Disney World - Animal Kingdom Day 1, Part 2

Hi Buddies – welcome back to those of you brave enough to continue the DisneyWorld journey with me! I have decided that Kilimanjaro Safaris and the Tree of Life will get blogs all their very own.

So last I left you we were killing time for out 10:20 AM breakfast ressie at Tusker House (with Donald and his friends) … and so as we made over to Asia, running into opportunities to have pics made with characters … we Fasspassed Kali Rapids – a very wet ride! Then returned to Tusker House and checked in … glitch, they had just run out of the little beeper buzzer thingies, so the girl said: Check back here in a few minutes …. so we found a shaded place to sit* and in a few minutes … back to the girl: Hello, do you have a buzzer for me? Girl: We just ran out. Me: (stunned, ummm Disney – really, how can you run out of those things, I mean don’t you know you need like “OH” a million?) “okay” smiling politely as I said it and started to walk off … the other girl: “Wait! I just took this one from someone going in.” Okay – now that’ll work!

Tusker House: Buffet and the food was, well okay for a breakfast buffet … but the atmosphere was fabulous!

*Note: When we woke up this first AM and was watching the Weather Channel, we heard “record heat” and believe me it has been and was 96 degrees of Texas heat Day 1 at Animal Kingdom … plus Florida humidity … so not Florida this time of year – this is actually the start of our Day 6 and you know the umbrellas and poncho that have been in my pouch all week … we may actually get to use them today!

Onward! We took the time to do these shows, as we’d either not seen them (Nemo) or had not seen them in a long time:

Finding Nemo:  We had never seen this show on stage and to say the least about its combination of projections, puppetry and their human handlers - the show rocked! 

It’s Tough to Be a Bug:  This is another fun little show, where you are surrounded by the senses -- sort of a interactive stage show ... smell the stinkbug, feel the bugs -- pretty cool (we watch it every time we go, nice and cool in the theatre!)

Wonders of Flight:  A live bird show, that runs along the comedic vein and some of the birds are spectacular!

and then others not so much :-)



Who doesn't love a Bald Eagle?

Just Don't Upset Them!  (She moved her face real fast!)

And Then There's The "Purdy" Ones

Festival of the Lion King:  This show is one of the most incredible shows (in my opinion) in all of Disney World, the level of entertainment is "out the door!"  Just now decided it needs a separate blog, just because I can't decide which photo to choose -- Woohoo - PhotoBlog!

We did also ride Dinosaur - much to Neal’s dismay, he’s not fan as it is a bit rough … but it was sort of a tester ride for him – by me – before I decided to let him on a roller coaster! After Festival of the Lion King, it was getting to be 6:30 PM’ish, so we decided to eat at Flame Tree BBQ

Ooops, All Gone!

.... and then just return to the room, the heat and humidity was starting to take its toll … so yes, even though we still held 2 sets of Fasspasses … Kilimanjaro Safaris and Kali Rapids AND we’d not done some of Animal Kingdom at all …. we knew we had another day!

Have I mentioned: It is so nice not to have to go Commando on the parks! Okay, until the next report – I hope you look forward to it and I’m not rambling more than usual! 

Have a Goofy Day Buddies!