Disney's Animal Kingdom / The Complete Tour : 5 of 5

I'm a big fan of fan-produced Disney DVDs, and nobody does it better than good ol' Ted (creator of the fantastic Tokyo DisneySea and Disneyland Paris DVDs I've reviewed in the past). This time he looks at a local park, but his excellent eye and editing skill captures it in an entirely fresh and creative way, with so much material that this is a full double-DVD set! Ted covers each land of Disney's Animal Kingdom in amazing detail along with excellent music choices and perfect sound effects. Wherever possible, Ted goes for a pure sound, meaning almost no actual camera sound is used, but rather original Disney ride soundtracks or other mixed source. In fact, he truly goes above and beyond by completely re-creating the speils for Kilimanjaro Safaris and the Jungle Cruise (included for its Animal Kingdom inspiration) with his own acting skill, and the results are amazing! His attention to editing detail is phenomenal - for example, he includes every single number of Festival of the Lion King, and actually syncs the recorded soundtrack to the mouth movements of the live performers! Everything is simply beautiful, and edited with tasteful transitions and effects - I especially love the use of "moving through the brush" to convey that jungle feeling. Ted's work deserves my complete recommendation, so you've got to contact him and order his DVDs!