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[PrincessInOz]

What a shame about EE. I hope you get to ride it next trip.

Great pics of the animals. Looks like your skills have definitely returned.

 

[bangzoom6877]

I'm sorry to hear that. I find it amusing that your mother feels safe on a cruise ship, but fearful of flying. But whatever, she's your mom, so go with the flow. California will always be here. At least until the *BIG ONE* hits and we all fall off into the ocean!

It's funny, because I'm the same way. I panic when I think of getting on a plane but I don't think about it on a cruise ship...the only thing I worry about is hitting a storm and not being able to spend time outside...it's happened to us before. While I'm disappointed about not seeing California yet, I'm also excited about going on another cruise. We're going on the Norwegian Breakaway, a ship I've been wanting to go on since it came out last year. And I've also been wanting to return to Bermuda for years now and stay there a few days, and that is exactly what we are doing!

 

[Pinkocto]

Great pictures of the animals, I can never see enough. The rhinos especially

Bummer about EE, but Dinosaur is one of my favorites so that would have been ok. I feel it's the same jarring as Indy.


Bummer about the bus wait, but excellent there was another one coming behind the crammed one.

I've not seen the turtle at Kidani either, I'll have to check them out.

 

[afwdwfan]

Had those people that he crammed on the bus known there would be another bus in moments they would have been pretty pissed off I think, but they all herded onto that bus like cattle.

eh... they'll get there 2 minutes sooner. They're fine with it.

Sure enough another bus pulled right up and we practically had the bus to ourselves. The problem? Our FP+ were ticking away.

I love Disney transportation, I really do. But this is a big part of why we've gotten to the point that we usually just drive to the parks.

By this time my FP+ for EE was ticking away and almost at the end of the period, so we high tailed it over there, only to find that the ride was down.

So did they give you the opportunity to ride later through the FP line if it opened back up later?

 

[mvf-m11c]

Sorry to hear about EE not running during your day.

You took great pictures from KS. I can understand your situation on the buses that it can take some time to leave or go to the loading stations.

Very nice day at AK.

 

[Paula Sedley-Burke]

Bless AK! Such a lovely park. We did a lot of this too in May for the same reasons as you. The previous September MK had the MNSSP going on and EPCOT the F & W. Love those rides! The safari just magic every time. Great photos thank you. Nice to pack a lunch

The appetizers at Saana sounded just perfect. Love all the animals at AK. Shame EE was down. We love this ride too. I have not known this ride down before. Yeti's on the track?

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

The danger of shooting on Manual is that if you don’t check your photos carefully, sometimes you forget that the camera is not properly set for your lighting conditions.

I know that feeling. But it's worse when you're still set on manual focus.

Buses come every 20 minutes right. There should easily be another by 9AM to get us there.

Uh oh. You're playing Disney Bus Roulette.

By this time my FP+ for EE was ticking away and almost at the end of the period, so we high tailed it over there, only to find that the ride was down.

Ugh. The Force has not been with you so far.

At this point we were near the entrance to the park and EE was still down, so we decided to head out and go over to the AKL to look at the gift shop.

I'm not the biggest fan of Avatar, but I'm glad they're at least building a couple of new rides. The park still needs the attractions.

Bellies full and tired from our early start, we headed back to the room. Which from lack of pictorial evidence tells me that we both took a nap and didn’t leave again until the next morning! So as a consolation, I will give you another lizard shot.

Seems like a reasonable compromise.

 

[scottny]

The cruise plans look good.

LOL. Those wine glasses are hysterical.

MMM, the margaritas look good.

HIGHLY recommend the "Behind the Seeds tour".

Nice pics of LWTL.

Nice PP+ pics.

Love the cheddar soup there but make it at home now and Vinny says it is better. LOL.

I can never see enough safari pics.

LOL. All the lizards.

OOH! YUM! Sanaa is my favorite restaurant. Wish I was there now.

All caught up.

