Thursday, February 21, 2013

Successful Day at Animal Kingdom

This morning I got to sleep in again! I slept in til about 8:30 and then I had to get up and get ready because my really good friends Mary Ellen, John and Jamie were in town! And they asked me to go to Animal Kingdom with them for the day. So I left about 10 and drove over to their hotel... the Grand Floridian!


I got there and they let me see there room, wow it was so nice! It even had a dock for your iPhone! Crazy! Anyway so we headed to Animal Kingdom, they thought we were gonna take a bus but I said no I'll drive! So we headed to Animal Kingdom!!


We got there around 11. The first thing we did was get a FastPass for the Kilmanjaro Safari. Then we headed over to the Camp Minnie-Mickey Character Greetings and saw Minnie and Mickey! After that we saw the Festival of the Lion King and then went back and saw Baloo and King Louie and then Donald Duck! By then it was time to head back to the safari so we did.


Honestly, one of the best safaris I've taken! We saw an ostrich, zebra and giraffe all right next to the jeep. The baby rhino came out and elephants, alligators, hippos, cheetahs, lions! Wait till you see the pictures!!

Then we headed to Expedition Everest cause Jamie really wanted to go on it. I did not! John didn't want to eitherSo since Mary Ellen didn't want Jamie to go alone she went on. While I was waiting I got a FastPass for Everest to add to my collection. They got off and Mary Ellen said it wasn't that bad.


After that we headed to Dinoland and rode the Primeval Whirl, we all went on. John said he got a headache from the ride. I asked Mary Ellen which one she thought was worse Everest or this one and she said that one. Next we rode Dinosaur. It's okay I'm not super fond of going up and down but alright.


After Dinosaur we visited Pluto and Goofy. Then Mary Ellen treated us to ice cream! So Jamie and I got Mickey heads. After that we checked out Flights of Wonder, I had never seen it before. It's a show about birds and teaching them tricks and stuff, they fly right over your head, it's a pretty neat show!

Jamie really wanted to ride the Kali River Rapids which honestly I've never seen open so we all went on those. Mary Ellen had to borrow my poncho before she'd get on. John got the most soaked out of everyone!


We had to be at Yak and Yeti by 5:30 for dinner so we went here next, I gotta say for Asian food it was delicious! Jamie got ribs (typical, afraid to try the food) I got the beef and broccoli stir fry, it was so good! The rice on the side tasted amazing with soy sauce! Mary Ellen got the sweet and sour chicken and John got the honey chicken. We had egg rolls for an appetizer which were also good. After our meal Jamie wanted to go on Everest again. John headed back to the hotel to rest and dry off so he left us.

I told Jamie if his mom went on again, especially after eating that I would go on Everest. She did so I was brave and got on too. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought, the only freaky part is when you go backwards I the dark. I don't know that I'd ride it on a full stomach again but I think I would do it again. Which made me decide that from now on when I get a FastPass for my collage I need to then ride that ride. So now I have a FastPass not only for my collage but also commemorating the first time I went on Everest ! Tell me that isn't cool!

Since the wait was only 5 minutes Jamie went on again by himself. So he went on 3 times! I was satisfied that I did it once! By then it was almost time for the park to close so we quickly caught the It's Tough to be a Bug show on the way out. After that we headed to Downtown Disney.


We just walked around Downtown Disney, went into Ghiradelli twice for free samples! Walked thorough some shops and listened to music and then left. The GPS got us a lite lost on the way back to their hotel but we made it! Then I heads back and now I'm gonna go to bed cause I have work tomorrow an I'm hopefully gonna meet up with them tomorrow!


No comments:

Post a Comment