When you’re at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, there are some places you just have to go.
No matter what else is on your agenda, there’s one spot you can’t help visiting on a trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom – the restroom. While these stops probably aren’t considered the highlight of your trip, there’s no reason you can’t make the most of your visits.
This handy guide will point you toward the best spots in the park…and give you a little trivia to consider along the way.
1. Main Entrance, Left Side
Cleanliness: Women-7, Men-9
Size: W-5, M-4
Changing Table: W-10, M-7
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 7
This is the first restroom you’ll come across inside the park. Located right next to the lockers, it’s a busy spot with lots of traffic to duck around, particularly during the first few hours of the day when everyone is heading into the park.
If you have a baby to change here, you’re much better off in the women’s restroom where the changing table is off in its own alcove. On the men’s side, the table is right inside the door so you’re likely to have foot traffic jostling you from behind.
Look For This: The spoonbill exhibit is directly across from these restrooms, offering a convenient spot to meet up with your family when you’re finished. If you’re interested in doing a lot of animal spotting around the park, take this time to grab an animal guide at the maps display located nearby.
Worth Pondering: Though other Disney parks feature open entrances on their restrooms, those at Animal Kingdom have doors. This is so the restrooms can serve as safe shelters in case an animal escapes.
2. Pizzafari
Restrooms outside the Pizzafari Restaurant
Cleanliness: Women-9, Men-9
Size: W-7, M-8
Changing Table: W-7, M-8
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 8
The Pizzafari restrooms are available through the restaurant and through an outdoor entrance. Several benches around the outdoor entrance offer a convenient spot for waiting for family members. This restroom is relatively empty in the morning, but takes a bigger hit during lunch and dinner rushes.
Look for This: How many animals can you spot in the decorations surrounding the outside entrance for these restrooms? Hint: Don’t forget to check the signage and look up towards the roof.
Worth Pondering: There are over 320 animals carved into the Tree of Life. Don’t miss your chance to spot them!
3. Africa
Restrooms in Animal Kingdom’s Africa
Cleanliness: Women-8, Men-8
Size: W-8, M-8
Changing Table: W-5, M-6
Kid’s Sink: No
Overall Score: 7.2
As the only restroom in the expansive Africa area, this is almost always crowded. The restroom does have mirrors over some of the sinks which is a notable feature for a Disney restroom.
Look for This: The stage outside these restrooms regularly plays host to African musical performances. This is worth watching, particularly if you’re waiting for the rest of your party. Just make sure you head toward the front of the stage to avoid the overcrowded area around the restroom doors.
Worth Pondering: Disney’s Animal Kingdom is home to the largest groups of Nile hippos and African elephants in North America. Check them out on Kilimanjaro Safaris.
4. Rafiki’s Planet Watch
Rafiki’s Planet Watch restrooms
Cleanliness: Women-10, Men-9
Size: W-7, M-6
Changing Table: W-8, M-8
Kid’s Sink: No
Overall Score: 8
These restrooms are the most interesting option in Animal Kingdom, though you have to take the train out to Rafiki’s Planet Watch to check them out. Inside, you’ll hear animal noises that make you feel like you’re deep in the jungle. Located off to the right just inside the building at Planet Watch, this spot is usually fairly empty.
Look for This: Outside the restrooms, there’s a Hidden Mickey in the ostrich’s pupil on the wall mural.
Ostrich eye “Hidden Mickey”
Worth Pondering: These restrooms include bathroom trivia on the backs of the stall doors to keep you busy while you’re…busy.
5. Flights of Wonder
Disney’s Animal Kingdom restrooms outside Flights of Wonder
Cleanliness: Women-8, Men-9
Size: W-8, M-8
Changing Table: W-6, M-6
Kid’s Sink: No
Overall Score: 7.5
These restrooms, located near several food and drink stands, are relatively far from major attractions, so you can enjoy a pleasant lack of crowds. The only exceptions are show dumps from Flights of Wonder.
Look for This: A small alcove with tables and benches is just across from these restrooms. You can enjoy a great view of the Tree of Life from here. If you haven’t taken time to examine it from this angle, see how many unique animals you can spot while waiting for your party.
Worth Pondering: Animal Kingdom features 2.6 million gallons of water in various water features throughout the park. This volume is filtered an average of five times per day.
