Lifelong_Dreamer
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2007
Good evening! I hope everybody is enjoying the summer so far!
About a week ago I spent the day in Toronto and saw The Lion King on stage with some friends.
I've also been busy at work which isn't so bad when I have lovely views like this.
Day 2 - June 8 - Animal Kingdom
After our safari we were both hungry but it was too early for lunch so we decided to split a Mickey pretzel with cheese sauce. It was yummy and sure hit the spot!
We devoured the pretzel in minutes and then decided to go visit the Gorilla Falls trail.
The lemurs were out and adorable as always.
Some cast members showed up, presumably to feed them, and they all were on high alert and ran over to the rear of their exhibit.
The hippo was also very popular with both the park guests and the fish. The fish were all over the hippo's face. Never seen them do that before. I overheard somebody say the fish were eating the dead skin off the face of the hippo. Not sure if that was true or not.
Next up is the highlight of the trail, the gorillas!
The female gorilla exhibit was packed! There was a momma sitting by the glass with her baby cradled in her lap. Very cute.
I waited my turn and slowly edged my way closer to get a look and snap a photo or two.
While getting my photo a rude mother pushed her child in front of me and then elbowed me to get in front of me as well to get a photo of her child. I would not have minded if she had asked if her child could step in front of me in order to see the gorilla and baby but it is going too far to elbow or push other guests out of the way because you are too impatient to wait your turn. I have just as much of a right to see and photograph the gorilla as anybody else. I can't stand entitled behaviour no matter the venue. I have rarely had issues at WDW with this type of behaviour but I have read about it happening to others, especially in regards to parents thinking they have more rights because they are there with a kid. WDW is for everybody and I wish everybody respected that. I will certainly make room for a child in front of me but please don't push me out of the way!
Rant over.
Disgusted by her behaviour and wanting to escape the crowd I backed away and found mom who was hanging back as she did not want to wade into the crowd to get a closer look.
The male gorillas were too far back to really see properly at this time and we needed to head back to Pandora anyways to use our fastpass for Navi River Journey.
We were a few minutes early for our fastpass so we found somewhere to sit and relaxed as we watched the drummers and messaged Alek and Erich to let them know how our morning was going.
We tapped into Navi once the performance was over and had maybe a five minute wait. They did squeeze Mom and I into a row with two other people. I don't know why CM's do this, it was a tight fit with four adults in that row and I don't exactly fancy basically sitting on top of a stranger. None of us in that row were waif-like in build either.
Despite being forced to be awfully friendly with the two strangers in our row it was a nice ride through Pandora.
We considered getting lunch in Pandora but we were not feeling adventurous this day so we moved on with our park touring. Instead we got some Night Blossoms to drink as we wandered over to Dino-land where I was hoping to see Chip and Dale. I had so much fun meeting them last year in their Dino costumes so I wanted Mom to meet them too.
On the way there we wandered past Scrooge.
Unfortunately, Chip and Dale were not out when we arrived and there was not even a line so I wasn't sure if they would be back out soon. We briefly considered riding Dinosaur but decided against it as I have an injured shoulder (been going on for months) and I didn't think the rough jostling on that ride would be a good idea.
We decided to do a mobile order for Restaurantosaurus as we had some down time at that moment and I wanted to stay in the area to see if Chip and Dale would come back out.
We had never done Mobile Order before and it stressed Mom out as she does not adapt well to new technology. She prefers talking to somebody in person to order even though I showed her that she could customize her meal in the app (she didn't want sauce on her sandwich).
While eating lunch I modified our evening safari fastpass as I didn't think either of us was going to last that long in the park that day. This meant that we would need to head back to Africa shortly after finishing our lunch.
The food at Restaurantosaurus was decent but nothing special. It filled the hole in our stomachs and that is all we were after at that point.
Chip and Dale never did come out again and we lingered for quite awhile. That was disappointing.
I did stop to visit with Launchpad though on our way out of Dinoland. He was very interactive and spent a good chunk of time with me.
