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Charles had wanted to hightail it over to Everest after breakfast to be one of the first people in line, but Connor nixed that idea saying he needed to work on getting his nerve up before riding it. We decided to do the safari first and headed over towards it to wait for rope drop. Chelsea and Connor were having a difficult time getting along, and Chelsea was in one of her moody states. However, everytime I swung a camera in her direction, she "posed."
Charles striding purposefully towards Kilimanjaro Safaris:
My favorite gift shop in Walt Disney World:
Quiet Corners of Africa:
I wanted to capture the pouting Chelsea who refused to be anywhere near us, but she spotted the camera and suddenly was all smiles:
Connor and I went exploring and found this hilarious notice in the tower:
Soon, the hordes of people were crossing the bridge, and the CMs were dropping the rope for the safari. Here is my rant for the day -- I have never encountered such a cutthroat group of people as the one who were practically running and pushing people out of the way to get through the line. It made my blood boil -- seriously, what's the rush??? We were power walking and people were still cutting in front of us! Grrr!
We ended up in the second row of the second safari vehicle. Too neat! Chelsea was suddenly in a good mood again!
I could never be a safari driver because this is what my commentary would sound like:
"Here's a stand of trees. There might be an animal in there."
"Here's another animal. It's from Africa."
"That's a rhino. It's drinking water."
"That rhino is finished drinking."
"Birds. Indigenous to Africa."
"Crocodiles. I am going to drive quickly past them, in case the crocodiles have managed to figure out how to fly over the trenches in some sort of weird adaptation and eat us all up like a bad repeat of Jurassic Park."
"Giraffe."
"Some other African animal."
"Giraffe from a different angle."
"Yet another African animal."
"Monkeys. I wish the guy in the third row would quit eating sunflower seeds and chucking the shells out of the vehicle. If you don't I am going to turn around and take you back to the crocodiles." Aside: unfortunately our driver never noticed this man doing this. I wish she had.
"Elephants."
As you can see, I would not be a good safari driver -- thank goodness ours was much more lively and actually knew the names of the animals she pointed out to us. Unfortunately, the lions were still asleep (lazy cats), but overall the safari was way cool! At one point, there was an ostrich in the middle of the road refusing to move. Eventually she gave us a disdainful look and moved on.
Here's a question for you: Everytime we have been on the safari, the driver has pointed out nests of ostrich eggs. I think they are fake; Chelsea thinks they are real. Anyone know the answer: are they set decorations or the real things?
After the safari I tried to convince the family to go on the Pangani Trail -- my children have forced me to watch countless seasons of Meerkat Manor (most of which I have cried through), but they had no desire to go see the real Meerkats. They had a different agenda. What was it???
UP NEXT: In Which One of Our Intrepid Adventurers Hikes from Africa to Asia and Back Again!
Charles striding purposefully towards Kilimanjaro Safaris:
My favorite gift shop in Walt Disney World:
Quiet Corners of Africa:
I wanted to capture the pouting Chelsea who refused to be anywhere near us, but she spotted the camera and suddenly was all smiles:
Connor and I went exploring and found this hilarious notice in the tower:
Soon, the hordes of people were crossing the bridge, and the CMs were dropping the rope for the safari. Here is my rant for the day -- I have never encountered such a cutthroat group of people as the one who were practically running and pushing people out of the way to get through the line. It made my blood boil -- seriously, what's the rush??? We were power walking and people were still cutting in front of us! Grrr!
We ended up in the second row of the second safari vehicle. Too neat! Chelsea was suddenly in a good mood again!
I could never be a safari driver because this is what my commentary would sound like:
"Here's a stand of trees. There might be an animal in there."
"Here's another animal. It's from Africa."
"That's a rhino. It's drinking water."
"That rhino is finished drinking."
"Birds. Indigenous to Africa."
"Crocodiles. I am going to drive quickly past them, in case the crocodiles have managed to figure out how to fly over the trenches in some sort of weird adaptation and eat us all up like a bad repeat of Jurassic Park."
"Giraffe."
"Some other African animal."
"Giraffe from a different angle."
"Yet another African animal."
"Monkeys. I wish the guy in the third row would quit eating sunflower seeds and chucking the shells out of the vehicle. If you don't I am going to turn around and take you back to the crocodiles." Aside: unfortunately our driver never noticed this man doing this. I wish she had.
"Elephants."
As you can see, I would not be a good safari driver -- thank goodness ours was much more lively and actually knew the names of the animals she pointed out to us. Unfortunately, the lions were still asleep (lazy cats), but overall the safari was way cool! At one point, there was an ostrich in the middle of the road refusing to move. Eventually she gave us a disdainful look and moved on.
Here's a question for you: Everytime we have been on the safari, the driver has pointed out nests of ostrich eggs. I think they are fake; Chelsea thinks they are real. Anyone know the answer: are they set decorations or the real things?
After the safari I tried to convince the family to go on the Pangani Trail -- my children have forced me to watch countless seasons of Meerkat Manor (most of which I have cried through), but they had no desire to go see the real Meerkats. They had a different agenda. What was it???
UP NEXT: In Which One of Our Intrepid Adventurers Hikes from Africa to Asia and Back Again!
I would be the exact same way. I had the same thought about the Ostrich eggs, I swear that same pile was in that exact same place last year. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
I'm a newbie and pretty much a lurker... but I LOVE LOVE LOVE your PTR/TR! I don't go until the end of Sept, but reading this is making the time go by fast! Thanks so much!
