DISNEY WORLD HIDDEN GEMS: Elephant Tour & Tusker House Dining | Animal Kingdom, Caring For Giants

It's time to uncover some more hidden gems in Walt Disney World -- and this time we're headed to Disney's Animal Kingdom! First up, a behind the scenes tour where you get up close with elephants, followed by an underrated character dining experience at Tusker House Restaurant. Join Molly as she spends the day at her favorite park and sharing some less-popular treasures!
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[@supermrssoup]

The coolest thing is Kiyanga was born when I was driving for Kilimanjaro Safaris, it's so cool to see her being a mom and living her best life.

[@barbwirewebworks]

Once again Molly gives us a master class in character interactions. She makes it look effortless. That behind the scenes elephant tour is now on my list for our next visit. Thank you for the suggestion.

[@designdoctor247]

yes!!!!!!!!!

[@MicheleKlinger]

Molly is always in her element in AK, but getting to see her do something so unique is extra special. I was lucky to do Caring for Giants on my last trip and it was one of the most special things I’ve ever done in a Disney park. All the rides/shows/etc are their own magic, but these unique experiences truly make a trip all the more special.

[@sarahmays9896]

Did you make a reservation? I can never get one and my kids are dying to do this!

[@MicheleKlinger]

@@sarahmays9896 I did! My original plan last trip was the rhino tour, but I learned after the fact that the experience/tour reservations open the same time as dining reservations for your trip, so I missed out on that while caring for giants still had availability

[@hillsizz]

Gotta love Molly in AK video! I also agree Tusker House is underrated! We did it as our character meal last year during our daughter's 1st visit to Disney. The food was delicious and character interactions were plentiful and memory-making! Goofy created a little dancing circle with some kids who didn't see our 2 year-old toddling over but Goofy did and made sure to open up the circle for her and it still brings me to tears to think about! 🥹

[@zusanlist3623]

I love hearing stories like this!

[@hillsizz]

​@@zusanlist3623 Disney cast members are just a different breed of people. They're some of the best of us! ❤

[@rhondageddis526]

Molly, I know you hear this all the time, but your delivery of information, inclusion of your audience and passion for what you do shines through in every video. This was great insight. Thank you.

[@alh310185]

I had no idea tours like this existed in Disney. So glad you're highlighting experiences like this.

[@designdoctor247]

❤

[@Vofleck]

Awwww I recognize that elephant tour Cast Member. She did my Wild Africa Trek. ❤️❤️

[@Mermare]

I bet the character actors love it when someone actually talks to them. Gives them something fun to do.

[@jessicaclark4922]

Your beverage goblin setup was a hidden Mickey 😊 I love how the characters seem to recognize you and are just as excited to see YOU! So, the real question, where can I get Molly tickets? 😁A personal Molly tour, please! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wdwexploreandchill]

My mom and I took this tour and loved it sooo much! We still look for our favorite elephant, Donna, every trip. Thank you for sharing this!

[@MichelleMartin-mr9fl]

Molly thank you for showing all the different offerings that Disney offers about animals. You are the best!

[@wendyward4227]

Chefs kiss to this video! My favorite character dining is Tusker house and the Caring for Giants experience is on my bucket list. Loved our Keys to the Kingdom tour but my two all time favorite experiences at WDW so far are the Starlight Safari and the Rhino experience (we were lucky enough to have a handler s show us some of the behaviors they teach the rhinos so the vets can do their check ups etc) When you consider the cost of what your average meal or Souvenirs cost in WDW, I feel like these experiences with animals are so worth it - plus the proceeds go back into conservation!

[@IWillBeHers]

You’ll definitely have to do the Rhino tour too! Especially if you get to see the babies!

[@themeparkqueer]

Molly I swear, you guys are always putting out the most relevant content for my upcoming trips 😭 can’t wait to do the Giants tour when we stay at AKL soon!! Thanks for another awesome video! ❤

[@Cajunish]

The most up close and personal experience I get to experience is magic of Disneys animal kingdom on Disney+. Ur so lucky to do what you do!

