My Disney Birthday Wish Came True! – June 2025 Trip Report (Updated 8/10!)

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I hate when they don't deal with loading the preshow at Dinosaur correctly. What's the point of LL then?

 

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Relaxing in the aviary?? I'm so terrified of birds I can't even go in!! I love watching the tigers. I wish there were more / less crowded viewing areas. I'm very curious to what they do with the Dinoland area.

Haha, it's funny, I know SO many people who are afraid of birds. We like birds, minus the possibility of getting pooped on. The thing that scares me is spiders. At the National Zoo they have (or had, not sure if it's still there) an exhibit where to exit the building you have to walk by this like tree with all these real spiders all over it, and it's NOT behind glass or anything. I literally cried the one and only time I went in that building and had to walk by that stupid thing.

The tigers are so cool to watch, but yeah, it always seems to be packed in their viewing area. I wish they would make some larger areas to view them from.

I'm so torn on the removal of Dinoland. Like the new area looks like it could be amazing, but I'm still stuck on the fact they have SO much land, why can't they expand for once? Plus I feel like dinosaurs still deserve a place in the park. Do kids not go through a dinosaur phase anymore these days?!?

 

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I am with you. I bypass the aviary every single time!

It is nice they give the option to bypass it! You're in good company, I think most people I know are afraid of birds. Meanwhile I've fully embraced my elder millennial hobby of bird watching

 

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The two ride pictures turned out to be really cute. I think that is hard to pre=plan.

Thanks!

I would be a little disappointed if the LL turned out to be 30 minutes.

Yeah, I was surprised how long the line ended up being!

We never seem to have good luck seeing the tigers. They must have really good hiding places.

They really do, we've seen them occasionally, but yeah, they're often very well hidden.

 

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I hate when they don't deal with loading the preshow at Dinosaur correctly. What's the point of LL then?

Right? I was surprised the CM wasn't controlling the flow at all!

 

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Day 4, Part 4: Nomad!​

We last left off leaving the jungle trek and joining the walk-up list for Nomad.

The estimated return time when I joined the Nomad walk-up list was 10 minutes, so we made our way over there, and because apparently our timing was AMAZING this day, the second we arrived I got the table ready text! Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever had such amazing timing.

We had a table outside along the railing, which is one of my favorite spots. I just love it out there.





After settling in, and finding my charging block so I could plug my phone in, we ordered some drinks. I got the leaping lizard and my mom got a chenin blanc. We also asked if it would be possible to get the octopus from Tiffins out there. I didn’t expect to be able to since Tiffins wasn’t even open for another 45 minutes or so, but the waiter came back with a great surprise that they could make it for us!





The food and drink were, as usual, fantastic! I LOVE Nomad so much.

After finishing our food I requested the check since it was getting close to our lunch time. While we waited for it I did the mobile check-in for our lunch over at Tiffins.

Once again our timing was impeccable. The check arrived about a minute before I got the table ready text from Tiffins!

We quickly paid then made our way inside and over to Tiffins.

Next up: Tiffins!​