Chapter 8: Mickey's Jam'n Jungle Parade or Bust!
Day 3 - May 18th
The day will start with the a.m. EMH at AK. And therein lies my dillema. I always do the a.m EMH's here so I can jump on KS before the crowds come and the animals are still active. We hit EE, KRR, D, ITTBAB, and a show or two, and get the park done by 2pm. I then move on, either heading back to the resort for a break or onto another park with my Park Hopper. It's always the same question. Do we wait around a few hours in the heat for the Jam'n Jungle Parade with the crowds that have now gathered or do we move on? The answer has always been move on. I've never seen this parade.
So in the spirit of doing a lot of "Firsts" on this trip, its Mickey's Jam'n Jungle Parade or Bust.
To keep us at the AK, this will be our only scheduled day here. Its my hope this will keep us motivated enough till stick it out for the parade. Some of the things we normally skip we'll do this time (like Camp Minnie-Mickey, and Rafiki's Planet Watch). And if its hot out, we'll probably do KRR more than 1X.
I haven't gotten into my CS restaurant choices in previous chapters, but for AK it will be either Pizzafari or Flame Tree BBQ which is one of my fav's. I'm not sure about FT today though, because our dinner tonight is "similar" (but I'll get into that in a couple of paragraphs). At FT, I usually do the Ribs
and will get a frozen lemonade for dessert, but if we hit Pizzafari, it will be either the Hot Italian Sandwich or the Chicken Parm Sandwich.
So if all goes as planned, the assumption is that we make it to the Jam'n Jungle Parade then quickly skidaddle from AK heading directly back to the our resort for either some rest or a pool break. This will be up to whichever DS4 chooses, so I'm guessing pool. We should easily have an hour or more before we have to get ready for our dinner ADR which just happens to be at our resort this evening, so no rushing out tonight
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Our ADR is scheduled for 6:15 at the Whipering Canyon Cafe. I've read a lot about it, and I hope we get a great server who's up for giving us the full show. For dinner, I'm torn between a few items: the Canyon Skillet, the St. Louis Ribs, or, the Rib Eye Steak. If we eat at Flame Tree for lunch, I'll probably go with the Rib Eye, if lunch is at Pizzafari I'll flip a coin for the Ribs or Canyon Skillet. If I remember correctly, this is also the place to find the "Sherrif Shakes" and I'm hoping its covered as my drink on the
DDP. I love chocolate shakes.
After dinner tonight, we have a couple of options. Nothing is set in stone after dinner. Option 1 - If there is something cool going on at our resort or nearby at FW, we can do that. Option 2 - Tonight there are p.m. EMH's at DHS. I'm not sure its worth the trouble getting over to DHS for a few extra rides, so we'll probably go with option 1, ending our day by watching the Electrical Water Pageant from the beach before calling it a night.
Up next -
Chapter 9: My DS4's dream comes true at Epcot
I'm passing on my love of all things Disney to my DS4. This will be our 4th "Boys Only" trip and his 6th overall. He is way ahead of my pace. 
It is a huge savings for us !! 
I won't be doing as many Dis Meets then as I'll be too busy orgainizing everyones day !! 
I might need to borrow that spreadsheet for October trip 
2 jobs but still exhausting !!Yes I am quite the promotor it is the blabbermouth in me !!
Alan came up with the time and it just snowballed from there and the more Dissers joining the more wanted too !!I am really excited about both our meets !!
Who's offering free dining? 
at the MK. (Just wanted to see if you're paying attention, as there is no beer at the MK.
