May 11th DAY 9: Science Never Lies
*sigh* Our last full day! Vacations are always over too soon. But we didn’t have time to waste thinking about that! We had a busy day planned. We set the wake-up call for bright and early at 645am! As soon as Mickey called we hopped out of bed… at 730am. Oops. So much for that “early” thing. Oh well. We did the super speedy version of getting ready, hit the ASS End Zone for Chocolate Croissants and Crumbcake and made it to the bus stop just as the Animal Kingdom bus was ‘rounding the corner.
We made it to the park in time to see the opening show with Mickey and pals. It was pretty cute but verrrrrrrry crowded. We weaved our way through the tangles mess of arms, legs, fanny packs and strollers and made our way to the safari. It was a great one. All the animals were out and showing off. The giraffes were amazing and we got to see the cute little baby elephant we saw last time.
Mommy and baby giraffe.
Next we took the bumpy train to the Rafiki’s Planet Watch thing. Ok… are those little tiny monkeys some of the cutest things ever or what?! We pet goats at the little petting zoo thing which I loved. Pretty much, I love everything involving animals. Then we went inside and Mark met Rafiki and they bonded a little bit. We watched to vet type people work on a bird too. Then we went into a booth with a smooshy vinyl bench seat and head phones. You put them on, push a button and then the lights dim and you can listen to the relaxing sounds of the rainforest. “Swoooosh, chirp, kaw-kaw, BWAAAAPPPT!!!” Ugh! Mark tried to tell me it was just an elephant passing wind and it was perfectly natural but I didn’t buy it. LOL!
Goats!
Best Buds!
Bump, bump, bump! We headed back to the “main land” and got ourselves Fast Passes for Everest which had a time stamp of 12:50pm -12:50pm. Hmmm…. Looks like something’s out of whack but we didn’t care. We had a little fishy to find! We got ourselves some pretty good seats to watch the Nemo Musical. I thought the show was enjoyable. I think the best part is the “Big Blue World” song. So catchy!
After the show, Mark and I were hot and needed refreshment. Ice cream sounded like the perfect treat. We had decided we were going to watch the Festival of the Lion King. As luck would have it, there was an ice cream stand right there. We hopped in line and waited for our turn. And waited. And waited. I’m not sure what was going on but there were only about 4 people in front of us and we didn’t move for 10 minutes. We looked at each other and said “Screw this!” and left. So we got into the FOLK line sans ice cream. (Everyone say “Awwwwe” in unison and feel bad for us) Well, we couldn’t pout for too long about our ice cream deficiency. We had to stand outside in the hot sun! So we stood there and got melty and a little girl I never met before attached herself to my leg and then we felt the sweet bliss of the AC as the doors swung open and we parked ourselves in the giraffe section. Mark hadn’t seen the show yet but I really think he liked it. In fact, I think we both agreed that we liked it more than Nemo. Tumble monkeys and fire twirlers are always cool!
We opted for lunch at Pizafari since it was the one place we haven’t tried yet and I wasn’t a huge fan of flame Tree and Mark refused to eat at Tusker House ever again. Why didn’t we eat at this place earlier?! It was SO good! I can’t remember what we ate but I will tell you it was superb (for counter service). After our lunch we headed to Everest for our trip through the icy caverns. Whew! Luckily they didn’t mind that we missed our 12:50 -12:50 departure time. LOL!
Mark wanted to watch Flights of Wonder. I wasn’t too sure I’d like it. I mean I love animals… but these were birds! Not cuddly and there was a horror movie made about them. But anything for my Marky, so we headed over. I’m so glad we did! I really liked the show. Before we entered there was a guy holding an owl and he told us about it. Then…the owl pooped and the guy made us all say “Everyone poops!” to make the owl feel better.
Its okay, fella! Everyone poops.
Waiting for the bus.
