kdzbear
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 5, 2006
We decided to go through the jungle trek and see the tigers. Our zoo recently added tigers and the two littlest love them. However, today the tigers were in the corners of the exhibit and sleeping.
After walking through this section we decided it was time for lunch. Everyone else had the same idea. After I stood in line for about ten minutes I was given one of those timer things to present when I was handed my food. We were in line at the Flame Tree Barbecue. The problem was there were two lines for each register with one attendant per register. She would take an order from the left and then one from the right. The line was in the sun and it took thirty minutes to get through the line that only had 3 people ahead of me on my left side of the line. There were lots of new cast members that were being trained.
We went down and sat by the water to eat. We had a wonderful view of Everest.
Next we went on the Safari. The kids loved this ride. There were lots of animals out today and the driver would stop and let everyone look at the animals and take pictures. We were on the handicapped tram so I think she gave everyone an extra special tour. It was amazing!
Next we took the trail across from the Safari. DD9 loved the naked mole rats. The cast member was so excited that someone was interested in them that she told us all about how they lived and which one was the queen. It was fascinating.
Next we went to see the gorillas. At first they were laying down, but then they got up and put on a show for the guests.
It started to rain a little at this point so we headed to the baby care center to change diapers and take a break. We also strolled through the gift shop. We discovered that the handicapped area for the parade is right outside the baby care center so we stayed inside until the parade.
I love this parade. It is so bright and colorful and fun. The kids got over their fear of characters and I will let the parade photos speak for themselves.
Then we went back to the hotel for a nap break. DH took DD9 swimming while the two little ones slept.
Then it was time for dinner. We had reservations at Kona. We decided to take the Magic Kingdom bus and then take the monorail to dinner. We stood in the handicapped lane of the bus lane for Magic Kingdom. Another mom and her two daughters joined us. One of her daughters was in a wheelchair. She is a dis member too so maybe she will stop by and say hi. The bus pulled up, opened the front doors, filled up the bus and drove off. The other mom and I just looked at each other in disbelief. Well, I have the bus dispatch number from a trip two years ago. I immediately got on the phone and called dispatch and gave them the bus number and told them what had just happened. They sent a second bus right away. This driver was not going to let us put the stroller on through the back doors, but then he saw the sticker and said, ok. We got to the Magic Kingdom and the bus supervisor met us when we got off the bus. He asked us to fill out an incident report. I did and the other mom was late for dinner reservations so she just signed my report and agreed with what I said. Then the supervisor asked if there was anything else he could do and we said that we were heading to Kona for dinner. He put us back on the bus and we had a personal bus ride to the Polynesian. When we got off at the Polynesian the bus driver apologized again for not recognizing DSs handicapped sticker. The busses were a challenge all week!
After walking through this section we decided it was time for lunch. Everyone else had the same idea. After I stood in line for about ten minutes I was given one of those timer things to present when I was handed my food. We were in line at the Flame Tree Barbecue. The problem was there were two lines for each register with one attendant per register. She would take an order from the left and then one from the right. The line was in the sun and it took thirty minutes to get through the line that only had 3 people ahead of me on my left side of the line. There were lots of new cast members that were being trained.
We went down and sat by the water to eat. We had a wonderful view of Everest.
Next we went on the Safari. The kids loved this ride. There were lots of animals out today and the driver would stop and let everyone look at the animals and take pictures. We were on the handicapped tram so I think she gave everyone an extra special tour. It was amazing!
Next we took the trail across from the Safari. DD9 loved the naked mole rats. The cast member was so excited that someone was interested in them that she told us all about how they lived and which one was the queen. It was fascinating.
Next we went to see the gorillas. At first they were laying down, but then they got up and put on a show for the guests.
It started to rain a little at this point so we headed to the baby care center to change diapers and take a break. We also strolled through the gift shop. We discovered that the handicapped area for the parade is right outside the baby care center so we stayed inside until the parade.
I love this parade. It is so bright and colorful and fun. The kids got over their fear of characters and I will let the parade photos speak for themselves.
Then we went back to the hotel for a nap break. DH took DD9 swimming while the two little ones slept.
Then it was time for dinner. We had reservations at Kona. We decided to take the Magic Kingdom bus and then take the monorail to dinner. We stood in the handicapped lane of the bus lane for Magic Kingdom. Another mom and her two daughters joined us. One of her daughters was in a wheelchair. She is a dis member too so maybe she will stop by and say hi. The bus pulled up, opened the front doors, filled up the bus and drove off. The other mom and I just looked at each other in disbelief. Well, I have the bus dispatch number from a trip two years ago. I immediately got on the phone and called dispatch and gave them the bus number and told them what had just happened. They sent a second bus right away. This driver was not going to let us put the stroller on through the back doors, but then he saw the sticker and said, ok. We got to the Magic Kingdom and the bus supervisor met us when we got off the bus. He asked us to fill out an incident report. I did and the other mom was late for dinner reservations so she just signed my report and agreed with what I said. Then the supervisor asked if there was anything else he could do and we said that we were heading to Kona for dinner. He put us back on the bus and we had a personal bus ride to the Polynesian. When we got off at the Polynesian the bus driver apologized again for not recognizing DSs handicapped sticker. The busses were a challenge all week!