Happy 15th Anniversary Animal Kingdom!!

Today I woke up early (for once) because not only was today Earth Day but it was also Animal Kingdom's 15th Anniversary! So I headed over there at about 10:30 (believe me that's early for me on a day off). I walked by the line to buy commemorative merchandise and almost cried. So, in the meantime I got a FastPass to keep for the Kilamanjaro Safari. Then I decided, well this is the reason you came here to get merchandise to celebrate the anniversary so I got in line.

I talked to this lady in front of me the whole time. She was pretty nice. She told that she was an annual passholder and that she's a foster mom for three kids. I gave her some sorcerer cards so she could complete her set, that made her day. We also discussed General Hospital (a soap opera that I watched for awhile, don't ask me I don't know how we go on the topic). After waiting two hours (that's right I waited two hours to buy stuff! Listen if people can wait an hour to ride Peter Pan's Flight which is a 3 minute ride I can wait two hours to buy stuff that will only become more valuable with age!)

So, I finally got in and what they did to organize it they had people come in and they give you an order form with all the stuff, you put the quantities you want next to the picture and then hand it in, then they bring you a bag with everything in it then you go to a table and make sure everything is there and then you go to cash out. It was very organized I must say! I ended up with a t-shirt, an iPhone case, and a whole bunch of pins.

After that I got another FastPass to keep for Dinosaur. Then since I was starving out of my mind I went to my favorite quick-service restaurant which is Flame-Tree Barbeque and ate there. Without even pulling out my I.D. the guy knew I was a cast member it was pretty cool. Then I got another FastPass to keep for the Safari again. Next, I headed to Dinoland and rode the Primeval Whirl. On my way out of Dinoland I got an ice cream and again they already knew I was a cast member! I was like how did you know and he was like I don't know you just have that look about you, thank you I'll take that as a compliment! Then I got another FastPass to keep for Kali River Rapids. Then I made sure I was in the front of the park to watch the parade, because I knew that the parade circles the Tree of Life and it is impossible to get out of that park unless you're towards the front.

I got a good spot right in front of the Tree of Life towards the exit for Mickey's Jammin Jungle Parade. I'm glad I got to see it because they added some floats and at the end they added a whole bunch of characters. They added Kenai and Koda from a Brother Bear, Pocahontas and Meeko, Lilo and Stitch, Thumper and Miss Bunny, and Flik and Princess Atta from A Bug's Life.

I left after that and headed over to Animal Kingdom Lodge and said hi to Steve. Then I went to Target bought some food and then because I'm crazy, I went back to Animal Kingdom! I got another button. Then I rode Everest. I headed out after that since the park was closing soon and got more buttons at Guest Services.

I'm still on the hunt for a certain set of pins so I headed to Downtown Disney to see if they came in. Unfortunately they did not. So, I left there and headed to Taco Bell and then back to the apartment. I started to watch E.T. and then my roommate wanted me to American Horror Story but I fell asleep before it was over! Sorry it took so long to post!