6. Central Asia
Restrooms in Asia in Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Cleanliness: Women-8, Men-8
Size: W-7, M-9
Changing Table: W-9, M-8
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 8.2
These restrooms are located past the Yak and Yeti restaurant and Kali River Rapids, but before the entrance to the Maharajah Jungle Trek, if you’re just entering Asia. Their alcove is a bit crowded so you may want to designate another spot for meeting up with your party.
Look for This: The siamang and white cheeked gibbon are located just across from these restrooms. In the morning, these primates can make quite a racket.
Worth Pondering: It took a lot of dumps to form Disney’s Animal Kingdom – sixty dump trucks of dirt a day for two years to be exact.
7. Asia, on Discovery River
Restrooms in Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Asia
Cleanliness: Women-5, Men-6
Size: W-8, M-6
Changing Table: W-9, M-8
Kid’s Sink: No
Overall Score: 7
These restrooms have an awkward corner location that makes it nearly impossible to wait for someone outside the doors. This is a good spot to stop before your visit to Expedition Everest, though, if you’re coming from this direction.
Look for This: Just up the road from these restrooms you’ll find a prime photo spot with Everest in the background. The little corner featuring this op is off to the side, making it a good place to meet back up with your party.
Worth Pondering: Animal feces gives lab technicians a wealth of information about the residents of this park. Since it opened, these techs have analyzed over 10,000 samples of poop.
8. Finding Nemo: The Musical
Restrooms by Finding Nemo: The Musical
Cleanliness: Women-10, Men-10
Size: W-7, M-8
Changing Table: W-8, M-7
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 8.3
The Finding Nemo bathrooms are one of the best options in the park. These bathrooms are clean, secluded, and spacious enough that they don’t feel crowded, even after a show dump. If you stop by during a show, you’re almost guaranteed a quiet, private visit.
Look for This: No matter which way you approach Finding Nemo, you’ll pass a sign featuring show times for the day. Look for two Hidden Mickeys on this sign, formed from the bubbles.
Worth Pondering: Animal Kingdom contains vegetation from every continent on earth, except Antarctica.
9. Dinorama
Restrooms beside Dinorama in Dinoland
Cleanliness: Women-10, Men-10
Size: W-9, M-10
Changing Table: W-9, M-10
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 9.7
If you’re looking for the cleanest, most secluded bathroom in the park, this is probably it. The Dinorama restrooms are off to the side, so it may be that guests simply wander past without noticing them. Regardless, they’re an excellent choice.
Look for This: There’s a tiny Hidden Mickey in the pavement between the restrooms and the photo op spot. Formed from orange rocks, this is one of the more obscure Mickeys in this park.
Hidden Mickey near Dinorama restrooms
Worth Pondering: The Tyrannosaurus Rex featured on the path leading up to Dinosaur is an exact replica of the fossil at the Chicago Field Museum.
10. Restaurantosaurus
Restrooms in Restaurantosaurus in Dinoland
Clealiness: Women-10, Men-7
Size: W-9, M-9
Changing Table: W-8, M-8
Kid’s Sink: Yes
Overall Score: 8.5
Located inside the restaurant, these restrooms are really only convenient if you’re eating here. The metal changing tables are a colder than the options you’ll find in other bathrooms, so you might want to skip these if you’re planning a diaper change.
Look for This: Outside the restrooms, on the wall over the trash can you’ll find a classic picture of Walt Disney himself with some of his early prehistoric audioanimatronics.
Worth Pondering: The cycad collection along the Cretaceous Trail near dinosaur is the third largest in North America.
11. Flame Tree Barbecue
Restrooms near Flame Tree Barbecue in Disney's Animal Kingdom
Cleanliness: Women-8, Men-4
Size: W-9, M-8
Changing Table: W-8, M-6
Kid’s Sink: No
Overall Score: 7.2
You’ll find these Discovery Island bathrooms across from Flame Tree Barbeque and next to Disney Outfitters. They’re conveniently placed for washing the BBQ sauce off your hands after a sloppy lunch.
Look for This: Flame Tree Barbecue features a predator and prey theme throughout its design. Check out the seating areas located across from this restroom and see if you can spot the predator and prey pairings.
Worth Pondering: The animals in this park consume approximately 160,000 worms and 80,000 crickets every month. Yum!
You can’t help it when you’ve gotta go, but these tips and facts will help you make the most of every moment in Disney’s Animal Kingdom – even the necessary ones.
