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3: Sunday, May 4th |
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| Joe
and I got up and walked over to the Pepper Market to get some
breakfast. I had some fruit and cereal and he had a bagel and
pastry. We met Mel and Justin at the bus stop at 8:30 and we were
on our way to the Animal Kingdom! |
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| Animal
Kingdom |
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bus ride was fairly quick and we got to see Blizzard Beach from
the highway. I loved that our bus stops always seems really close
to the entrance. AK didn’t open for about 15 minutes, but the
lines weren’t that bad. We went into a shop to see if we could
find a battery for Mel’s camera. Unfortunately they didn’t
have one. We heard the music for awakening, but weren’t close
enough too see anything |
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we got through the gates we headed with everyone else to the
safari. Mel went to look for batteries in a couple other shop and
we went to get a Fast Passes for the safari. We decided to do the
walking tour in Africa first, then come back and do the ride. I
love watching the gorillas and could have stayed there for hours.
We did spend a bit of time there, but had to head back for our FP
time. The safari was nice, but there weren’t as many animals as
I remember. We only saw one giraffe! |
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decided to head to Asia to see the tigers and cool off on the raft
ride. It was early, but already hot. I spotted the vine lady and
we stopped to check her out. We also took some pictures of the
tree of life. There is a spot in between Asia and Africa with
great views. There was no line for the Kali River Rapids so we
hopped right on. Joe got soaked! The rest of us barely got
splashed, so we went on again. This time Justin and Joe got
soaked. I managed to keep dry! We did the jungle trek and then
made our way to Dinoland for lunch. We stopped at Dinosaur for
fast passes and then ate at Restaurantosaurus
(burgers and fries). We made it back to Dinosaur just in time.
I’m not sure it was a great idea to do this ride right after
lunch, but we all loved it! |
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was really hot by now and we needed to cool off back at the pool.
On the way out we spotting Baloo and Joe got his picture taken
with his favorite character! We hopped on the bus and decided to
meet at the quiet pool. We had put beer on ice that morning, so we
would be all set. We planned to eat at Italy that night and I
called to make a PS before heading out. |
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| EPCOT |
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met at the bus stop at 4:00 and we’re on our way to EPCOT. This
ride was really quick! Mel
dropped off her digital film at a camera shop near the entrance.
We wouldn’t be able to pick it up that night, so we would have
to come back tomorrow. We walked over to test track first, but all
the fast passes were gone and the wait was 45 minutes. We decided
to skip it for now. We wandered through the Ice Cool Station and
had a few free soda samples. I laughed when Joe and Mel tested
Beverly! Next, we saw “Honey, I shrunk the audience”.
Joe wanted to check out the dolphins and sharks at the
living Seas, so we spent some time in there. Actually, we lost
track of time in there and were a bit late for our PS at Italy
(and it was a long walk from the Living Seas.) |
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love World Showcase. It almost feels like you are really visiting
all these countries, but you are just at Disney! The lobby at
Alfredo’s was crowded, but we only waited about ten minutes
before being seated. Our waiter was from Italy and it was a bit
hard to hear since the restaurant was really loud, but he spent
some time talking with us about the menu and where he came from. I
LOVE the fettuccini alfredo here. I wound up splitting and order
with Mel since it is so big. Justin tried the Italian beer and the
rest of us shared a bottle of wine. It took a while to get our
food and by the time we got the check we were already late for our
illuminations cruise. We all tried to run, but after that huge
meal it just wasn’t happening. I hoped our drive would wait for
us! |
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| Illuminations
Cruise |
| We were
close to 30 minutes late, but our boat and driver were waiting at
the boardwalk dock for us. I was so happy he didn’t ditch us. I
wish we had had time to stop at the Boardwalk store and pick up
some drinks and munchies, but we were too late. We all got in and
took a tour of the waterway. Our driver gave us lots interesting
tidbits of information (most of which I had already heard at the
DIS.) I asked if we could get a spot a bit early, but he told me
they line the boats up side by side now, so no one has a better
view. We got our spot and relaxed to watch the show. I really miss
the Tapestry parade. It is something I’ll never forget and
EPCOT/illuminations really isn’t as powerful without it. |
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After the show we
cruised back to the dock. We
were planning on spending some time at Jelly Rolls, but we were
all pretty tired, so we took a cab back to Coronado Springs.
Justin got some cold beer from the store and we all met at the Dig
Site. We sat in the hot tub for a while. The hot tub at CSR was
huge and very quiet. I don’t think I saw one child ever go in
it. I wound up getting too hot so I went for a swim in the big
pool. After we polished off the beer we all went to bed. We
didn’t really have plans for the next day…….
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