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If you ever have the chance to go to the Louisville zoo they have a giraffe feeding station as well.
Another great update with more wonderful pictures.
I was just in Louisville this weekend, but I was in training all day and didn't have time to go anywhere. I'll have to remember that for a warmer weather trip.
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Love love love that hippo photo! Sanaa is my favorite too! That Durban chicken is amazing, but my favorite is still the green curry shrimp!
I may have to change out one of my choices and try the green curry shrimp.
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Originally Posted by lauriep
Amazing photos! I love all the ones of the tree carvings, and that hippo shot is a winner. The gorillas look like they were in fine form, especially Lily! Isn't Lidia the best?! Glad you'll now be able to visit her and your special giraffe when at AK.
The gorillas were very much a family unit that afternoon. I loved the interaction between Lily and her mom the most. Lidia is a wonderful person. I was amazed at how caring she was at our first meeting.
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Originally Posted by chezp
Love all your gorilla pics, especially of Lily - wow, she is getting big now!
Laurie, you're going to have to show us the trail to the kangaroos - in all the years we've been going to Animal Kingdom, we've never seen them. Heck, I didn't even know they had any!
If anyone can help you find the kangaroos it's Laurie. I read her directions to Luke from one of other TRs and he followed them to get me there.
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Another amazing day!
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Originally Posted by Colexis Mom
What an amazing day at AK! Love all the pictures you took! Glad you had a great meal at Sanaa as well!
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Originally Posted by goofyboysmama
Great update! I always enjoy your AK photos - they are so good! Stefanie Giraffe is beautiful, the baby gorilla photos are totally Nat Geo, and I love the picture of the little boy in the orange shirt checking out DeVine. The hippo shot is so boss! (sorry my kids influence my slang, lol)
"bread service" = I'm starving suddenly
How did you like the DVC sunset meet? Is it worth trying to catch? Thanks!
The little boy in the orange shirt did get a bit scary though as he started pulling on DeVine and his parents said nothing. A CM came over and moved him because he was standing right under her. She could not have moved for fear of hitting him. The CM had to explain to his parents why he could touch her or stand under her. Crazy!
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fantastic day!!
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Originally Posted by dutchdisneyfamily
Wow! You sure packed a lot of wonderful magic into your AK day! I love all the animal shots, but the hippo one is awesome! Love the Tree of Life shots too. Last time we were there, we didn't do AK right. I'm taking notes because we missed so much last time and I want to get it all in this time!
We love AK, but I don't think we've ever toured it the same way twice. I am really proud of that hippo shot. I noticed him starting to open his mouth and clicked several photos in a row before I finally got his mouth wide open. Our driver said he was yawning.
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Originally Posted by mpwife153
What an amazing day in AK! The pic of the hippo is awesome!!! I also love the ones of Lilly! My favorite is the one where it looks like she is kissing her Mom.
Flame Tree is our family's favorite lunch spot in AK. I'm hungry now just thinking about it
Lily was loving all over her mom that afternoon. When her mom laid down by the wall with her feet propped up. Lily ran over and laid down by her and put her feet up on the wall, too. Precious!
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Sounds like a great, exciting, relaxing, and long day! Such a great Birthday for Luke.
Luke said he had a terrific birthday! Lots to keep our minds off being sad.
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Great day at AK. Your Stephannie adventure was impressive. Fantastic that you got to pet the giraffe and then to see her on the safari ride. The Rhino pix are also really good. I do not remember ever seeing the baby. You sure saw a lot of gorillas as well.
I think the baby has only been on safari for a little while now. He was a cutie.
What a great day at AK!!! I love the Kangaroo photos
The last picture of the kangaroos is of one of them attempting to scratch his back with his little short front legs. Poor thing had to work so hard!
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What an amazing day at AK, filled with wonderful moments and memories! I'm so happy you were able to meet, and even touch, Stefanie Giraffe.
You got so many good safari photos, but that one of the hippo with its mouth open is Nat Geo worthy!
We Sanaa so much! Sounds like a wonderful meal.
Luke got to pick where we ate for his birthday and it didn't take any time for him to choose Sanaa. We both love it there.
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Hippo photo is great, why do I think he's singing a Disney tune ? You got quite a bit accomplished & it seemed like a relaxed pace. A very enjoyable day. Love Luke's t-shirt. I'll be on the look out for it.
