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I just couldn't get those food pics out of my head- I just got back from Dairy Queen and finished off a triple chocolate blizzard. You may need to start posting warnings with these pics!
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Tuesday 19 April – part one: I can’t believe I did that!
We were up early, as all the parks were pretty much open from 8am, except Epcot.
We had to pack again and head off to Animal Kingdom Lodge. We got everything down to the car easily enough, but then I had to go and get breakfast and I wanted to put some of the check on travellers checks and our travel money card. Honestly, I had the most miserable Cast Members and it seemed to take forever to get it done, but finally we got there.
When I got back to the car, Mark was in a complete panic. I’d managed to leave my passenger door open when I headed off and, although he locked the car, it was still open while he went back to the room to get the rest of the cases. Fortunately, everything was fine, but I won’t be doing that again in a hurry. :
We headed off to the Animal Kingdom Lodge, where I was checked in by a Cast Member from Munich. I told her that it had been a very nice airport, having seen it during our escape from Egypt.
Once that was done, it was over to Animal Kingdom, with us eating and drinking our breakfast on the way in.
Our first exotic wildlife sighting at the park!
We headed first for Kilimanjaro Safaris, where we had a great safari. It took a long time as all the trucks seemed to bunch together at an early stage and we ended up with a truck jam. The reason? The lion was up and about, but we just missed him, as he sat down just as we came round the corner. Still, we got some good shots during it, all the same.
Mark asked if I wanted to do it again when we got off, but I passed. A) I figured that it might not be as good the second time around and B) I wanted to make the 10am show of Finding Nemo, the Musical and so went to the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail instead.
We lucked out with quite a bit of gorilla activity, although there wasn’t much else to see.
There were no hippos anywhere in the underwater viewing area. The meerkats were pretty active. I don’t think we have ever seen them move around so much. Usually, you just see the lookout and that’s it, but not today.
When I got back to the car, Mark was in a complete panic. I’d managed to leave my passenger door open when I headed off and, although he locked the car, it was still open while he went back to the room to get the rest of the cases. Fortunately, everything was fine, but I won’t be doing that again in a hurry. :
Oh no!!!! I've done similar things like this. V. stressful. Glad that everything was ok though.
More great pics of the safari. Looking forward to your next update.
Great gorilla pictures! I'm surprised the car didn't have some kind of alarm to say the door was open when the car was locked. Ours makes a very annoying noise if I hit lock while anything is ajar. Glad nothing was taken.
Glad that nothing was taken from your car! Your safari pictures look like it was a pretty active time for the animals. The last time I was on the safari there weren't a lot of animals to be seen
Just catching up....all the food porn has me craving lunch NOW, and I have an hour and a half to go. What I wouldn't give for a piece of that pizza and some of that sundae. YUMMM!
Great luck with the car being safe - than again it was early and this IS Disney.
How did your AK morning work out. I was hoping to do the same - safari PFET and then 10am Nemo. Did you feel rushed or did you have time to see everything?
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How did your AK morning work out. I was hoping to do the same - safari PFET and then 10am Nemo. Did you feel rushed or did you have time to see everything?
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It took a long time as all the trucks seemed to bunch together at an early stage and we ended up with a truck jam. The reason? The lion was up and about, but we just missed him, as he sat down just as we came round the corner. 
Still, we got some good shots during it, all the same.
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