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Sorry the wave was a bit disappointing but glad you got some time to just explore and enjoy the Contemporary! It's absolutely my favorite resort but unfortunately none of the restaurants there are my favorite (aside from the cupcakes at Contempo Cafe)!
The Contemporary is just a little too "contemporary" for me, but then AKL is my favorite and they are very different. Like you, the Contemporary really doesn't have a restaurant to draw us back trip after trip.
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Sorry dinner wasn't that great. Nice animal activity photos after the rain storm!
Thanks! I do enjoy taking photos of the animals.
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Just getting caught up. Great pictures from Small World and Buzz Lightyear. Glad you got to see some giraffes out on the savanna after the rain. Sorry to hear dinner was just ok.
Hope you had a great birthday and a wonderful anniversary. Glad to hear that Luke is feeling much better!
Thanks! Luke felt even better today, so we are finally making progress.
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I love your ur Savannah shots! Your dishes sounded like they should have been delicious lol. Oh well. It sounds like you made a good call with your evening plans.
The Wave always sounds like a love it or hate it place. Too bad they had to replace the Steakhouse at the Contemporary. I ate there once, and it was delicious!!!
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I love your ur Savannah shots! Your dishes sounded like they should have been delicious lol. Oh well. It sounds like you made a good call with your evening plans.
Thanks! The dishes were not horrible, just nothing spectacular. We had other meals that were just marvelous that this one paled next to them.
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The Wave always sounds like a love it or hate it place. Too bad they had to replace the Steakhouse at the Contemporary. I ate there once, and it was delicious!!!
A steakhouse might have been more to our liking. We didn't hate The Wave. We just weren't wowed by it like we thought we would be.
NEXT: Fulfilling Final Wishes at Magic Kingdom Day 10 Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Part 1
As I did every morning, our checked for wildlife activity outside our balcony. I was able to get a few shots, but my camera lens was fogging up due the extreme temperature difference between our room and the outdoors. I could tell it was going to be a muggy day.
We weren’t moving too quickly this morning, but we managed to make it to the Magic Kingdom around 10:15. We first stopped at Starbucks for a bite of breakfast. Luke repeated his favorite choice of a Bacon Gouda Ciabatta sandwich with a Café Mocha Grande. I switched back to the ham and cheese croissant and orange juice. We found a table across from The Plaza to eat as our favorite little alleyway was already full.
From breakfast, we made our way into Fantasyland for our first FastPass+ on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. I got a photo of the sign on our way in, and then a photo of one of the mine cars in motion afterwards. Our second ride on this cool little coaster was just as fun as the first.
At this point, neither of us could remember we had taken a PhotoPass picture with the castle in the background. We had, but another set of photos never hurts.
PhotoPass photos:
Our camera:
From the castle, we trekked into Adventureland for another ride on Pirates of the Caribbean. But I didn’t take any photos as we didn’t want to tell any tales. :rolf2: Since Aloha Isle was nearby Luke felt he must have a Dole Whip. I really do like the new location as it is shady and handles large crowds so much better. We did have a little strangeness here as the CM directing folks into the area sent us to the longest line. Very odd! The next available CM simply signaled for us to come to his line though.
I had been looking the whole trip for a Mickey hand spoon rest. I had bought one quite a few years ago, but broke it between the May 2015 and this trip. Luke has glued it back together twice for me, and we jokingly, call it the FrankenMickey. I saw on the Shop Parks app that one was available at the Briar Patch in Frontierland, so that was our next destination. Unfortunately there was no spoon rest, so I bought coasters instead. :rolf2: This was the first I had seen the coasters, or at least truly noted them. Luke said he wondered why I hadn’t bought them already.
Our next FastPass+ attraction was Splash Mountain, but it was down when we first arrived at the Briar Patch, and was still down when we’d made our purchase. So we decided to head out of Magic Kingdom for the last time and spend a little while at Animal Kingdom. We took the WDW Railroad to Main Street.
Luke used his camera phone to take some shots while we rode the train.
This one is my favorite that he took.
These he took once we got to the Main Street Station. When you see mine below, you'll note that his phone takes photos as well as my DSLR.
These photos I took with the camera once we got to the train station.
Before leaving, we picked up a bottled Coke Zero for me from the Confectionary since the humidity today was oppressive, and then we exited through the tunnels and it was goodbye Magic Kingdom until October (now September).
Mystery Photos: #1 Where was this taken? Hint: It is in Magic Kingdom.
#2 Where was this taken? Hint it is also in MK, but nowhere near the #1.
NEXT: A Margarita and Expedition Everest (make a great combination according to Luke)
Sorry to see your trip is ending. I've enjoyed reading it.
For the mystery photos, number one I'm going to say is in Adventureland. I think, as you're walking towards PoTC, it's on the left towards the big gates leading to the CM only area. I think it's across from the talking skull portion of the Pirate game (IIRC)
The second I think is a set of gates in the Train Station I think near the stairs. IIRC too you walk by them and as they are on the right, the boards with departures and arrivals (where my home town is listed) is almost in front of you.
I could be totally wrong on both though as it's only been a year since I've been there
Sorry to hear that you had a less than stellar experience at The Wave! I ate there once, just after opening and just thought it was ok! Great photos from your balcony and of all the activity on the savanna! A nice time for your final time in the MK with plenty packed in!
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Sorry to see your trip is ending. I've enjoyed reading it.
For the mystery photos, number one I'm going to say is in Adventureland. I think, as you're walking towards PoTC, it's on the left towards the big gates leading to the CM only area. I think it's across from the talking skull portion of the Pirate game (IIRC)
The second I think is a set of gates in the Train Station I think near the stairs. IIRC too you walk by them and as they are on the right, the boards with departures and arrivals (where my home town is listed) is almost in front of you.
I could be totally wrong on both though as it's only been a year since I've been there
Excellent answers! You have both exactly right!
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Great pictures from MK! Sorry it's all coming to an end!
The last park days is always bittersweet.
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I love your PhotoPass pictures! What a great ending to your MK day. Nice and easy.
Sorry to hear that you had a less than stellar experience at The Wave! I ate there once, just after opening and just thought it was ok! Great photos from your balcony and of all the activity on the savanna! A nice time for your final time in the MK with plenty packed in!
We manage to cover everything we wanted to at MK, so that made leaving easier.
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