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Wonderful photos! I love the siamang apes. It's hard to get there first thing in the morning, because there are so many other great early-morning things to do at AK, but the CMs often give them crickets as their early-morning enrichment and it's hilarious watching (and hearing!) them go crazy as they chase them around the habitat.
I had never thought about heading back to the apes early, but now that is a great idea for next summer's trip.
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The tiger is just beautiful. It is one of my favorite animals. I love the picture of Morgan with her hands up on EE.
The tigers remind me of my cat. He doesn't live with us anymore but is out in the country with family, but he's big for a cat and walks with big cat attitude.
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Haven't made it to MT yet, but after seeing your pictures, we may have to make that a must do in a few weeks! Have fun at the wedding!!
I truly love the trails at AK!
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Beautiful animals. The bats creep me out a bit. I know they are harmless, but they still creep me out. I love how Morgan is getting braver! She is much more brave than me. Have fun at the wedding!
Luke and I love bats and would love to have a bat house in our backyard.
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I think it's funny that the CM told the family that the deer were for the tiger's dinner . I'd think that it would be clear that he was joking - guess not everyone has the same sense of humor!
I think the problem was that the kids were preschool, so still literal thinkers. Mom and Dad were not pleased, and I don't blame them. My niece at 11 told got the humor, but the little ones gasped.
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I love the picture of the tiger with it's paw to it's face. I can just imagine him/her thinking, "Hmmmm, which of those deer should I have for lunch?"
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Finally, I am now caught up! I can't believe how fast you manage to post your updates, not to mention your responses to everyone that post. What a wonderful trip so far, and Morgan is really getting brave on Everest. Love the photos!
I love the EE photos! It really cracks me up to check out the other people in the photo. The people in the first photo don't look like they are enjoying EE too much.
Amazing tiger photos!!!! They are such beautiful animals and I love to watch them.
Laurie, thanks for the tip about the CMs giving the apes crickets for enrichment in the morning . It is hard to get there first thing in the morning but it sounds like it would be worth checking out.
I always wonder when I see odd folks in my pictures what pictures I've been in that I didn't know about and how silly did I look.
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Just catching up again. so glad you got to see the monkeys. Our last three visits were in January and we spent lots of time watching them. And I cannot imagine the Lion King without the tumble monkeys, another favorite.
Looks like you are having a nice time. Can't wait for more.
It was very disappointing the one FotLK show that we saw without any tumbling. The monkeys were there but just sat the whole time they were on stage.
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I thought he was picking deer out of his teeth Tigers are my favorite.
Great pics on EE and Love the Lion King.. The Tumble monleys are a certain favorite to watch.
I also loved the monkeys/apes in the Tarzan Rocks show. Miss them!
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What a great way to spend a Saturday. I love weddings. Great pics of Morgan & Luke on EE
The wedding was beautiful!
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I am loving your day at AK! Great pics of all the critters big and small.
You can see in Morgan's face she is having such a wonderful time.
It was easy to tell with Morgan what she liked!
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more please
Hopefully soon!
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I love that Morgan had such a good time on EE... braver every time!
I liked the tiger and the birds/ducks and the deer, and, OK, the bats and snakes were a bit creepy, but they were good pictures!
Laurie is such a great source for the names of the animals!
I'm not even sure why I took a picture of the snake. My guess is Morgan asked me, too. Stefanie and I usually wouldn't even go near enough to catch a picture of them.
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I absolutely love the second photo of Morgan on EE. She looks so cute! And in the third pic, she looks right at home! Also love the tiger photos! Great pictures all around!
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They don't do it every day-- they like to have it be a surprise. I should try to find out which days. Cricket Wednesdays? They go "ape"!
That would help in planning and AK day!
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Cam,
I know several people questioned whether the new photopass borders were available to all photopass customers, or only those who got the photopass plus.
I emailed Photopass and asked that question and here is the reply I received.
Dear Donna,
Thank you for your recent visit to DisneyPhotoPass.com.
The border and bonus content on each guest account is determine by the
locations and characters you visit while at the park. We're always
updating our selection of borders and the majority will be available to
you depending on the photos you've in the account.
Feel free to contact us if you have additional questions or concern.
Have a Magical Day,
Arturo
Disney Photo Imaging Guest Support Team
Sorry to hijack your TR, but it seemed like it was a good place to post the information since many people were questioning that.
Great information, Donna! for asking for all of us!
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Cam - LOVE the pics! Naturally, because 1) you take such great pics and 2) I LOVE AK! Those pics of the tigers are great!
I think we'd enjoy spending a day at AK together.
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Love all the pics!! You got great Lion shots on the safari. I've always been a fan of the giant bats, but you could have skipped the blood python! eww...
More Please!
Sorry about the python.
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Love the tiger shots you got! And that's a classic Expedition Everest ride photo too!
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Where's of the pics of my bait pool??? Love pics of Uncle Luke and Morgan on EE
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Love that Morgan is getting braver and braver on the rides!! More great pictures from AK!!!
More great pics at AK! Hope you had a wonderful time at the wedding!
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Dylan loved the pics of all the animals and so did I. They are awesome. Morgan looks like she is having such a great time on the rides. I can't wait for more!!!
I wish I had someone to ride the Everest with me a couple of times in a row. Also, if it is not much trouble, I would like the name of the shop where you bought your Giraffes. I really love those. And as usual I love all your animal pictures.
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Finished all my unpacking and laundry so I sat down to enjoy all your posts that I have missed. Sorry for the harder days, totally normal but tons of hugs to you as you can never get enough. Love the photopass pictures so far, Morgan looks just so happy and excited with every little moment of the trip, how priceless to share this with her.
What a wonderful dinner with Kelly and her family, love the pictures of Morgan, Dylan and Lukas, the all look like they were having a great time. Glad that you enjoyed the pork, I almost ordered that but instead changed my mind...think I should have kept my first choice as it sounds like you thoroughly enjoyed it.
Can't get over the crowds at AK...looks like everyone was at the park. Angel loves ducks so I have a number of photos of ducks as well, I had to laugh at your duck photo as I think we have one identical.
Great photos from EE, love the one with Morgan on her first ride, Luke definitely enjoying and Heather...definitely like she is just relaxing at the beach. Too funny, especially when the woman next to her looks like she is in fear for her life
I understand Morgan trying to figure out what some of the animals are. I play the Disney AK game on Facebook, and while I can find hidden pictures of sunglasses and globes quickly, I cannot find any of the animals because I only know the names of about 4 of them! It is so frustrating being so ignorant! I am writing it off as I only know then names of animals that live in the Buffalo Zoo.
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Cam....
Your strength and faith amaze me!
You and Luke look to be having a wonderful time with Morgan.
I am so looking forward to AK this October. I really enjoy the wildlife treks and EE is one of my favs!!!! Is the ride photo for EE one of the ones included on the Photo Pass Plus?? I am thinking I need to get that ordered before we leave!!!!
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All caught up again and I am so loving sharing in your travels with Morgan. You and Luke are two of the most caring persons I know of. Thanks for sharing all of your adventures.
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He doesn't live with us anymore but is out in the country with family, but he's big for a cat and walks with big cat attitude. 
. It is hard to get there first thing in the morning but it sounds like it would be worth checking out.
Tigers are my favorite. 
It was easy to tell with Morgan what she liked! 
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