A day at the animal kingdom
Today was a day at Animal Kingdom. That place is amazing! The park itself is broken into multiple parts: Asia, Africa, Discovery Island, and Dino Land. We managed Africa, Discovery Island, and Asia. Dino Land was missed but the part closed at 5pm, which is fairly early.
I've heard more than once that Animal Kingdom is a "half day" park. I beg to differ. That is by far a full day park. However, that is based on personal preference.
Each area is reproduced from an area in the given region, Hambwe ( I may have spelled that wrong ) for East Africa to use an example. Asia is a conglomerate of India, Indonesia, China, and so on. It is Disney, so even the broken ruins are amazingly accurate.
Animal Kingdom is park rides and gift shop and part animal preserve. The overall message is "we don't own the land, we borrow it from our children." discussions of conservations are everywhere, and down dozens of paths are habitats for animals of all kinds from tigers, to birds, to Komodo dragons.
We started the day with a safari drive out in the preserve itself. From there, we explored Africa, then Asia. Following that, we explored lunch!
Lunch was at the Yack and Yeti. Great, great place. It's a Hindu type restaurant with some occasional non-hindu flair to the dishes. (Lo Mein for example). My favorite was a Kobe beef burger. If you're not a vegetarian, look up Kobe beef. Its worth an eat just once, if for no other reason than to say you've tried it. I must admit, its worth the try. It was delicious!
The meal was large, so once we rolled out, we shopped a bit, then enjoyed the street performing team of Hindu dancers and their DJ. Amazing music and dancing! Couldn't convince T to dance, so oh well.
Walking around that, we looked more in the marketplace, then headed over the Expedition Everest ride. It's an immense roller coaster. A huge attraction there. I wasn't up for the challenge but T and Wookieegunner were. They had a great time. I tried to get their picture on the last, quick downslope of the coaster, but I'm not sure I got it. I tried though. They had a blast. They got some awesome souvenirs to remember the moment by.
At the last, we took the walk to see the giant fruit bats, Komodo dragons and the tigers. Amazing stuff. Like everywhere, the humans are enclosed and the animals are not. The trappings are all Hindu or Indonesian ruins, and are as photogenic as the animals! I know I took over 400 pictures.
That tour, which is self guided, took us enough time that the park was closing when we were done. So we waited on a bench until the crowds thinned some ( which took time on its own ), before tracking down the bus for our resort.
Of the humorous moments, my favorite is that every time I turned around, other guests thought I was a Disney staff member! Fortunately I tried to pay attention to things like Park closing times, where restrooms were, how to get to the exit and so on. Luckily, all that covered the questions I was asked.
Tomorrow should be a busy day. Part day will be Epcot, the other part will be the Not So Scary Halloween that night. It will be a long day, but one I'm really looking forward to!
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I've heard more than once that Animal Kingdom is a "half day" park. I beg to differ. That is by far a full day park. However, that is based on personal preference.
Each area is reproduced from an area in the given region, Hambwe ( I may have spelled that wrong ) for East Africa to use an example. Asia is a conglomerate of India, Indonesia, China, and so on. It is Disney, so even the broken ruins are amazingly accurate.
Animal Kingdom is park rides and gift shop and part animal preserve. The overall message is "we don't own the land, we borrow it from our children." discussions of conservations are everywhere, and down dozens of paths are habitats for animals of all kinds from tigers, to birds, to Komodo dragons.
We started the day with a safari drive out in the preserve itself. From there, we explored Africa, then Asia. Following that, we explored lunch!
Lunch was at the Yack and Yeti. Great, great place. It's a Hindu type restaurant with some occasional non-hindu flair to the dishes. (Lo Mein for example). My favorite was a Kobe beef burger. If you're not a vegetarian, look up Kobe beef. Its worth an eat just once, if for no other reason than to say you've tried it. I must admit, its worth the try. It was delicious!
The meal was large, so once we rolled out, we shopped a bit, then enjoyed the street performing team of Hindu dancers and their DJ. Amazing music and dancing! Couldn't convince T to dance, so oh well.
Walking around that, we looked more in the marketplace, then headed over the Expedition Everest ride. It's an immense roller coaster. A huge attraction there. I wasn't up for the challenge but T and Wookieegunner were. They had a great time. I tried to get their picture on the last, quick downslope of the coaster, but I'm not sure I got it. I tried though. They had a blast. They got some awesome souvenirs to remember the moment by.
At the last, we took the walk to see the giant fruit bats, Komodo dragons and the tigers. Amazing stuff. Like everywhere, the humans are enclosed and the animals are not. The trappings are all Hindu or Indonesian ruins, and are as photogenic as the animals! I know I took over 400 pictures.
That tour, which is self guided, took us enough time that the park was closing when we were done. So we waited on a bench until the crowds thinned some ( which took time on its own ), before tracking down the bus for our resort.
Of the humorous moments, my favorite is that every time I turned around, other guests thought I was a Disney staff member! Fortunately I tried to pay attention to things like Park closing times, where restrooms were, how to get to the exit and so on. Luckily, all that covered the questions I was asked.
Tomorrow should be a busy day. Part day will be Epcot, the other part will be the Not So Scary Halloween that night. It will be a long day, but one I'm really looking forward to!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad
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