disney for freeing us from the urge to fly to smelly Kathmandu to see the 'real thing' (and I bet there are no rollercoasters in Nepal).
If anyone is still reading (and still interested) then this page has some great pics of the village and the 'mountain'.

Taking the safari at Animal Kingdom late in the day meant that the beasts were just stirring following their afternoon naps.