We finally made our way to the Safari and it was a walk-on. The way things ended up most of the week was that the rides had a posted time of 5-10 minutes, but it took that long to walk through the empty queue. It was perfect.
It was a nice safari but a little underwhelming. R & M really enjoyed it. Remember, this is M's first trip to AK. She really did love the park.
After the Safari we stopped in one of the shops on the way out of Harambe where I found some much needed sunglasses. I had dropped my car off at the mechanic's before leaving and forgot the sunglasses. Everyone had left me shopping and I come out to find R with two glasses of beer and icecream for mom and M. He knows me well, I didn't want an icecream, but why did he need two beers? So he wouldn't waste any time later getting another one he said. You really can't wait until this evening to get FREE beer in the CL?
I tend to be thrifty when I can get something for free later on. I know it wasn't my money, but it really irritated me.
They all wanted to try the Kali River Rapids so that's where we headed next. We encountered a huge crowd that had found Devine. Mom and M stopped to watch for a while. I had to get away from the crowd so kept walking. On the way we passed the Flights of Wonder arena but the timing didn't work out so continued onward. The River Rapids was a 20 minute wait and I really did not want to get wet at that time so said I would wait for them while they rode. I was quickly getting spoiled rotten by the walk-ons. Well they didn't want to go without me so we headed to EE which was another walk-on. Have I said how perfect that was
R & M loved it so much they decided to ride again. I can't ride that one back to back because I get nauseous so mom waited with me. They loved it just as much the second time.
I was actually the one who demanded that we eat and headed to Restaurantosaurous for a veggie sub. They all lolly gagged behind, waiting for R to take a smoke break while I shuffled ahead. It was only day two and my feet were giving me such pain. They all finally caught up with me, I shuffled slowly enough that they could see me in the distance. The only picture I have of lunch is my sandwhich.
It was really delicious after I doctored it up. I must warn you that I'm a very picky eater and absolutely can't stand onions or peppers and this had both. They couldn't remove them because the sandwhich is pre-made. I also ended up taking off the portabello mushrooms and eggplant which left me with very little untli I added lettuce, tomatoes, and sauteed mushrooms from the toppings bar. I know I know, I warned you. M had the same sandwhich undoctored and really enjoyed it. R had some sort of chicken sandwhich and yet another beer. While mom just had some french fries. Her own order, I wan't about to let her eat all of my delicious fries.
The whole day I thought the park closed at 6 and that we still had a couple hours left but I was checking the times guide for the Nemo showings and noticed that the park actually closed at 5 that day. OH NO!!! We still had lots to see and now one less hour in which to do it. The time stamp of my sandwhich was 3:23, so I think we left the restaurant right around 4:00. The plan was to go to Dinosaur, then do ITTBAB, circle up to KRR, then do the last show of Nemo which was at 5:00. So we hustled out of the restaurant and headed right to Dinosaur which mom sat out. She cant stand how jerky it is. As many times as Ive done this I scream bloody murder when the big dinosaur comes out at the end. R loved the picture of us so stopped to buy it. It was quite amusing. We quickly went outside to collect mom and made our way to ITTBAB. On the way we stopped for a few minutes to watch the crocodile who was moving around in the water which the CM said was very rare. The first time I saw him I thought for sure he was a statue because I couldnt even tell he was breathing. No picture, we were on a mission. Walk-on for ITTBAB, mom and I loved it as usual. R had not warned M of anything that would happen and she did not like it one bit. Id be surprised if she ever did that again. R enjoyed it though, he had been pretty nostalgic all day about AK.
It was a straight shot to Asia through one of the spokes so we made excellent time getting to KRR which was another walk-on. I was going to sit it out because I was scared about getting my camera wet but at the last minute decided to join them and stowed everything in the not so waterproof area. Thankfully everything was safe. The CM was rushing everybody for who knows what reason and R sat right down on a hard plastic area and really hurt his side. He was not a happy camper about that. I got absolutely soaked. Nobody else got soaked except for me. The one who almost didnt go on the ride.... Oh well, thankfully it was the end of the day. They were letting people get right back on without going through line so mom and M went again. R and I had had enough so waited for them. Unfortunately that messed up the plans to go see the last Nemo show but everything worked out fine. It was 5:07 when mom and M joined as after their second ride. I noticed they had some lockers roped off right near the entrance to KRR which are free to use. They werent available yet or I definitely would have used them. We slowly made our way out of the park and thankfully got on the first bus back to the resort.
Here comes one shortly.
I know this was a hard vacation for you. Something tells me you won't be back with that same combination of people again. 