 

[franandaj]

Animal Kingdom is the park that gets the least attention from us as well - there is usually too much at EPCOT to keep us busy! We skipped it in May, July, and we will be skipping it in both of our upcoming trips as a couple. My mother wants to go during her trip with me so I'll get my fill for a bit.

Sounds like a lovely morning there!

I know, as much as I enjoy the animals, I just love Epcot even more!

What a shame about EE. I hope you get to ride it next trip.

Great pics of the animals. Looks like your skills have definitely returned.

I hope that I get to ride it too. Again, we're only going to spend about half a day there next trip too. Thanks! I keep trying with the camera

It's funny, because I'm the same way. I panic when I think of getting on a plane but I don't think about it on a cruise ship...the only thing I worry about is hitting a storm and not being able to spend time outside...it's happened to us before. While I'm disappointed about not seeing California yet, I'm also excited about going on another cruise. We're going on the Norwegian Breakaway, a ship I've been wanting to go on since it came out last year. And I've also been wanting to return to Bermuda for years now and stay there a few days, and that is exactly what we are doing!

I thought that you were also afraid of flying and was proud of you for getting on a plane and coming out here. Though I still have cruises booked, I’m more wary of that than flying. But I certainly have taken Carnival off the list!

Great pictures of the animals, I can never see enough. The rhinos especially

I do have to say I got some great Rhino pictures. They suggested we put our cameras on the “sports” setting so they were taking multiple pictures. I got some of the Rhino walking and when you view the pictures on the computer in rapid succession, you can almost see him walking. It’s really cool.

Bummer about EE, but Dinosaur is one of my favorites so that would have been ok. I feel it's the same jarring as Indy.

Indy is jarring too, but half the time I’m freaking out about the rats on the walls, the snakes and the dart shooting natives, so I’m not thinking about how I’m being jostled around in there.

Bummer about the bus wait, but excellent there was another one coming behind the crammed one.

That’s one nice thing about the mornings at the resorts. The bus monitors can call for extra busses when there are a lot of people waiting for one park. The problem is that it takes quite a bit for the buses to be rerouted from where ever they are to get to the resort that needs buses.

I've not seen the turtle at Kidani either, I'll have to check them out.

We saw them from just outside Sanaa, not from the overlook, but outside near the front of the building. I never knew that area existed until this trip.

eh... they'll get there 2 minutes sooner. They're fine with it.

I was fine with it too. All the screaming toddlers were on that bus and we had nice quiet trip!

I love Disney transportation, I really do. But this is a big part of why we've gotten to the point that we usually just drive to the parks.

If we lived close enough that we could drive to WDW, we would take our vehicle as well. Fran much prefers her own transportation than being at the whim of others. Many times we have rented cars.

So did they give you the opportunity to ride later through the FP line if it opened back up later?

We certainly could have rode later, and that’s why I kept checking the MDE App, but by the time that it was actually showing open we were on our way to lunch and I didn’t want to go back at that point.

Sorry to hear about EE not running during your day.

You took great pictures from KS. I can understand your situation on the buses that it can take some time to leave or go to the loading stations.

Very nice day at AK.

Yeah, EE will be at the top of the list for next time. As will be leaving earlier for the bus stops!

Bless AK! Such a lovely park. We did a lot of this too in May for the same reasons as you. The previous September MK had the MNSSP going on and EPCOT the F & W. Love those rides! The safari just magic every time. Great photos thank you. Nice to pack a lunch

The appetizers at Saana sounded just perfect. Love all the animals at AK. Shame EE was down. We love this ride too. I have not known this ride down before. Yeti's on the track?

We were so busy doing all the F&W events and DISmeets that AK just got thrown out the window on the previous trip. I wish we were planning to go back to Sanaa on the next trip, but next time.

I know that feeling. But it's worse when you're still set on manual focus.

I haven’t figured out how to turn off Auto focus yet, and I don’t think I want to. Although sometimes when I’m going for that look of blurred foliage in the foreground and crisp mountains in the horizon, it would be nice to know.

