Nineteen nights of MouseFest, Disney and Christmas - THREAD 4 - UPDATED 3/17
About This Page: This is a discussion on Nineteen nights of MouseFest, Disney and Christmas - THREAD 4 - UPDATED 3/17 within the Sharing the Adventure: Disney World Trip Reports, part of the PassPorter Community - Message Boards and Forums; Forest seems quite sociable. The safari looks like a lot of fun. Your pictures came out great!...

**RobDVC** · 03-14-2008, 09:01 AM

Forest seems quite sociable. The safari looks like a lot of fun. Your pictures came out great!

wayneava81 · 03-14-2008, 09:08 AM

Your pictures are great! And thank you Melissa for making me laugh today! I didn't notice that at all!

WHMom · 03-14-2008, 11:11 AM

Awesome pictures! I have never been to BG, but I got to feed a giraffe last summer at the Colorado Springs Zoo. It was very cool! (But I definitely only used my hands for feeding!

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lauren-roxy · 03-14-2008, 12:53 PM

Wonderful photos of the rhinos and zebras!!!

**chezp** · 03-14-2008, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mestitch

OMG

Look closely at the zebra!! Did nobody else notice this?

And I have to say I

Mark's shirt. I think I need that to wear here at school for some of my fellow moody teachers to read

Trust you to notice that!

clio · 03-14-2008, 08:02 PM

You were so lucky to get so close to the giraffes. My DD, Lori is so envious of you as giraffes are her favorite animals. I love the pictures of the rhinos.
Liz

mcc0313 · 03-14-2008, 08:55 PM

What a great update...I have never been to Busch Gardens in Tampa it looked like you ahd a great day and that for an animal lover this would be a fun day...

**piratefreak** · 03-15-2008, 01:50 AM

What an awesome tour and that is a great price. That is being added to our must do list.

**chezp** · 03-15-2008, 01:55 AM

Wednesday 19 December – part five: a wonderful thank you

We carried on the animal theme and walked through Edge of Africa, where we had some wonderful action from the lions. None of the sitting on the rock that you get at the Animal Kingdom. Oh no, these guys were much more alive. Mind you, it could be something to do with the fact that they were about to be fed. It made for some great photos:

Then we moved on to the hippo pool and found them, after much looking, hiding behind the fish. There were some other residents in this area as well:

Once we were done with Edge of Africa, we set off to explore the rest of the park. Our tour took us to the entrance of the park. Around this time, we started wondering where Mark’s family were. We had all come to Busch Gardens Tampa on the same day and they had called not long after we arrived to say that they were here and were going to do some rides with the kids, which was fine with us, as it allowed us to spend time with the animals, but we hadn’t heard from them since then. I sent them a text message and literally about 20 seconds later, we saw Dave and Barb sitting at the Zagora Café. They weren’t sure where Anne, Sean and the kids were, but fortunately they texted us back, so we set off in their direction, with Barb on her ECV, way ahead of us all. I tell you, she was pretty speedy on that thing!

On the way, Mark ended up with a new addition to his hat collection:

We met up with the others in Land of the Dragons and the kids were having an absolute blast in there. It’s a fun place, if you have younger members of the family and definitely somewhere you should bring them.

We were really touched when Hannah gave us a thank you letter to say thanks for all we had done for them. It was made on paper that they created at Epcot and it was beautiful. A really lovely gesture and one that we will have a prominent place on our fridge in the future.

Next: don’t leave me!

**PrincessSharon** · 03-15-2008, 06:21 AM

Glad you enjoyed the tour, Chez! And I love Mark's new hat.

How sweet of Hannah to make you a thank you letter.

**Colexis Mom** · 03-15-2008, 07:39 AM

What a great hat for Mark

More fantastic pictures!! Hurry back

lauren-roxy · 03-15-2008, 08:17 AM

MOre great photos!! Love Mark's hat!!

BelmontBelle · 03-15-2008, 08:19 AM

Those lion pictures are great, how awesome to see them moving about like that! I'm glad the kids are having fun, mine were little when we went to BG Tampa and they loved the Land of the Dragons too.

mestitch · 03-15-2008, 08:51 AM

How sweet about the letter! And

Mark's new hat!!!

**angiek1024** · 03-15-2008, 11:25 AM

Definitely worth the money for the tour! Love all your pictures of Forest!

Mark's hat is great too!

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