February 10th Animal Kingdom
We wake up at 6:30 and get ready. We had a message on our phone already saying we were approved for transfer, THANK GOODNESS! And we just needed to go to call and confirm acceptance, which we did.
We call luggage services to have them pick up our stuff and store it. We tried to convince the guy to put both last names on it & he refused. Needless to say, Shaun & I were worried that we would get a repeat of yesterday once the new room was ready which wouldnt be done until this afternoon anyway.
So we headed to breakfast at Roaring Forks and it was crowded! Luckily we found a table in the hallway to sit at.
We then headed to Animal Kingdom for opening and got in right towards the end of the opening show at the Tree of Life. We couldnt really see it or hear it where we were, we just waited until they let us off so we could head straight to the Safari.
Shaun got his first real taste of the Disney Dash
that is, rushing to get to the ride and playing zig zag through other guests. He understood after we were in line and saw how many people were behind us and how few were ahead of us.
We got front row seats. And Shaun loved the ride. You see, his favorite animal is a hippo for some reason. In fact, he was so excited that I got him a wooden hippo from Namibia. So he was glad he got to see them finally.
Other random pictures:
After the Safari, we went to get fastpasses for Everest, except the attendant just handed us fast passes for about 30 minutes later. Sweet! Ears are working
We then were going to walk towards Dinoland where we saw that Nemo was starting in 10 minutes and there were still a ton of seats left, so we decided to do that instead. Shaun thought it was cute. I liked it better this time than when I saw it October.
It was then in the period for the fast pass so we headed to Everest.
We then had lunch at Yak & Yeti.
We ordered the Prawn Chips
but they never came
but they did let like 50 parties in at the same amount of time so it probably was a miscommunication with the kitchen and the waiter was nice about it (plus the table next to us was being wicked pains and you could tell he got flustered)
We also got two of the yummy alcoholic beverages. I think we got the Shanghai Express and Bonsai Blast but Im not sure.
I got the Tempura which was tasty.
Shaun has the Beef & Broccoli.
After lunch, we decided to do its Tough to Be a Bug & then the Lion King. Only thing I hate about the Lion King is the mass exit at the end that is so slow moving. But I love the show!
We decided to head back to the Wilderness Lodge to see if our new room was ready and it was!
We then arrived at Room 5073. An inner courtyard King with a true bathroom (which dont exist if you ask a certain manager)
This was much better than the previous room. Still had minor issues but in all honesty, we werent going to complain over those especially after our initial room.
Shaun went downstairs to hand them our luggage tag so they didnt lose our luggage again and it quickly arrived.
Once the luggage arrived, we unpacked again and got settled into the room for the next 6 days.
We had dinner reservations at CRT tonight at 5:15. Around 4:15, we got dressed and headed to the boat dock to take the red flag over to the MK. We didnt have too long of a wait.
Our first stop in the Magic Kingdom was to the jewelry store to get our gift resized so that we could actually wear them. (BTW, it makes me smile everyday & my Disney-Crazed co-workers are wicked jealous)
We checked in at CRT where we were created by Cinderella & actually got a good picture, however, its currently in a box of packed stuff so I cant scan it in.
After about a 10 minute wait we were called up to the Dining Room for Dinner.
I started with the Vegetable Rolls
which were rather greasy & didnt set well with my stomach.
Shaun got the Salad which he wasnt a fan of because the dressing was sickly sweet.
My main course was the tortellini which was bland.
Shaun had the Prime Rib which he didnt eat half of as it was bad.
We then received a special gift from Cinderella in celebration of our marriage
two champagne glasses
That made the meal right there.
And of course, we had the best part of the meal & the only thing we actually ate the entire thing of: raspberry sorbet.
Honestly, I wasnt expecting much out of this meal as reviews are so mixed. The food was disappointing but the restaurant is very pretty inside & Im happy for our glasses. Apparently our wedding got us through so quick we didnt see whatever little show they put on in there for the dinner guests, but thats ok with Shaun & me.
We headed back to the Wilderness Lodge and relaxed. At like 8, I got hungry again since I didnt eat much of dinner so we got a $16 cheese plate & two alcoholic beverages To-Go from the Territory Lounge. Shaun & I discovered at this point, Goat Cheese really isnt that bad. We still dont do blue cheese though.
At 9:30 we watched the Electrical light Parade from our balcony which was very relaxing. Shaun loved it! In fact for the rest of the week, he made sure our door was open at that time so he could hear the music.