[@designdoctor247]

winnie the pooh and friends is our fav cause Pigglet gives the beat hugs EVER...fav not for the food IMO...not good at all but the characters are priceless! ❤

[@designdoctor247]

best not beat lol sorry

[@ananunleysmith]

I feel like we need to take a collective moment and appreciate the man’s outfit at 1:18… it’s so on theme

[@yaffarealbeauty6089]

The Elephant tour looked so great! I can’t get enough of animals either. Stellar character interactions as always! They seemed excited to see you too. 😊

[@carlyejameson1752]

Absolutely LOVE these hidden gem videos. They are so interesting and full of cool facts. Animal Kingdom is my absolute favourite park of the 4 so it’s always a treat to see new videos!

[@selenerose1988]

I love this tour! I've done it twice and it's been a totally different experience both times and both tour guides had different information that they gave us. Both were so friendly and knowledgeable! We learned so much. It's awesome you got to see both matriarchs! I feel like that's probably a rarer occurrence.

[@christinawoods3062]

You are the best at character interactions. Awesome video as always!

[@kueagle1]

Mollie with this year being the 100th anniversary of the company you should dive into history. That means visiting Marceline and Kansas City. Walt grew up Marceline. He tried unsuccessfully to start his business in Kansas city.

[@danigirl4825]

Love the elephants! Tusker House on the other hand we've decided after trying multiple times, is just not to our flavor palate but love the characters!

[@janeleslie4192]

My favorite park as well. It doesn’t get the love it deserves but I’d rather lesser crowds. Great video.

[@danielvernon8136]

Loved tusker house when we went a few years ago. Going right before lunch let me have the food I preferred in their breakfast menu and let my wife have the food she preferred in their lunch menu.

[@CharleneCTX]

Taking pictures of Donald ... the person in the background looked like he was having a great time watching it, too.

[@Renee-gk9vo]

I’ve been to WDW 70 times and yesterday was my first time ever eating at Tusker House and it was AMAZING! The dinner buffet blew me away! Only bummer was that Goofy skipped over us, luckily it was our 5th character meal of the trip.

[@angd4268]

The elephant experience was so amazing. My husband and I did that in 2022. It was so cool as elephants are probably my favorite elephant. For the price I highly recommend it!

[@itsLiane]

Love love love this series with the tours! Molly is still killing it with her videos…giving all the need to know info and making it all fun.

[@alanarapacz1882]

Thanks, Molly, for another great video and Animal Kingdom Adventure ❤ it's so fun to watch you experience things for the first time 😊 Love this series of park tours/experiences 😍 Would love to see you, Alan and Max do the Steam Train experience and any of the VIP WDW tours 😀

[@downtoearthmomma3397]

We did the caring for giants this past February. Loved it!! Our tour guide did say one of the females was currently about a year along in her pregnancy with another year to go. Crazy. So worth the money for this tour.

[@bdchiaccio]

I had never heard of this and I have an autistic adult son who would love it and the price is right so we are probably going to try this on our next trip.

[@jocelyntouma3273]

Excited to try Tusker House in August! Can’t decide between breakfast or lunch/dinner.

[@kberger7289]

Tusker house is one of our favorites

[@SandraA1]

I would like to see you go Horseback Riding at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort...!!!

[@elainebower8776]

We love Tusker House! The food is wonderful and interesting for more adventurous eaters and there is plenty for those of us that want to eat only familiar food. The character interactions are terrific. We saw each character multiple times for extended interaction. My grandchildren loved it, too!

[@frostus27]

We had breakfast at Tusker House last year right after our safari ride. One of our favorite meals of our trip!

[@kyraharris1265]

Have you heard of the Myakka Elephant Ranch in southern FL? Fantastic organization & wonderful experiences available where you can do a lot more than look at them from several yards away. I got to give 2 of the 3 elephants there a bath, including what I'm calling a pachyderm pedicure!

[@zebzamboni]

I did the Caring For Giants tour in January and it was one of the highlights of my trip. We got lucky that one of the child elephants got zoomies and chased a bird.

[@alyssaalderson2386]

I can’t wait to do that on our honeymoon. Elephants are my fav! Thanks Molly you are the best!❤

[@laulau194]

Surprised there wasn't more interest in the elephant poop...visitors loved getting hands on with that when I was a zoo educator.

[@robertsandybeach9990]

I love the character meal at Epcot, food and service were great..the Character meets were priceless..and they came around a lot.

[@ContempoCoding]

I loved the elephant tour! But I did it in August and will advise -- those vans to get to the elephants were BRUTALLY hot!! If you go in the summer, do NOT forget the fans, water, and cooling towels!!

[@The_Alexandra_B]

We have Tusker House reservations for our trip in July! We last went in May 2018 and loved it. 55 days left!

