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Great update!! That stinks that you weren't abel to get on SM. I love you sarcastic thought for the bus drivers with the signs. Can't wait to read the next installment.
Thanks, Mickey! You Did It!! LAST DAY - 6/2/07 w/pictures!
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Great day at MK. Y'all really did a lot. I totally agree about Country Bear. I thought I remembered liking it the last time I saw it years ago, but it desperately needs updating. Afterwards my DD commented that she didn't even think the songs were very family friendly! 
Come on, Disney - let's get this show fixed!
Come on, Disney - let's get this show fixed!
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Thoroughly enjoyed reading your trip report! You really got on a lot of rides at MK! Well, all except SM. Oh well you will just have to go back! I love your sense of humor 
I tend to get sarcastic when I get frustrated too! When we went I stood right at the door of the bus to see where it was going when it didnt have signage. I hated when they sent the test busses and training busses which drove right by...argggg 
You haven't really mentioned the heat....how was it in May...I am considering going in late April or early May one year. You all lasted all day in MK...something you couldnt do in the heat of summer! I was impressed.
Oh yeah before I forget...about the women wearing heals...I have a friend who cannot wear flat shoes because something is wrong with her foot. She wears at least a 2 inch heal everyday to school (work) and says it would really really hurt her to wear flats especially to walk around in.
I am the opposite 
The most I wear are 2" heals and then my feet hurt if I wear them too long. So it's Crocs for me these days!
I tend to get sarcastic when I get frustrated too! When we went I stood right at the door of the bus to see where it was going when it didnt have signage. I hated when they sent the test busses and training busses which drove right by...argggg You haven't really mentioned the heat....how was it in May...I am considering going in late April or early May one year. You all lasted all day in MK...something you couldnt do in the heat of summer! I was impressed.
Oh yeah before I forget...about the women wearing heals...I have a friend who cannot wear flat shoes because something is wrong with her foot. She wears at least a 2 inch heal everyday to school (work) and says it would really really hurt her to wear flats especially to walk around in.
I am the opposite The most I wear are 2" heals and then my feet hurt if I wear them too long. So it's Crocs for me these days!
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You haven't really mentioned the heat....how was it in May...I am considering going in late April or early May one year. You all lasted all day in MK...something you couldnt do in the heat of summer! I was impressed.
Oh yeah before I forget...about the women wearing heals...I have a friend who cannot wear flat shoes because something is wrong with her foot. She wears at least a 2 inch heal everyday to school (work) and says it would really really hurt her to wear flats especially to walk around in.
It was upper 70s or low 80s everyday, very, very nice weather to be at the parks. We didn't try any water parks because it wasn't quite hot enough for me to get in the water. I like it solidly in the 90s before I'll try the water. I'm getting old and picky!
It hurts my feet just thinking of your friend wearing heels all the time. It reminds me of the commercial, though, where the women are wearing heels while mowing and playing tennis and etc. NOW I know where that came from!
Thanks for reading!
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Your trip report is fantastic! Wonderful pictures too! What was the ring at the Haunted Mansion??? Never seen anything about that before! I love the pictures with Goofy really cute!! So did he get his photosigned? Sorry your day at Epcot wasn't fantastic. That would have bummed me out majorly, I'm a huge Epcot fan! How much was the passport kit? I wanted to buy one on my upcomming trip! Thanks for writing!!! 
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Day 6 - Animal Kingdom Day
We left the hotel around 8:00 and arrived to find a very moderate line. Yea, great start for the day.
We ran into "Palmy" who entertained the kids, which in turn entertained us as we watched the kids interact with him.
We went in for the pre-show.
Before we left on vacation Angie had bought a book that basically had an adventure centered around the four parks of WDW. Nicolas really took the book seriously and worked hard to solve all the clues that were in there. Here he is at AK trying to solve some clues early.
I'm ashamed to admit that I don't have the name of the book here handy at this time. I will find out what it was called and post it soon!
