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A great day at AK. I agree with you about the construction. If it leads to a better experience in the park I'll deal with it for now. It is a lot at once, though. Sorry you only saw a teensy bit of a tiger, but they have more now so maybe you'll be luckier on your next visit. Poor kid being sick at Disney! I don't understand why they couldn't find any take-out food! The BW bakery was closed? AND the hot dog cart? AND the pool bar? That's not good!
Great day at Animal Kingdom! I'd thought about how much construction there will at the Studios when we go next month, but I hadn't thought about the same thing applying at Animal Kingdom - at least now I'm prepared, having seen your photos.
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Sounds like you had a great day at AK!! I hear you about waiting for the buses, sometimes you just wish one would magically appear to whisk you away! Hope your DS is feeling better soon!
Great AK day! I personally love Primeval Whirl and finally DS#1 was able to ride it with me this past trip. We had a similar experience with food at BW too.
Still very much enjoying your TR, and I think these "surprise" days are my favorite so far. I really need to get in a better spot with AK. My last visit was on the 3rd of 3 days. Enjoyed both your coverage of FLK and MJT.
Wonderful fun at AK! Hope your little fellow was feeling better soon!
I think that was the worst night, he started to get better after that, thanks.
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Good "shawarma" pic! Lol
Wasn't that a great scene from the movie?
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A great day at AK. I agree with you about the construction. If it leads to a better experience in the park I'll deal with it for now. It is a lot at once, though. Sorry you only saw a teensy bit of a tiger, but they have more now so maybe you'll be luckier on your next visit. Poor kid being sick at Disney! I don't understand why they couldn't find any take-out food! The BW bakery was closed? AND the hot dog cart? AND the pool bar? That's not good!
They didn't want anything from the bakery and he said the cart only took cash. They ended up having ice cream for dinner from B&C
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Great day at Animal Kingdom! I'd thought about how much construction there will at the Studios when we go next month, but I hadn't thought about the same thing applying at Animal Kingdom - at least now I'm prepared, having seen your photos.
I hope it helps! It's not too bad, but I feel bad for first time visitors
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Great pics from AK! Sorry your DS wasn't feeling good!
He started to feel better the next day, thanks
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Sounds like you had a great day at AK!! I hear you about waiting for the buses, sometimes you just wish one would magically appear to whisk you away! Hope your DS is feeling better soon!
The electronic boards with the waiting times makes waiting a little better. At least then, you aren't just wondering.
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Great AK day! I personally love Primeval Whirl and finally DS#1 was able to ride it with me this past trip. We had a similar experience with food at BW too.
This is the only time we've ever "under" ordered from Garden Grocer. Usually we at least have enough snacks.
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Still very much enjoying your TR, and I think these "surprise" days are my favorite so far. I really need to get in a better spot with AK. My last visit was on the 3rd of 3 days. Enjoyed both your coverage of FLK and MJT.
I think when it opens as an evening park, a lot more people will like it instead of just tolerate it as a half-day park.
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(Hi Everyone! Sorry about the lapse. Here we go again...)
September 14, 2014 Sunday
We had no special plans for today, I was just pleased as punch at being able to turn 45 while in Disney World . We purposely stayed at an Epcot resort so that we could be within walking distance (or boating distance) from the park. We also stayed at Boardwalk so that during the day, so Dh could walk back to the resort and catch from football - it was a Sunday after all... We had no ADRs, but I knew I wanted my "special meal" to be at Les Halles in France for breakfast. We got to the International Gateway just before opening at 8:57am according to my photo time stamp. It was another beautiful morning, but it was going to be hot today.
We could see the Characters in Flight balloon at DTD
It was so pretty in the World Showcase that we just spent some time taking pictures. I had to "autocorrect" many of the pics that I took because it was so sunny and bright and I think my iphone's shutter/aperture combo thing was overcompensating. We walked over to France (I just love saying that!) and went into Les Halles Boulangerie et Patisserie. I have to put it that way because I know a little high school French and my kids were wowed when I told them where we were having breakfast. They made me say it over and over, lol.
