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Well! Guys.. I did it!!! I booked us for Thanksgiving of 2021!!!!! I took a peek at the options again this morning before I started working and the Standard Rooms were already gone for Yacht Club! What?!?! I mean seriously, do they have 4 rooms they consider Standard and that is it? Well, I went ahead and grabbed the Garden View Room as that is the next "cheapest"
I figure I can change it / cancel it things don't get better by then. But with it being around the holiday, I figure it's best to grab something now. I booked the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, thinking we could fly out after the girls finish school, which should be a half day. And then we fly home the following Sunday. A full 11 days! I figure with the holiday we can have a few resort days in there. And we may need to take a day to drive down and visit my grandparents again.
But that is about how far I will get for planning for AWHILE!
So, with that, back to trip report:
Day Six: More Animal Kingdom
So, I will say, I think we were hot and tired today. My pictures are lacking a little...
After our trip down the river twice, we decided we needed some snacks. We didn't want a full lunch, as we were having a late lunch. The girls eyed a Churro Cart by the exit of the ride, so Morgan and Andy waited to buy those, while I took Gwen to use the bathroom.
Then we grabbed a table over by Yak and Yeti counter service area. Andy sat down with the girls and I ran over to Mr. Kamal's to grab something for us. I ended up getting the Fries and an order of the dumplings. I am sad that the fries don't some with the tazi sauce on it anymore. But the season is still good.
I also grabbed a Coconut Lychee Lemonade from the soda place across from Yak and Yeti? It was spiked with Rum and was ok. Pre-Mixed so no spilling but fairly week.
And ZERO pictures of any of that stuff. We just sat and relaxed.
Eventually we got up and headed towards Everest for our last fast pass for the day.
Everest Yeti Signs
We had sometime to kill before we could actually use the fast pass. So we wandered around a bit.
Everest statue
Andy took some fun pictures with our new camera while I took Gwen to the bathroom again.
Waiting to Ride Everest
More Everest Waiting Area
Morgan posing for Andy
Everest
Finally it was time to use our fastpass!
Gwen is kind of so so about this ride. But she was a trooper and agree togo as long as she could ride with me.
Ready to Ride Everest
Gwen is smiling at least! I think by now, she was getting better at just closing her eyes at the yeti part.
Everest Ready to ride
Everest Photo Pass
She even got brave and raised her hands on the ride!
We all had a great time climbing Everest. We checked out the dump shop on the way out. Morgan picked out a blue water bottle for school. And Gwen picked up a Yeti Plush. It was a girl version and basically looked like a snow ball. So, it was "cute".
On a side note, Morgan has gotten some really good items from this store. She also got a peacock looking head wrap at one point as well. It's worth checking out the stuff in there, it's not just Disney stamped stuff.
We decided to make our way out of the park and head to lunch after this. we were all just so hot! But we took our time and slowly made our way out, with a few stops on teh way... of course..
First stop, More Drinks!
Hymalan Drink - Everest
I needed my favorite drink in AK, the Himalayan Ghost Drink. It is pink goodness, in my book.
Himalayan Ghost
Snow Leopard Vodka, Guava and Minute Maid® Premium Lemonade
Pink Lotus Drink
Gwen and Morgan split a Pink Lotus Drink.
Pink Lotus
Monin Wild Strawberry, Lychee and Minute Maid® Premium Lemonade
Gwen's Pink Lotus
But it looks like Gwen might have drank most of it.
Day Drinking
Andy even decided to get a drink! He went with the Durbar margarita and said it was good.
Durbar Margarita
Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila, Triple Sec, Ginger, Sweet-and-Sour and fresh Lime Juice
Durbar Margarita & Himalyan Ghost
With drinks in had, we started moving to the front of the park again. As we passed a cart by the monkeys, Morgan asked if she could get an Opka Plush. She said she say it on own way to Everest. So, we stopped for her to purchase that. She took time to inspect the faces of all of the plush and settled on one.
We continued on. And as we were walking out, Morgan noticed a rip at the seem at the leg. I told her we could stop at the main shops on our way out, and that I am sure they would let her swap it for a new one.
We had to go in both of the stores to find the Opkas, and while looking at them, Morgan almost cried. She said she really liked hers face and didn't want to exchange it. We told her she didn't need to exchange it. Oye! She finally decided to keep the one she had, she said she thought she could sew up the hole at home. (Which she did)
And with THAT, we were FINALLY able to FINALLY leave the park!
We didn't wait too long for a bus BUT we hit a bit of a snag with the ride to the resort. This bus driver was super "jokey", cracking jokes the whole way. And when we got to the first resort, he joked that it was the OTHER resort. So, we stayed on the bus. And we got to the second stop, we got off and realized what happened.
We had to ask the folks in the front what to do, and they said there was a shuttle for folks to take. Thankfully one pulled with in a minute and we were able to hop on. I was pretty annoyed at this whole situation. And we weren't the only family this happened to. There was one other family who literally did the same thing. Sigh.
But we made it FINALLY!!! And we were still early, so at least we weren't worried about being late.
We made our way down and checked in.
Sanaa
And ran into this lovely lady!!!
Sanaa
Caroline was there as well with her daughter for lunch. I don't think we realized that we would be there at the same time. So, it was a nice surprise. Even if I was a HOT HOT mess!
Up Next Lunch!
I figure I can change it / cancel it things don't get better by then. But with it being around the holiday, I figure it's best to grab something now. I booked the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, thinking we could fly out after the girls finish school, which should be a half day. And then we fly home the following Sunday. A full 11 days! I figure with the holiday we can have a few resort days in there. And we may need to take a day to drive down and visit my grandparents again.
But that is about how far I will get for planning for AWHILE!
So, with that, back to trip report:
Day Six: More Animal Kingdom
So, I will say, I think we were hot and tired today. My pictures are lacking a little...
After our trip down the river twice, we decided we needed some snacks. We didn't want a full lunch, as we were having a late lunch. The girls eyed a Churro Cart by the exit of the ride, so Morgan and Andy waited to buy those, while I took Gwen to use the bathroom.
Then we grabbed a table over by Yak and Yeti counter service area. Andy sat down with the girls and I ran over to Mr. Kamal's to grab something for us. I ended up getting the Fries and an order of the dumplings. I am sad that the fries don't some with the tazi sauce on it anymore. But the season is still good.
I also grabbed a Coconut Lychee Lemonade from the soda place across from Yak and Yeti? It was spiked with Rum and was ok. Pre-Mixed so no spilling but fairly week.
And ZERO pictures of any of that stuff. We just sat and relaxed.
Eventually we got up and headed towards Everest for our last fast pass for the day.

