The Promise of Spring: Flower & Garden Festival 4.0 -- A Cam and Luke TR COMPLETED 8/27 - Page 57 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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How wonderful to come back to your room, from a long park day, to find all that animals on the savanna outside your balcony! You certainly did get your fill of giraffes on this trip! Boma really has become one of my all time favorite places to eat at WDW! Pete and I spent about two hours there one evening for dinner as we really wanted to just have a nice relaxing meal where we could digest each plate of food before trying something else. We still felt like you could roll us out of there when we were done though.
That was a lot of animal activity! I especially like those rare bunny and squirrel sightings!
Dinner looks delicious!!
I was surprised by how active the animals were, probably a feeding time. Got to have a few bunnies and squirrels in the mix.
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Beautiful photos of the activity on the savannah outside your room - this is why a savannah view room at Animal Kingdom Lodge is just so magical. And then rounded off by dinner at Boma. Life doesn't get any better!
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How wonderful to come back to your room, from a long park day, to find all that animals on the savanna outside your balcony! You certainly did get your fill of giraffes on this trip! Boma really has become one of my all time favorite places to eat at WDW! Pete and I spent about two hours there one evening for dinner as we really wanted to just have a nice relaxing meal where we could digest each plate of food before trying something else. We still felt like you could roll us out of there when we were done though.
I couldn't have asked for a better trip as far as giraffes. Perfect! We too felt stuffed when we finally headed out of Boma, but a very happy stuffed.
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Your Boma photos are making me so hungry! I miss that place!
Loved the wildlife photos too...what a view!
I usually get hungry myself whenever I post food photos. We were very lucky with our view at Jambo House.
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What luck catching all the animals at the right time. The view was awesome. All the food looked interesting. Maybe one day we will get to try Boma.
I felt very lucky the first day when we went out to the balcony and a giraffe was there to greet me. It was just fantastic every day.
Beautiful day at AK and Jamba House. Really enjoyed your pix. It is always nice to be seated with great views of the animals and the Nemo show. I love how the puppeteers costumes blend in so well with the scenery that the characters always stand out so well.
Amazing photos of the giraffes! Your meal at Boma looked very good and you gave it such great photo coverage up at the buffet with the descriptions!
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Just got caught up after a few weeks away. Your photos have sold me on Boma. This will be on my list for a future trip.
Your "worst part" note, as well as the comment on being forced into the sun while waiting for Nemo has me thinking. When I went to DLHK last summer, the heat and humidity pretty much ruined my one park day. I was fresh off the plane and hadn't got my tropics legs yet. Within a week I had bought an umbrella, and for the
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Wow that is alot of animal activity for 5 pm. Love all the pictures. We haven't done Boma is quite awhile, maybe its time for a return. We normally do Sanaa
Beautiful day at AK and Jamba House. Really enjoyed your pix. It is always nice to be seated with great views of the animals and the Nemo show. I love how the puppeteers costumes blend in so well with the scenery that the characters always stand out so well.
It was a beautiful day. Thanks! The puppeteers/vocalist of Finding Nemo always amaze me.
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Amazing photos of the giraffes! Your meal at Boma looked very good and you gave it such great photo coverage up at the buffet with the descriptions!
Thanks! I wasn't writing notes so I knew the photos would serve to aid my memory.
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Love the pictures of all the wonderful activity on the savannah. Dinner at Boma looked delicious and a great way to end you day.
Thanks! Our days got a bit more relaxing as the trip wore on, but we still enjoyed every minute.
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You certainly did get your fill of giraffes on this trip! Boma really has become one of my all time favorite places to eat at WDW! Pete and I spent about two hours there one evening for dinner as we really wanted to just have a nice relaxing meal where we could digest each plate of food before trying something else. We still felt like you could roll us out of there when we were done though.
And then rounded off by dinner at Boma. Life doesn't get any better! 
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