Monsters, bugs, and Jack Sparrow!? Final Update 7/13!!!!

[irky416]

Chapter 6 – First time at Animal Kingdom

We had reservations at Rainforest Café for breakfast, but decided not to use them. No one really wanted to get up extra early and we wanted to make sure we were there for opening at 9. We got up and had breakfast at the condo.

We headed towards Animal Kingdom. We had AAA parking. That is so nice! It was so close at all the parks. I had told DBF to take a picture of the Animal Kingdom sign (he and his dad were in the front, so he had the better view).

And then as we were still driving, he was taking a picture of something outside of the car. I asked him what he was taking a picture of and he said, “The green AAA parking line we’re supposed to follow.” I asked him why. “I don’t know, it seems like something you’d want a picture of! You always take pictures of random things.” He knows me pretty well.

We got there a little before 9 and had a few Photopasses taken. Sorry, I have to add Mickey and Minnie to the pics!

Then DSis and I saw Meeko. I wanted to meet some characters this trip. It was a top priority. And there was hardly a line. I also had a made a bag to get autographed and I decided I would do it. (Before we left, I was undecided about wheter or not I wanted to get autographs.)

Here’s the bag – before.

Meeko signing the bag

DSis and I with Meeko

After we got in, the plan was for DSis, DBF and I to run over and get FP’s for EE and then meet up with DBF’s parents at the safari ride.

We stopped for Photopass first:

I snapped these as we were walking and we made it back over to the safari in no time. There was only about a 20 minute wait.

I really enjoyed the safari ride. We saw a bunch of animals and took way too many pictures.

Took these in line of DSis and DBF's favorite animals

I loved this bumper sticker!

Since I think I'm approaching my picture limit, I'll continue the safari pictures below.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

I love the way you made your guests Mickey and Minnie. Is that cool border yours or from Disney Photopass? The gold one. I like it!

 

[irky416]

It was my first time here. I always take way too many pictures during my first trip. It was hard to get pictures, though! It was so bumpy and we moved pretty quickly.

Safari pictures:

Rhinos (Black maybe?)

Hippos:

Crocodiles:

Lovely view (as our guide called it!):

Some random creature:

Wildebeest with a termite hill:

Elephant:

Ankoli cattle (no longer a random creature!):

A lovely tree (as per our guide):

Ostrich:

Flamingos (or Flingmos as I've called them since I was little!):

Giraffe:

Rhinos (white this time, maybe?)

They were really close to us. The last picture was taken without even zooming my camera. DBF was worried. He was like, "Aren't they a little too close?"

The lion was the only animal we couldn't really see:

Warthog:

Another random creature:

Scary bridge, but lovely waterfall:

Poachers camp: (We got them in case you were worried!)

I really liked this ride and was kind of bummed we didn't get to ride it again.

Up Next: Stop flirting with my boyfriend! And we ride EE for the first time!

 

[Disney Brat]

Great updates! Love the Mickey and Minnie add ons for the pics!! Really nice pics of the Safari! Can't wait to read more!!!

 

[irky416]

I love the way you made your guests Mickey and Minnie. Is that cool border yours or from Disney Photopass? The gold one. I like it!

Haha. Thanks. I don't think they want their pictures on a message board, so i just covered them up and then thought I'd do it Disney style. Luckily, they didn't have their picture taken too much, so I don't have to do it for a ton of pictures.

The gold border is through Photopass. Apparently it's new. I really like that one also!

Great updates! Love the Mickey and Minnie add ons for the pics!! Really nice pics of the Safari! Can't wait to read more!!!

Thanks! I thought who better to travel with than Mickey and Minnie!

 

[wdwgirl03]

Great updates! That's really cute about the girl who recognized you from the Monsters show! Don't you love hearing reactions from first-timers?

I like your safari pictures and how some of the animals are random creatures. LOL. I do know that the one (the big brown ones with the horns) are called ankoli cattle...they have those at AKL. Looking forward to more!

 

[Michelle_and_Aaron]

I have been gone a few days and BAM 4 pages. I am totally loving this tr so far! Thanks for sharing your memories with us all.

 

[irky416]

Great updates! That's really cute about the girl who recognized you from the Monsters show! Don't you love hearing reactions from first-timers?

I like your safari pictures and how some of the animals are random creatures. LOL. I do know that the one (the big brown ones with the horns) are called ankoli cattle...they have those at AKL. Looking forward to more!

I do love listening to people who are riding for the first time!

