"Didn't you see our first movie? We drive..." An August 2012 TR The new TR is up!!!

The update started out so normally....I was thinking there would be no strangeness in this one.....
hmmm...I know you're not on crack, so perhaps it is all the raw cookie dough you eat? Something in those raw eggs must be affecting you somehow. :confused3 :lmao:
I know I didn't drop you on your head when you were a baby! :upsidedow

You forgot to tell the tip when you are riding Everest, going backwards...lift up your feet and it almost feels like you are going upside down!

Listen, I ate all of that raw cookie dough AFTER I wrote this. But yeah, I eat raw cookie dough a lot so it must be the raw eggs.
You are so nice Mum.
I'm sorry. I was too busy writing about my reality tv show.

For realz ?? I am so trying that next time !!!

Yeah! It's really cool!

I agree! The animal kingdom attention to detail beats all others. To appreciate everything they have to offer you'd definitely need a minimum of three days just in that park. I wish we cod have taken the short lived boat ride before they took it out. I just know it would have been my second favorite thing, Everest would stay #1.

The details in Animal Kingdom are just incredible. I agree, you need several days to just look at everything.
I know...wasn't that boat ride only there for like a year?​
 
Love your most recent update- sure made me laugh! And the photo with your camera crew...? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

And yup, Sugar Bear dressed as santa for the Christmas in July thing. That was funny! Nothing like that ever happens here! Hope it comes back on really soon! :rolleyes:
 
Love your most recent update- sure made me laugh! And the photo with your camera crew...? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

And yup, Sugar Bear dressed as santa for the Christmas in July thing. That was funny! Nothing like that ever happens here! Hope it comes back on really soon! :rolleyes:

Thank ya!
I don't even know how I made thatt whole thing up about my camera crew. I am a strange person.
Stuff like Sugar Bear dressed up as Santa only happens in America, I guess. I know, I NEED more episodes of Honey Boo Boo!​
 
Just a few months I think. We have looked all over youtube for a good video, but nothing good so far. If you look around the water at Tusker House you will see some cute stuff that the boat used to pass by. I wish they'd bring it back and make it like a huge jungle cruise or something.
 

Just a few months I think. We have looked all over youtube for a good video, but nothing good so far. If you look around the water at Tusker House you will see some cute stuff that the boat used to pass by. I wish they'd bring it back and make it like a huge jungle cruise or something.

Yeah I have heard it wasn't around for a very long time.
I'll have to check out the stuff near Tusker House!
That would be so cool if they brought it back.​
 
Our lunch at Yak & Yeti

We headed over to Yak & Yeti and checked in early.
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We only waited a few minutes and then someone brought us to our table upstairs. We were seated right by the stairs.

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And then we waited. And waited…

I don’t know why we waited so long since I am a VIP and all. I expect quick service!

Finally after about 10 minutes, our waitress, Jenna came over and took our drink orders. Mum and I both got virgin piña coladas. Mum thought it tasted weird from the (wonderful) paper straw but I didn’t see a difference.

We decided to split two entrees, so we got…

Shrimp lo mien.
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And the crispy honey chicken with jasmine rice.
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We both enjoyed the food, but it wasn’t outstanding or anything. I have heard people RAVE about the lo mien and I guess I was expecting more. It didn’t blow my socks off or anything.

Before we ordered dessert, Jenna brought us over fortune cookies. Mum opened hers up and this was her fortune.
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ARE YOU KIDDING MOI?!

I opened mine up and there was nothing inside. I guess I have no fortune… but I can’t really say Mum’s fortune was spectacular because “you look pretty” isn’t really a fortune or anything.

We wanted to order dessert and of course, we waited, and waited, and waited, again.

Jenna finally got her booty over to our table and we ordered the fried wontons.
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I wasn’t sure I would like them, but of course I took a bite, and I was right. I did not like them at all. So Mum just ate them all and I had the ice cream and strawberries.

With our dessert, we ordered water. Mum took a sip of hers and it looked like she was going to throw up. Seriously. She said the water was absolutely NASTY and it tasted like Malaria ridden water. I took a sip of mine and I almost threw up. It was nasty tap water. I guess they really want to make you feel like you are in Asia or something.

We paid and I wrote in my trip journal for a few minutes. An elderly woman (no, not Mum) walked by our table and saw my journal and she just loved it and said it was very cute. Maybe it was Mum then… She said she didn’t think they made stuff like that anymore. Um yes, they do.

Yak & Yeti
Food: We enjoyed our food, but it wasn’t amazing or anything. 4/5
Atmosphere: I loved the atmosphere. All the decorations were very cool! 4/5
Service: Jenna was our waitress and she was just SO slow. We waited way too long at some points. 2.5/5

We liked Yak & Yeti, but I don’t think we would go back every trip. It’s definitely not a favorite restaurant of mine.

From Asia, we headed over to Camp Minnie Mickey.

