Extinction
One of the nice things about staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge is typically you do not have a very long wait for buses to Animal Kingdom. As my husband was the one running the next day, we figured Animal Kingdom would be a good park to hang out at for a couple hours before we split up for the afternoon so he could rest and I could go drink with people.
We walked through the gates right around 9:15AM - not quite rope drop but pretty decent for having done a 10K that morning. It was also a bit cool this morning which was nice but definitely in need of a longer sleeves.
Animal Kingdom Gates
We used the annual passholder entrances which was nice since it was still the morning opening madness. We had fastpasses set for a little bit later so we headed straight to Dinosaur as I just love that ride!
That sun is rising but the temperature wasn’t!
I wish we would have seen more of the Dino-Bash but we didn’t get a chance to head back that once it was all running for the day.
Dinosaur has zero wait so we walked right into the pre-show room and soon we got blasted to the past. When we got into the ride vehicle - my bag holder in front was filled with popcorn so I moved my phone and sunglasses to my husband’s.
As we got off the ride - I should have left my glasses in the popcorn and maybe this wouldn’t have happened…
RIP Tiffany Sunglasses…I had you since my 29th birthday 3.33 years prior. You served me well.
Now I need to find a new pair of cute sunglasses. Too bad those aren’t on sale Black Friday!
Next up was Everest to visit a Yeti using our 1st Fastpass of the day. You can tell my husband was very excited!
As we still had time to kill before our Navi FP+, we headed to Its Tough To Be A Bug where it was very crowded for 10:15AM!
My husband and I play a funny/mean game here. Before the show, we each state how many children we think will bail during the attack scene. As the show was more crowded than normal - we both were off as 12 of them left!
During our wait for the show, my stomach was growling as neither of us had eaten more than some chips/processed cheese dip post race and we had some time to kill till before our FP+ once we had our education about the importance of bugs so popcorn it was! Disney Popcorn when you are hungry is really so good, especially when its freshly popped!
It was gone quickly during our walk to Pandora.
At Na’vi River Journey, I got annoyed. I realize that there is a line but I hate that they put two adult parties of two together on the same row. The boat is just a little too small for that when you have people with big butts in the mix (i.e. me and someone from the other party) so we got cozy with some strangers. I know
@buzzrelly just made similar comments in her report as it happened to her at Living With The Land!
As we walked back over to Asia post ride, I picked up a puzzle as I love puzzles and would buy a few this trip. This was the first time I’ve seen this one and it was the only place I saw this puzzle all trip. It’s going to be difficult since its two-sided! I like difficult though. Haven't started it yet but I'm currently building one of my other purchases this trip.
Up! Puzzle