Haha. I wondered if anyone would catch that. I couldn't remember all their names. I'll go back and change the one. Thanks for telling me the real name!

I have been gone a few days and BAM 4 pages. I am totally loving this tr so far! Thanks for sharing your memories with us all.

Thanks!

 

[irky416]

Chapter 7 - Terk and EE: More fun at Animal Kingdom

After the safari, we did the Pangani Forest Trail. We didn’t really see much here. And I hated the part with the birds. (I hate birds!) We saw a few animals, but honestly, I wouldn’t do this attraction again when we go back.

We had to take this because DBF is originally from Buffalo!

It wasn’t quite time to do EE yet, so we headed towards It’s Tough To Be A Bug. I was looking forward to this show. I like 3D shows and heard this one was good. On the way, we saw Terk with no line. We had great interaction here.

Terk and DBF were flirting with each other! He loved it and his mom was amused as she was watching us. (DBF’s parents didn’t get into the characters. They barely got their picture taken with them even though they stood in most of the lines with us. I also think they thought DBF hated meeting the characters as they kept trying to get him to go get a snack or something when DSis and I were waiting, but he liked it too!) We spent a good five minutes with Terk, me being annoyed because she was flirting with my DBF, Terk being excited over DBF, and it ending with DBF saying “I’ll call you!” to Terk and her getting all excited about it. (I was happy about this because I want DBF to like meeting the characters!)

Terk signing the bag

Posing with Terk:

We headed to ITTBAB. I loved the queue for this ride! However, since there was no actual line, I didn’t stop to take any pictures, except for this one.

And of course, we took the 3D glasses picture. And we got DBF’s parents into this picture as well.

Even Jack wanted his picture with bug eyes!

I liked it, but it wasn’t as good as I thought. I would find out why the next day. For this show, we were sitting way in the front and almost all the way to the left. The picture never really came into focus for us. We discovered we were sitting too close to the screen. When we came back later in the week and sat farther back, we loved it!

It was time for EE. We headed over that way and I took a few pics.

We all got in line and I took a few more. It was the prefect place to pose Jack, but the line was actually moving pretty quick. DBF was upset because he wanted to put him in one of the backpacks. It would have been perfect, but taken way too long.

I rode with a random single person. She laughed at me when I screamed at the projected image of the Yeti and so did DBF and DSis who were riding in front of me. I hate when things jump out at me! Here’s our redneck ride photo. (We're in the middle and back left)

I liked the ride, but I didn’t really like the backwards part so much. DBF and DSis felt the same way. It was fun, but DBF and DSis missed the Yeti. They wanted to do it again, so they could see it, but the line was too long.

We were getting hungry but I wanted to get a Fastpass before we ate. We sent DBF’s parents to get us a table at Pizzafari and we went over to DinoLand to get a Fastpass for Dinosaur.

When we got there the ride was shut down for technical difficulties, but the CM’s said the Fastpasses would be honored all day when the ride got working again.

We got our FP’s and then headed over to Pizzafari for lunch.

We beat the lunch rush, so we didn’t have to wait very long to get our food. We all ordered pizza, except for DBF’s mom. This started the “Why are you taking pictures of your food?” questions that I got every single time we ate! Most of the time I posed Jack with our food.

The pizza was so-so. Far from the best I've ever had, but far from the worst. There wasn't a big selection at AK that we were interested in so it served it's purpose.

While we were eating, we decided on what shows we wanted to see and when. We had to have a plan for the rest of the day. We had to eat quickly to make it to the next Nemo show.

On the way out DSis and DBF pretended to be cats.

Up next: Nemo, Lion King, and will any more characters flirt with my DBF?

 

[Disney Brat]

Great update!! The pics were beautiful!! Can't wait to read more!

 

[Michelle_and_Aaron]

Lol I think it is so funny that the characters were flirting with your DBF. Minnie kept blowing kisses to Aaron and Josh both when we had dinner with her. How funny is that. I love the character interactions you can get sometimes when it is not crazy crowded.

 

[irky416]

I'm out of town this weekend, so I don't know that I'll be able to update at all. I have a wedding and surprise party to go to.

Great update!! The pics were beautiful!! Can't wait to read more!

Thanks!

Lol I think it is so funny that the characters were flirting with your DBF. Minnie kept blowing kisses to Aaron and Josh both when we had dinner with her. How funny is that. I love the character interactions you can get sometimes when it is not crazy crowded.

The characters are great sometimes! That's so cute Minnie was blowing kisses!

