Before I continue on I wanted to mention the issues I had with the Be Our Guest FP for lunch. As I mentioned in my PTR no matter how many times I booked BOG through the FP system it would never save. I had called IT who mentioned that I should take a Screen Shot and present that at our meal. We were planning on eating there on the 8th. As you can see we never did.
I actually sent the girls over there on the 8th to see what the line looked like, the CM said that they were filled to capacity so I did not even bother with the screen shots.
In the end we were not disappointed as the Chicken and Waffle was so good but BOG would end up popping up again
August 9th - Animal Kingdom
So today we were heading to Animal Kingdom, we originally had TH booked for lunch but at some point yesterday we ended up cancelling, it just was not fitting into our plans well and we figured we would enjoy FTB.
This morning Jasmine came into our room all excited....she was able to book and save FPs for us on the 13th for BOG. She was pretty excited and so was I. We did not pre-book the meals but figured we would do that later when we came back from the park.
The other thing she mentioned was that while she loved the idea of more counter service (she wanted to try different ones plus she figured it would be easier on the boys wallets) by day three she had enough of CS. She felt that the trip was not like they usually are and she missed having TS for dinner. She still wanted to try a few for lunch, but the plans of eating more CS were getting to her. My baby is spoiled by her TS meals....LOL
So we went onto MDE and we were able to get a reservation for Y&Y which has been our original choice for 4 PM. She was happy, so was I (I will admit, two nights of CS dinners has me craving nice sit down meal) so all was well in the world again.
Everyone got up and moving. The kids decided to pose for some pictures as we left the resort. As you might have noticed, Alexa was now sporting a birthday pin. She still has some time before her actual birthday but Angel thought that it was only fair that she share her birthday on this trip
We headed towards the quick bus ride over to AK. We got the gates around 8:50 AM and stopped for a memory maker photo.
We headed in and stopped for the "Tree of Life" photo which was not so pretty as they are doing work there so the walls kind of ruined that amazing tree photo but it is what it is
Our first FP was for Kilimanjaro Safari. At this hour of the morning the standby line did not look long at all but once we entered there was a 15 - 20 minute wait by the looks of the line so I was glad we had the FP.
I never get good photos so I pretty much just enjoyed the ride and Jasmine had fun with the camera.
Leeor really enjoyed this, he was still shocked at how close we were to the animals. While it was not the best safari we have been on (it was hot, if I was an animal on the savannah I would probably have been cooling off in the trees somewhere too) there was some decent interaction and we all enjoyed.
We stopped to visit with the gorilla when we got out of the safari, he was just relaxing and trying to keep cool.
We headed over to Rafiki's Planet Watch next, first off it was cool inside there (did I mention it was really hot today) plus the girls love the petting zoo area so we walked over to a train just pulling in.
Everyone wandered the petting area first, they had pigs now, I don't ever remember pigs. They were pretty cute. There was one just doing laps around the area, he did not care who was standing in his way he would just move on through, even under one guys legs. Guess he did not want to interrupt his walking pace
When the heat finally got to us we went inside. They were doing annual check-ups on four goats. I just am amazed at the love you see between the keepers and the animals. Each goat had their own keeper who came in with them. The keeper would sit on a chair and hold the goat on their laps with their arms wrapped around them talking to them calmly when they had their blood taken.
I had no idea they take the blood from the jugular vein, not fun at all but the vet and the keepers were just so caring with them and of course after their check-ups the vet was ready to give them all treats for being so good at their check-up (reminded me of the lollipops they would give out to the kids at the pediatrician's office).
Everyone wandered in a different direction taking in all the wonderful information there. The visiting animal when we were there was a baby alligator, OMG they were so cute. They explained that they did not know if it was a boy or girl yet, they wait until the get older.
Jasmine of course needed to take everyone in to listen to Grandmother Willow talk about saving the rain forest in her calm relaxing voice.
Rafiki came out, not sure where the boys had wandered off too but we were second in line. It was a nice visit and of course when the boys wandered back the line was huge, Jasmine offered to wait with them so Leeor could meet him but he said it was ok, he was just happy to see him.
We took the train back as we wanted to make the 11 AM Festival of the Lion King Show. We stopped as everyone wanted a snack. Jasmine got ice cream, Angel an iced coffee and fruit, I got a sugar cookie.
Luckily we made it in before they closed the rope, we had about a 15 minute wait (they were making everyone else wait until the next show as the line was at capacity). We lucked out, I was talking with a man next to us who had been on the standby line for 45 minutes.
The boys loved this show and it is a favorite of ours. We missed it last year as it was closed, I was so happy that we got to see it again. We were in the lion section and had seats midway up. The theater was packed to capacity.
After a great show we decided to head over to the Pangani Trail. The gorillas were all hidden so no Lillysighting, not even a sleeping gorilla photo at the window. I was glad that we got to see the silverback earlier.
As we made it over the bridge we did get to see a silverback again, that at least made Jasmine a little happy, she was sad that we did not get to see how big Lilly had gotten.
Our next FP would be open soon and it was definitely time to cool off. We headed towards Asia and KRR. We stopped for some pictures on the way.
We had a great ride and we got soaked. I so wish we could have gotten another FP for this but they were gone within an hour and the standby line was at 75 minutes and it was too hot to wait. It would only be one ride for us today but at least it was a good one.
Now Angel loves EE and I knew the rest of the group would. We had a FP in about an hour so I told them to head over and enjoy a few rides on the SRL, this way I could keep Jasmine company and then I would meet them for our FP and hopefully get an extra ride in on the SRL.
While they were riding Jasmine and I explored the Maharajah Jungle Trek.
When we finished we wandered over to the store and while I waited on the kids for our FP ride Jasmine changed her FP from the Meet & Greet with Mickey to an extra ride on Dinosaur. I told her we would meet her there so she set off.
We got a kick out of Hugo's faces on his rides on EE....at least he showed emotion unlike Angel who was acting like she was sitting in a car on a Sunday drive with her hair blowing in her face.
The kids got off the ride and were excited that they were able to get three rides in on the SRL. Angel and Alexa even got to ride together on one ride. They told me all about the new friends they made on the ride, it is too funny that Angel is always paired with someone who either does not speak too much English or someone who has never ridden and is nervous. She gets a kick out of it and even Alexa got a newbie who she talked to during their ride.
Up Next: The Best Ride on EE ever...talk about an adventure.
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