Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Day 2 ~ Part I ~ Animal Kingdom
It's only our FAVORITE park, our FAVORITE-EST day ever, with our FAVORITE food, FAVORITE ride, FAVORITE characters, FAVORITE outfit theme...
Did you get that it's our FAVORITE?
Ok - I was up at 5am...
I showered immediately, so I could be done before I woke the girls.
I always wake them progressively on trips - I find this just works out best...
Allison was next at 5:45am...
Then V at 6 - with a bribe of Starbucks.
We were all ready and out the door at 7:15.
We tried for the Shady Shuttle, but it wasn't out yet...
Walk ----> Poly ----> 5 minute wait for AK bus. Nice!
We arrived at AK at 7:50am... 9 am park opening, but we had an 8:05 breakfast reservation at Tusker House. We are pretty predictable. LOL
Seriously people... What could be better than this????
Not even the Photopass photographers were out yet... but we managed to flag down a nice CM and she was kind enough to take a quick picture for us.
We checked in and waited for a few minutes to be called back.
Side note: Allison and I took this moment for a bio break and to wash our hands. I don't talk about it much in my TR - but I was quite obsessive about hand washing on this trip. As a matter of fact, for the entire duration of this trip - I never once used my hands to touch any railing, door handle or ride vehicle (with exception to BLSRS and TSM - you kinda have to, to participate)... This took a lot of talent and improvisation. Wish I could say that it helped in the end. Allison was pretty obsessive about hand washing - not nearly as much as I was... And V - not at all (except for normal hand washing) - and she gave us a LOT of crap for being vigilant. I didn't want to be sick.
Ok - back to food...
Our server took us back to our table and suggested we go right away to get our food, as there was a bit of time before the characters started. We took her advice and loaded up our plates.
I immediately asked our server for our check, so I could get it paid and we could leave as soon as we were ready... She looked a little disappointed, and assumed that we were leaving quickly for FoP... I paid our bill and I tipped well... And then we ate and enjoyed the characters.
We all missed Donald because we were up getting food. I was kinda sad, but I've met him a bazillion times and I wasn't wearing my Donald gear this time, so it wasn't that big of a deal.
Our meal was great - as usual. I forced myself to eat some fruit, so I'd at least have some normal food in my belly.
When we were finished, we exited the door closest to Kiliminjaro Safari just at park opening... There was no line, as expected and we walked right on, riding the 2nd vehicle to depart for the day.
And then, very out of order, I am sure...
Oh wait, these guys aren't on the safari... Or are they?
(Just seeing if you all are paying attention)
The safari was fantastic, as usual. I honestly think the best time to ride it is right away in the morning.
When we finished the safari, we made our way to Expedition Everest - our FAVORITE coaster!
We found a photopass photographer on the way...
And this one too - this photographer was fun... And we got some great/awkward expressions and poses.
(I can't do the scared/shocked pose for the life of me...)
Then he told us to "fly"
And act like monkeys... LOL