After leaving Lilo & Stitch, we headed off to The Festival of the Lion King show. I really like this show, despite the glaring omission of a certain wise old baboon.
Anyway, I was messing with the camera settings, and got some really nice shots. Which isn't easy in such a big, dark room. It probably helped that we were in the front row, though.
I don't know how much this guy gets paid, but it can't possibly be enough.
Madison dancing around the stage. Evan was feeling a bit shy, so he stayed behind.
During the "Can you Feel the Love Tonight" segment, I kept noticing Madison glancing over her left should and smiling. I looked back and saw one of the "zebra" performers lounging on a set piece back there, maybe 10 feet from where we were sitting. Whenever Madison would turn around, she would give Madison a wink and a little wave. Madison was just eating this up.
After the show, we headed over to the greeting trails. And by "headed over" I mean we walk out of the theater and there they are.
That was our next destination anyway, because Thumper and Miss Bunny had debuted at the park a few days before. And, hello?, my wife's name is
Bambi. Yeah, we weren't going to miss these two.
While we were waiting for them to come back from a carrot break, I notice grandpa talking to Guitar Dan. Guitar Dan strolls around the greeting trails, entertaining people in line by making up songs about them. I grabbed the camera, and then thought "Why would I want a picture of this?". I put that away and grabbed the video camera. I can't embed video on this site, so if you want to see the video you'll have to click this link.
http://www.vimeo.com/7552210
The aforementioned bunnies
As we were walking out of Camp Minnie-Mickey, who do we see? Yup, Pocahontas. Never for 5 years, then twice in one day.
By this time Grandma had to go. She needed to run into work for an hour or so, and as long as she was over there, she'd let the dogs out. It would be a pretty late night getting back after Fantasmic. She would take the van home, then meet us over at DHS. The rest of us go use our Fast Passes for Kilimanjaro Safari. There were a lot of rhinos out, but no lions.
Next stop - Asia, and Evan's first "big kid" ride, Kali River Rapids. It's also the first time Bambi, Madison and I have been on it. Being in the 90s, I was expecting it to feel pretty nice!
Not really sure what is going on here, but it's funny.
Don't worry, she's a thrill junkie. She loved it.
The water did feel nice, but Grandpa forgot to put his feet up on the foot rest bar and got his shoes wet. Slosh, slosh.
Luckily, he had some dry flip flops along to put on.
After KRR, we walked along the Maharajah Jungle Trek. The tigers seem especially active today, wandering and jumping around their habitat.
After we left Asia, we wandered over to Dinoland to ride the Triceratops Spin. For those of you keeping score at home, this ride is
nothing like Dumbo. Dumbo is Elephants, this ride is Dinosaurs.
After the ride, we see Goofy and Pluto, so we stop by to say hi.
Pluto gave Evan a big lick, which Evan enjoyed
By now, we're hot and tired. A nice air conditioned bus ride to Hollywood Studios seemed like a good idea. But just as is our luck, we ran right into the parade on our way out. I like most Disney Parades, but this one is just "OK" in my book. Nice to see the first time, but nothing I plan a day around again. Luckily, it was the tail end of the parade and we were able to sneak out through a store to avoid a good chunk of the crowd.
Since I'm running up on the limit on pictures per post, I'll have to finish this day in another. Hold on, there's a character storm brewing over at DHS.