Trip Report: An Evening Safari

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My cousins (Scott & Shelly) were going on Flight of Passage with their oldest. So, they asked if we could watch their youngest-Hayley. We said sure and we would take her on the safari. Two-year-olds love animals, right?

Dad held her and she promptly fell asleep. Kids can be heavy when their dead weight. I tried carrying her and lasted like 30 seconds. 

It was really cool to see the safari at night/dusk. We were able to watch the sunset and saw 3 lions. It was a pretty bumpy ride. I probably only noticed because I was worried it would wake-up Hayley. She didn't wake-up-she was dead to the world.

Then, we were off to Pandora to see it at night. Plus, we had to return Hayley to her parents.

It was cool to see the bio-luminescence but it was kind of underwhelming. People probably oversold this land at night.

I bought the Night Blossom drink to give it a try. It was ok, but just a little too rich for me. I would have preferred a lemonade over limeade, too. I only drank about half of it. But I'm glad I gave it a try.

Up next: Will We Be Rained Out Again?

Trip Report: Dining With Character

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It was dinner time. For some reason we didn't know Tusker House was a character meal so that was a nice bonus. Areana had been getting a ton of autographs so it worked out nicely for her, too.

The food was ok. It just wasn't necessarily my style. The dessert was really good-there was a strawberry thing I particularly liked. 

The characters were great-especially Daisy. She was twirling around and showing off her outfit. Daisy actually stopped by our table twice. The other characters were Goofy, Donald, and Mickey.

Oh, I almost forgot: they serve Jungle Juice here. We got unlimited refills which was awesome.

After dinner, our group parted ways. My cousins were off to use FastPasses they had for Expedition Everest.

We would be getting back together later for another safari ride.

The parents and I ended up at the Maharajah Jungle Trek. It would be closing soon and some of the animals already went inside.

There was only one tiger-a male. I love seeing the tigers. The female tiger was inside with the babies. He obviously wanted to go in with them.

We did see a crap-ton of birds which were cool to look at. 

Then, we went to take in the Tree of Life gardens. Denise wanted to rest so it was just dad and I walking around.

We started with the animals carved in the tree. I don't know when I last really looked at all those details. It's amazing to think how much effort and imagination went into this design.

There weren't a ton of animals out in the trails. We did see a bunch of fish. We saw some lesser flamingos which are more pink than the greater flamingos you see on the safari.

It was nice to take all this in. And there was barely anyone on the tour.

Up next: An Evening Safari

Trip Report: Flight of Passage

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I picked up a Mickey pretzel to try and pick me up before our Safari FastPasses.

Our safari driver was better than our last one. They really got in to the shaky bridge part which was good. 

Then, we met up with my cousins-Jorge, Amy, and their daughter Areana. We were lucky to get FastPasses for Flight of Passage at the same time. We hadn't even tried to do that.

I was sad about not seeing the queue. Everyone says the queue is amazing. I'm sure I'll see it in person someday, but there's no way I'm waiting for 2-3 hours to see it.

The ride was pretty spectacular. It reminds me of Soarin' but better. And i'm more comfortable in this one because you're strapped in real tight and have something to hold on to. I think it's best to go in with limited knowledge and just experience it so I won't say much about it. I definitely screamed but in excitement not terror. My dad said it is his new favorite ride and that's really saying something.

We hung out by WindTraders so I could call Disney Dining. Earlier in the week we had made Rivers of Light dinner package reservations at Tusker House. Now, we were trying to add my cousins. I was successful in making the change

So we stayed in Pandora for a little while to relax and take everything in before we were headed to dinner.

Up next: Dining with Character

Trip Report: The Saddest Sight You'll Ever See

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Today is the last full day. I woke up a little after 8 (before my alarm) and started getting myself around. We were planning to meet at Animal Kingdom around noon so I had a lot of time.

I showered, ate breakfast, and then started packing. I figured it would save me time that night.

I was also starting to feel the Disney blues. 

Around 10:20 I left the room. And there was the saddest thing hanging on my door. It was my check-out/Magical Express paperwork.

I got some Fanta from the food court and then hung out at the main pool. I thought about checking out the other sections of the resort, but wasn't feeling very driven to.

A little after 11 I got in the line for the bus and was off to the park.

First thing I did when I got in the park was head to a gift shop. They were supposed to have a cutting board. I had looked it up on the Shop Disney Parks App. But they didn't have it.

After that disappointment, I was off to Flights of Wonder to make up with my family. They showed up a little after noon.

We watched some of the pre-show-or I would call it that. There was a castmember standing outside the theater with an owl and he was giving out owl facts. I really love Flights of Wonder and I'm sad it has been replaced. I will remain open-minded for the new Up themed show.

Up next: Flight of Passage