Part 5 Day 2 Saturday 30th September
Alarm call was set for 08.00 but we were both wide awake at 07.00 so at 07.10 we got dressed and strolled over to Everything Pop for breakfast.
It was fairly busy but we got our food and paid in about 10 mins.
Adult breakfast platter - $5.59
Chocolate Croissant - $2.99
Half pint of Milk - $1.29
Muffin - $2.29
Tax - $0.80
Total - $12.96
We both enjoyed our breakfast but commented that in high season Everything Pop must be a nightmare, when you tried to get something to eat or pay it didnt take long but the overall atmosphere was very chaotic and loud.
We left Pop for Animal Kingdom at 08.15. AK was loads busier than IOA yesterday, the turnstile queue was 25 deep and about seven across. We were let in at 08.45 but held in the Oasis until Mickey and the gang had opened the park at 09.00.
Along with everyone else we went straight to Expedition Everest. Once we arrive I became very confused. We joined a queue that I thought was the standby line, then the lady behind me said it was for the fast pass machines, then someone else said it fast pass return queue (which would have been impossible given that the park had only just opened) realising we didnt have a clue what we were queuing for we ducked under the rope and had a look around. I turned out to be the standby queue. I sat down on a bench to collect my thoughts while Gavin got in the queue for fast passes.
Our return time was 10.05 so we headed over to Dinosaur and despite the 10 min posted time it was a walk on. It also remained quiet for a while, we had a rover of our own and there was no one in the cars behind us.
Just like last year Gavin and I were petrified! The photo was hilarious but we didnt buy it as an almost empty car looks weird.
Kali River Rapids was next up. I was soooo excited to get a timing tag from the CM at the entrance. I have never had one before and I felt very, very, very important.
The rapids were another walk on and neither of us got soaked, that privilege went to a young American lad who was thrilled to bits about getting drenched.
Our Fastpass return time was here so we headed back to Expedition Everest and got in line. Here we became confused again as when I showed my FastPass the CM said I had to return at 10.10, I was actually shocked, the damn thing said 10.05 not three seconds ago! Turns out Gavins was 10.05 and mine was 10.10. We were both let in straight away a little bit freaked by the fact for a split second I thought my FastPass ticket had changed times!
As there was no waiting and Gavin had been distracted by the earlier rides he wasnt anywhere near as nervous as we had both assumed he would be. We both loved our first Expedition Everest experience but I felt a little ill afterwards as I do suffer from motion sickness and I goes backwards for a long time.
Into the giftshop we bought the picture and I got a Mickey Expedition plush. We had to go to separate cashiers for this as there is a specific photo collection point and as we had both sent to our resort (the best onsite perk) it took a while. Photo $18.06 for a 8x10 and Mickey $11.72.
Over to Kilimanjaro Safaris for a FastPass then Standby for Its Tough to be a Bug! Which was great as usual and I managed to avoid getting stung in the back. This show is more scary after you have already seen it!
Onto the Safari and we were very grateful for the FastPass as standby was 30 mins with no a/c!
We had a great guide for this and both enjoyed our ride. We managed to get some good photos but didnt see any lions.
Lunch was at Tusker House at 12.30, it was busy but we were lucky to get a seat quickly.
Chicken sandwich - $6.99
Kids Mac n Cheese - $3.99 (came with carrots, grapes & apple juice)
Vegetable Sandwich - $7.29
Large Coke - $2.39
Cheesecake - $3.59
Tax - $1.58
Total - $25.83
The vegetable sandwich wasnt that nice, I didnt like the sauce in it and the Mac n Cheese was salty so I had a bit of both and all of the grapes and carrots. Gavin said his was nice.
We headed back to Expedition Everest after lunch to try for another FastPass but they were all gone and standby was 50 mins so we looked at Dinosaur but even though it was only 20 mins we decided we werent that fussed about anything else as we were a little tired so we headed out of the park.
On the way out Gavin spotted a couple getting Photopass pictures done and reminded me I had mentioned we were going to do that so we waited until they were done and had a couple taken in front of the Tree of Life then at the exit we had a few more done.