At 9:00 Angie and Nicolas headed off to Triceratops Spin while I ran over and scored some FPs for Everest. Angie and Nicolas were allowed to ride twice before I came back.
We hoped on Primeval Whirl and then rode Dinosaur.
We ran back over to Everest to make our time. All three were riding so Nicolas and Angie rode in one car while I rode with a young English lady. I asked her what she was going to do during the picture. She said, "I'll probably just scream." Well, being the practical joker that I am, I couldn't let this wonderful opportunity pass me by. When we got to the picture place, sure enough, she was screaming. I put my hands over my ears like she was really loud and gave her a weird look. It was a very funny picture. She thought it was pretty funny also and showed her family who thought it was funny as well. Now here is the sad part. I was going to get the picture with Photo Pass. Well, we were all laughing about the picture so much, that NO ONE scanned it. We all walked away thinking we had a photo pass of it and we didn't so great, NO FUNNY PICTURE! I did take this one of the coaster though.
We were heading over to get FPs for the Safari when we came across....
That's right - DEVINE!
We stopped for a snack of bread and fruit and then went to see Flights of Wonder.
I really like this show! Those birds are really cool. They were doing some construction next door and it threw off a couple of the birds who didn't know what to think about all of the noise, but it was cute to see them react to circumstances around them rather than performing the status quo. I'm sure the trainers would have preferred normal rather than not, but I thought it added a cute aspect to the show!
We went over to make our FP time for the Safari. We were lined up to be in the front row when all of a sudden the woman loading pulled us completely out of line and put us in the back row for the NEXT truck. She didn't fill the seats, nor did she explain what she was doing. It was a little aggrevating to be put in the back with no explanation. It was like we were in trouble or something! Anywhoo, the ride started and it was one of the best Safari trips we have had. The animals were out and hanging around the road.
The only negative was our driver didn't slow down much to get some really good pictures. The ride must really have been busy. I still managed to get a few photos, but there were opportunities for many more that I didn't get!
Before riding the Safari we had grabbed FPs for Kali River Rapids. We did the walking trails...
and got a few pictures....
...and then headed over to Kali for the ride. We had to grab a few pictures of the monkeys because they were screaming loud enough to shatter glass....
....they seemed to be enjoying themselves though. On Kali River, Angie and Nicolas got soaked! I managed not to get hit to badly (lucky me!)
We headed over to Flame Tree Bar-B-Que for lunch and that is where the story really begins......
THE MISSING DUCK CAPER
We usually sit by the fountain on the lower right as you head away from where you order. Angie had pulled pork, Nicolas had a hot dog, and I had the ribs (yech-not good!) We found a nice seat right beside the fountain and began to eat. While we were eating we were watching the ducks swim around. There were some ducks with green heads (mallards) in one corner and a brown mama duck with four little babies on the other side. The babies were staying pretty close to mom and it didn't take us long to figure out why. If one of the little ones got to far away from mama the mallards would come over and try to drown the little duck. Very mean! Everyone would yell at them but they wouldn't stop until mama arrived and drove off the mean duck. Mama and the little ones had swam around to the other side of the fountain where there is an opening for the overflow water to spill over a little waterfall and then under the sidewalk and out into the river. All of a sudden Mama Duck started making a terrible racket. We looked up and noticed that all of a sudden Mama Duck only had three ducklings with her instead of four. One little duck had gone over the waterfall! Angie rushed over and saw the little duck at the bottom of the waterfall quacking for mama. We got the attention of a CM and the chase began. Him and I began trying to corral the little guy back to the upper fountain, but he wasn't too sure of us. Mama was pretty mad at us as well, thinking we were after her little one. We finally got him out of the bushes by the water fall, but when we got him back up by the fountain he got away again and was running for all he was worth. It took us a good 10 minutes to finally get him back in the water....
We didn't get a good picture of the chase or the mama and the siblings. When I realized this later I tried to come back and get a picture but mama and the babies were gone by then. Sorry! The good news is that everything worked out in the end and the baby was saved! That would have really put a ding in our day if something bad had happened to that baby. Even if it had been swept out to the river, we would have worried about it, it was nice to have some closure on the matter!
