Day 3 Awesome Animal Kingdom
We are up and at em by 6:30 a.m. We skip the free breakfast at Summerfield because we have PS for Donald's Breakfastsaurus @ 8:10 a,m,. Since we have never stayed off site before with a rental car we are not sure how long it will take to get to AK from our Suite, so we are off by 7:00, it only took us about 10 min. to get there and when we arrived it was not open yet and we are the only lone car waiting to get in, I'm sure they were in their little building (staying warm!!) and laughing at the silly foursome waiting to get in [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
Gates opoen at 8:00 a.m. sharp (it is EE day for Disney resorts) and by that time there is a long line behind us!!After parking and riding tram to entrance we head thru security than on to ticket window (we have vouchers for AP) it did take a long time to get thru this about 15 min. Yikes that is our PS time, off we run to Dinoland (I have SIL running again!!) Another wait of about 15 min. before we are seated, but we have the most funny and friendly waitress, Connie! She must have a 6th sense about things because she started picking on SIL right away (You know SIL's first time here and truly exhibiting childlike behavior) SIL got lots of surprises frome Connie like a (fake) catsup bottle being squirted on her,and her picture taken with a squirting camera [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
The food was hot and good [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] and we got to meet Donald, Goofy, and Mickey and of course Connie was a hoot!!
Next we head to Africa, no FP's needed today, cool and light crowds. No wait for Kilimanjaro and the animals were very active, all except the Lions they were cuddled up together by the rocks in the sun! Strolled the Pangani Forest, Gorilla's very playful, the male ones were walking around holding their blankets over their backs (that's how cold it was!) Off to Wildlife Express up to Rafiki's Planet Watch, this is a very awesome and learning place. We happened to arrive while the Veterinarian was performing surgery on a female Gibbon monkey, she was being fixed so she would not have babies any more. The CM told us she had already had two pregnancy's but would not take care of them so they did not want her having anymore!!We viewed this thru glass window and on a live monitor pretty cool but not for the faint hearted [img]graemlins/dizzy.gif[/img]
Still no sign of Devine!
We next went to Festival of the Lion King this show is my favorite, love it even for the 5th time!
DBIL gets very motion sick so we avoided rides that would cause this, we did go to all the shows including ITTBAB, SIL was so surprised at the end, everyone could hear her scream throughout the Theater!! We decided to head towards Africa again to spot Devine, on the way we stopped to watch the Kenyan acrobats, Karuka, amazing how he can do the Limbo only 6 inches from the ground this is something to see!! No Devine yet but did run into Lilo & STitch.
It is getting close to 4:00 p.m. and feeling sad I hadn't gotten to see Devine again (This is my 6th try!!) we thought we would stroll through the Oasis but Lo and Behold as we walked by the CM's Gate in Africa a tall vine caught my eye!! It was her, she was just finishing up her act and heading into the gates but I did get a few minutes on my video camera Yahoo!!!!
This was a great end to our day so taking a leisurely stroll through the Oasis we came upon a CM standing by a cart that has souvenirs for sale and in his arms was this large Iguana, now this looked real to me and he asked if I wanted to pet it and as I reached out my hand the head turned real quick towards me, I jumped back but than saw that it was really a stuffed one being maneuvered by the CM, well DSIL did not hear me say that and he asked her to pat it too, he kept walking toward her and she kept backing up well the CM threw it at her and my SIL stumbled back and fell on her butt, I don't know who was more surprised her or the CM! He did apoligize profusely and SIL got up with a very red face [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] but still thought it was a real one and had actually jumped at her, until I told her differently!!
Back to our Suite and some supper at the nearby Sizzler, what an awesome buffet for only $8.99 tons of food from mac & cheese to desserts galore you can also add on an entree for an extra amount ranging from $1 to $10 (Steak & Lobster). After supper a change into swimsuit and off to the hot tub, SIL went with me this time (I think to soak her sore butt LOL) the temp was down to 40 degrees.
Tomorrow Day 4 ------MGM and Fantasmic!