I loved the large scale animal puppets they used in the parade at Animal Kingdom. Loved as in truly, madly, deeply.
I also found the fanciful dinosaurs over in the Discovery area rather cute. As was the elephant in the Lion King Celebration show.
But nothing beats the real thing.  And Animal Kingdom is full of the real thing and in such color and variety.
Tigger, is that you? Most of these will be pretty obvious ...
  That was a giraffe and this is a white rhino ...    But, did you know that these are Thompson's Gazelles??

Huh?  Did you?? 
  Last, but not least, I got this shot of some of the local fauna (with their parents' permission, of course).

On to the Magic Kingdom photos ...