wdwgirl03
<font color=red>I'm just a big Disney Freak! :-)<b
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Originally we had been planning on going to Blizzard Beach on Sunday but because you can never be sure about the weather during the summer, we decided to go to the Animal Kingdom. It would have stunk to have gone to Blizzard Beach only to have a thunderstorm and have to leave early. That's the problem with going for only four days, you don't have time to do everything. Oh well, hopefully soon we'll get to do Blizzard Beach again. Plus I was perfectly happy going to the AK since it's my second favorite park.
Before heading over to the AK, Dad and I went outside to go see the geyser. We had seen on the Great Hotels episode on the Wilderness Lodge that it went off and in our information packet it said that the geyser went off every hour on the hour. I wanted to make sure we got to see it before going home. We made it just in time and saw Fire Rock Geyser going off!
It was just another one of those things that adds to the whole atmosphere of the resort. The geyser's also pretty close to the pool so we went to get a few more pictures.
Notice there are more ducks in the pool than people.
And one of the main portion of the Lodge. So beautiful! Does anybody else see the giant bear in the structure of the lodge? I swear, I must be crazy because when I first saw that bit of trivia I could not figure out what they meant, but now whenever I look at this picture it's all I see! I'll give you a hint: the top 2 triangle windows are the ears...
A few more random shots:
So after a couple more pictures we went back to the room quickly and got ready for our Animal Kingdom adventures.
Our plan for the morning at AK was to do Expedition Everest first (of course!) then the safari. After that we'd just do whatever we felt like. Even though we also had an ADR for the Prime Time Cafe at 3:45, we weren't going to rush. If we had to cancel our ADR it wasn't a big deal. By the time we got to the park, they were already letting people through the turnstiles so we were able to get in, atleast up until the attractions board where everyone is stopped for the opening show.
Soon we were on our way towards Asia for our encounter with the Yeti. We passed the area where they were doing the central fastpass distribution. When I first saw they were doing that I thought it was the stupidest thing since I thought that was the only place you'd be able to get fastpasses. Can you imagine if it was that way?!
But it actually is a pretty good idea if you don't want to be crisscrossing the park to get your FP.
When we got to Everest we did standby and then on the way out we could pick up fastpasses for a second ride.
It took about five minutes, if that, to get boarded on the train. Soon we were climbing up the mountain. That view you get of the park is amazing. I was so tempted to get out my camera to take a picture but I was afraid I'd end up dropping it. Maybe next time. As usual the ride was awesome. Definitely one of the best attractions and definitely one of our favorites.
After the ride we got our fastpasses and headed back to Africa to do another favorite, Kilamanjaro Safaris. We stopped to take a quick picture of the Tree of Life. It's such a different angle on that pathway with all the trees framing it.
There were also a couple people looking down into the water at something. We were curious so we decided to take a peek too. This is what we saw:
A baby alligator! Yikes! Kinda crazy, but I suppose this is Florida. Atleast it was a little one.
We also got to meet Terk from Tarzan.
And then we reached Africa and were ready to go on safari!
Originally we had been planning on going to Blizzard Beach on Sunday but because you can never be sure about the weather during the summer, we decided to go to the Animal Kingdom. It would have stunk to have gone to Blizzard Beach only to have a thunderstorm and have to leave early. That's the problem with going for only four days, you don't have time to do everything. Oh well, hopefully soon we'll get to do Blizzard Beach again. Plus I was perfectly happy going to the AK since it's my second favorite park.
Before heading over to the AK, Dad and I went outside to go see the geyser. We had seen on the Great Hotels episode on the Wilderness Lodge that it went off and in our information packet it said that the geyser went off every hour on the hour. I wanted to make sure we got to see it before going home. We made it just in time and saw Fire Rock Geyser going off!
It was just another one of those things that adds to the whole atmosphere of the resort. The geyser's also pretty close to the pool so we went to get a few more pictures.
Notice there are more ducks in the pool than people.
And one of the main portion of the Lodge. So beautiful! Does anybody else see the giant bear in the structure of the lodge? I swear, I must be crazy because when I first saw that bit of trivia I could not figure out what they meant, but now whenever I look at this picture it's all I see! I'll give you a hint: the top 2 triangle windows are the ears...
A few more random shots:
So after a couple more pictures we went back to the room quickly and got ready for our Animal Kingdom adventures.
Our plan for the morning at AK was to do Expedition Everest first (of course!) then the safari. After that we'd just do whatever we felt like. Even though we also had an ADR for the Prime Time Cafe at 3:45, we weren't going to rush. If we had to cancel our ADR it wasn't a big deal. By the time we got to the park, they were already letting people through the turnstiles so we were able to get in, atleast up until the attractions board where everyone is stopped for the opening show.
Soon we were on our way towards Asia for our encounter with the Yeti. We passed the area where they were doing the central fastpass distribution. When I first saw they were doing that I thought it was the stupidest thing since I thought that was the only place you'd be able to get fastpasses. Can you imagine if it was that way?!
But it actually is a pretty good idea if you don't want to be crisscrossing the park to get your FP.When we got to Everest we did standby and then on the way out we could pick up fastpasses for a second ride.
It took about five minutes, if that, to get boarded on the train. Soon we were climbing up the mountain. That view you get of the park is amazing. I was so tempted to get out my camera to take a picture but I was afraid I'd end up dropping it. Maybe next time. As usual the ride was awesome. Definitely one of the best attractions and definitely one of our favorites.
After the ride we got our fastpasses and headed back to Africa to do another favorite, Kilamanjaro Safaris. We stopped to take a quick picture of the Tree of Life. It's such a different angle on that pathway with all the trees framing it.
There were also a couple people looking down into the water at something. We were curious so we decided to take a peek too. This is what we saw:
A baby alligator! Yikes! Kinda crazy, but I suppose this is Florida. Atleast it was a little one.
We also got to meet Terk from Tarzan.
And then we reached Africa and were ready to go on safari!
It's one of my favorite "hidden" facts about WL!
I wonder what they do when that happens, like if they remove them? 
LOL! Anyway...
I wish I didn't have school today too!