After the show we said good-bye to the animals and headed to Epcot. Spaceship Earth had reopened but we didn’t notice any changes. We had a mission today at the World Showcase. I had really wanted to get one of those passports and get them signed at each pavilion and Mark was very down to the idea so we tried to track one down. It was a bit of a struggle but finally a Cast Member pointed us in the direction of Mouse Gears and we found what we were looking for. With our trusty passport and our new nifty Epcot button the it came with we were off to discover new lands and meet the people who lived there. I’m so glad we did this! It was really fun and a good opportunity to talk to folks. Plus it makes future vacation planning so much easier! Based on our exacting calculations (i.e. which countries had the nicest Cast Members) in the future we will be visiting the lovely countries of Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and Japan. And we will avoid at all costs France, Italy, Norway and Germany. Tsk… its too bad too! I always wanted to go to Italy! Oh well… this was scientific and science never lies.
This is the only way we can visit France because they failed the scientific test!!
During this time we found a GREAT PhotoPass guy. I wish I could remember his name. He did a really good job, posed us cute and all his pictures that he took turned out great. And after every shot he’d celebrate with a “Woo hoo!” which entertained us greatly. We also got our wristbands for Extra Magic Hours. While we were waiting in line a rather dumb lady tried to get wrist bands for her family (who was NOT with her) and she was not allowed to. Now I understand if you tried to get the wrist bands for the members of your party who were not present if you didn’t know the rules but this lady complained (loudly) when they told her no that this happened to her the day before as well. Well DUH! If they already told you it wasn’t allowed before why would you think today was any different. Sheesh.
Food time! This time we decided to try Sunshine Seasons at the Land. Ooooh! It looks fancy and it was pretty tasty. Mark had some sort of Chinese food and California rolls and I had Caesar salad and soup. It was quite yummers but it was practically arctic in there. I had to keep my soup covered because the freezing temps were causing the soup to frost over. We ate speedy to avoid the frost bite and then headed over to ride Living with the Land.
Why is this ride so awesome?! I’m not sure. You’re just floating past plants. I mean it is pretty interesting but not something you would think was really “WOW!” you know? But for some reason we both loved it. Maybe it was the company. Maybe it was just a nice relaxing time together with out the normal “rush rush” of Disney World but for whatever reason, sitting on that boat with my legs stretched out and my head on Mark’s shoulder watching plants go by and learning about hydroponics was one of my favorite moments at Disney World.
We watched the Circle of Life show before heading out of The Land. Mark wanted to watch Illuminations but he knew I thought the middle part was boring so we came up with a genius idea. We headed to Norway just as the show was starting and found a place to watch back by the smoking area. We watched the fireworks and listened to the music and then when the boring earth came out and started spinning we headed into the Kring La Bakery where I got School Bread and Mark got an Apple Danish. By the time we headed out to eat our food the finale was just starting. Perfect timing!
We decided we needed more treats so I got Deep Fried Ice Cream in the American Pavilion which I thought was odd since the only places I’ve only ever seen sell deep fried ice cream is Mexican restaurants. That must be because us gringos suck at it. These CM’s were blah and kept taking amongst their selves instead of paying attention to us which is one of my biggest pet peeves AND the ice cream itself was yucky. I’ve never said that about ice cream in my life. So, although usually I love me some deep fried ice cream, I advise you to stay away from it at the American Pavilion. Yuck.
Not deterred by the unfortunate ice cream incident we went to Japan and got a crazy Super Fizzy Soda Pop Fun Time drink. Its sort of like… flavored water and then you smack the lid and this fizzy ball pops out and gets stuck in the specially designed neck of the bottle and then as you sip it carbonates the drink for you. Really, the Japanese are ingenious and have the most entertaining food. Plus it actually tasted good.
We got some more last minute photo pass pictures and then headed to the photo place to order our pictures on the PhotoPass CD. It was a great deal! We ended up with about 130 pictures and the CD cost $125 plus we got 3 free 5x7’s. With the CD we own the rights to the pictures so we can print them however and whenever we want. This was the best souvenir we could have got for ourselves.
