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Is that a new tour at Disney as I've never heard of it before? It sounds like the perfect tour for you as I know how much you enjoy AK! We just ate at Boma for the first time in March and loved it! I can't believe we never gave it a chance with all our trips to Disney!
Judy and I are looking to do this in June. We both really love AK and another opportunity to get close to the animals is very welcome. I wish they would do the same thing with their rhinos.
Nice plans for the day and look forward to hearing about your tour!
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This sounds like an exciting day! I'm looking forward to hearing all about this tour!
My DSis June and her family and my Dad came up for a visit today. June and Morgan were both very excited about this tour and telling them about it got me excited all over again.
I love Boma - will be eating there on my trip in June.
I don't know why I didn't think of Boma immediately, but better late than never. I'm ready for some Zebra Domes.
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Just joining in and as always trip sounds fabulous and can't wait to hear about these new restaurants. Sorry you have had some ailments and hope they don't effect the trip in anyway.
Thanks! My eye doctor says this large floater may take a while to disappear or for my brain to adapt to. She said hopefully it would be better in a month from now before it improves. I've already been dealing with it 3 weeks, but not every day is bad.
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The tour sounds awesome!! And a perfect cap to the day with dinner at Boma, followed by animal viewing from your own balcony.
Reading your recap of the day, I've realized that this is absolutely my kind of Disney day.
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I can't wait to hear all about the tour! It sounds very neat...
This may be the one special event of this trip that I'm most looking forward to.
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Is that a new tour at Disney as I've never heard of it before? It sounds like the perfect tour for you as I know how much you enjoy AK! We just ate at Boma for the first time in March and loved it! I can't believe we never gave it a chance with all our trips to Disney!
The tour is new. in fact, I called and booked ours on the first day that reservations could be made. I can't believe you all hadn't tried Boma before. Our first time there was in 2003 when we had our first stay at AKL. I was (and still am) in love with everything about this resort.
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Judy and I are looking to do this in June. We both really love AK and another opportunity to get close to the animals is very welcome. I wish they would do the same thing with their rhinos.
I'm so glad you'll be doing this tour too, and I know you take great photos of the elephants. I would love it if Disney made a number of this low cost one-hour tours to get close to the animals: both white and black rhinos, giraffes, and lions.
Nice plans for the day and look forward to hearing about your tour!
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The tour sounds great!!
Disney's trend to expand experiences has been a little pricey for us lately, but this tour sounds fun and even is fair reasonably price. Now if they'd just do more of this kind of tour.
Since our stays are usually long enough, we want at least two days per park. So that means today we’ll be heading back to the Studios. We can cover all our favorites here with the FastPasses and single rider line, so we have Toy Story at 9:20, Tower of Terror at 10:25, and Star Tours at 11:25. Probably when we are on Sunset Boulevard for ToT, Luke will have a ride on Rock ‘N Roller Coaster via the single rider line while I either find a shady spot to sit while I wait or I might browse the shops one more time. No specific lunch plans today, but I am hoping in the afternoon that we can manage the Beauty and the Beast show.
Because so much of this park is a work in progress, we may not need the whole day here. If we get everything done we want to do, we’ll head out to other adventures. No idea yet what those adventures might be, but we can spend time at the resort, the pool, Disney Springs, or even one of the other parks. So many options. Dinner tonight will be at our favorite restaurant, Sanaa at Kidani Village, just a short walk from Jambo House. Currently, we have no after dinner plans, so it might be an early night for us, meaning more time on the balcony with the animals.
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Looks like another great day for the two of you! Nice relaxed plans as always! Sanaa is always a favorite but not always convenient, depending where I'm staying. For lunch in Studios you might want to consider a CS option with Min and Bill's Dockside Diner over by Echo Lake, where the dinosaur is. I ate there this past October on my first day and enjoyed it. The pull pork sliders are quite good.
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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