We finished up with the drama and headed over to watch the Nemo show. Very good show! I love Nemo anyway because of the father and son relationship and how we tend to our see our boys as babies no matter how old they grow to be, so of course at the end of the show my wife had to look away and pretend I got something in my eye as I wiped away the tears. In no way do we acknowledge them while they are falling! Only when they are done and we are away can we admit they existed!
We got out of Nemo in time to see It's Tough To Be A Bug (while the parade was going on!) We almost didn't make it across the street becasue of the parade. We could actually see it coming down the road toward us as we ran across the road to ITTBAB. The pre-show music wasn't on for some reason and it seemed a little quite without it. We enjoyed the show and then headed for the Festival of the Lion King. Only one thing to say about the show....
Monkeys!
We love the Monkeys!
Nicolas was chosen to be in the show, which he thoroughly enjoyed!
Plus, he wore his Safari shirt so it fit right in. Kind of looks like that guy is hitting him in the face doesn't it! Nicolas played his instrument and had one of those smiles on his face that as a parent you would pay good money to put on his face everyday if you could!
We had accomplished everything we wanted to so we headed over to the Boneyard to let him (and I) play a little bit....
....we finally dug up the new bone and headed to Rainforest Cafe' where Angie had the shrimp, I had the Ceasar salad and Nicolas had the mac and cheese. The ribs I had at Flame Tree BBQ had taken up residence in my stomach so I wasn't terribly hungry. Still good food at the Rainforest though! Our waiter was very good. A really nice guy! We left the park after that and headed back to CBR where Nicolas once again took complete advantage of their swimming pool and Angie and I discussed the day and just enjoyed each others company.
Next up......
Epcot Revisited...Maybe we can get it right this time!
We left the hotel around 8:00 and arrived to find a very moderate line. Yea, great start for the day.
We ran into "Palmy" who entertained the kids, which in turn entertained us as we watched the kids interact with him.
We went in for the pre-show.
Before we left on vacation Angie had bought a book that basically had an adventure centered around the four parks of WDW. Nicolas really took the book seriously and worked hard to solve all the clues that were in there. Here he is at AK trying to solve some clues early.
I'm ashamed to admit that I don't have the name of the book here handy at this time. I will find out what it was called and post it soon!
At 9:00 Angie and Nicolas headed off to Triceratops Spin while I ran over and scored some FPs for Everest. Angie and Nicolas were allowed to ride twice before I came back.
We hoped on Primeval Whirl and then rode Dinosaur.
We ran back over to Everest to make our time. All three were riding so Nicolas and Angie rode in one car while I rode with a young English lady. I asked her what she was going to do during the picture. She said, "I'll probably just scream." Well, being the practical joker that I am, I couldn't let this wonderful opportunity pass me by. When we got to the picture place, sure enough, she was screaming. I put my hands over my ears like she was really loud and gave her a weird look. It was a very funny picture. She thought it was pretty funny also and showed her family who thought it was funny as well. Now here is the sad part. I was going to get the picture with Photo Pass. Well, we were all laughing about the picture so much, that NO ONE scanned it. We all walked away thinking we had a photo pass of it and we didn't so great, NO FUNNY PICTURE! I did take this one of the coaster though.
We were heading over to get FPs for the Safari when we came across....
That's right - DEVINE!
We stopped for a snack of bread and fruit and then went to see Flights of Wonder.
I really like this show! Those birds are really cool. They were doing some construction next door and it threw off a couple of the birds who didn't know what to think about all of the noise, but it was cute to see them react to circumstances around them rather than performing the status quo. I'm sure the trainers would have preferred normal rather than not, but I thought it added a cute aspect to the show!
