No zombies here, 13 years of trip reports!!!

[dvc at last !]

Our next rip is November for the Half Marathon (not me) our son, daughter and her husband will run. We will be at BCV.
It is also Food & Wine. We will see the Osborne Lights for the last time.
We have done MNSSHP, but never MVMCP.
Then Presidents week in February AKV-Jambo.

Your Spring Break will be great !
I do like BWV also.

 

[disneymayz]

Back on page 27, I think, there was a picture of a clock at Disney Springs. Where is this located? Do they sell them?

 

[AirGoofy]

Back on page 27, I think, there was a picture of a clock at Disney Springs. Where is this located? Do they sell them?

It is in the World of Disney in the jewelry section or the one next (right) to jewelry section. It used to have the alligator/ crocodile from Peter Pan underneath it, holding up the clock. I haven't seen any for sale, but I really haven't looked for any. I have taken pictures over the years with the dds in front of it. When I saw the construction, I figured I would still get the picture.

 

[AirGoofy]

Welcome to 2016 LIVE! trip report.



Our 4th floor view studio standard view.

 

[AirGoofy]

This is our 3rd trip to BWV.



We unpacked. Our studio even has the Murphy Bed.



Everyone was hungry after a 13.5 hour car ride.



Starting with dinner at ESPN Club with Yuengling Draft.

 

[dvc at last !]

Good to see your family's happy faces - let the games begin .......

but, how did they have smiles after 13 plus hours driving ?

I know - you get that way at the happiest places on earth !

BWV - nice location, too !

Ready for the live TR .......

 

[AirGoofy]

Good to see your family's happy faces - let the games begin .......

but, how did they have smiles after 13 plus hours driving ?

I know - you get that way at the happiest places on earth !

BWV - nice location, too !

Ready for the live TR .......

They were happy because they were getting ready to eat.

Also, it will be a semi-live trip report this time. My battery didn't charge last night as I left wifi on. So, I didn't have enough battery life for pictures and posting.

 

[AirGoofy]

We start this trip at Animal Kingdom. It turns out we haven't been to this park since 2010. Not sure how I overlooked it, but I guess so.



I have a new phone with selfie camera.



Not sure how that gray hair got there. EMH this morning and started with our favorite at Kilimanjaro Safari with FP+ saved for the afternoon.

 

[AirGoofy]

We had to wait for several giraffes to get out of the road and they finally crossed over it.



The lions were awake. No roar though.



A terrific photo opportunity.



We were going to ride KS twice, but the line was too long. So, we went over to Expedition Everest with a short wait.



Managed to get front car. Yeah!!!!!!

 

[AirGoofy]

We did some dancing. The drums are cool.



Pangini forest??



Festival of the Lion King was a great show as usual. We sat close to the very top of the giraffe section. I wish we had skipped the forest and got there sooner.



Finding Nemo. The performer who played Nemo was terrific.



I think the male actor who played Marlin was the same as the last time we were here, but maybe not.

 

[AirGoofy]

That was all done by noon. The park did get crowded and an announcement was made to open the park to 7 for an extra hour.

Lunch at Yak n Yeti. DW is a Landry's Member and we had a $25 off reward. Notice the phantom hand.

We had a great meal with mahi mahi, swordfish, and ribs were all exceptional. A couple draft beers and the pineapple wanton dessert.



Time to start FP+. First was Dinosaur.



Second was Expedition Everest again.



Not front car this time.

 

[AirGoofy]

We had some time for Kilimanjaro Safari FP+ so it was Kali River Rapids. The dds were wet.



Then, we went and rode the train and back. We didn't stop.



We finished with the Kilimanjaro Safari ride again. No extra pictures. We did the Life is Tough being a Bug in there somewhere, but I don't remember where and didn't take a picture.

 

[AirGoofy]

We were tired and left AK around 6:00 PM.

Went back to the Boardwalk where there was some entertainment.



Then, we bought a pizza from the Boardwalk pizza window and drank a frozen Grand Margarita while we waited for it to be cooked. We enjoyed dinner poolside and the quiet pool.

That is updated for now......

 

[AirGoofy]

Was able to watch the Star Wars fireworks from BWV. I could hear some of the music, but it was quickly drowned out by the passing boats. Still, I nice addition this trip.

 

[AirGoofy]

We made it to Epcot. Wouldn't you know it? DW was selected to be wanded but not me! I was so jealous.

 

[AirGoofy]

Made it thru IG.



Mission Space. This one may be shot of the day with the sun overhead, topiary, and background.



With Soarin closed, Test Track had 115 min standby and 45 min single rider wait.



So we listened to the drums and moved on.

 

[AirGoofy]

We rode Living with the Land twice and had a quick chicken wrap snack.



We tried our first ever behind the scenes tour, which was the seeds tour.



Pumpkins. Over 50 lbs.



Fluted pumpkin.



And



And red with fish envy.



We were able to feed the tilapia fish pellets which was fun.

 

[AirGoofy]

Time for more food. The winner was lemon grey goose slush and croissant from France.



Another topiary.



Beer and pretzel from Germany were not as good.



DW had fresh caramel popcorn from Karamel Kuche and a drink from China. No time for a picture.

 

[AirGoofy]

More fun with selfie camera.



Three Caballeros. They have the three birds as animatronics now at the end.



Honey, I shrunk the audience, er um, Captain Eo, er um Pixar Disney short films. They were fun.



DW wearing her Figment of Imagination while at the Figment of the Imagination ride.



Some weird posted times. 30 min stand by time had no wait. I found that at other rides yesterday and today.

 

[AirGoofy]

Some really close planning times, maybe too close, and definitely to far away. We hustle from Figment to get the last picture with Alice.



Right after last picture with Alice, our ADR at Rose n Crown. I had the Shepard's pie for the first time ever. It was good. We had the trifle and sticky toffee pudding for dessert.



Then, back down for FP+ at Character Spot.

Then, over for FP+ at Test Track.



I wanted the big redneck truck, not that it would be a KY stereotype. DW picked out the paint, flames, and the rest of the accessories. The high score design if the day was 230. We got 213.