Meet Kangaroos, baby joeys at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Inside Disney, an opening date was just announced for the Magic of Disney animation in Hollywood Studios. Yeah, guests can enjoy all the new experiences starting September 14th. Dozens of new adventures will be under that iconic sorcerer hat. You can step into the whimsical world of drawn to Wonderland. It's an immersive playground inspired by Alice of Wonderland and off the page. Yet there you can meet some of your favorite Disney characters learn how to draw with Olaf and even catch a short film. Now you're really taking an area that desperately needed something. It's getting the investment and love that needs and what better way than to honor that actual feature animation building that is still there today. And while we all wait for the animation courtyard to open in the meantime, you can go enjoy the new Disney Junior Mickey Mouse Clubhouse live. Meanwhile, at Animal Kingdom, you don't need a passport to experience the Australian Outback Jumping Junction just open. Say that 10 times fast. You can meet kangaroos, wallabies and learn more about those fascinating creatures. Fox 35 Stephanie Balfamante hops into the brand new adventure inside Jumping Junction. You could see just how close you can get to these incredible kangaroos. We're just hopping about or maybe taking a nibble of their breakfast. It is absolutely so amazing to be so up close and personal as you learn all these facts about them. Good day, mates. Let's jump into a new adventure inside Conservation Station at Disney's Animal Kingdom. These guys have some really fun names. So a group of kangaroos or wallabies is a mob. An individual male will be called either a boomer or a jack offspring or joeys. And then females can be called flyers or jills. Trail guides will walk you through the path inside Jumping Junction. During this new Australian wildlife experience, you'll see wallabies, kangaroos and their little ones. You guys can see this is one of our joeys on the other side of the pathway. That's mom in front of her and the joey behind mom. Animal care manager Maggie says most of the kangaroos development happens while inside mom's pouch. A female kangaroo is very early on in that development of a joey. You won't know until that joey starts to move and you can see that pouch movement. So we actually had three animals come in that we did not know had joeys until we started to see pouch movements while they were in our quarantine area. So that was very exciting for us. On your adventure, you'll spot two western gray kangaroos, 10 red kangaroos and six wallabies. All of them came from other A. Z. A. Accredited zoos. And if you're wondering how the animal care team tells who's who, if you look as we walk past her left ear, she has a little bit of a notch almost towards the tip of her ear. And that is a really great way that we will identify these animals. You'll also learn how to spot the differences between these marsupial mates. The biggest difference between kangaroos and wallabies is going to be their size as well as where they're naturally going to be found. For example, kangaroos, they're going to be found, like I said, more in wide open spaces. They're going to be more grass grazers, whereas the wallabies are going to typically be more shrub grazers. As for the animals that used to call this space home, some have been thoughtfully rehomed to other facilities and others didn't go too far far away. Some of the animals are donkeys, Jack and Jill in particular. They actually didn't go too far. They're still here on Walt Disney property and continue to be cared for by our animal care teams. With this new experience, Disney hopes guests leave with more than just memories but are inspired to help protect wildlife. Having the inspiration and the chills that you get when you're up close and personal with an animal, it's something that you will chase the rest of your life. Having the ability to actually share space with animals, it's just lets you connect with them on a different level. And here's a little insider magic. The best time to catch these animals that they're most active is between eight and nine in the morning. Reporting from Disney's Animal Kingdom, Stephanie with Monty Fox 35 News.