It was very late so it was time to head back to the hotel. We waved good bye to Spaceship Earth as it was the last time we’d see it for a long while. I must have been very tired that night because my notes say “Darlong noises from my shoowy” and I have no idea what that means. It probably some hilarious story that I’ll never get to tell you guys because I was too tired to think straight. I do remember that we showered and packed up and fell asleep. We had to be up early because even though we were heading home tomorrow we still had big plans before we left!
We made it to the park in time to see the opening show with Mickey and pals. It was pretty cute but verrrrrrrry crowded. We weaved our way through the tangles mess of arms, legs, fanny packs and strollers and made our way to the safari. It was a great one. All the animals were out and showing off. The giraffes were amazing and we got to see the cute little baby elephant we saw last time.
Mommy and baby giraffe.Next we took the bumpy train to the Rafiki’s Planet Watch thing. Ok… are those little tiny monkeys some of the cutest things ever or what?! We pet goats at the little petting zoo thing which I loved. Pretty much, I love everything involving animals. Then we went inside and Mark met Rafiki and they bonded a little bit. We watched to vet type people work on a bird too. Then we went into a booth with a smooshy vinyl bench seat and head phones. You put them on, push a button and then the lights dim and you can listen to the relaxing sounds of the rainforest. “Swoooosh, chirp, kaw-kaw, BWAAAAPPPT!!!” Ugh! Mark tried to tell me it was just an elephant passing wind and it was perfectly natural but I didn’t buy it. LOL!
Goats!
Best Buds!Bump, bump, bump! We headed back to the “main land” and got ourselves Fast Passes for Everest which had a time stamp of 12:50pm -12:50pm. Hmmm…. Looks like something’s out of whack but we didn’t care. We had a little fishy to find! We got ourselves some pretty good seats to watch the Nemo Musical. I thought the show was enjoyable. I think the best part is the “Big Blue World” song. So catchy!
After the show, Mark and I were hot and needed refreshment. Ice cream sounded like the perfect treat. We had decided we were going to watch the Festival of the Lion King. As luck would have it, there was an ice cream stand right there. We hopped in line and waited for our turn. And waited. And waited. I’m not sure what was going on but there were only about 4 people in front of us and we didn’t move for 10 minutes. We looked at each other and said “Screw this!” and left. So we got into the FOLK line sans ice cream. (Everyone say “Awwwwe” in unison and feel bad for us) Well, we couldn’t pout for too long about our ice cream deficiency. We had to stand outside in the hot sun! So we stood there and got melty and a little girl I never met before attached herself to my leg and then we felt the sweet bliss of the AC as the doors swung open and we parked ourselves in the giraffe section. Mark hadn’t seen the show yet but I really think he liked it. In fact, I think we both agreed that we liked it more than Nemo. Tumble monkeys and fire twirlers are always cool!
We opted for lunch at Pizafari since it was the one place we haven’t tried yet and I wasn’t a huge fan of flame Tree and Mark refused to eat at Tusker House ever again. Why didn’t we eat at this place earlier?! It was SO good! I can’t remember what we ate but I will tell you it was superb (for counter service). After our lunch we headed to Everest for our trip through the icy caverns. Whew! Luckily they didn’t mind that we missed our 12:50 -12:50 departure time. LOL!
Mark wanted to watch Flights of Wonder. I wasn’t too sure I’d like it. I mean I love animals… but these were birds! Not cuddly and there was a horror movie made about them. But anything for my Marky, so we headed over. I’m so glad we did! I really liked the show. Before we entered there was a guy holding an owl and he told us about it. Then…the owl pooped and the guy made us all say “Everyone poops!” to make the owl feel better.
Its okay, fella! Everyone poops.
Waiting for the bus.After the show we said good-bye to the animals and headed to Epcot. Spaceship Earth had reopened but we didn’t notice any changes. We had a mission today at the World Showcase. I had really wanted to get one of those passports and get them signed at each pavilion and Mark was very down to the idea so we tried to track one down. It was a bit of a struggle but finally a Cast Member pointed us in the direction of Mouse Gears and we found what we were looking for. With our trusty passport and our new nifty Epcot button the it came with we were off to discover new lands and meet the people who lived there. I’m so glad we did this! It was really fun and a good opportunity to talk to folks. Plus it makes future vacation planning so much easier! Based on our exacting calculations (i.e. which countries had the nicest Cast Members) in the future we will be visiting the lovely countries of Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom and Japan. And we will avoid at all costs France, Italy, Norway and Germany. Tsk… its too bad too! I always wanted to go to Italy! Oh well… this was scientific and science never lies.
