1 year anniversary, 8 days and too much food......June 2011...11/14 Last Day!

Just caught up with your report! Loving it!!! Looking forward to reading more!
Thanks so much!
Great trip report so far! Looking forward to more! You are a really cute couple! :)
Looks like you had a good time at Le Cellier. I wanted to eat there but we were too late making an ADR. :sad2:

Thanks! Aww thats so nice of you. You should def try Le Cellier we booked 180 days in advance to get the ADR. I think thats the key.
 
Yay! Loving your TR so far girl! Sorry to hear you were disappointed about the food at Le Cellier. We have actually never gone and probably never will. I mean being we live in NYC and Peter Luger's is 15 mins from our house along with all the other great steakhouses here, Tom thinks it's would be a waste of time and money(I think it's 2 dinner credits right?). Lately, I hear nothing but bad things about it and about on par with Outback (which Tom also won't go to:rotfl:) Tell Luke if he wants a real steak to go to Peter Lugers (if he has never been) and it's right in Brooklyn(I'm sure they have something yummy for you too:goodvibes). Anyway, I am loving your pictures! Duffy is so adorable. Can't wait to see more!
 
I love those stuffed Hooters, too! My DH and I always yell "Hooter!" when we walk by Captain EO. It cracks us up how Michael says it.
 
Yay! Loving your TR so far girl! Sorry to hear you were disappointed about the food at Le Cellier. We have actually never gone and probably never will. I mean being we live in NYC and Peter Luger's is 15 mins from our house along with all the other great steakhouses here, Tom thinks it's would be a waste of time and money(I think it's 2 dinner credits right?). Lately, I hear nothing but bad things about it and about on par with Outback (which Tom also won't go to:rotfl:) Tell Luke if he wants a real steak to go to Peter Lugers (if he has never been) and it's right in Brooklyn(I'm sure they have something yummy for you too:goodvibes). Anyway, I am loving your pictures! Duffy is so adorable. Can't wait to see more!
Thanks hun! Yeah there are lots of other amazing restaurants so go to those! I will recommend that for Luke! We'll try and go soon. Thanks hun! He really is cute!
I love those stuffed Hooters, too! My DH and I always yell "Hooter!" when we walk by Captain EO. It cracks us up how Michael says it.
hahaha thats really funny! Yeah its very funny! I really want to watch it now :rolleyes:
 

Day 4 Part 1

So like most mornings on the trip we were up early in the morning! Maybe it was just luck...or maybe it was because we were going to Animal Kingdom but...DH was feeling better this morning! We strolled a little on our way to the buses...
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I got my picture with the classic sign
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Ready to have an adventure!
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We wanted to get to AK for rope drop but we were a little late and missed the show. Oh well...we followed the crowd going right because we had a mountain to conquer!
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so we grabbed some fastpasses...does anyone else notice that people are always clueless when getting these fastpasses? and leave machines totally open? not sure why but we took advantage.

Then we hopped on the standby line because it said 10 mins. it was like 0! Great way to start the morning! Love this ride. Its one of DH's favorites too.

So afterward we didn't really have too much time until our ADR so we just enjoyed looking around on our way. We stopped to take a photo with these guys
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so.....it was really dark where they were shooting the photos so I put a flash on....and this is what we got! awful. but then when we got photopass back...it was just as bad?! :scared1: they should rethink this location

So we kept walking....and then I spotted someone and shrieked with delight.
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"Terk!" She came right over and gave me a big hug before going on her way to her photospot. This totally made my morning. I love Tarzan and I was excited she stopped instead of just the normal wave. :)

After my exciting moment we went into a nearby shop to have a peak. It is so nice how quiet it is walking around because everyone is on rides. No one was in the shop and I spotted a t-shirt I needed and decided to get later.

Soon enough it was time for our ADR...
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We had eaten here on our honeymoon and DH choose it has our must do for this trip. As DH hates breakfast I wanted to go with his choice!
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We checked in and soon were on our way to meet my main man. (besides DH of course :rotfl:)

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So..you may notice what T-shirt DH is wearing...he realized this was a bad idea a little too late. Donald was NOT happy...but he cheered right up when I told him not to worry that HE was my favorite! Also...you may know that Donald's Birthday is June 9th...and I wasn't sure if we would find him the next day so I made sure to tell him happy early birthday! He was very excited and made a big deal out of my knowing. Love that duck.

We were seated in a totally different section then last time. in the right room of the hall in a small room that only had a few tables! it was a tad strange but we could watch everyone else being silly and see when characters were on their way.

When we sat down we were told we had some time before characters so go get some food.
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starting at the bottom: Sweet Potatoes, White Rice, Mickey Waffles! (have to get these!) Biscuit, Pineapple bread (amazing) eggs and corn bread.
I over did it with bread haha. The waffles were so fresh and crispy! its so sad when you get old ones. I really love the sweet potatoes and pineapple bread.

DH's plate
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roasted potatoes, corn beef hash, tater tots, biscuit, pineapple bread, not sure what the brown bread is...I think its banana chocolate? , sausage.
This is luke's favorite breakfast so he already knew what he wanted.
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Chocolate milk for DH
and I of course got coffee!

Soon after the characters started coming by! (only posting a few so not to overload you!)
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Mickey wouldn't let DH stand for this! :laughing:

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He had no choice with me!

Dessert next while waiting for more characters.

My plate
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again....way too much bread. chocolate croissants (AWESOME) , more pineapple bread, unnecessary coffee cake and banana as if that would make up for everything else.

can you see my juice cup? omg...I would go here just for the juice.