 

[Indiana Jacob]

I just started reading your TR and it's really good. Terk is so fuzzy! I really like the picture of Jacks Sparrow with the 3D glasses. Pizzafari is my favorite place to eat at AK. Hope you enjoy Nemo and the Lion King!

 

[Disney Brat]

I'm out of town this weekend, so I don't know that I'll be able to update at all. I have a wedding and surprise party to go to.

Have a great weekend, enjoy the wedding & party!!

 

[kathleen27]

Those Dole Whips look so good. Vanilla Pineapple swirl sounds great.
That is a must do for me next trip. Glad you liked them.
That bug sounds scary!

Yay! For shorter lines, and Monsters using your jokes again!!!

Glad you liked the Safari.

Too funny that Turk was flirting with your BF.
Sounds like fun with the characters!

Jack looks cute in his bug glasses!
Glad you got better seats later in the week.
Some seats the 3D just doesn’t seem to line up right.

Have a fun weekend!!!

 

[tinkgurl]

Well...I hate to say this..but...I think we ARE stalking each other! We ate at Pizzafari for lunch as well. It's the only place we really like to eat for lunch at AK.

Aw, they missed the Yeti? We did too our first time riding it after it opened. Then, one time we were seated in the very last row-which we now ask for every time! It's faster, scarier, and gets SO close to the Yeti's hand! No way you can miss the Yeti from there!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

I think it is so funny that we probaly spent your first night walking right past each other. We got Dole Whips just before the parade too and best I can tell we were just around the circle during the parade.

Great update!

 

[irky416]

I just started reading your TR and it's really good. Terk is so fuzzy! I really like the picture of Jacks Sparrow with the 3D glasses. Pizzafari is my favorite place to eat at AK. Hope you enjoy Nemo and the Lion King!

Thanks for reading!

Have a great weekend, enjoy the wedding & party!!

Thanks! We had a pretty good time.

Those Dole Whips look so good. Vanilla Pineapple swirl sounds great.
That is a must do for me next trip. Glad you liked them.
That bug sounds scary!

Yay! For shorter lines, and Monsters using your jokes again!!!

Glad you liked the Safari.

Too funny that Turk was flirting with your BF.
Sounds like fun with the characters!

Jack looks cute in his bug glasses!
Glad you got better seats later in the week.
Some seats the 3D just doesn’t seem to line up right.

Have a fun weekend!!!

I don't think I would have like the all pineapple Dole Whips. Too much pineapple.

Thanks! We had fun.

Well...I hate to say this..but...I think we ARE stalking each other! We ate at Pizzafari for lunch as well. It's the only place we really like to eat for lunch at AK.

Aw, they missed the Yeti? We did too our first time riding it after it opened. Then, one time we were seated in the very last row-which we now ask for every time! It's faster, scarier, and gets SO close to the Yeti's hand! No way you can miss the Yeti from there!

We probably passed each other a few times!

I agree. The back is way better on EE!

I think it is so funny that we probaly spent your first night walking right past each other. We got Dole Whips just before the parade too and best I can tell we were just around the circle during the parade.

Great update!

Hahaha. We probably did. That's so funny.

Thanks!

 

[RachelNinja]

Um, why would you NOT take pictures of your food? Haha. I absolutely adore the Jack pictures! I liked when you said DBF wanted to put him in the backpacks. You know a guy's a keeper when he's into doing those things too! I don't know that just anyone would be okay with the way that I go, "Oh, I should take a flats picture here!" Haha, I can just imagine them saying, "Really? You carry laminated cartoon characters with you EVERYWHERE?" Yes. Yes I do.

BTW, Mickey and Minnie with the Bug's Life glasses ... awesome~

 

[irky416]

Um, why would you NOT take pictures of your food? Haha. I absolutely adore the Jack pictures! I liked when you said DBF wanted to put him in the backpacks. You know a guy's a keeper when he's into doing those things too! I don't know that just anyone would be okay with the way that I go, "Oh, I should take a flats picture here!" Haha, I can just imagine them saying, "Really? You carry laminated cartoon characters with you EVERYWHERE?" Yes. Yes I do.

BTW, Mickey and Minnie with the Bug's Life glasses ... awesome~

Thanks. At first, DBF was totally opposed to having anything to do with Jack. He changed his tune quickly (obviously, before we were even halfway into day 2!) after he saw that it was pretty fun.

I love your flats! (And you signature picture!) I haven't checked out any of their adventures in a while. I'm going to have to head over there and see what they've been up to.