[@KioroBlast]

My boyfriend and I went on the Elephant Tour during our very first visit. We got lucky and the whole group of female elephants got really close and walked past the viewing platform. He has a selfie with the elephants and loves the name poop-tag that we go to keep. It was an amazing tour and learning all those fun facts was a great time! We also saw one of the boys in the distance laying down to take a nap.

[@jennifergardner2566]

This is on my list next time I bring my nephew who wants to be a vet for large animals and just did a trip to Fredricksberg elephant reserve. Right up his ally I think! So glad to see something on it. Excited to see you do the Rhino one someday cause that’s on the list too

[@basicleighdisney5643]

Really enjoyed this video, Molly! I think having options for tours is one of the best things Disney does. It opens up a whole new level of experiencing Disney and the feel of being in a small group is so much more personal than what you get anywhere else inside the park. Speaking of personal experiences, character dining is another great option so I'm glad you combined those 2 specifically in one video!! I LOVE Tusker House, but it's not my favorite character dining experience. It does run a close second to my favorite, though, which is Garden Grill! There is just nothing like having Chip and Dale as part of character dining, imo! They are so mischievous and I'm living for it! Also my favorite character interaction with my daughter happened at Garden Grill, when Dale played a game of tic-tac-toe with her! The food is really good, too, and also at Tusker House, which is more unique than your average character dining buffet. The other character dining experience that's super close in the running to those 2 is Crystal Palace! As far as location, the winner definitely goes to Cinderella's Royal Table, but other than location, the food isn't worth the price. But being surrounded by princesses IN Cinderella castle is pretty magical! I could go on with others, but my post is long enough already! Lol Just sharing some feedback from experience and because you asked us about it! 😂

[@user-nt2kr9ex7z]

We had the same tour guide. She did such a good job especially with the kids. Really good experience. Tusker House is our favorite restaurant !

[@hunnicuttbj]

Molly, this is probably a really dumb question but if anyone will know/have advice it's you. When doing buffets solo, what's the best way to indicate that the table is still occupied if you get up to get another plate of food? I'm planning my first solo trip, and now I'm considering doing Tusker House (after this video), but I've never done a buffet alone. I don't want anyone to think I'm skipping out on the bill!

[@lampwick-lounge]

The new mics are working great! Thought you could use a little feedback on them….get it?!?! 😂

[@kmbarnett1200]

Brilliant vid, love love Elephants! But, can we take sec. Molly has gone an actual African Safari? How did that get lost!??? And there's video evidence? Ish? 😍😎😍

[@EmmaGranger99]

Just before you said braised collards, you said “some” and then paused for a while. And my brain immediately filled in the silence with “body once told me” 😂

[@erikapoulin2330]

My daughter loves Animal Kingdom and elephants are her favorite animal. So this is right up her alley!!!

[@emilyfrumker9527]

What a cool elephant experience I like it as an animal lover

[@chantalt9431]

Always thanking you so much for everything and this, for all these years. I can't help but mention that in this video, you look sad or emotional... Is it for the elephants?? Cedi says, thank you again for all this generosity...

[@kates7277]

TUSK-er house + elephants = a MAM-azing Sunday! 🐘 Happy Mother’s Day to all!

[@tlcholistic]

Thank you so much for doing these “extras” videos! I’m trying to decide between Up Close with Rhinos and Caring for Elephants for my upcoming trip. I would love to see more content like this! It really helps with planning.

[@tinawilliams6469]

I loved Tucker house in AK. My favorite character dining is at fort wilderness lodge. Storybook dining. Magical

[@TheHilliardFam]

After watching this video, our daughter is dying to go eat at Tusker House now. We will have to take her next time we go to WDW!

[@castleinabox]

Going to Tusker House on my trip next week, and this video helped me a lot!

[@logansrundquist]

So cool! Funny enough, I just did an elephant encounter tour in Texas and they had Asian elephants! So interesting to see and hear the difference between the two species. Apparently, Asian elephants have more in common with woolly mammoths and African elephants have more in common with mastodons, than they do with each other (genetically speaking). Wild!

[@queenie4724]

Really interesting video! Love elephants so much, one of my favorite animals. Thanks for the video and information!

[@brandonvieira8114]

Elephants are my favourite animal and I did not know this existed! Definitely on my list whenever I go back 🐘

[@nancyhauber7070]

I did that tour a few years ago. Loved it!

