Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Today's forecast is for rain but the sun is shining when we rise. We decide to go to Animal Kingdom and I, again, make several fastpasses on the fly. We eat breakfast at the hotel and drive to Animal Kingdom.
While there, we are able to see It's Tough to be a Bug, some of the Discovery Island Trails, Festival of the Lion King, Safari (twice - once with fastpass), Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail, Flights of Wonder, Expedition Everest (fastpass), and Dinosaur (had a fastpass for this but did it as a walkon).
The rains came as soon as we boarded the Safari ride. Most often, we end up on the left hand side of the tram - this time I was on the far right. With the winds, I got pretty wet. Every time, I've done this ride, I've hoped to see the elephants in the water. Today, they were frolicking in the water which was difficult for me to see given where I was sitting and I certainly couldn't get a picture of it so that was a bit of a disappointment. When we did the ride again, later in the day, we were the only two people seated in our row and, of course, the elephants were no longer in the water. As we entered Dinosaur, the ride went down for 10-15 minutes and we were held in the room where the scientist is explaining the trip to us. That was fine - it was pouring out and this room was warm and dry.
Mid-day we stopped in Pizzafari where we shared a cheeseburger flatbread. I was able to make a reservation for Yak & Yeti for 4:15 pm. By time we got to Yak & Yeti, the rain was finally starting to stop but many folks had cleared out of the parks and the restaurant was seating all comers immediately - reservations or not. We shared an order of pot stickers and each had honey chicken with rice for our meal.
With the weather vastly improved, we headed back to our car after the meal and drove back to our hotel.
Once there, I headed immediately to the shower. After clomping around in the rain all day, my feet were filthy (I had sandals on) and there had even been muck kicked up onto my legs. Felt much better to come out all clean again!!
I got our bags packed and ready to go as we will be heading to the airport early in the morning.
Linda aka: Faline
INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
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Oh no rainy days aren't good in AK
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Oct. 29-Nov.4, 2014-Yacht Club
Dec. 17-23 2011-Wilderness Lodge
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I like a little rain in the AK, certainly cuts down crowds. But not great when you can't get anything done without getting soaked.
Sherri
Next: Aulani Celebration 10/2018 (50th)
Past Stays: Contemporary, GF, Poly, BC, POP, POR, Dolphin, AKL Kidani, BLT
1990 August Honeymoon- GF
Delighted Disney Return Guest since 1981, DVC (BLT) since 2014
Linda, don't remember u ever having so many problems on a WDW trip - of course it sounds like there were enough good moments to balance things out....as always, enjoyed the posts!!
March 99 - POFQ
Feb 04 - WL
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Nov 05 - CB
Oct 06 - POLY
Nov 07 - POLY/BC
Nov 08 - BC
Mar 10 - WL
Nov 10 - POR-Riverside
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Mar 13 - POR
Jan 14 - WL
Nov 14 - POR-Riverside
Mar 16 - POLY
Aug 17 - POLY
Aug 18 - BC
RavsRuleDisney!;2495230 wrote: Linda, don't remember u ever having so many problems on a WDW trip - of course it sounds like there were enough good moments to balance things out....as always, enjoyed the posts!!
I guess it was just that sort of a trip.....
Linda aka: Faline
INTERCOT Staff: Vacation Planning,Trip Reports and Disney Camping
faline@intercot.com