On the way we saw a bunch of people gathered around something, so we decided to look at what they were looking at. Who am I kidding! They were gathered around waiting for moi to get there so I could sign autographs of course! I got there and everyone went wild. People were screaming and someone almost attacked me. Good thing there were CMs there to calm everyone down.

Actually, DiVine was out! I had only seen pictures of her before, so it was very cool to see her in person!
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We soon got over to Camp Minnie Mickey and I wanted to see if any characters were out in their awesome safari gear.

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Minnie was out so we got in her line since Mum just loves her. Donald was also out and Mickey was going in before he got heat stroke because it was SO. HOT. Thank the LORD they have fans in the queue because I would have passed out if they didn’t.

Why does Animal Kingdom have to be 5000000000x more hot than any other park?
Seriously.

Some little girl that was in line got yelled by a CM because she didn’t have any shoes on. I’m sorry, but 1) how can that feel good? and 2) That’s like the law for cryin’ out loud. And I have to say, SO many people that day didn’t have shoes on. Two words: Stupid Guests.
So the CM let them go to their stroller to find her shoes and then come back in line. Ridiculousness I tell you.

It was finally our turn to meet Minnie and I wasn’t so thrilled about it, I guess.

But I will tell you guys more about that next time.

You’re welcome.​
 
Good to hear of your Yak and Yeti review. My dad insists on wanting to eat at an Indian restaurant at WDW and I'm stuck for options! I guess Y&Y would kinda come under that.

Have you been to Sanaa or Jiko? I'm just trying to choose a place that actually is the closest to Indian.

The lady in the leaves scared the life outta me! Sorry lol, I just wasn't expecting that. I'm sitting on my phone and suddenly a random lady pops up on my screen covered in leaves!

Keep the updates comin'. I just love the way you retell things. I mean the girl with no shoes on? LOL!
 
Good to hear of your Yak and Yeti review. My dad insists on wanting to eat at an Indian restaurant at WDW and I'm stuck for options! I guess Y&Y would kinda come under that.

Have you been to Sanaa or Jiko? I'm just trying to choose a place that actually is the closest to Indian.

The lady in the leaves scared the life outta me! Sorry lol, I just wasn't expecting that. I'm sitting on my phone and suddenly a random lady pops up on my screen covered in leaves!

Keep the updates comin'. I just love the way you retell things. I mean the girl with no shoes on? LOL!

I have never been to Sanaa or Jiko. I haven't read many reviews on Jiko but I have heard Sanaa is really good.
:laughing: Haha sorry! It's really weird when you see her in person.
Trust me, there are many more updates to come! And thanks! Yeah, I don't know why SO many people weren't wearing shoes that day.​
 
I think you are the first person I have ever heard of that did not love the fried won ton dessert. It is one of my top 3 things to eat at WDW. It has been a few years since I've eaten there. They could have changed something. :confused3 Still looks about the same. Ya know I think the counter service Y & Y food is just as good as the one served inside. We were told it comes out of the same kitchen so that's probably why.

Yes, it is a billion times hotter at the AK. All those trees....makes it stuffy.

Beautiful pics!
 
I think you are the first person I have ever heard of that did not love the fried won ton dessert. It is one of my top 3 things to eat at WDW. It has been a few years since I've eaten there. They could have changed something. :confused3 Still looks about the same. Ya know I think the counter service Y & Y food is just as good as the one served inside. We were told it comes out of the same kitchen so that's probably why.

Yes, it is a billion times hotter at the AK. All those trees....makes it stuffy.

Beautiful pics!

Yeah I have heard many people like it, but it just wasn't for me I guess. I'm weird like that.
I think we might go to the counter service part next time for lunch or something.
They really do want you to feel like you are in Asia or something with the heat!
Thanks (:
 
DeVine was so cool...we hadn't seen her before, and then all of a sudden you see this face, and when she walks it is even more weird, in a good way! I love the picture you got of her Meg.
 
DeVine was so cool...we hadn't seen her before, and then all of a sudden you see this face, and when she walks it is even more weird, in a good way! I love the picture you got of her Meg.

I know, she was cool beans.
Why thank ya, mother.​
 
We find out that dinosaurs speak Italian

So the photopass photographer took our camera when we got up to meet Minnie.

We each gave Minnie a big hug and then the photographer took our picture with her camera and this is how that came out.
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Looks alright, right?

Well then I didn’t know when she was going to take a picture with our camera so I just stood there and didn’t smile for a second when I thought she wasn’t taking a picture. I was wrong.

She took the picture while I wasn’t smiling.

Yup.

I look really happy to meet Minnie as you can see.
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Note to self and to every one of you who read this nonsense: SMILE EVEN WHEN YOU THINK THE PHOTOPASS PHOTOGRAPHER ISN’T TAKING YOUR PICTURE.

After our lovely meeting with Minnie, I guess we went into Island Mercantile since I have a picture of this really cute sign…
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Who even knows though.

Since we still had time to kill before our Kali FPs were good, we headed into Dinoland.
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First stop was Dinosaur, aka my all time favorite ride.

I hope you guys can see the sarcasm there.

