The Silly and Mischievous Adventures of Four Crazy Canucks - FINAL THOUGHTS 2/1

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

When is the next Fockers Dis Meet at WDW? I use to post there and couldnt keep up with all the chit chat....lol

Hmm, well there is this one coming up and then I think some of them were talking about next Fall. I won't be going to that one though so I'm not sure.

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Ugh I hate calling it Hollywood studios. It will always be MGM to me.

I didn't hear that about TSM with the 2 hour wait?! Thanks for the heads up. I just realized that when I go down in November it will be super soap weekend. Ugh and of course I planned MGM for Saturday. I have a feeling the park will be super crowded.

Did you decide if you are doing Sci-fi? I would skip it and save the money since it is a budget trip. It's a cute place but don't think it would be worth the money sometimes counter service is just as good.

Getting close now!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

The Plan: Day Three

Our second full day in the parks, we are all looking forward to this day as we LOVE Animal Kingdom. Erich is especially looking forward to this day as we have an early morning breakfast ADR at Tusker House for Donald's Safari Breakfast. That boy loves him some breakfast food and combine that with some fun character interaction and he is in heaven. This is the one ADR we are for sure going to keep for the trip; the rest are up in the air and will all depend on if we feel like a big meal and if we feel like spending the money. Since this is such a short trip we are not being too picky about eating counter service most of the time.

Hopefully we will finish up our breakfast with Donald before rope drop so we can make the mad dash to Kilimanjaro Safaris and beat the crowds. After that Alek and I will get fastpasses for Expedition Everest. We will use Mom and Erich's tickets to get fast passes as well so that we can ride twice. I guess that is the one positive thing about having ride chickens in the family, more fastpasses for me and Alek!

We plan on spending the whole day in the park, this won't be difficult since it closes at 6pm. We feel like we missed a lot last year due to the weather and general tiredness when we visited so we hope to make up for that this time around. Here are some must-do's for the day:

Expedition Everest
Kilimanjaro Safari
Festival of the Lion King
Dinosaur
The animal trails which we completely missed last time
Character Meet and Greets

Since the park closes early we have an open evening this day. We are not making set plans but these are some of the options we are considering:

Dinner and evening at Downtown Disney
Mini-golf at Fantasia Gardens
Relax poolside at the hotel
Visit some of the resorts and have dinner
Dinner off-property

We won't decide on what to do until that day probably

Some pictures from last year's visit to Animal Kingdom

LOST! in the parking lot....

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[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Ugh I hate calling it Hollywood studios. It will always be MGM to me.

It will always be MGM to me too, I am an old lady now, set in my ways!

I didn't hear that about TSM with the 2 hour wait?! Thanks for the heads up. I just realized that when I go down in November it will be super soap weekend. Ugh and of course I planned MGM for Saturday. I have a feeling the park will be super crowded.

Yeah, reports are that the lines for this ride are super crazy, Soarin crazy, so make sure to ride it first thing or at least grab a fastpass right away. From all the reports and pictures I have seen it is not to be missed!

Did you decide if you are doing Sci-fi? I would skip it and save the money since it is a budget trip. It's a cute place but don't think it would be worth the money sometimes counter service is just as good.

No, haven't decided, if we feel like it the day of we might try and get a reservation otherwise we are totally fine with eating counter service. Truthfully on our last trip we were pretty much always pleased with the quality and value of the counter service whereas the table service restaurants disappointed more often. We may even go off-property to eat if we decide to take an afternoon break or eat at the hotel. Who knows, it is vacation so we will just go with the flow!

 

[Hedy]

Have fun at Tusker House!

 

[princessjv]

Here is the positive vibe for the day~ It will be a great day, the sun will be partially exposed, the humidity low. There will be no rain clouds looming over you.

You will have a great day!

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Have fun at Tusker House!

I am sure we will! I have very good things about the Jungle Juice, can't wait to try it.

Here is the positive vibe for the day~ It will be a great day, the sun will be partially exposed, the humidity low. There will be no rain clouds looming over you.

You will have a great day!

Thanks for the positive vibes Jen!

 

[Bloodhound]

Good Morning...thanks for the update and great pictures.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Forgot to ask this in my main update: At a buffet like Tusker House, are your beverages(juice, milk, etc) included in the price of the buffet or are you paying for them separately? We don't usually eat at buffets and last year we were on the dining plan so I didn't really pay attention. I just wanted to know for budgeting purposes.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Good Morning...thanks for the update and great pictures.

Good morning! My pleasure to provide you with some Friday morning reading. Only 11 more days to go! There will probably be daily updates from this point on!

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Forgot to ask this in my main update: At a buffet like Tusker House, are your beverages(juice, milk, etc) included in the price of the buffet or are you paying for them separately? We don't usually eat at buffets and last year we were on the dining plan so I didn't really pay attention. I just wanted to know for budgeting purposes.

Non alcoholic drinks are included in the price of buffet's.

 

[Hedy]

Forgot to ask this in my main update: At a buffet like Tusker House, are your beverages(juice, milk, etc) included in the price of the buffet or are you paying for them separately? We don't usually eat at buffets and last year we were on the dining plan so I didn't really pay attention. I just wanted to know for budgeting purposes.

Yes, they are.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Non alcoholic drinks are included in the price of buffet's.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[Bloodhound]

here is a a funny picture I found on the disgn boards this morning that is funny...I hope you like it :

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

here is a a funny picture I found on the disgn boards this morning that is funny...I hope you like it :

That is so me!

 

[Bloodhound]

she has hundreds of Disigns to look at with new ones added daily...she is awesome.

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

she has hundreds of Disigns to look at with new ones added daily...she is awesome.

That is very cool, I will have to check it out. I wish I were creative like that!

 

[Bloodhound]

That is very cool, I will have to check it out. I wish I were creative like that!

I will go find you a link ... she has three to choose from in her signature...tell her I sent ya.

 

[Goofyluver]

Well, Jen looooves her some AK...so your plans look great. But where's Nemo???

 

[Lifelong_Dreamer]

Well, Jen looooves her some AK...so your plans look great. But where's Nemo???

We saw it last year and didn't care for it all that much and considering how much time it takes to see it we decided it was not a priority this time around.