This is the only way we can visit France because they failed the scientific test!!During this time we found a GREAT PhotoPass guy. I wish I could remember his name. He did a really good job, posed us cute and all his pictures that he took turned out great. And after every shot he’d celebrate with a “Woo hoo!” which entertained us greatly. We also got our wristbands for Extra Magic Hours. While we were waiting in line a rather dumb lady tried to get wrist bands for her family (who was NOT with her) and she was not allowed to. Now I understand if you tried to get the wrist bands for the members of your party who were not present if you didn’t know the rules but this lady complained (loudly) when they told her no that this happened to her the day before as well. Well DUH! If they already told you it wasn’t allowed before why would you think today was any different. Sheesh.
Food time! This time we decided to try Sunshine Seasons at the Land. Ooooh! It looks fancy and it was pretty tasty. Mark had some sort of Chinese food and California rolls and I had Caesar salad and soup. It was quite yummers but it was practically arctic in there. I had to keep my soup covered because the freezing temps were causing the soup to frost over. We ate speedy to avoid the frost bite and then headed over to ride Living with the Land.
Why is this ride so awesome?! I’m not sure. You’re just floating past plants. I mean it is pretty interesting but not something you would think was really “WOW!” you know? But for some reason we both loved it. Maybe it was the company. Maybe it was just a nice relaxing time together with out the normal “rush rush” of Disney World but for whatever reason, sitting on that boat with my legs stretched out and my head on Mark’s shoulder watching plants go by and learning about hydroponics was one of my favorite moments at Disney World.
We watched the Circle of Life show before heading out of The Land. Mark wanted to watch Illuminations but he knew I thought the middle part was boring so we came up with a genius idea. We headed to Norway just as the show was starting and found a place to watch back by the smoking area. We watched the fireworks and listened to the music and then when the boring earth came out and started spinning we headed into the Kring La Bakery where I got School Bread and Mark got an Apple Danish. By the time we headed out to eat our food the finale was just starting. Perfect timing!
We decided we needed more treats so I got Deep Fried Ice Cream in the American Pavilion which I thought was odd since the only places I’ve only ever seen sell deep fried ice cream is Mexican restaurants. That must be because us gringos suck at it. These CM’s were blah and kept taking amongst their selves instead of paying attention to us which is one of my biggest pet peeves AND the ice cream itself was yucky. I’ve never said that about ice cream in my life. So, although usually I love me some deep fried ice cream, I advise you to stay away from it at the American Pavilion. Yuck.
Not deterred by the unfortunate ice cream incident we went to Japan and got a crazy Super Fizzy Soda Pop Fun Time drink. Its sort of like… flavored water and then you smack the lid and this fizzy ball pops out and gets stuck in the specially designed neck of the bottle and then as you sip it carbonates the drink for you. Really, the Japanese are ingenious and have the most entertaining food. Plus it actually tasted good.
We got some more last minute photo pass pictures and then headed to the photo place to order our pictures on the PhotoPass CD. It was a great deal! We ended up with about 130 pictures and the CD cost $125 plus we got 3 free 5x7’s. With the CD we own the rights to the pictures so we can print them however and whenever we want. This was the best souvenir we could have got for ourselves.
It was very late so it was time to head back to the hotel. We waved good bye to Spaceship Earth as it was the last time we’d see it for a long while. I must have been very tired that night because my notes say “Darlong noises from my shoowy” and I have no idea what that means. It probably some hilarious story that I’ll never get to tell you guys because I was too tired to think straight. I do remember that we showered and packed up and fell asleep. We had to be up early because even though we were heading home tomorrow we still had big plans before we left!
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