We did enjoy a relaxed pace at AK. We still got to do lots of stuff, but we just did not rush ourselves.
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What a great day so far at AK! Wow, I never knew AK had kangaroos! And what luck to run into DeVine! She is so graceful. The first few pictures of her next to the building were intriguing - I could not figure out where her head was!
Dinner at Sanaa sounded wonderful. We have an ADR there next week and I'm really looking forward to it.
Once she blended in with the setting, I had trouble remembering where her head was. She was very, very good at conforming to the environment. I truly hope you all enjoy Sanaa.
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Originally Posted by mdobereiner
More great updates!! I love Luke's KS shirt, showing it to my husband because I think he would love to have one himself! I just adore your Stefanie Giraffe pictures- what an incredibly special memory!
Great photos!!! Where on the Tree of Life did you find the giraffe's heads??? Our family is trying to place them and can't.
I didn't jot down locations of the two different giraffe heads. We took a lot of time to wander all around the Tree of Life, which we haven't done in a long time.
Great update Cam! I didn't even know there were kangaroos at AK. Love the hippo shot!
You had a jam packed day. I am glad you got to try Flame Tree, it is delicious.
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Wonderful update! I love the pictures of the safari and all the animals! Your AK shots are what I aspire to!
Love, love, love the pictures of Stefanie giraffe. I will be looking!! We love Sanaa too and it's on our schedule for May, it's been a long time for us...we ate there with Lesley on opening day! I think it's time for a return!
Looks like a nice day at AK. I love that you got to visit with Stefanie again. And finding the giraffe heads in the ToL, cool. I think we will have to try to get to Sanaa next time.
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what an amazing day at AK. The back stage area, seeing Stefanie and that hippo picture. then sending time with the gorillas and seeing a surgery at RPW.
Great update Cam! I didn't even know there were kangaroos at AK. Love the hippo shot!
You had a jam packed day. I am glad you got to try Flame Tree, it is delicious.
I've known for several years the kangaroos were there, but I've never seen them until last month. Keep looking around the ToL.
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more please
I'm off tomorrow, so I hope to get another update typed and pictures resized.
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Sounds like a fantastic birthday! LOVE the animal pics.....especially the hippo and Miss Lily!
What tour was that you did?
We didn't do a tour. Lauriep here arranged with a friend for us to have some special time with one of the primate managers to learn more about Lily, who has reminded me of Stefanie since she has also had some developmental issues.
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Originally Posted by NanaTink
Wonderful update! I love the pictures of the safari and all the animals! Your AK shots are what I aspire to!
Love, love, love the pictures of Stefanie giraffe. I will be looking!! We love Sanaa too and it's on our schedule for May, it's been a long time for us...we ate there with Lesley on opening day! I think it's time for a return!
It's definitely time to return to Sanaa.
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Looks like a nice day at AK. I love that you got to visit with Stefanie again. And finding the giraffe heads in the ToL, cool. I think we will have to try to get to Sanaa next time.
Sanaa is very much like a signature restaurant and I love the young CMs there who play their native instruments and sing.
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Originally Posted by pamcarey
More great animal shots! I love Flame Tree BBQ! The salad with BBQ chicken is so yummy!
That does sound yummy!
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Originally Posted by mommapants
what an amazing day at AK. The back stage area, seeing Stefanie and that hippo picture. then sending time with the gorillas and seeing a surgery at RPW.
sounds like a pretty awsome time.
We did have an amazing day!
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Originally Posted by jimmymac
I just got caught up here. Amazing pix. I've never seen the kangaroos at AK in all my visits there
Keep looking around the Tree of Life, and hopefully, it won't take you 3 or 4 years like it did us.
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Originally Posted by Hugmonster
Great shots. Animal Kingdom is do full of wander paths I think we find a new one each trip.
We kept saying this year as we wandered that so many of them did not seem familiar at all.
Very cool about the hook up (nice job Laurie!! ) - I didn't realize that Lily has developmental issues - and we spoke with a CM this past October trip for quite some time about Lily while we enjoyed watching her play and hug and kiss (literally!!! ) the trees!!! She is just so darn cute!!! I could sit there all day watching her - and especially the interaction of her and Gino! You can see the love there!
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