Ahhhh Paris... Well it almost felt like I was back in Paris so many moons ago. I really thought I knew what I wanted to order until I got there. Everyone else had no idea at all. Dh and Max got the Roule au Fromage, Titus got the Jambon Beurre, and I decided on the Quiche Lorraine. For drinks, the kids got Chocolat Chaud, Dh got jus d'orange, and I got a cappuccino. Everything was delicious. Dh said his tasted like a bacon and cheese roll, which is exactly what it was Titus only took a few bites - it's hard to get that kid to eat more than a few bites in the morning! I wrapped up his sandwich and held onto it for later. I was very happy leaving out of there.
Yummy!
The kids wanted to ride Test Track so we meandered over to Future World. It was still only around 9:40am and with the exception of a few other guests and some cast members it was only us walking around. It was an awesome feeling practically having the place to ourselves.
I heard that the red phone booths in Britain are few and far between these days. I think that's sad, but I'm glad they're represented here!
The wait time was pretty short compared to the week before. I submitted my actual time: 11 minutes at 9:56am. I love going to Disney in September! Here are some more TT pics...
I liked this part of the queue where the kids are imagining the future car they'd design
Our car
The kids' design
"WOOOOOOO!"
ditto!
We didn't win, but we beat the kids' score, yay! lol. Function over style guys
We had to take the obligatory cool car photo on the way out We had FPs for Mission Space for later in the evening, but at the time there was only a 10 minute wait so off we went. The kids had been building up their fear and gumption to ride the orange side this time. When Max was younger he had motion sickness but it seems to have passed. He was ready to take a chance and Titus the Adrenaline Junky was right there with him. Dh and I didn't feel like getting dizzy, so we went on the (wimpy but safe) green side. There was only a 5 minute wait for the orange side.
Our intrepid heroes return to Earth safely! "That was SO awesome!"
We had never experienced Ellen's Energy Adventure. There was no wait as a show was just about to start. I didn't know much about it but that it had Ellen and dinosaurs. Sounded fun to me
Welllll... Let's just say that I thought it was interesting and a nice sit-down. The others weren't so impressed. (Another one and done.) I wanted to ride Maelstrom next. I can't remember if I knew that it was closing then... I think so. But at any rate, we had never been on that one either. I knew that it was a dark ride, but that's about it. After it was over, I kind of wondered what all the hubbub was about. The kids had studied Scandinavia and Vikings at home, and it would've been nice for it to be longer.
After all of that "edutainment", it was time for a nice cold one. Dh was ready to go back to the room for some Sunday football, me and the kids would stay out a little longer.
A little stop in China
This was good! "Plum Wine Slushy" I'm not sure that's the name, but I loved it. At first it was kind of weird, but every sip after that was more and more delicious!
The kids wanted to browse Mitsukoshi so we wandered over there next.
Max thoroughly enjoyed this. What did it taste like? "Tastes like 'Murrica".
Titus loves this hat! Believe me, it was money well spent.
It wasn't that crowded, but I waited a few minutes so I could take this without anyone walking through.
I'm a history/museum buff, so I looked at these for a bit.
Fun to watch. I might try it one day
Dh left us before we went into Japan. I was surprised the boys didn't want anything. It was a combination of too many choices and not wanting to spend their own money I was so busy I didn't get anything for myself! I really wanted another set of chopsticks, but oh well, maybe next time We were ready to go back to the room to relax and get out of the heat. I just love taking the boat "home"!
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I'd thought about how much construction there will at the Studios when we go next month, but I hadn't thought about the same thing applying at Animal Kingdom - at least now I'm prepared, having seen your photos.
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. We purposely stayed at an Epcot resort so that we could be within walking distance (or boating distance) from the park. We also stayed at Boardwalk so that during the day, so Dh could walk back to the resort and catch from football - it was a Sunday after all... We had no ADRs, but I knew I wanted my "special meal" to be at Les Halles in France for breakfast. We got to the International Gateway just before opening at 8:57am according to my photo time stamp. It was another beautiful morning, but it was going to be hot today.
I was so busy I didn't get anything for myself! I really wanted another set of chopsticks, but oh well, maybe next time 
I can't believe you all had never ridden Ellen's Energy Adventure or Maelstrom. 
Love the pics! 
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