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Sounds like a relaxing morning for you guys!
Was Luke's foot bothering him??
I noticed the spider lanterns last December!
I both of the giraffes! They are so cute!
I love EE ride. The family pictures in front of the mountain came out great. I must say the giraffe art is awesome. I will try to remember the shop and make sure to stop there on our next trip!!!!!
Kinda cool about the spider lights...kinda creepy too. Love the giraffes!! How cool that she makes them out of branches. I meant to ask, I assume you have the giraffe for your pandora bracelet, right? My boys got that for me a couple of years ago.
Sounds like a great day! I sure hope Luke feels better.
Those giraffes are really pretty, and what a great idea for art! Do you know if she's there regularly? I'd love to get something from her on my next trip.
She said she comes off and on throughout the year for 2 to 4 weeks at a time. She was there all of June. But her artwork is there year round though I never bought until after talking with her. She is a very interesting lady. The prices are quite affordable too. I believe the larger giraffe was $40 and the small one was $15. The pieces mean so much more having talked with her.
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Oh, I love those giraffes! What a great find!
I had seen the sign announcing she was available as we came in, but when we checked then it was too early. So we made plans to go back when we were told she wold be there. I am so glad we did!
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Thanks for the update Cam! Our Granddaughter's nursery is decorated in a jungle theme and I can't wait to go shopping at Animal Kingdom!
You should find loads of neat stuff to add to the nursery!
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Don't you just love how you keep discovering new details at AK? I'm always amazed at the things I find each trip. I've never managed to get a good photo of the gibnut. They're such shy, adorable little things! I got a Derensh tortoise on my last trip! I love both of your giraffe.
I have looked for that gibnut on many trips and never could see him. The folks who were there before us helped point him out and then while we were there he moved just a bit closer and I scored a cute shot!
Wow, that's a great picture of the train coming down the mountain on EE! Were you able to tell if that was the one Luke was riding?
I had hoped it was as I saw a guy with a t-shirt that looked like Luke's. I took a couple before this one, too, just in case. But alas when I checked it later, enlarging it on the computer, it was not Luke. He had told me when he looked at it on the camera that it was probably not him as he remembered the person seated next to him had on a different colored shirt. Maybe next year!
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Sounds like a great start to your day at Animal Kingdom!
It was!
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I love how there's always something new to discover at AK (like the spider lights). Love the giraffe.
Me, too! I've started photographing details so that I can find lots of these new to me things.
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Great morning and pictures from AK! Love the giraffe!
Both giraffe just make me smile!
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Great shots of EE!
I love the giraffe carving. Very neat!
I really enjoyed watching her fixing the ears of mine as she said to make them more polished. Very interesting craft!
Sounds like a relaxing morning for you guys!
Was Luke's foot bothering him??
I noticed the spider lanterns last December!
I both of the giraffes! They are so cute!
We have grown to love our relaxing mornings and slow touring. Luke's foot was hurting him again and he was also battling an allergy flair up.
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I love EE ride. The family pictures in front of the mountain came out great. I must say the giraffe art is awesome. I will try to remember the shop and make sure to stop there on our next trip!!!!!
I always like our Everest pictures!
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Kinda cool about the spider lights...kinda creepy too. Love the giraffes!! How cool that she makes them out of branches. I meant to ask, I assume you have the giraffe for your pandora bracelet, right? My boys got that for me a couple of years ago.
Actually, I do not have the Chamilla/Pandora giraffe charm. I had put it on my Chamilla wishlist before Christmas, but then I forgot to e-mail my wish list to Luke. Oops!
Great pictures! I love the one of the little marsupial framed by the greenery - excellent. I hope you post that one in Photos on PassPorter. EE looks so awesome. We went by it so fast because of the fastpass, I didn't notice all the details. I hope to get some great photos this time. Luke has some cool Disney shirts - I wish my dh would wear them!
Great pictures! I love the one of the little marsupial framed by the greenery - excellent. I hope you post that one in Photos on PassPorter. EE looks so awesome. We went by it so fast because of the fastpass, I didn't notice all the details. I hope to get some great photos this time. Luke has some cool Disney shirts - I wish my dh would wear them!
I will be posting gibnut in the Archives, but I'm still working on uploading pictures from June 9 when we went on the Sunrise Safari.
Sounds like the early mornings finally caught up with your group Glad that you had some reading to keep you busy while they slept in a bit. Great start to your day, love the pictures. AK is the one park where I just never feel like I can eat anything, I think it must be because of the heat in that park, pretzels are normally our staple there...until this trip when I shocked myself and actually ate.
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Love the giraffes!! How cool that she makes them out of branches. I meant to ask, I assume you have the giraffe for your pandora bracelet, right? My boys got that for me a couple of years ago.
Maybe next year! 
I always like our Everest pictures! 
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