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: Flynn Rider Sits Next to Me 😍

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After the pastries, you get fruit cups. The fruit was delicious and fresh. There was pineapple a.k.a. the worst fruit ever. Then, we got our entrees. I got the tangled eggs and so did dad. Denise got the tower of pancakes.

 

The eggs came with a marinara-style sauce which was very flavorful. The eggs on their own were a little bland, but a bit of salt and some sauce helped. I actually would've liked more sauce. It was a lot of food and I wasn't able to finish everything.

They introduced Eric and then Ariel a few minutes later. Eric must have been with a guest because when Ariel came out Flynn met her by our table. He said her husband was busy.

Then, there was a parade with the kids while they played under the sea.

At this time, Flynn sat next to me in the booth and I almost lost it. It was like I was in high school and my long time crush finally noticed me.

 

He told me he wasn't allowed to participate in the parade. Apparently he had flapped napkins around and acted like Scuttle which isn't "appropriate behavior". But at least he didn't bring ruffians. After chatting we took some pictures.

Next, Rapunzel visited and she was perfect. She was excited about my ears and kept talking about them. She told me she's been trying to use her frying pan as a paint palette because it's convenient and less violent. But sometimes it can help get your point across.

She was so sweet and energetic. I saw her interactions with other guests and they were great. She was playing with the little kids.

I even saw her run up behind Flynn, tap him on the shoulder, and quickly jump on his back. He totally just went with it like she does that all the time-Rapunzel would. That's a real couple.

Eric was good but a little bland. Ariel was cute. She said she liked my ears and the sea flowers on them. She told me it was good to pick sea flowers with Sebastian because he can just clip them with his claws. 

This was a great meal with fantastic interactions. The experience was a good deal and I would absolutely do this again.

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