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The next morning, I didn’t wake up until 8AM, go figure?
We got a text from Jenny that she and Michael had purchased Genie+ and had the Safari booked for 9:30-10:30. They were leaving at 8:30 and did we want to come along?
As Rocket says in Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission Breakout, “That wasn't part of the plan.”
They were gone before Jill and I even got dressed and left the room. We had planned for a leisurely breakfast in the room and we intended to stick with that plan. Besides we had two more full days than they did, and we wanted to take things easy. As it was, we were already exhausting ourselves, and we had a big night this evening.
I had a “make it and shake it” pancake mix, plus we had another pound of bacon in the fridge. So I got to work on breakfast. This is what we ended up with.
After breakfast we got underway by 10AM. Jenny was texting this while we were waiting at the bus stop.
“EE in the back hungover lol! Might yak and yeti all over Michael ” That paints an interesting picture!
At the bus stop the AK bus was 10 minutes early from what the posted sign said. Yay! There were three other people on the bus with us, so that was nice!
We arrived at the park around 11AM, I snapped this obligatory shot of the tree of life.
We headed directly for the single rider line at EE.
When we texted to Jenny that we were in the park, she replied that they were getting a drink so she wouldn't feel so hungover. Here we are in the queue.
We were on the ride in less than 15 minutes and even though we were on separate trains, it was much better than the posted wait.
Once we were off the ride, we looked at the wait for the Safari and it was 120 minutes. Hard pass. So the next thing on our agenda was FOTLK. We decided to catch the 12 noon show and got in line around 11:25. The weather was not supposed to be so good today, and while we were in line but not under a cover it started to lightly rain. Luckily it didn't persist and shortly we were in the theater.
The show was entertaining as always, while the Tumble Monkeys were doing their bit they started off with the song "Hakuna Matata" playing in the background. However as the monkeys went along with their show the soundtrack weaved in "Sing Sing Sing" (Benny Goodman), and towards the end of their part of the show even brought in "Caravan" (Duke Ellington), and then just as they finished their routine, played "Yes We Have No Bananas" (From a 1922 revue, and recorded by many artists over the years). I’m sure I’m the only person in the audience who marveled at that.
Next was the fire juggler….
I think we get a feel good song after that.
I missed a picture of the ballet bird characters….now we are into the finale.
Once it was over, we headed out of the park and back to the resort. We were going to have company this afternoon. Pamela and her Mom, JJ were going to come see us. Longtime readers might remember them from several cruises that we have taken together. But first some obligatory Photopass shots.
And then we caught a bus back to the hotel. I don’t remember if we waited very long, but I don’t think we did. According to my photos we were back in the Cabin before 1:30PM. Not bad after a 12:00 show!
We got a text from Jenny that she and Michael had purchased Genie+ and had the Safari booked for 9:30-10:30. They were leaving at 8:30 and did we want to come along?
As Rocket says in Guardians of the Galaxy, Mission Breakout, “That wasn't part of the plan.”
They were gone before Jill and I even got dressed and left the room. We had planned for a leisurely breakfast in the room and we intended to stick with that plan. Besides we had two more full days than they did, and we wanted to take things easy. As it was, we were already exhausting ourselves, and we had a big night this evening.
I had a “make it and shake it” pancake mix, plus we had another pound of bacon in the fridge. So I got to work on breakfast. This is what we ended up with.
After breakfast we got underway by 10AM. Jenny was texting this while we were waiting at the bus stop.
“EE in the back hungover lol! Might yak and yeti all over Michael ” That paints an interesting picture!
At the bus stop the AK bus was 10 minutes early from what the posted sign said. Yay! There were three other people on the bus with us, so that was nice!
We arrived at the park around 11AM, I snapped this obligatory shot of the tree of life.
We headed directly for the single rider line at EE.
When we texted to Jenny that we were in the park, she replied that they were getting a drink so she wouldn't feel so hungover. Here we are in the queue.
We were on the ride in less than 15 minutes and even though we were on separate trains, it was much better than the posted wait.
Once we were off the ride, we looked at the wait for the Safari and it was 120 minutes. Hard pass. So the next thing on our agenda was FOTLK. We decided to catch the 12 noon show and got in line around 11:25. The weather was not supposed to be so good today, and while we were in line but not under a cover it started to lightly rain. Luckily it didn't persist and shortly we were in the theater.
The show was entertaining as always, while the Tumble Monkeys were doing their bit they started off with the song "Hakuna Matata" playing in the background. However as the monkeys went along with their show the soundtrack weaved in "Sing Sing Sing" (Benny Goodman), and towards the end of their part of the show even brought in "Caravan" (Duke Ellington), and then just as they finished their routine, played "Yes We Have No Bananas" (From a 1922 revue, and recorded by many artists over the years). I’m sure I’m the only person in the audience who marveled at that.
Next was the fire juggler….
I think we get a feel good song after that.
I missed a picture of the ballet bird characters….now we are into the finale.
Once it was over, we headed out of the park and back to the resort. We were going to have company this afternoon. Pamela and her Mom, JJ were going to come see us. Longtime readers might remember them from several cruises that we have taken together. But first some obligatory Photopass shots.
And then we caught a bus back to the hotel. I don’t remember if we waited very long, but I don’t think we did. According to my photos we were back in the Cabin before 1:30PM. Not bad after a 12:00 show!