We had sometime to kill before we could actually use the fast pass. So we wandered around a bit.

Andy took some fun pictures with our new camera while I took Gwen to the bathroom again.




Finally it was time to use our fastpass!
Gwen is kind of so so about this ride. But she was a trooper and agree togo as long as she could ride with me.

Gwen is smiling at least! I think by now, she was getting better at just closing her eyes at the yeti part.


She even got brave and raised her hands on the ride!
We all had a great time climbing Everest. We checked out the dump shop on the way out. Morgan picked out a blue water bottle for school. And Gwen picked up a Yeti Plush. It was a girl version and basically looked like a snow ball. So, it was "cute".
On a side note, Morgan has gotten some really good items from this store. She also got a peacock looking head wrap at one point as well. It's worth checking out the stuff in there, it's not just Disney stamped stuff.
We decided to make our way out of the park and head to lunch after this. we were all just so hot! But we took our time and slowly made our way out, with a few stops on teh way... of course..
First stop, More Drinks!

I needed my favorite drink in AK, the Himalayan Ghost Drink. It is pink goodness, in my book.
Himalayan Ghost
Snow Leopard Vodka, Guava and Minute Maid® Premium Lemonade

Gwen and Morgan split a Pink Lotus Drink.
Pink Lotus
Monin Wild Strawberry, Lychee and Minute Maid® Premium Lemonade

But it looks like Gwen might have drank most of it.

Andy even decided to get a drink! He went with the Durbar margarita and said it was good.
Durbar Margarita
Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila, Triple Sec, Ginger, Sweet-and-Sour and fresh Lime Juice

With drinks in had, we started moving to the front of the park again. As we passed a cart by the monkeys, Morgan asked if she could get an Opka Plush. She said she say it on own way to Everest. So, we stopped for her to purchase that. She took time to inspect the faces of all of the plush and settled on one.
We continued on. And as we were walking out, Morgan noticed a rip at the seem at the leg. I told her we could stop at the main shops on our way out, and that I am sure they would let her swap it for a new one.
We had to go in both of the stores to find the Opkas, and while looking at them, Morgan almost cried. She said she really liked hers face and didn't want to exchange it. We told her she didn't need to exchange it. Oye! She finally decided to keep the one she had, she said she thought she could sew up the hole at home. (Which she did)
And with THAT, we were FINALLY able to FINALLY leave the park!
We didn't wait too long for a bus BUT we hit a bit of a snag with the ride to the resort. This bus driver was super "jokey", cracking jokes the whole way. And when we got to the first resort, he joked that it was the OTHER resort. So, we stayed on the bus. And we got to the second stop, we got off and realized what happened.
We had to ask the folks in the front what to do, and they said there was a shuttle for folks to take. Thankfully one pulled with in a minute and we were able to hop on. I was pretty annoyed at this whole situation. And we weren't the only family this happened to. There was one other family who literally did the same thing. Sigh.
But we made it FINALLY!!! And we were still early, so at least we weren't worried about being late.
We made our way down and checked in.

And ran into this lovely lady!!!

Caroline was there as well with her daughter for lunch. I don't think we realized that we would be there at the same time. So, it was a nice surprise. Even if I was a HOT HOT mess!
Up Next Lunch!