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Tusker House breakfast looks so good! I had to cancel my adr there the last time I was at Disney and I was so sad. It's definitely on the top of my to-do list for next trip.
I love Festival of the Lion King! The tumble monkeys are one of my favorite parts, I also love the finale.
Great PP pictures! You're getting so many good ones. It's well worth the money you spend on MM.
Tusker House breakfast looks so good! I had to cancel my adr there the last time I was at Disney and I was so sad. It's definitely on the top of my to-do list for next trip.
I love Festival of the Lion King! The tumble monkeys are one of my favorite parts, I also love the finale.
Great PP pictures! You're getting so many good ones. It's well worth the money you spend on MM.
It is a great breakfast, that's for sure. I never tire of FOTLK, not one bit. The best part of the Memory Maker is that when you get an Annual Pass, it comes right along with it, and your pictures stay good for a year! I am loving that!
You get another update today because I actually have a few moments of quiet.
So after seeing the Festival of the Lion King show and enjoying that thoroughly, we had a little time before our Fastpass for the Kilimanjaro Safari. We did what we usually do, and headed here:
We enjoy this trail, but I have to say, walking it on this day was absolutely delightful. Why? Because usually when we are walking it, it is in the heat of the summer. Today it was in the low 80's and we were able to take our time and see things.
First we spotted the cotton topped tamarin, but my picture did not come out on that one. Then we saw a few Okapi.
Caden likes to do this picture on every trip. How he has grown!
This egret really wanted to get in the aviary, and was making quite the fuss about not being let in.
I just love how beautiful even a simple water area is back here.
And a wood duck taking a snooze.
The Yellow Weaver gathering bits for its next.
Soon we were near the hippopotamus. All through Animal Kingdom Tim had been singing, "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" and frankly it drove us a little crazy.
And see, the hippopotamus didn't like it either.
Since the hippopotamus was ignoring us, we ventured over to the zebras. The zebras were not here the last time we were here.
We began discussing the Meerkats with a Cast Member. We talked about the show on Animal Planet and how we had watched all the seasons, so it made us look at these little fur balls in a different light.
I had never seen so many of them out before, and they seemed to be working on new tunnels.
We then found the gorillas, which is my favorite part of the trail.
This guy was taking a snack break.
And this little one was having some fun.
And this one was just watching all the people.
We decided to hit up the bathrooms before going on the safari, and caught these musicians entertaining the crowds. They had a few Christmas songs in their mix.
We then headed to the Safari. As Caden is now ending my time of peace and quiet, you will just need to wait on that update.
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Glad you were able to spend some time on PFET as that's always good way to relax in the AK between attractions! Love the Hippo reference as that's quite funny! That song is quite annoying at times!
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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!
Glad you were able to spend some time on PFET as that's always good way to relax in the AK between attractions! Love the Hippo reference as that's quite funny! That song is quite annoying at times!
I've gotten to see my favorite Christmas tree! Your PhotoPass photos there are great, too. Breakfast looked fun and delicious, so cool to walk right out of there and into FoTLK. The hippo was definitely trying to tell Tim something. Great pics along PFET.
I've gotten to see my favorite Christmas tree! Your PhotoPass photos there are great, too. Breakfast looked fun and delicious, so cool to walk right out of there and into FoTLK. The hippo was definitely trying to tell Tim something. Great pics along PFET.
I am glad to show you the tree! I love having the theatre right near Tisker House now! The hippo definitely had an attitude lol!
Some wonderful photos from this morning! Our last visit to Tusker House we were less impressed and it's usually one of out favorites so it was quiet a bummer!
Some wonderful photos from this morning! Our last visit to Tusker House we were less impressed and it's usually one of out favorites so it was quiet a bummer!
I will be honest, we have decided to take a break from Tusker House for awhile. The food was good, but we had better elsewhere. And we have done it a couple times now. I am sure we will try it again at some point, but not for awhile.
The Fastpass line for the safari was longer than I remembered ever having to wait so we had to entertain ourselves for awhile.
Soon enough we had boarded our safari vehicle and we were off!
First the rhinoceros.
And then a hippo slightly more interested in is than the other one we had seen earlier.
Then we ventured to the crocodiles. I am always amazed how close we seem, yet it doesn't bother me a bit that I am so close to so many animals that would eat me first chance they got.
And then the upside down tree.
We then saw some giraffes.
And then we came to the elephants, which I were quite happy were not showing just their backsides, as they so often do.
And then on the the flamingos.
Then onto some zebras that were not as cooperative as the elephants today.
And then the lions, which one was posing quite nicely.
So that was our safari. I just love this experience. It did rain slightly while we were out there, but not very much. Tim was watching the radar and it seemed some rain was coming our way, but not until later on.
A great time on KS, but it seemed the animal sightings and activity may have been less than the norm The spots of rain probably had something to do with it! I know you all enjoyed it anyway!
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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!
A great time on KS, but it seemed the animal sightings and activity may have been less than the norm The spots of rain probably had something to do with it! I know you all enjoyed it anyway!
There were other photos, I just picked the best ones. Though the cheetahs were really hiding this time.
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Love the Hippo reference as that's quite funny! 
Your PhotoPass photos there are great, too. Breakfast looked fun and delicious, so cool to walk right out of there and into FoTLK. 
Great pics along PFET. 
The spots of rain probably had something to do with it! 
I know you all enjoyed it anyway! 
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