Alarm call was set for 08.00 but we were both wide awake at 07.00 so at 07.10 we got dressed and strolled over to Everything Pop for breakfast.
It was fairly busy but we got our food and paid in about 10 mins.
Adult breakfast platter - $5.59
Chocolate Croissant - $2.99
Half pint of Milk - $1.29
Muffin - $2.29
Tax - $0.80
Total - $12.96
We both enjoyed our breakfast but commented that in high season Everything Pop must be a nightmare, when you tried to get something to eat or pay it didnt take long but the overall atmosphere was very chaotic and loud.
We left Pop for Animal Kingdom at 08.15. AK was loads busier than IOA yesterday, the turnstile queue was 25 deep and about seven across. We were let in at 08.45 but held in the Oasis until Mickey and the gang had opened the park at 09.00.
Along with everyone else we went straight to Expedition Everest. Once we arrive I became very confused. We joined a queue that I thought was the standby line, then the lady behind me said it was for the fast pass machines, then someone else said it fast pass return queue (which would have been impossible given that the park had only just opened) realising we didnt have a clue what we were queuing for we ducked under the rope and had a look around. I turned out to be the standby queue. I sat down on a bench to collect my thoughts while Gavin got in the queue for fast passes.
Our return time was 10.05 so we headed over to Dinosaur and despite the 10 min posted time it was a walk on. It also remained quiet for a while, we had a rover of our own and there was no one in the cars behind us.
Just like last year Gavin and I were petrified! The photo was hilarious but we didnt buy it as an almost empty car looks weird.
Kali River Rapids was next up. I was soooo excited to get a timing tag from the CM at the entrance. I have never had one before and I felt very, very, very important.
The rapids were another walk on and neither of us got soaked, that privilege went to a young American lad who was thrilled to bits about getting drenched.
Our Fastpass return time was here so we headed back to Expedition Everest and got in line. Here we became confused again as when I showed my FastPass the CM said I had to return at 10.10, I was actually shocked, the damn thing said 10.05 not three seconds ago! Turns out Gavins was 10.05 and mine was 10.10. We were both let in straight away a little bit freaked by the fact for a split second I thought my FastPass ticket had changed times!
As there was no waiting and Gavin had been distracted by the earlier rides he wasnt anywhere near as nervous as we had both assumed he would be. We both loved our first Expedition Everest experience but I felt a little ill afterwards as I do suffer from motion sickness and I goes backwards for a long time.
Into the giftshop we bought the picture and I got a Mickey Expedition plush. We had to go to separate cashiers for this as there is a specific photo collection point and as we had both sent to our resort (the best onsite perk) it took a while. Photo $18.06 for a 8x10 and Mickey $11.72.
Over to Kilimanjaro Safaris for a FastPass then Standby for Its Tough to be a Bug! Which was great as usual and I managed to avoid getting stung in the back. This show is more scary after you have already seen it!
Onto the Safari and we were very grateful for the FastPass as standby was 30 mins with no a/c!
We had a great guide for this and both enjoyed our ride. We managed to get some good photos but didnt see any lions.
Lunch was at Tusker House at 12.30, it was busy but we were lucky to get a seat quickly.
Chicken sandwich - $6.99
Kids Mac n Cheese - $3.99 (came with carrots, grapes & apple juice)
Vegetable Sandwich - $7.29
Large Coke - $2.39
Cheesecake - $3.59
Tax - $1.58
Total - $25.83
The vegetable sandwich wasnt that nice, I didnt like the sauce in it and the Mac n Cheese was salty so I had a bit of both and all of the grapes and carrots. Gavin said his was nice.
We headed back to Expedition Everest after lunch to try for another FastPass but they were all gone and standby was 50 mins so we looked at Dinosaur but even though it was only 20 mins we decided we werent that fussed about anything else as we were a little tired so we headed out of the park.
On the way out Gavin spotted a couple getting Photopass pictures done and reminded me I had mentioned we were going to do that so we waited until they were done and had a couple taken in front of the Tree of Life then at the exit we had a few more done.
We have also been waiting in a line and turns out to be the wrong line 
