Hey, before I get to the next chapter, did anyone else see the latest
Adventures by Disney offering, New York City?
Adventures by Disney - New York City For $1,599, or 160 vacation club points,
per person you will receive 3 nights accommodation at the Manhattan Club; tickets to a Broadway show (Disneys Newsies); tour the city with sites including Times Square, Rockefeller Center, 5th Avenue, Madison Avenue, the Chrysler Building, and Radio City Music Hall; backstage access at Good Morning America; a Harlem tour including the Apollo theater; and a walking tour of Central Park.
With a few exceptions, doesnt this sound awfully similar to the tour that I put together for Judy and Lauren, reviewed in the first several chapters of this trip report?? Heres their itinerary:
For two adults the Adventures by Disney tour costs $3,200, or 320 vacation club points. I did it for a fraction of the cost -- 70 vacation club points for the trade-out to the Manhattan Club, and cash for the excursions, the most expensive of which was the Wicked tickets (by far, at over $300 for the pair). And Adventures by Disney doesnt offer a meet n greet with a bug exhibitor!
I think somebody at
ABD has been reading my trip report, what do you think?!
Okay, so back to our regularly scheduled programming: Lounging Tiger, Komodo Dragon.
Once the rain cleared off enough for us to travel again, and after confirming that Expedition Everest was still down, we decided to walk another animal trail -- the Maharajah Jungle Trek. Perhaps you guessed that from the chapter title, since thats where you can find lounging tigers and komodo dragons at Animal Kingdom.
We arrived at the Trek at about 2:30pm. The komodo dragon was of course one of the first animals we got to see.
Er, well, its on the other side of that pesky Glennbo-family that got in the way of my camera.
I moved over for a better shot.
From there, I said to the bat cave Robin, only its more of a hut than a cave. If you dont like bat pictures, turn back now. Or mash (as they say in the South) your Page Down button a couple of times.
But dont worry people
these guys feed on fruit and nectar, not blood. Of course they do.
Then we got to the tigers, and I had a lot of fun taking pictures. Theyre almost as much fun to photograph as the gorillas.
Aw, the poor guy can hardly keep his eyes open.
One even had to answer the call of nature while we were there.
Walls are good for lounging on.
Or walking on.
I enhanced that last one on Instagram, a little bit.
Further down the trail, we saw this little deer critter. I dont know -- is this a young Elds Deer? (Do I ask that every time I write a chapter on the Maharajah Jungle Trek?) Im not that good with animal names.
I looked-up this cow-type animal online and learned that it is called a banteng, or bali cattle.
Im sorry, but this guy or gal is so beefy that it just makes me wonder what a banteng steak might taste like.
Sorry! It was just a thought
dont give me those cow eyes!
I know that my siblings would not be surprised to see a picture of my mom walking like that. It somehow helps with her pain, and she does it quite often.
And I see that the kids were still hanging with us. To be honest, Im kind of surprised that the kids stayed with us for this trail. They must have run out of ideas of things to do, with Expedition Everest being down.
After the trail, we continued into the aviary. My mom was excited because she loves birds. Shes never had one as a pet, but she loves watching them at the several feeders and the birdbath in her backyard. She even has a clock that chimes a different bird call every hour. No wonder I get so many strange looks when someone asks me for the time.
I tried to photograph this next bird around for a little while. I liked his green plumage, but he moved pretty fast and was under a bush. I took a flash picture, but it didnt capture the colors right. This is the best shot that I could get without a flash.
After the trail, Poppy, Gram, and Judy said that they were ready to go back to the resort, so they started making their way to the front of the park. The kids wanted to do Dinosaur, so I said that Id accompany them on that ride and then wed leave also. When we got to Dinosaur we found that the wait time was 90 minutes
no thanks. I texted Judy and we caught up with them somewhere around the Tree of Life. I remembered the trails near the Tree where you can see the animal carvings up-close, but no dice on that one too
the trails were closed due to some construction/renovation going on. Oh well. It didnt seem like we got a whole lot done on our Animal Kingdom day -- the Safari, a couple of trails, Nemo, a sack lunch and an ice cream cone. But we were beat, and as it was approaching 3:30, we all could use a little rest before we had to head out again for our dinner reservation.
continued in next post
As for being a Drug expert
Of course they were busted and we got new neighbors
But that is how much of an expert I am