Seriously. I have issues with buffets..I need some to follow me around and give me tiny portions and stop me. I always take way too much of everything and then feel sick.

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DH has no problems. raspberry danish, fruit, strawberry yogurt, chocolate croissant.

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Goofy's handler was nice enough to take this for us.

So...Tusker house did not disappoint. the food is really good as far as Breakfast buffets go at Disney. one of the best character breakfast food as well (second to CRT)

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Aww you interactions with Donald were so cute and FUN!

Your breakfast looks super yummy!
 
Was that photo of you with Donald taken with your own camera? That is the only place I have ever been told at Disney that they wouldn't use our camera - they wanted people to buy the photo package. Just curious if they changed the policy.
 
Was that photo of you with Donald taken with your own camera? That is the only place I have ever been told at Disney that they wouldn't use our camera - they wanted people to buy the photo package. Just curious if they changed the policy.

Thats so weird. The photo was taken with our camera. I wonder why you had issues?! :confused3
 
Looks like a great breakfast!

I went to Tusker House with my sister on our trip in 2009 but I really want to go again - delicious buffet & good character interactions.. and that juice, mmmm! I think it's the same one they have at Boma :goodvibes


Emma princess: x
 
Looks like a great breakfast!

I went to Tusker House with my sister on our trip in 2009 but I really want to go again - delicious buffet & good character interactions.. and that juice, mmmm! I think it's the same one they have at Boma :goodvibes


Emma princess: x

Oh yeah? I really want to make it at home....I think id drink it all the time tho :rotfl:
 
Day 4 Part 2

So after our great breakfast we headed back to Everest but not before grabbing fastpasses to the Kilimanjaro Safari for later. It was already for 2:30pm to 3:30pm and it was only 10:30am!

After we made our way towards Camp Minnie Mickey.
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One of my must do was see the Festival of the Lion King so I wanted to make sure we saw it early.
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We got on line and were hoarded towards the show building. We were seated in the Lion section pretty close to the front.
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The show is so good...I really enjoyed it and so did DH. After we went over to Dinosaur to get fastpasses.
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So on our honeymoon I really wanted a hair wrap but never had a chance to get it. so DH went to take photos of the animals around the Tree of Life while I got a hair wrap! It was fun to do. I enjoyed getting it done and it was a fun little souvenir.

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We headed around the tree again we wanted to get super close and see all the animals.
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We used out fastpasses for Dinosaur and then jumped on Everest one more time before heading over to Flights of Wonder. Which DH really wanted to see. DH held our spot and I went to get us some ice cream.
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We were seated in the good sized theater and were very impressed by the show. It wasn't what I expected.
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If you haven't seen this you should! its actually really funny.

We then got a nice spot for the parade! We really love parades but so many of the parade are those crazy interactive ones like Hollywood Studio so we try and avoid it.
 
We got a spot right by the beginning in Africa so we could head to the Pangani Exploration Trail right after.
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I love that he is in the parade! I wish he came out more.
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I love how colorful this parade is. Its one of my favorites besides the night parades at MK.

We then headed over to see the trail. It was around 3:30pm and this seemed like a good time to see the animals. They were all out and around.
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and then there was more of our tree obsession
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Then we headed back to the Safari. i'm not sure why we were walking in huge circles but we were! I love how quickly you get on with a fastpass. Why do people wait for this? It confuses me.

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We took a little break and said goodbye to Africa.
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We then decided to beat the heat and go see Its Tough to Be a Bug.
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These posters entertain me!

Sadly this was the last thing we did. I really love animal kingdom and it was hard to leave but we had an ADR to get to!
 
We grabbed the AKL bus and made it to the Lodge with plenty of time to walk around. We love this resort and really want to stay there but we have issues with how far away it is from everything else.

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Its just so pretty!

We then headed down to Boma for our ADR. We had heard so much about this restaurant and really wanted to try it for ourselves.
We were seated in a quieter area away from children which was nice and then we headed up to get our plates.
DH's first plate
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DH loved the food and couldn't get enough of it.

My first plate
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Carrot Ginger soup. This was amazing. I could eat this everyday. I had two big bowls!
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The vegetarian choices were really great. My favorite was the top left was a chipotle pasta. it was so good.

The food was really so so good. I can't say it enough. I have realized I don't really like the idea of buffets just because...there is just too much choice and too much food.

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Dessert....well mine I forgot to take DH's plate! :eek: but I was way too full. sad. I liked the coffee one the best.

We left very happy and full. We really liked Boma and the food was so nice and fresh. We did have an issue later because DH got food poisoning or allergic reaction to the Red tomato sauce they had (you can see it on his plate) He ate a lot of it because he really liked it and it did not go well. So unfortunately while we really loved Boma I doubt we'd go back.

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lovely update! hope I've said it before, but you take amazing photos! Love that one of the gorilla through the trees :goodvibes


Emma princess: x
 
Joining in! I loved your reports from last year-- we decided to go to Artist Point this year-- your review was totally part of the reason!
 
I somehow just found your TR now. :confused3 Congratulations on your first anniversary - it comes so quickly! I am enjoying your TR so far, and I always like looking at the vegetarian options at all of the different restaurants. Looking forward to reading more!
 
Joining in! I loved your reports from last year-- we decided to go to Artist Point this year-- your review was totally part of the reason!
Welcome! I'm so glad I helped! I really hope you have a wonderful time and please let me know how it was.
I somehow just found your TR now. :confused3 Congratulations on your first anniversary - it comes so quickly! I am enjoying your TR so far, and I always like looking at the vegetarian options at all of the different restaurants. Looking forward to reading more!

Thank you! I know it really came so quickly. Thanks so much and welcome!
 












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