stacikristine
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It didnt really bother me that we didnt get many good pics since we were staying at AKL, and wed already taken some really good ones there.
Michael and I alternated rolling our eyes and cracking up the entire ride. There was a WAY over-enthusiastic mom in front of us. She would yell out every single animal she spotted, and then ask her son over and over if he saw it. At one point, our guide asked us to point out any animals that he missed, and he would tell us what they were. So when Mrs. Over-Enthusiastic saw a baby elephant, she started yelling, BABY ELEPHANT! BABY ELEPHANT! BAAAABBBBYYYY ELLEEEEPPPHHHAAAAANNNNNTTTT!!!! Yes. We all see it. You can calm down now. The most ridiculous, though, was when we saw the completely real ostrich eggs. You would have thought she found buried treasure. OSTRICH EGGS!!!! OOOOOSSSSTTRRIIICCCHHHH EEEEGGGGGSSSSS!!!! DID YOU SEE THE OSTRICH EGGS? JUNIOR, SEE THE OSTRICH EGGS?!?!
Thank you. If any of us missed them when our guide pointed them out, we definitely see them now.
Anyway, we finally saw the poachers camp
And had to head back to the reserve. It was neat being able to see the animals, but we were pretty jostled the whole time. We both had headaches (from the bouncing and Mrs. Over-Enthusiastic) by the time we exited. Next time, well request the front!
Upon leaving our safari adventure, we heard some African music, and soon we saw this:
I just love little things like this that make Disney World so special! We stayed and watched the rest of the performance. The actual CMs were incredible dancers! Talk about rhythm. The park guests were a lot of fun to watch too. One of the moms danced her heart outI think it must have been pent-up dance moves from the last 15 years. Its so fun to see adults getting so into things at Disney World.
After grooving to some amazing African music, we decided it was time for an early lunch. If you remember from my PTR, I was torn between Pizzafari and the Picnic in the Park option. But that morning, it became a no-brainer. I didnt want to waste precious park time ordering a picnic, and then have to come back to pick it up at a certain time when I could just go to a counter service whenever we felt like it. So Pizzafari it was!
Michael found this awesome statue and had to pose next to it:
And then I saw the awesome monkey mural that was made up of all different animals, and decided I needed a picture with it!
I love how the sun is shining through the window and onto the bench and myself.
It was both of our first times to visit Pizzafari, and we didnt know what to expect. It was SO cute insidewe loved all of the bright jungle paintings. The ordering system turned out to be super easy and efficient! Everything looked amazing (especially the desserts), but we decided to just split two meals and each get grapes for our dessert. We knew wed be eating outside, and we didnt want a hot dessert in that heat.
I chose the Hot Italian Sandwich, chips, grapes, and a water. Michael picked a Pepperoni Pizza, salad, grapes, and a water. We waited practically no time at all for our order, picked up some to-go silverware and napkins, and headed out.
Our next destination?
When we got to Camp Minnie-Mickey, this was the crowd that saw:
Nice. They must all still be at the Panjai Forest Trail!
On our way through Camp Minnie-Mickey, we ran into a lonely characterPocahontas! Its so crazy how things change. When I came with my family when I was 15, my little sister, Dad, and brother waited almost 30 minutes to meet her (my sister watched Pocahontas every single day for months). Now, she was so un-popular that she didnt even have a PhotoPass Photographer with her. We felt bad for her, so we stopped to take a picture.
Do you see our food balancing on the rail behind us?
After posing with our Native American friend, we kept on walking until we came to our next attraction:
The Festival of the Lion King! I was so excited to see this. It was one of my favorites on our last two trips. I was also anxious for Michael to see it since The Lion King is one of his top 3 Disney Movies.
We wanted to catch the 12:00 show, and we were making great time! We were in line (two people from the front, far left side of the entrance) by 11:30.
We put our backpack on the ground, pulled out our lunch, and finally started eating. It was all really, really good! Sorry, I dont have pictureswe barely had enough hands to hold/eat our food (since we were standing up). But we were both very pleased with our lunch choice! Soon after we finished, it was time for the doors to open up and for us to watch a show like none other!
Up Next:
Not what he expected
A rematch with the Yeti
Our new favorite show
It didnt really bother me that we didnt get many good pics since we were staying at AKL, and wed already taken some really good ones there.
Michael and I alternated rolling our eyes and cracking up the entire ride. There was a WAY over-enthusiastic mom in front of us. She would yell out every single animal she spotted, and then ask her son over and over if he saw it. At one point, our guide asked us to point out any animals that he missed, and he would tell us what they were. So when Mrs. Over-Enthusiastic saw a baby elephant, she started yelling, BABY ELEPHANT! BABY ELEPHANT! BAAAABBBBYYYY ELLEEEEPPPHHHAAAAANNNNNTTTT!!!! Yes. We all see it. You can calm down now. The most ridiculous, though, was when we saw the completely real ostrich eggs. You would have thought she found buried treasure. OSTRICH EGGS!!!! OOOOOSSSSTTRRIIICCCHHHH EEEEGGGGGSSSSS!!!! DID YOU SEE THE OSTRICH EGGS? JUNIOR, SEE THE OSTRICH EGGS?!?!
