[mom to 3 princesses and 1 prince]

After our favorite show, it was time to use up some EE FPs! I believe I was a kind and generous wife, and let Rick go on first. Rose decided that one visit with the Yeti was enough for her lifetime, so it would only be Rick and me braving the mountain this trip. When it was my turn, I took video of the entire ride, but unfortunately I lost the file when I ran out of space on my memory stick and had to transfer the pictures to a CD. We thought the movies would transfer, as well, but they must not have. I’m not sure what other videos I lost.

I did take some pictures while I was on the ride, though.








The view from the top of the mountain, looking to the right...


...and to the left.

After each of us went on once, we both went on again! This time, I asked for the front row, and only had to wait one cycle to do it! If you ever get the chance, sit in the front row. It makes the ride all the more awesome, especially when you're looking at this:



But the best part is when you've gone backwards in the dark, and you're waiting to go forward again. The track in front of you flips completely over! It doesn't just rotate, it flips OVER! Wow, is it cool! I encouraged Rick to try it, as we had one FP left, but it was already past 6:00 so he needed a wristband before they would let him on the ride. We hadn’t seen any places to get the wristbands, so they directed us to go towards Yak & Yeti to get them. It was quite a walk, and there was a huge line, but they had several CMs handing them out, so we didn’t wait long. We had a lovely conversation with a CM there, a very personable older gentleman; I forget what we talked about, but he really made me feel like he enjoys his job!

While we were there, this lovely CM named Indira noticed Christian’s birthday button, and asked if she could sing to him in her native language!

We saw her later, and she remembered Christian's name and called out happy birthday to him again!

We were all hungry, and since we were heading that way already, we decided to head to dinner. We had eaten at Flame Tree BBQ the last time we were here, and while it was good, I wanted to try something different. There are only a few counter service places in AK, and I didn’t think my kids would go for Yak & Yeti, so I had chosen Pizzafari. It turned out to be one of the most fun meals we had all week. There weren’t very many people in there, the food was decent, and we just sat there for a long time, laughing, eating, enjoying each other’s company.


Two of the girls got spaghetti with meatballs, and one got PB&J. Rick and I both got the Chicken Parmesan sandwich, which is huge! They had frozen lemonade available for dessert, so I had the strawberry while Rick chose the regular. They were delicious on this hot day! The décor in this restaurant is very interesting and each room has a different theme; I had read about it in the Imagineer’s guide to the AK. Here’s what it looked like where we ate:


While we were there, I realized we were going to miss the last Lion King show. We were having such a great time together, I didn't want to rush off to do something else, so I just decided that we'd catch it next time. We had all seen it before, and I'm sure it will still be around whenever we make it back to AK!

Up next, up close and personal with the Tree of Life!