About a week ago I spent the day in Toronto and saw The Lion King on stage with some friends.
I've also been busy at work which isn't so bad when I have lovely views like this.
Day 2 - June 8 - Animal Kingdom
After our safari we were both hungry but it was too early for lunch so we decided to split a Mickey pretzel with cheese sauce. It was yummy and sure hit the spot!
We devoured the pretzel in minutes and then decided to go visit the Gorilla Falls trail.
The lemurs were out and adorable as always.
Some cast members showed up, presumably to feed them, and they all were on high alert and ran over to the rear of their exhibit.
The hippo was also very popular with both the park guests and the fish. The fish were all over the hippo's face. Never seen them do that before. I overheard somebody say the fish were eating the dead skin off the face of the hippo. Not sure if that was true or not.
Next up is the highlight of the trail, the gorillas!
The female gorilla exhibit was packed! There was a momma sitting by the glass with her baby cradled in her lap. Very cute.
I waited my turn and slowly edged my way closer to get a look and snap a photo or two.
While getting my photo a rude mother pushed her child in front of me and then elbowed me to get in front of me as well to get a photo of her child. I would not have minded if she had asked if her child could step in front of me in order to see the gorilla and baby but it is going too far to elbow or push other guests out of the way because you are too impatient to wait your turn. I have just as much of a right to see and photograph the gorilla as anybody else. I can't stand entitled behaviour no matter the venue. I have rarely had issues at WDW with this type of behaviour but I have read about it happening to others, especially in regards to parents thinking they have more rights because they are there with a kid. WDW is for everybody and I wish everybody respected that. I will certainly make room for a child in front of me but please don't push me out of the way!
Rant over.
Disgusted by her behaviour and wanting to escape the crowd I backed away and found mom who was hanging back as she did not want to wade into the crowd to get a closer look.
The male gorillas were too far back to really see properly at this time and we needed to head back to Pandora anyways to use our fastpass for Navi River Journey.
We were a few minutes early for our fastpass so we found somewhere to sit and relaxed as we watched the drummers and messaged Alek and Erich to let them know how our morning was going.
We tapped into Navi once the performance was over and had maybe a five minute wait. They did squeeze Mom and I into a row with two other people. I don't know why CM's do this, it was a tight fit with four adults in that row and I don't exactly fancy basically sitting on top of a stranger. None of us in that row were waif-like in build either.
Despite being forced to be awfully friendly with the two strangers in our row it was a nice ride through Pandora.
We considered getting lunch in Pandora but we were not feeling adventurous this day so we moved on with our park touring. Instead we got some Night Blossoms to drink as we wandered over to Dino-land where I was hoping to see Chip and Dale. I had so much fun meeting them last year in their Dino costumes so I wanted Mom to meet them too.
On the way there we wandered past Scrooge.
Unfortunately, Chip and Dale were not out when we arrived and there was not even a line so I wasn't sure if they would be back out soon. We briefly considered riding Dinosaur but decided against it as I have an injured shoulder (been going on for months) and I didn't think the rough jostling on that ride would be a good idea.
We decided to do a mobile order for Restaurantosaurus as we had some down time at that moment and I wanted to stay in the area to see if Chip and Dale would come back out.
We had never done Mobile Order before and it stressed Mom out as she does not adapt well to new technology. She prefers talking to somebody in person to order even though I showed her that she could customize her meal in the app (she didn't want sauce on her sandwich).
While eating lunch I modified our evening safari fastpass as I didn't think either of us was going to last that long in the park that day. This meant that we would need to head back to Africa shortly after finishing our lunch.
The food at Restaurantosaurus was decent but nothing special. It filled the hole in our stomachs and that is all we were after at that point.
Chip and Dale never did come out again and we lingered for quite awhile. That was disappointing.
I did stop to visit with Launchpad though on our way out of Dinoland. He was very interactive and spent a good chunk of time with me.