ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which opened on April 22, 1998, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Saturday. The park has changed a lot over the years from new shows and dining ...

Gino had been living at the Orlando, Fla. theme park since its opening day back in 1998 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

Animal lovers and Disney enthusiasts alike are mourning the loss of an iconic park figure. Gino, the 44-year-old Western Lowland silverback gorilla who has been with the park since its opening in 1998 ...

Gino, a western lowland gorilla and longtime resident of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, has died, Walt Disney World announced Wednesday. He was 44. “For nearly 30 years, Gino touched countless ...

Walt Disney World’s DinoLand U.S.A. has officially gone extinct. The land, a staple of Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, since the park opened in 1998, closed permanently on Sunday.