Wow....where did the day go???? I was really hoping to get a nice long update in tonight, but that might not happen. At least I am going to start. I had a pretty long day today - church, picking up DS16, visiting my mom and dad, dropping a present off at my cat sitter's house, ect., ect.
So when we left off, DH, LJ, and I were leaving the AK so I could get him into bed by 10pm. I think he practically fell asleep in the car on the way back to Kidani, which was all of 2 minutes. No.... wait..... actually we got lost leaving AK, if you can believe that. Maybe we turned Ellie off, maybe we didn't listen, but we ended up on Rt. 192 (or is it 194). Oh...that's right, we left Ellie off thinking that we didn't need her to get to AKL. Silly us!
Once we realized we were LOST
we turned her on. She seriously took us a great way back to Kidani. I never would have figured out her route. If the navigating had been left to me, we may have ended up at Universal Studios!
Not so much because I am directionally challenged, more because I just wanted to get home and I was tired. That combination affects my brain power.
Now you may be wondering whatever happened to those three handsome teens who we brought to the world???? Well, ummmmmmm....We sold them for more DVC points.
Seriously, all kidding aside....they ended up at DTD. They ate at the Earl of Sandwich and walked around scoping out "hotties". I'm not sure what time they got back. Once they texted me that they were on the return bus, I went to sleep.....in 3 seconds flat!
I go up around 6:30am on Day 2! Hey, that's late for me. I have to get up at 5am during the work week.
For those of you who will be staying at Kidani in the future.....Remember this.......IT IS PITCH BLACK IN THERE IN THE MORNING. The room darkening drapes really do their job well. Why am I telling you this???? Only to prepare those of you who will be first up and don't want to wake anyone. Clear a path, lay out your clothes, get the coffee pot ready the night before. Do whatever you need to do or else you will be covered in briuses like I was!
So, making that coffee in the dark was a challenge. I really didn't want to wake up LJ, so I worked by the light of the refrigerator door. Another thing to remember about the villas is the cups are SMALL, REALLY small! If you like coffee you will need three refills.
After coffee DH and I went for a run. I will say that it is alot easier to run at SSR and the moderate resorts. Kidani had only one sidewalk path to Jambo. DH and I did find a road the went back past the tennis courts and basket ball court. The road ended at some type of contruction site. Worried that we probably weren't supposed to be there, DH and I turned around and ran over to Jambo House. We stayed there just long enough to walk into the AC, then we headed back to Kidani. When we arrived LJ was just waking up.
After breakfast (fruit and croissants) DH, LJ, and I headed back to AK. I did make a half hearted attempt to wake the teens, but I knew they had probably gone to the pool when they got back from DTD. No one was budging in the room, so off we went. But first we had to find our car which ended up being a pretty far walk from our room. That's OK.....at least we found it!
We did not make it to AK at rope drop. I'm not sure why. Maybe it was all that walking around in the dark. Maybe it was my half-hearted attempt at waking teenagers, maybe it was LJ's phone call home. Whatever the reason, I don't think we were parked until about 9:15am.
We scooted past the tree of life in such a hurry I forgot to take my camera out. I was on a mission to get EE FP's. I had talked to LJ about what was involved in the ride and I was pretty convinced that he was ready for it.
After we got our EE FP's LJ and I went on Kali River Rapids. DH declined saying he was planning to get pictures. Here is a short video clip he took of us. Yes - I am the only one with a plastic rain coat pulled up over my head. No wet hair for this girl.
In case you are not interested in watching 4 seconds of video, here are a few more shots:
I've said this before and I'll say it again....Kali is just too short. I love theming, but I hate the let down when the ride ends so abruptly.
After Kali we got to watch some monkeys. They were very entertaining:
We still had time to kill before our EE FP's came due. So where do you think we went after the monkeys???????
Anyone guess Dinosaur? Yup, that's were LJ wanted to go. I hand no objections to that!
As we were leaving asia I got to photograph my first real boat of the trip:
We crossed the bridge and said Good Bye to this:
Over in Dinoland we said Hello to these critters:
Entering Dinosaur I had one of those really annoying crowd moments. Apparently we entered the line right after two people, who were part of a MUCH larger party. Well, the stragglers of that party decided they could not be separated from their fearless leaders for more the 60 seconds, so one by one they all pushed by us in line. I don't know how many people there were. I tried to count them on several occasions, but I kept miscounting. It doesn't bother me too much that they squeezed by us, what bothers me is that not one of the 8 - 10 people stomping on our toes said "excuse me". I tried not to let this incident bother me more than a few seconds because, before long, we were in our Rover going to the crustaceous period.
Up next.......Does LJ conquer Everest?
but first... a few more pics......
Can't wait to keep reading your report!
We love Dinosaur at my house, too! 
Great pics of the rooms and AK at night! 
rotfl: I loved Rocky and Bullwinkle growing up so I laughed out loud when I read that) really annoys me. Wait until you hear my Wildlife Express story. 
