Buses are supposed to pick up every 20 minutes to go to the various parks. We waited for this bus for over 20 minutes, and I finally scheduled a Lyft that, of course, arrived AS the bus to Animal Kingdom arrived. It was okay though, because this was the nicest and friendliest Lyft driver I've ever had.
This is the largest of the four Disney theme parks in Orlando. It's basically a large zoo with exotic animals, and a few rides. We started with a 22-minute Kilimanjaro Safari. A tour guide took a few dozen of us through the jungle on a truck. We saw giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, and other wildlife.
There was a Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail that we wanted to do after, but we had a fast pass for arguably the most popular Disney ride: Avatar Flight of Passage, so we booked it to the ride and would come back for the gorillas. We skipped the 155-minute line for Avatar Flight of Passage, and got right in. It's a cool ride where you feel like you're riding on the back of a pterodactyl-like creature flying through the sky.
We were half-way through the ride when it froze up and quit. It was odd, but they shuffled us out of the broken ride (so they could do whatever version of Control+Alt+Delete they do on a ride), and got us into another room to start over from the beginning.
From there we went to the Lion King show. I didn't know anything about it going in. I pictured a stupid little 'grade school play,' and boy was I surprised, and delighted at the Vegas-like show. It featured acrobats, trampolines, dancing, music, and floats. It was a 30-minute spectacle to which we all gave a thumbs up.
I think the icon for this park is an enormous tree in the middle of it. I can't remember what it's called.
We went to It's Tough to be a Bug, which is in a movie theater with 3-D A Bug's Life characters talking about being a bug on the screen. The theater rained, and dispersed smells, and noises. It was probably cutting-edge technology when it first opened, but I wasn't into it. Ozzie was into everything, and I had the most fun experiencing it all with him. I'd just watch Ozzie loving something, and that made me like it.
We made our way back to the gorilla trail, but there weren't any gorillas out. We went past a new ride (for which I'd booked a DAS Fast Pass after Avatar): Na'vi River Journey. Again we skipped the 150-minute line and took a lazy river boat ride through the dark with black lights. As the brochure puts it: 'Journey deep into a bioluminescent rainforest in search of the Na'vi Shaman of Songs.' It was weird, and even weirder to me that anyone would wait in line for 2.5 hours to ride this.
 |
| Photo: Attractions Magazine |
We spent the least amount of time at this park. Only 10 hours. I'm glad we went, and know that I never have to go to Animal Kingdom again. On the bus ride home Grandma asked Ozzie what he liked about the park. He replied "I didn't like any of it."
Tomorrow: Another day at Magic Kingdom
No comments:
Post a Comment