Uh oh. You're playing Disney Bus Roulette.

I thought Bus Roulette was when you had no destination in mind and just got on the first bus that arrived.

Ugh. The Force has not been with you so far.

We were definitely not the droids they were looking for.

I'm not the biggest fan of Avatar, but I'm glad they're at least building a couple of new rides. The park still needs the attractions.

I can say that it definitely needs a few new rides. Confession: I’ve never seen Avatar.

Seems like a reasonable compromise.

The cruise plans look good.

LOL. Those wine glasses are hysterical.

MMM, the margaritas look good.

HIGHLY recommend the "Behind the Seeds tour".

Nice pics of LWTL.

Nice PP+ pics.

Love the cheddar soup there but make it at home now and Vinny says it is better. LOL.

I can never see enough safari pics.

LOL. All the lizards.

OOH! YUM! Sanaa is my favorite restaurant. Wish I was there now.

All caught up.

Good you're all caught up, I hope to do so on your TR today. I'm halfway there! Your trip is coming up really soon now huh?

 

[franandaj]

Eventually it always arrives, that fateful day of your vacation. Nobody wants it to happen (unless you have been almost six weeks away from home). The last full day.

Since we were evidently well rested, and the last day is usually one without plans, I suggested a spontaneous option. So we took the bus here.



Our Destination:



Figured it out yet? This should do it.



We literally had the place to ourselves.



Which meant that our food was ready that much quicker!





Everything above is self explanatory, but this one was unique. A Breakfast Calzone. Boy was this tasty! We split both breakfasts and shall I tell you? This was absolutely superb! I’m normally sketchy about my eggs if they aren’t made to order. The clerk assured me that they make everything from scratch right there. I would order this again in a heartbeat.



After breakfast we headed over to the art shop. I don’t remember if Fran bought something (chances are she did).



I debated getting this picture called “Marie and the Butterfly”. Spoiler alert. We bought it in July at DL and it’s one of the few pictures hanging on the wall in our new house.



We purchased some souvenirs in the cooking shop and just sort of meandered our way around DTD. I’m pretty sure we stopped in the WoD store and purchased something. Construction was going full swing at that time and lots of the area was closed and blocked off.





Fran was shooting up a storm, but I can’t seem to find her pictures of the lego monster.



The walkway between the Lego store and Fulton’s was completely closed and they had us going down an strange corridor to get to the rest of the shops.



The balloon was in flight that day.





It appears that they will be revamping this area for food trucks.





We wandered around looking at various art shops, but didn’t find anything that really suited our fancy, so we decided to head back to the hotel, do a little packing and Fran needed a nap before going back out that night.

 

[jedijill]

WP has a great breakfast! I finally made it there on my last trip and it was delicious!

DTD is so sad with all the construction. I hope it gets done soon!

Love that picture of Marie.

Jill in CO

 

[rentayenta]

Did that food truck park sign say summer 2014? Hmm.....

Sorry you didn't make it on EE. I didn't see your response to Jill until I read back.

Breakfast looks wonderful. WGP is on our list for next time along with about 40 other places. I'm going to need a 15 day trip.

 

[Leshaface]

I'm sorry to hear that. I find it amusing that your mother feels safe on a cruise ship, but fearful of flying. But whatever, she's your mom, so go with the flow. California will always be here. At least until the *BIG ONE* hits and we all fall off into the ocean!

Better not be in our lifetime please!



That's actually a good idea about spacing out your FP attractions. I'll be doing that for January.

If the ride had been up and running, could you have still used those FP's for later use? Do they still honor those like they did for the paper FP? I'm going to assume yes, but have no idea.

Woah, that breakfast calzone looks delicious

Do you know how long the construction is supposed to be going on till?

 

[dolphingirl47]

That breakfast looked delicious. Downtown Disney really is a mess at the moment.

Corinna

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm going to have to put that WP breakfast on my to-do list next time.