We went over to make our FP time for the Safari. We were lined up to be in the front row when all of a sudden the woman loading pulled us completely out of line and put us in the back row for the NEXT truck. She didn't fill the seats, nor did she explain what she was doing. It was a little aggrevating to be put in the back with no explanation. It was like we were in trouble or something! Anywhoo, the ride started and it was one of the best Safari trips we have had. The animals were out and hanging around the road.
The only negative was our driver didn't slow down much to get some really good pictures. The ride must really have been busy. I still managed to get a few photos, but there were opportunities for many more that I didn't get!
Before riding the Safari we had grabbed FPs for Kali River Rapids. We did the walking trails...
and got a few pictures....
...and then headed over to Kali for the ride. We had to grab a few pictures of the monkeys because they were screaming loud enough to shatter glass....
....they seemed to be enjoying themselves though. On Kali River, Angie and Nicolas got soaked! I managed not to get hit to badly (lucky me!)
We headed over to Flame Tree Bar-B-Que for lunch and that is where the story really begins......
THE MISSING DUCK CAPER
We usually sit by the fountain on the lower right as you head away from where you order. Angie had pulled pork, Nicolas had a hot dog, and I had the ribs (yech-not good!) We found a nice seat right beside the fountain and began to eat. While we were eating we were watching the ducks swim around. There were some ducks with green heads (mallards) in one corner and a brown mama duck with four little babies on the other side. The babies were staying pretty close to mom and it didn't take us long to figure out why. If one of the little ones got to far away from mama the mallards would come over and try to drown the little duck. Very mean! Everyone would yell at them but they wouldn't stop until mama arrived and drove off the mean duck. Mama and the little ones had swam around to the other side of the fountain where there is an opening for the overflow water to spill over a little waterfall and then under the sidewalk and out into the river. All of a sudden Mama Duck started making a terrible racket. We looked up and noticed that all of a sudden Mama Duck only had three ducklings with her instead of four. One little duck had gone over the waterfall! Angie rushed over and saw the little duck at the bottom of the waterfall quacking for mama. We got the attention of a CM and the chase began. Him and I began trying to corral the little guy back to the upper fountain, but he wasn't too sure of us. Mama was pretty mad at us as well, thinking we were after her little one. We finally got him out of the bushes by the water fall, but when we got him back up by the fountain he got away again and was running for all he was worth. It took us a good 10 minutes to finally get him back in the water....
We didn't get a good picture of the chase or the mama and the siblings. When I realized this later I tried to come back and get a picture but mama and the babies were gone by then. Sorry! The good news is that everything worked out in the end and the baby was saved! That would have really put a ding in our day if something bad had happened to that baby. Even if it had been swept out to the river, we would have worried about it, it was nice to have some closure on the matter!
We finished up with the drama and headed over to watch the Nemo show. Very good show! I love Nemo anyway because of the father and son relationship and how we tend to our see our boys as babies no matter how old they grow to be, so of course at the end of the show my wife had to look away and pretend I got something in my eye as I wiped away the tears. In no way do we acknowledge them while they are falling! Only when they are done and we are away can we admit they existed!
We got out of Nemo in time to see It's Tough To Be A Bug (while the parade was going on!) We almost didn't make it across the street becasue of the parade. We could actually see it coming down the road toward us as we ran across the road to ITTBAB. The pre-show music wasn't on for some reason and it seemed a little quite without it. We enjoyed the show and then headed for the Festival of the Lion King. Only one thing to say about the show....
Monkeys!
We love the Monkeys!
Nicolas was chosen to be in the show, which he thoroughly enjoyed!
Plus, he wore his Safari shirt so it fit right in. Kind of looks like that guy is hitting him in the face doesn't it! Nicolas played his instrument and had one of those smiles on his face that as a parent you would pay good money to put on his face everyday if you could!
We had accomplished everything we wanted to so we headed over to the Boneyard to let him (and I) play a little bit....
