Firefly and I had just eaten the most enormous meal at Liberty Tree Tavern. We figured it was time for a more sedate ride and the Jungle Cruise fitted the bill to the 'T':
- It was close to LTT, where I rolled out the door
- It had neither major drops nor sharp turns; and
- We needed a dose of corny humour.
The other bonus for me was that this was probably as close to Animal Kingdom as I was going to get on this visit (sorry the corny humour rubs off!)
Our tour guide. I get paid for the number of people I take out... not the number I bring back!
Pictures from our cruise. I figured we must be in Africa.
The monkeys were pretty smart. I think someone asked them to name one of their relatives, which is why they were going ape!
"Why did the ape get a job? He was tired of monkeying around."
Somehow, I think the apes and monkeys at AK are better behaved than this.
And the African Elephant..
Do you know how you can tell that that's an African elephant? It's because we're in Africa
See that elephant right there, that's the richest elephant in the whole jungle. Yeah - it's 'Donald Trunk'.
We're about to enter the Africa veldt, an immense grassland home to an endless variety of wildlife- baboons, wildebeests, giraffes, gazelles, gnus, g-lions, g-zebras.
There's that lost safari we've been looking for. Obviously mixed up in some kind of native uprising. That rhino seems to be getting his point across, and I'm sure that guy on the bottom will get the point in the end!"
Hey - Maybe these are them pesky poachers that keep interrupting the 2-week safari at AK!
Id forgotten that there was an Asian section at the not AK in the World.
As we leave the last outpost of civilization, we travel deep into the mouth of the Irrawaddy river of Asia into a tropical rain forests, where it rains some 365 days a year.
We headed into a dark temple
I'm pretty sure Animal Kingdom doesn't have that many dark temples....
And came out to the Elephant pool.
And look at all the elephants out here today! This comes as a complete surprise to me cause I had no idea these guys were going to be here. If you want to take pictures go ahead- all the elephants have their trunks on.
And now, probably the most dangerous part of our journey- the return to civilization! I certainly hope you've enjoyed our cruise. However, if your in-laws are still with you, you've missed a golden opportunity. However, bring them back later tonight for our "in-law" special... halfway for half fare, no questions asked.
We were pretty much herded off (I did say the corny humour rubs off).
We were near the Magic Carpet at this stage and there was a very short queue. Im not sure Firefly wanted to get on this ride; but I figured that there was no way I was queuing for Dumbo so this would have to substitute this trip. Plus, I had not yet been on this ride at WDW and wanted to tick it off my NOT list.
We waited and got allocated to position 13 just perfect for Halloween!
And then we were off and away.
And looking down at Agrabah!
And all too soon, we were drifting back down to earth.
Funny Im sure that this is not Animal Kingdom either!
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