Nice looking picture. I hope it's somewhere prominent in the house.

 

[Pinkocto]

Last day already or were you ready to be home by this point?


DTD looks terrible, you were right, much worse than May.

Love that Marie picture

 

[afwdwfan]

Everything above is self explanatory, but this one was unique. A Breakfast Calzone. Boy was this tasty! We split both breakfasts and shall I tell you? This was absolutely superb! I’m normally sketchy about my eggs if they aren’t made to order. The clerk assured me that they make everything from scratch right there. I would order this again in a heartbeat.

I've never eaten breakfast at WPE, but I certainly love the lunch/dinner menu there. I'm glad to know it was good.

After breakfast we headed over to the art shop. I don’t remember if Fran bought something (chances are she did).

It appears that they will be revamping this area for food trucks.

That might be something interesting. Yet with all the good food options in the parks, resorts and at DTD... that's all I need is something else to try out.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Confession: I’ve never seen Avatar.

It's not worth me trying to sell you. Think Pocahontas or Dances With Wolves with better special effects.

Eventually it always arrives, that fateful day of your vacation. Nobody wants it to happen (unless you have been almost six weeks away from home). The last full day.

I've never been away for 6 weeks. I think I need to test this theory out.

Everything above is self explanatory, but this one was unique. A Breakfast Calzone. Boy was this tasty! We split both breakfasts and shall I tell you? This was absolutely superb! I’m normally sketchy about my eggs if they aren’t made to order. The clerk assured me that they make everything from scratch right there. I would order this again in a heartbeat.

Sounds good! I've never been to WPE, but everyone seems to like it!

The walkway between the Lego store and Fulton’s was completely closed and they had us going down an strange corridor to get to the rest of the shops.

Seems kinda inconvenient.

The balloon was in flight that day.

Of course it was. You know why? Because I wasn't there.

It appears that they will be revamping this area for food trucks.

Mmmm...grease...

 

[mvf-m11c]

WP looks completely empty and the Breakfast Calzone looks very appetizing.

I always enjoy walking through the Disney Art shop at DTD to see what interesting art they have in store.

DTD at WDW has changed a lot since I have been there and it will be weird to see it as Disney Springs.

 

[franandaj]

WP has a great breakfast! I finally made it there on my last trip and it was delicious!

DTD is so sad with all the construction. I hope it gets done soon!

Love that picture of Marie.

Jill in CO

We're going to have to work it in again sometime. Im just not sure when!

I know all that construction drives me crazy. Why do they have to keep changing it?

Did that food truck park sign say summer 2014? Hmm.....

Sorry you didn't make it on EE. I didn't see your response to Jill until I read back.

Breakfast looks wonderful. WGP is on our list for next time along with about 40 other places. I'm going to need a 15 day trip.

Yes it did say summer 2014. It's probably open now. I know what you mean. There are too many good places to eat. Not to mention going back to places I liked and want to eat at again.

Better not be in our lifetime please!

That's actually a good idea about spacing out your FP attractions. I'll be doing that for January.

If the ride had been up and running, could you have still used those FP's for later use? Do they still honor those like they did for the paper FP? I'm going to assume yes, but have no idea.

Woah, that breakfast calzone looks delicious

Do you know how long the construction is supposed to be going on till?

Yeah, hopefully not in our lifetime, but then depending where it breaks off, you might be nearer to the beach!

Yes they do honor the FP+, however to make it useful you need to be in the park and able to get to the ride to use it!

That Calzone is awesome and I have no idea when the construction is supposed to end.

That breakfast looked delicious. Downtown Disney really is a mess at the moment.

Corinna

I would love to have that again and yup DTD was a total mess at that point. I would guess it still is.

I'm going to have to put that WP breakfast on my to-do list next time.

Nice looking picture. I hope it's somewhere prominent in the house.

i think you shoukd put it on your list. It was very good.

The picture is prominent for me, KVC members and Olga. Maybe not too many others.