....we finally dug up the new bone and headed to Rainforest Cafe' where Angie had the shrimp, I had the Ceasar salad and Nicolas had the mac and cheese. The ribs I had at Flame Tree BBQ had taken up residence in my stomach so I wasn't terribly hungry. Still good food at the Rainforest though! Our waiter was very good. A really nice guy! We left the park after that and headed back to CBR where Nicolas once again took complete advantage of their swimming pool and Angie and I discussed the day and just enjoyed each others company.
Next up......
Epcot Revisited...Maybe we can get it right this time!
DisneyJo
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You are so funny with the EE photo such a shame you didn't get it! We actually prefer the back seats on the safari as you can take photos out the back with nobody in them weird of the CM though 
And what a hero saving the little duckling and great for DS to get chosen 
weird of the CM though And what a hero saving the little duckling and great for DS to get chosen /
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Wonderful update! Lots of fantastic pictures...Amazing shots of Devine!
Watching Nicolas in FOTLK took me right back to when my son was in the show. And the baby duckling story had my stomach in knots
until I heard the happy ending. Our family would have done the same thing.
Thanks again for sharing!
Watching Nicolas in FOTLK took me right back to when my son was in the show. And the baby duckling story had my stomach in knots
until I heard the happy ending. Our family would have done the same thing. Thanks again for sharing!KathyRN137
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I loved your description about how moved you were after watching Nemo. It was very touching.Kathy
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I loved the story of the pic on EE. I had to phone a few friends about that one. Yay, you saved the baby duck. God BLess you! It's nice to know that people care so much.
luvfigment
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So glad you saved the baby Duck and how mean of the Mallards! Too bad you weren't able to get a copy of the EE picture it sounds hilarious. On that note...you can get EE on your Photo Pass now?? What other rides can you do this with? I know they were working on Test Track.
You got some great pictures on the safari, there seems to be a lot of babies walking around that savanna. Looking forward how EPCOT part 2 turns out.
You got some great pictures on the safari, there seems to be a lot of babies walking around that savanna. Looking forward how EPCOT part 2 turns out.
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We loooooved Nemo too! It was fabulous! And I loved the duck story! Yay for you for saving the day!
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On test track you have a place you can scan your card. But on the other rides you have to ask them to put the picture on your card (I don't think any of the others have gotten to the test track phase.) TT is pretty cool though, when you get off the ride you walk out to where the pictures are and each screen has a photo pass slot right beneath it.
Ours was more a matter of, "Oh, I've got the card, I thought you had the card, Who has the card,....". You know standard family argument!
Thanks for reading!
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Thanks for the tip about the photopass! I didn't know you could ask them to scan them to your card. Last year, we had a cute photo on Buzz Lightyear but didn't buy it. Now, I know what to do. Also, it sounds like I will have to watch Finding Nemo. Thanks for a great trip report!
I didn't know you could ask them to scan them to your card. Last year, we had a cute photo on Buzz Lightyear but didn't buy it. Now, I know what to do. Also, it sounds like I will have to watch Finding Nemo. Thanks for a great trip report!SerinaEmily
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I'm loving your report as well!
I'd love to know the name of that book and where to get it!
I'd love to know the name of that book and where to get it!
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I haven't posted on here lately, but I have been keeping up with reading your report! I just wanted to say thank you for saving the baby duck! I can see how much of an animal lover you are, and thought it was a nice thing for you to do! I wish there were more people in the world like you. A little off topic here, but on our news here a couple of weeks ago, they reported that authorities were looking for a woman who had been a great dane breeder. Seems she moved out of her rented home and left about 25 great dane's behind. They starved to death. Breaks my heart everytime I think about them, but hearing stories of people who have gone above and beyond for helpless animals gives me hope. Sorry for rambling, can't wait to hear more!
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Thank you so much for the kind comments! I'm an animal lover to the core. Stories like the ones you told above really get to me! I hope that we see less of that in the future. Animals have the ability to get into my heart so easily and make the day better by their unhindered happiness and unconditional love!
I will be back soon. I'm on a Mission Trip in Houston, TX this week and will be at Church Camp next week (no internet access), so I will run down our final days when I get back!
Thanks for reading!
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