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“Look at those chompahs!”
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Seriously, I HATE Dinosaur. I know all of the dinosaurs are all fake, but they scare me to death. I scream like a little baby throughout the whole entire ride. I don’t even know why I bother going on Dinosaur. I get nightmares because of it.

Not really, but still.

We got front row and I wasn’t that pleased about that.

I basically lost my voice and made Mum deaf because I screamed so loud.

I made it out alive and then I saw our ride photo.

Just look at this thing.
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If you can’t tell which one is me, I don’t know what to say.

I have so many comments on this, it is ridiculous.

1. I was actually screaming like that. No joke.
2. Everyone else is like “Oh hi pretty dinosaur. You don’t scare me at all. Bye now.”
3. Mum looks like she is saying to the T-Rex “Would you like some spaghetti?” Seriously, it looks like she is talking Italian to the dinosaur.
She looks like this guy.
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4. I am more scared then the little kids behind me. And plus the mother is patting the little boy's head like she thinks he is going to be scared, and he's not.
5. The kid in the back looks like is trying to poke his father’s head.
6. The woman next to me is smiling for some odd reason. And Mum is too. Weirdos.
And last but not least,
7. I still can’t get over my face.

Let’s do a close up on us now.
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Wow. That is all I have to say.

Seriously, we should’ve bought our lovely picture. But to come to think of it, it would have been like $25 and then it would sit in my room and collect dust, just like everything else.

We headed into the Dump Shop and I pin traded with a CM.

From the best ride in the universe, we explored Dinoland for a few minutes and then I saw a food cart. Yes, I just ate like less than an hour before, but I am a bottomless pit, so I wanted more food. So, it was Mickey Bar time!
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NOMS.
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I didn’t enjoy it at all…
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Very attractive picture of me, I know.

Mum got an almond chocolate bar, which I think she enjoyed.
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We headed back into Asia and I suggested that we should get FPs more Everest, but Mum didn’t think that we could have two at the same time.

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I put my ticket in and a FP came out. We asked a CM later in the week about having two at the same time and she said you couldn’t. Well I think we got two at once was because on our Kali FP, it said you could get another one after 1:05.

So we got EE FPs for 3:30-4:30.
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It wasn’t quite time to head over to Kali yet, so I took some roller coaster shots while we waited.

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I love zooming in on those pictures and looking at everyone’s ridiculous faces. It’s quite fun. Actually, I shouldn’t say that because I guess that I do have ridiculous faces on rides…

We headed over to Kali since it was FINALLY time to use our FPs.

Random purdy—I PROMISE I won’t ramble on about Honey Boo Boo—flower picture.
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And I’ll save our Kali ride for next time because I just want to do a happy dance because one month from today I’ll be eating at ‘Ohana.

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Dancing bananas are awesome.​
 
I have already seen the Dinosaur picture, but I can honestly say I was totally cracking up at it, and your commentary on it! :lmao: Even the little kids aren't as scared as you!!! WHAT is up with that??? They are fake dinosaurs, just so you know.
I hope we get a picture as good as that one when I drag you on it again in November!

Abd woohoooooo for 'Ohana in one month!!!! We might want to stop eating NOW to save room!
 
I am so in love with your trip report. Your writing style is fun and casual, the things you say are hilarious and your photos are fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to do it!!
 
I have already seen the Dinosaur picture, but I can honestly say I was totally cracking up at it, and your commentary on it! :lmao: Even the little kids aren't as scared as you!!! WHAT is up with that??? They are fake dinosaurs, just so you know.
I hope we get a picture as good as that one when I drag you on it again in November!

Abd woohoooooo for 'Ohana in one month!!!! We might want to stop eating NOW to save room!

Listen. Those dinos are really scary! Little kids might not think that, but I do!
Fine, if you bring me on Dinosaur again, you are going beyond the 5th dimension, in THE TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR! DUH DUH DUNNNN!!!
And I never stop eating so that won't happen.

I am so in love with your trip report. Your writing style is fun and casual, the things you say are hilarious and your photos are fantastic. Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to do it!!

WELCOME!
Thank you so much! I am glad you are enjoying it!
Oh, no problem at all! I LOVE sharing my trip with everyone.​
 
Totally out of order here, but I just saw on the Disney Food Blog today that Oreo Bon Bons are available again, in a takeout pack at the Beach Club Marketplace in the Beach Club Resort. Just FYI for your Nov trip!:goodvibes

I've been insanely busy this week, but I'm going to get all caught up on this TR tonight and then I'll make posts that will actually make sense to your other readers! :lmao:
 
Totally out of order here, but I just saw on the Disney Food Blog today that Oreo Bon Bons are available again, in a takeout pack at the Beach Club Marketplace in the Beach Club Resort. Just FYI for your Nov trip!:goodvibes

I've been insanely busy this week, but I'm going to get all caught up on this TR tonight and then I'll make posts that will actually make sense to your other readers! :lmao:

REALLY?!?!??!?! YEEESSSS!!!!
Oh, you are in for some good stuff and great pictures of me when you get caught up!​
 















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