We started our day very early as we had reservations for Wild Africa Trek at 9am. This was one of the most thrilling things I have ever done. Follow the link below to the story I wrote for the Disney by the Numb3es blog.
http://disneybythenumbers.com/blog_files/Our%20Wild%20Africa%20Trek%20By%20Kris%20Banas.html
After the Trek was over, we made our way over to our second favorite attraction at Walt Disney World, Expedition Everest. Stopping along the way to take some Tree of Life pictures from the other side. I really find it to be a great view making your way to Asia.
We got in line for Everest, and it was about a 35 minute wait, which to me was great. It gave us the opportunity to take some pictures in the queue area. There are so many small details here that you can miss when you rush through, or don't really pay attention.
As we were waiting, we chatted with a young woman who was in town for business. She works for Radio Disney, and she was very nice, and told us a lot about the station that I didn't know. She was thrilled to be at Walt Disney World, as she lives in southern California, and goes to Disneyland quite often, but had never been to Florida before. She sat behind us in the ride and I could hear her laughing and having a great time. She said she was nervous before as she had heard things about the going backwards, but I assured her she had nothing to worry about. She told me after we got out of the cars that she loved it, and was getting back in line to go again!
After we left Everest, we headed over to Chester & Hester's Dino-Rama. We did not go there last trip, and I wanted to show Paul what it was all about.
We then made our way to Dinosaur!, but there was a long line to get in, so we got our fast-pass and went back about an hour later. We were pretty hungry at this point, so we decided to have lunch at Flame Tree BBQ.
Gotta love that place!! Great food, great views in outside seating.
Before heading back to Dinosaur!, we took a tour over at Restaurantosaurus. I find this eatery fascinating. There is so much to look at here. If you have never been, do yourself a favor, and either eat there so you can enjoy all this interesting things you will find here, or at least walk through it. Make sure to read the bulletin board...you never know what those quirky Paleontology students are going to post on there.....and take a look at the roof!
We went back to Dinosaur! to use our fast passes. I really love this attraction as well. Paul totally forgot what it was like from not being there since 2010 (poor guy had so much to take in on that last trip.)
After we left there, it was time for dessert! We split a Mickey Ice Cream Bar before we walked over to the Winnie the Pooh and friends character greeting area. Now, those of you who know me well, know that I am totally one of the biggest fans of Eeyore that there ever was. As we walked up the past to the meet & greet area, who was behind us, but my one and only, darling Eeyore! I held my camera backwards over my head, and took this adorable picture.
We then went over to It's Tough to be a Bug. This attraction is so much fun. And, you get to sit down and rest at the same time. Just beware, if you have never been.......get ready to smell something not so good during the show, and what you are sitting on, may be more than it seems! ;-)
The last thing we did, we Camp Minnie-Mickey. I had to get some character pictures before we ended our day at Animal Kingdom. We got pictures with Baloo and King Louie, Minnie, Mickey, Donald, and Pocahontas.
We then made our way out of the park, and headed to our bus bidding Animal Kingdom good-bye for this trip. All in all, it was a fabulous day. We learned so much on the Trek in the morning, I over came my fear of heights enough to cross the rope bridges....and first of the group (as you will see from my link above,) and we had a great deal of fun the rest of our day.
Our evening plans were dress up. We had dinner reservations at California Grill at 7pm. We took our bus from the resort over to Magic Kingdom, and then took the monorail over to The Contemporary Resort.
My favorite restaurant is, and always will be California Grill. This time, as they knew what we were celebrating, they went WAY above and beyond for us. The table was decorated with Mickey confetti, and were were seated right by the window and we were able to watch the Wishes fireworks during our dessert.
Not only that, but we had a couple get engaged at the table next to us during that time. How totally romantic, and the sap that I am, of course I cried. What a wonderful moment it was.
We started our dinner with the Dragon sushi roll. Spectacular presentation, and out of this world taste.
We are big sushi lovers so this was a delight!!
We both had steak for dinner, which was very delicious!
My dessert was the chocolate sampler, and again.......total deliciousness! Paul had a bananas foster selection, and again, his was also wonderful. We loved the chocolate cards that were on each plate "Congratulations from the California Grill". What a nice touch.
We took the orange monorail back to Magic Kingdom and then headed back to our room to pack.
We had a big day ahead of us, leaving on our cruise aboard the Disney Dream!
Day 6, and the first day of our cruise to come soon!!
What a busy, full, awesome day! The Wild African Trec, the rides, the meals, the characters, the California grill with the romantic meal and seeing the proposal, the fireworks... wow! KEWL!
ReplyDeleteYes! It certainly was a full day.....filled with amazing events!! thanks for reading!
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