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Sounds like a nice relaxing morning at AK so far! It's so great when you catch a glimpse of the lion sleeping on the rock Sorry about losing your update on your computer
It was a nice morning! I like it in october because its not so hot in the am.
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Great morning at AK! Sorry about losing your update!
sheesh, I guess it happens to us all at one point right??
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Great start to your morning! Love that picture of the lion!
He's so pretty!!!
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Sorry about the update.
gah I hate when that happens. I swear i'm probably the only one that still doesn't pretype it out!
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Great start to your AK day! Sorry you lost your update . Can I ask what type of park bag you're carrying in these pictures? I really like it.
Yes its a REI bag. I LOVE IT!!!! It has a zip out front for money, id's pens, small things. then the very front is a pocket for a cell phone, it has a zip out part for a water bottle which works perfectly. Then one innner compartment. I get a lot in it and its very sturdy! I got it at the REI store.
Hey guys! I never got to update once I got home last night as I now have a horrible cough and temperature. I came home early today and was trying to sleep it off but that got boring LOL. I thought I might update instead since it doesn't really take a lot of energy!
Monday: Animal Kingdom part two October 26th
Once we were done with the safari we decided to check out the new Harambe Market area along with the new store additions and the stores in Africa. I love the stores here and I got the cutest scarf from there this time!
Eric ended up buying wine here and here is a pic of the selection. We really loved this store! We ended up spending about 20 minutes or more looking around.
It was time for our fast pass on Expedition Everest and so we decided to come back to this area to eat once we were done because we wanted to try the new eating areas in Africa.
We had a 5 minute walk over to the ride and quickly were on our way for our first ride on EE this time around...
We love the theming in here!
As always we really enjoy ourselves!!! LOL
It was close to 11am when we were done and we decided we were already hungry...weird but maybe the early dinner the night before I dunno but we thought why not. We got over to harambe Marker early and had a hard time deciding what to get exactly at first but this place quickly started to fill up so we made our decisions...
We ended up going with the grill. I remember the line taking a few minutes, probably because they just opened not sure...but I dont remember the exact name of what we ordered but Eric ordered a beer and a beef flatbread sandwhich with a salad and I ordered the same.
We both thought it was very good! OOP it was 30 dollars for our lunch. He had a beer, i had a water and two of those sandwhiches for those of you wondering.
We really liked this eating area. It had plenty of choices, plenty of seating, a walk up drink bar which was nice, small bites and meals.
We ended up staying here for about 30 minutes eating our lunch and relaxing. Now I have to rant for a minute about something we witnessed while eating here...if I remember it clearly four months later you know it mustve been bad, there was a husband and wife and three kids and grandparents who made a scene for the first 15 minutes we were eating here. The husband and wife argued in line, he was very verbally aggressive and short with her and the children, so much so he ended up just leaving line at one point. Then we got so lucky the chose a table near us and made such a scene they left. It was really awful. Eric and I were amazed that you would be on vacation and talk like that to your spouse in public so much so to cause a scene. Anyway I"m glad they left as I am sure others were too. ")
Once we were done with lunch we decided to the animal trails as we love this park so much for the animals.
We were so lucky that the hippo was swimming by over and over again...
then we headed over to the meerkats which I love!!!!!! They are by far my favorite and they had babies! It was so hard for me to leave, we ended up being here about 15 minutes just watching them interact.
When we were done with the animals we emerged around 1230 and decided it was getting hot and time for a cold beer!
The upgrade of this bar is by far the best improvement. We love sitting here, enjoying the drums or band playing and taking a break.
We decided to slowly make our way back to the Asia area for the Animal trail there....
Once done with this trail we decided for another standby ride of EE which was about 30 minutes if that in wait.
We then walked to the Dino area and walked through the stores, then caught our fast pass for Dinosaur which was a walk on with that fast pass.
Once we were done, we headed over slowly to a bugs life which I always love and this ride too was a walk on. Honestly we waited five minutes maybe.
The lines were not too terrible this time around. By the time we got done there Eric' said his bug bites were bothering him and he wanted to maybe go back to the room to sit and let them cool off and change the bandages. So, we headed to the front of the park, walked through the stores there leisurely, then collected our wine and headed out to a bus. It was about 330pm and knowing we were coming back to this park we didn't feel so rushed to do everything or to stay. Once we got to our bus stop there was already a bus waiting so we hopped right on!
I am going to show you a pic of one of his three bites. They were the worst this first day after he got them...
We redressed it and he took some meds to see if it would help the swelling. We both just relaxed before our early dinner at Portifinos at 520pm.
I sat on the balcolny for a few minutes before it was time to get ready for DTD and our dinner.
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What a wonderful time at AK! I'm glad you got to try the new marketplace, it was packed when I was there in January so I didn't stick around to check it out
That you are feeling better soon! The new market at Harambe is one of the things I'm most looking forward to on our May trip. It was still in construction last May.
Yikes!....$30 for lunch with two sandwiches, a beer and water! A bit pricey, but that's Disney! Harambe Market looks great and looking forward to it next time. Love the new rehab to the Sawa Bar! Been there before the change and loved it then, but looks so much better now!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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Oh...poor Eric! That spider bite looks so swollen and sore I hope it didn't bother him the entire rest of the trip! Sorry you had to witness that couple fighting as it is always so uncomfortable when you hear things like that. Your lunch looked good and I think that area is a nice addition to the counter service choices. It looks like another beautiful day at Disney!
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