Thank you. If any of us missed them when our guide pointed them out, we definitely see them now.Anyway, we finally saw the poachers camp
And had to head back to the reserve. It was neat being able to see the animals, but we were pretty jostled the whole time. We both had headaches (from the bouncing and Mrs. Over-Enthusiastic) by the time we exited. Next time, well request the front!
Upon leaving our safari adventure, we heard some African music, and soon we saw this:
I just love little things like this that make Disney World so special! We stayed and watched the rest of the performance. The actual CMs were incredible dancers! Talk about rhythm. The park guests were a lot of fun to watch too. One of the moms danced her heart outI think it must have been pent-up dance moves from the last 15 years. Its so fun to see adults getting so into things at Disney World.
After grooving to some amazing African music, we decided it was time for an early lunch. If you remember from my PTR, I was torn between Pizzafari and the Picnic in the Park option. But that morning, it became a no-brainer. I didnt want to waste precious park time ordering a picnic, and then have to come back to pick it up at a certain time when I could just go to a counter service whenever we felt like it. So Pizzafari it was!
Michael found this awesome statue and had to pose next to it:
And then I saw the awesome monkey mural that was made up of all different animals, and decided I needed a picture with it!
I love how the sun is shining through the window and onto the bench and myself.
It was both of our first times to visit Pizzafari, and we didnt know what to expect. It was SO cute insidewe loved all of the bright jungle paintings. The ordering system turned out to be super easy and efficient! Everything looked amazing (especially the desserts), but we decided to just split two meals and each get grapes for our dessert. We knew wed be eating outside, and we didnt want a hot dessert in that heat.
I chose the Hot Italian Sandwich, chips, grapes, and a water. Michael picked a Pepperoni Pizza, salad, grapes, and a water. We waited practically no time at all for our order, picked up some to-go silverware and napkins, and headed out.
Our next destination?
When we got to Camp Minnie-Mickey, this was the crowd that saw:
Nice. They must all still be at the Panjai Forest Trail!
On our way through Camp Minnie-Mickey, we ran into a lonely characterPocahontas! Its so crazy how things change. When I came with my family when I was 15, my little sister, Dad, and brother waited almost 30 minutes to meet her (my sister watched Pocahontas every single day for months). Now, she was so un-popular that she didnt even have a PhotoPass Photographer with her. We felt bad for her, so we stopped to take a picture.
Do you see our food balancing on the rail behind us?
After posing with our Native American friend, we kept on walking until we came to our next attraction:
The Festival of the Lion King! I was so excited to see this. It was one of my favorites on our last two trips. I was also anxious for Michael to see it since The Lion King is one of his top 3 Disney Movies.
We wanted to catch the 12:00 show, and we were making great time! We were in line (two people from the front, far left side of the entrance) by 11:30.
We put our backpack on the ground, pulled out our lunch, and finally started eating. It was all really, really good! Sorry, I dont have pictureswe barely had enough hands to hold/eat our food (since we were standing up). But we were both very pleased with our lunch choice! Soon after we finished, it was time for the doors to open up and for us to watch a show like none other!
Up Next:
Not what he expected
A rematch with the Yeti
Our new favorite show
It's just so neat to look at all the animals around it.
I think your fingers aren't really that long. 
I agree, the back is really bumpy!
It's probably my favorite CS place at AK. I love all the different rooms and all the bright colors used.
I don't even think I would have noticed if you hadn't mentioned it. I like that Tink pic though. I haven't seen that one before. We got the other Tink pic with our little girl - who was about 21 months at the time - standing with her hands out. She loved seeing Tink on her hands when we got the PP picture. I wonder if i can get her to do that Tink pose? And I wonder if her hands will look freaksihly big for her age? 
I just love all the detail that goes into the Tree of Life. Thank goodness! I was scared that maybe it was real 
I'm glad you don't think so. That lady was one of a kind...hopefully yours will be more peaceful. I had remembered that you loved it--that's one of the reasons we decided to go there. I'd only tried Flame Tree BBQ and it didn't settle well with me. No, I didn't. We only spent a 1/2 day at the most at MGM before this trip--we always had little kids with us who didn't enjoy MGM. It's mine and Michael's favorite, though! 
I love the bugs life glasses! Haha they are super cute and they really do make you look like a bug. Not you, specifically, just everyone! 
Thanks so much for reading! Aw, thank you. We had fun together. I've loved writing about our trip. Thank you for voting for him! I hope we do too!