[@alisonhall2412]

The elephants are my favorite & now I can't wait to do this tour with my family ❤️

[@joannebush4491]

Thank you for letting us know about the elephant adventure. My husband would love it. have to do it the next time we come back to WDW.

[@mrstar666]

We did the caring for giants tour and loved it! And we got to see the avatar hidden Mickey that can only be seen backstage

[@amyandaugust]

Ahhh I love Tusker house... Haven't been in so many years.

[@PrincessMeggala0913]

Those elephants!!!!! Also I need to add Tusker House next trip!

[@bmsh14]

Loving these experiences videos would also love some “small what’s in my park bag” video or even your collector mug/cup collection (we know you have a lot Molly!)

[@pigeonplumtree3]

Thanks Molly! Tusker House looks so awesome 🥰 Storyteller's Cafe at Disneyland is my favorite character dining so far, but I haven't been to Toplolino's or Storybook Dining yet.

[@Hetchel]

Watching and/or hearing people eat usually makes me sick. Molly is the only exception! So enjoy these reviews and will happily watch her eat every bite!

[@spiritedreviewexc]

I got super emotional when i first walked into Animal Kingdom cause it was my actual first time in AK and just i was so happy to go and everyone was super friendly! it was strange

[@suzie5353]

We've been thinking about doing this tour on our next trip. We are sold! We love all your videos, but think it's so great that you are highlighting experiences like this!

[@maureenramsey5919]

I love this video and didn’t know theses tours existed

[@amysears1829]

I Love Tusker House!!! Animal Kingdom is for sure my favorite park!!❤🎉

[@gayelafoe8111]

Molly! Love your videos. Where did you get that hat. I’m obsessed with it!!!!

[@charlieharr6032]

Donalds evil laugh is so precious 😂

[@lovestodive1879]

So glad you did that tour, I've been wondering what it was like, on my list now.

[@GracieTyTravels]

Loved this video ❤ elephants are my absolute favorite 😍

[@brittanyjames4768]

gotta love that hidden mickey in the three drinks

[@donburks4464]

thanks for sharing love to see you do more tours

[@user-xh5dk2zk9i]

Thank you for sharing Molly! I am going to do some of these experiences. I love Elephants!

[@MissMyMusicAddiction]

I had no idea. Another cool video from the Mam

[@ErinGetty]

Oh my gosh!!! I legit just did caring for giants last week!!!! It was AMAZING

[@Aethuviel]

You said one elephant might be pregnant and this was 11 months ago, so I went to google to check - turns out the baby was born in February! They're pregnant for ~21 months, really surprised they didn't know for sure she was pregnant 9 months before the birth.

[@itsmegmoore8798]

Love love love the hat!!

[@AlpineKindOfMind]

I do love Tusker house, but Topolino’s Terrace takes the Mickey waffle in my opinion! ❤ great video!

[@justins9886]

Love Topolino’s for breakfast. Was sad to hear they no longer allow you to try as many entrees as you’d like. It was always nice getting the half portions of the other dishes and my filet. And I love the bread bucket and butter spreader.

[@amateurmom5111]

I LOVE that hat!!

[@SpookyDisnerd13]

We did Tusker House back in January, it's one of our favorite character dining! We want to do Toppolino's Terrace next time! Wished we'd known about the elephant tour!

[@disneynutd1609]

Molly this is such a cool experience. Okay I’ve been avoidingTusker house thinking it wasn’t so great but after your review it’s now on my list for next trip 💐❤️

[@stacyjeffrey]

I've been debating if I wanted to go to Tusker house on our upcoming trip and your video convinced me to do a breakfast! Thanks for your honest content and fabulous attitude. 💜

[@tanyaosterman]

I loved the elephant tour! I highly recommend it!

[@jenniferrundle6870]

That meal looked so delish, but that price tag-I know it's all about the characters though...

[@sadtomato8063]

Loved this!

[@ericakelsey5864]

It’s been a minute since I’ve done TUSKER. I went right before the pandemic. It’s just SO loud in there.

[@Gkittymyu200]

Thank you so much, i love this vlog

[@meganv6751]

Molly, love love love your hat❤

[@jessicascraps4010]

This is my bucket list experience - keep looking for it to be available but no luck yet

[@amandad5644]

Note to self…never be on a team against Molly in a competitive game of charades. She’s got serious skills interpreting signals and movement!