Your morning at AK looks like fun so far! I would love to try the Wild Africa Trek but I don't think I could do it. Those rope bridges 353474387 feet in the air would leave me weeping with fear in the fetal position!
I'm excited to see it all through your eyes! Looks like it's off to a good start! I wonder what they do if someone gets up there and can't make it all the way across!
Yikes I'm scaring myself right now and I'm safe in the computer chair!
The tour was really good and it seriously wasn't scary at all. It was probably safer than driving in a car. They try to make it seem extreme, but it's really not. It was just a really enjoyable way to spend the morning. They gave us so much information that it was impossible to retain 10% of it.
I didn't think I could do it either, Stacy. Just ask Tracy how many "what if?" questions I asked her the night before.
If I can do it anyone can!
You did not look scared at all. Every picture I have of you, you are smiling!!!!!
Tracy can fill more in on our morning...I'm not sure either of us have pictures. We chose to take a taxi rather than rely on the bus service and for some reason the driver was fixated on my name, Christine.
. It's French, he said, are you French? Why did your parents name you that? How can you not know why they named you that? It was a bit much that early in the morning.
OY! A chatty cab driver and then chatty Cathy. Way too much sensory overload!
And to top it off he took us to AKL instead of the park at first but we got there eventually. It took us a bit to find the guy checking trekkers in.
Oh brother. You should have just taken the bus. Nice and quiet and empty!
Once we found him we had some paperwork to sign. I was tickled to see there were numerous paragraphs on how I was releasing rights to Disney to use my image in any photos taken and just an itty bitty sentence or two on how, oh by the way, you might die, contract unpronouncable diseases or otherwise be disfigured.
I forgot about that, but at the time it was slightly freaking me out because I was already recovering from illness. Seriously, that consent form was over the top!
The morning was off to a fun start! We had a great time getting "suited up" and couldn't wait to get started. Little did we know how AWESOME it would be!!!
I've never met a Disney tour I didn't like, that's for sure!
However we did have a rather funny experience with Samuel Jackson before entering. Maybe mary Ellen can recall the details????
I forgot about Samuel Jackson. shoot! I knew I should have taken a picture of him in his pajamas - it would have been so funny!
I think I'll let Mary Ellen tell the story through her pictures before adding in the photopass, unless she prefers otherwise (though hopefully she got them on disk too, as I know I mailed them!)
Oh - I have them, but I haven't download them yet. I think I am saving them for a treat when I'm done posting all my own pictures. I was actually going to write about our adventures using my own pix and then do a montage with their pix. I am sure they are great, although I don't like that they throw some stock pix in there. For example, didn't they add some of the animals we definitely didn't see? Maybe I'm just jealous because I have yet to get a good picture of the lions!
Mary Ellen and Cynthia -- great pictures of Animal Kingdom.
ME, I'm with you. I LOVE the AK. It is my third favorite park afater MK and Epcot (the Studios is way down on the list).
It's such a pretty park and I still believe that the safari is really the best, most comprehensive, attraction in all of Disney world. I'm sure it consumes the most resources.
I so want to do that Trek, but it just isn't in the budget this year. I can't wait to see more the trek pictures.
Oh, and that hippo and his mouth.
It was expensive. I'm not sure how much because Cynthia actually paid for mine in exchange for the rooms. I know it wasn't cheap, let's just put it that way. But, like I said, I have never regretted spending $ on a Disney tour because they are all so educational and fun!
I just MEK's reaction pics - they had me in tears! What a wonderful moment. I'm sure she feels beyond blessed to have you all as friends!
That is exactly how I felt. I couldn't believe they would plan that surprise for me.
When Nick saw the pictures the other night he said, "your friends gave you THAT???" He was pretty impressed.
I'm drooling over the Trek pictures!!! That hippo pic made me do a
to see it that closely....wow, that had to be intense!
How the HECK do they get their mouth to open like that? I am still in awe of the size of their jaw!
WOW I had no idea the Wild Africa Trek was that extreme! When I saw the harnesses, I was like...this is definitely not what I had imagined! That hippo is pretty crazy-looking, I definitely wouldn't want to be anywhere near them!
The harness looked extreme, but seriously I don't think it saved anyone's life. It really just prevented you from getting too close to things. Very effective in that respect.
The hippos mouths were crazy big. I didn't even realize it until I looked at the pictures because they quickly opened their mouths and closed them. I must have taken a bunch of quick pics.
Needless to say, I'm pretty sure this is one tour I won't be considering!
I'll experience it vicariously safely on the other side of my computer screen.
It really wasn't scary at all! Like C said, if we can do it - anyone can!