A Merry Mickey Christmas ~ Day 8

[Ware Bears]

Thursday December 24th 2009 ~ Christmas Eve
Weather ~ hot and mainly sunny 79*F

A Merry Mickey Christmas INDEX

Time to hit the parks again although we didn't rush to get out today, we sunbathed by the pool for a while after breakfast then made our way to Animal Kingdom.

We didn't get there until nearly noon and were amazed to find it was very quiet, I was expecting it to be busy.

As we were entering the park we were delighted to find DiVine, we've never seen her before.

We rode Expedition Everest several times, Dinosaur and the girls did Primeval Whirl then it was time for our meal at Yak & Yeti.

The blue drink on the left is the most refreshing drink ever; it's blue curacao, coconut and sprite and we've been recreating it at home all summer!

I'd read loads of reviews of this restaurant but I don't remember any saying how large the portions were, they were ginormous and when our appetisers arrived we wished we'd shared!

Danielle, Francesca and Bryan chose lettuce cups with minced chicken and maple tamarind sauce (see what I mean, they could easily have shared this)

whilst Samantha and I picked pork egg rolls with chili plum dipping sauce. Again, this would have served three people but oh my, they were delicious and the chili plum sauce is to die for.

Samantha, Danielle and Francesca all chose the kobe burger and fries for their entree

and Bryan and I had shaoxing steak and shrimp with more of that yummy chili plum dipping sauce mmmmmmmmmmm.

The service in here was terribly slow which was a good thing for us, otherwise I don't think we'd have been able to attempt a dessert! We were seated upstairs in a corner seat by the window so had a great view for people watching when we spotted this cast member holding a child's shoe.

You're probably now going to think we're totally nuts but we were all in a happy, Christmassy mood (how could we be anything else at Disney for Christmas?) and we found this so funny. I mean there's this guy holding a shoe approaching everyone walking past to see if it was theirs, it was like it was straight out of Cinderella! Then to top it all these two ladies approached him and they were dead ringers for the ugly sisters!! I don't think I've ever laughed so much in my life.

By the time our desserts finally came we'd recovered from our hysterics, the CM with the shoe had moved on (to lost property, I hope) and we managed to find room to sample them.

Danielle and Francesca, as usual, went for the chocolate option

Samantha, Bryan and I all opted for the mango pie which is lush

 

[Ware Bears]

After a pot of tea, we thought we'd better try and walk it all off so off we went round the Maharajah Jungle Trek which I always enjoy, I could spend all day watching the tigers.

We watched the parade which had a few Christmassy additions

before heading to ride Everest again in the dark several times as it was so quiet.

This is my favourite WDW park and I love it even more in the dark.

After doing some last minute Christmas shopping for tomorrow we reluctantly left to return to our hotel.

Unsurprisingly none of us wanted any dinner so we spent the evening swimming and relaxing round the pool with a cocktail or two (well, Bryan and I for the latter! ).

 

[florida sun]

What a great way to spend Christmas Eve, fab photos as well Elaine

 

[strawberry blonde]

Another great day Elaine. It'll be hard to beat that this Xmas Eve. Can't wait to see what Xmas Day brings

Love the look of Yak and Yeti but I think I'd be full after the starter

 

[irongirlof12]

what a great way to spend xmas eve, and your photo's of the tree in AK and the tigers are just fab. I wonder if anyone claimed the shoe? i guess we'll never know!

 

[Chilly]

Great day!

I was surprised by the portions as well at Yak & Yeti.