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- Jul 13, 2005
Fred and Wilmas Honeymoon 7-21 Sep 04
CAST
Me Joh (31) Slightly neurotic (DH would say very), VERY impatient and extremely over-exciteable
DH Gary (37) Pretty laid back, a bit of a Peter Pan, mad about Tigger!
Day 6 Sun 12th Sep
OK, so after a park free day I am ready to get back into it. And, in usual fashion, I am up at 5 again.
I manage to drag poor DH out of bed and we are showered, dressed and waiting for Mears by 8. DH has his (now obligatory) cup of tea while we wait. Mears arrives on time and we are off to Animal Kingdom. We head through the main gate and join the small crowd gathered at the entrance plaza. The characters arrive on the bus to announce the opening of the park, but we can barely see them over peoples heads. As the crowd surges forward, we hang back for a bit to wait for the throng to pass, then we make for Dinoland USA. We ride Dinosaur, which is excellent, and Primeval Whirl, which is a bit jerky but good fun. Then we walk over to Discovery Island, where we marvel at (and take hundreds of photos of) the Tree of Life. We both really enjoy Its Tough to be a Bug (although the spiders freaked me out a bit!) In Africa, we ride Kilimanjaro Safaris although I am not convinced that all the animals are real. The lion sat on top of the rock looks as though it hasnt moved in months and I cant quite figure out how they could have all these herbivores and carnivores in close proximity (although I have since heard that there are cleverly hidden partitions so they cant get to each other). We take a stroll down the Exploration Trail and spend ages watching the gorillas. In Asia, DH decides its time for our customary soaking on Kali River Rapids, although we dont actually get that wet.
The Festival of the Lion King is the only other thing we want to see here but its only just 12 and the next show doesnt start till 2 so we decide to leave and spend the afternoon at MGM (I have waited long enough to ride Tower of Terror!) Unfortunately, we didnt get to go back to AK, which is a real shame as I have since heard so many good things about FOTLK. Oh well, as good an excuse as any for ANOTHER trip!!!
We make it to MGM shortly after 1 and decide to eat first. I have a chicken tenders meal and DH has a foot-long hot dog, then its straight to Tower of Terror (with me thinking it might not be such a good idea on a full stomach). The wait time is showing 10 minutes but we probably wait less than 5. We have been looking forward to this ride for months and we are not disappointed. We ride again twice more a different drop sequence each time and then head next door to Rock n Roller Coaster. This ride is great too so we ride again. From there, we go to Star Tours. DH enjoys this but Im not a great fan of simulators (even though I loved Mission:Space). We watch Muppet Vision (ace!) and then decide to go and see the Indiana Jones stunt show. This is a fantastic show with some pretty amazing special effects. By this time, its getting late so we have a go on The Great Movie Ride (gangsters version), back on TofT and RnRC, then watch Beauty and the Beast, which makes me cry.
Then its back to the hotel for a quick shower, change and (you guessed it) Dinner at Dennys. We both have the Meat Lovers Skillet again. DH has pumpkin pie for dessert (which he pronounces a bit sweet) and I have my old faithful, Oreo Cookie Sundae. On the way back to the hotel, we pop into WalGreens and decide to get some pictures printed off the camera. The girl behind the counter is very helpful, downloads them onto a CD and tells us to come back and collect them tomorrow. We leave, having purchased some diet Cokes and Oreo cookies (mint flavour yum) and spend the rest of the evening watching telly.
CAST
Me Joh (31) Slightly neurotic (DH would say very), VERY impatient and extremely over-exciteable
DH Gary (37) Pretty laid back, a bit of a Peter Pan, mad about Tigger!
Day 6 Sun 12th Sep
OK, so after a park free day I am ready to get back into it. And, in usual fashion, I am up at 5 again.
I manage to drag poor DH out of bed and we are showered, dressed and waiting for Mears by 8. DH has his (now obligatory) cup of tea while we wait. Mears arrives on time and we are off to Animal Kingdom. We head through the main gate and join the small crowd gathered at the entrance plaza. The characters arrive on the bus to announce the opening of the park, but we can barely see them over peoples heads. As the crowd surges forward, we hang back for a bit to wait for the throng to pass, then we make for Dinoland USA. We ride Dinosaur, which is excellent, and Primeval Whirl, which is a bit jerky but good fun. Then we walk over to Discovery Island, where we marvel at (and take hundreds of photos of) the Tree of Life. We both really enjoy Its Tough to be a Bug (although the spiders freaked me out a bit!) In Africa, we ride Kilimanjaro Safaris although I am not convinced that all the animals are real. The lion sat on top of the rock looks as though it hasnt moved in months and I cant quite figure out how they could have all these herbivores and carnivores in close proximity (although I have since heard that there are cleverly hidden partitions so they cant get to each other). We take a stroll down the Exploration Trail and spend ages watching the gorillas. In Asia, DH decides its time for our customary soaking on Kali River Rapids, although we dont actually get that wet.
The Festival of the Lion King is the only other thing we want to see here but its only just 12 and the next show doesnt start till 2 so we decide to leave and spend the afternoon at MGM (I have waited long enough to ride Tower of Terror!) Unfortunately, we didnt get to go back to AK, which is a real shame as I have since heard so many good things about FOTLK. Oh well, as good an excuse as any for ANOTHER trip!!!
We make it to MGM shortly after 1 and decide to eat first. I have a chicken tenders meal and DH has a foot-long hot dog, then its straight to Tower of Terror (with me thinking it might not be such a good idea on a full stomach). The wait time is showing 10 minutes but we probably wait less than 5. We have been looking forward to this ride for months and we are not disappointed. We ride again twice more a different drop sequence each time and then head next door to Rock n Roller Coaster. This ride is great too so we ride again. From there, we go to Star Tours. DH enjoys this but Im not a great fan of simulators (even though I loved Mission:Space). We watch Muppet Vision (ace!) and then decide to go and see the Indiana Jones stunt show. This is a fantastic show with some pretty amazing special effects. By this time, its getting late so we have a go on The Great Movie Ride (gangsters version), back on TofT and RnRC, then watch Beauty and the Beast, which makes me cry.
Then its back to the hotel for a quick shower, change and (you guessed it) Dinner at Dennys. We both have the Meat Lovers Skillet again. DH has pumpkin pie for dessert (which he pronounces a bit sweet) and I have my old faithful, Oreo Cookie Sundae. On the way back to the hotel, we pop into WalGreens and decide to get some pictures printed off the camera. The girl behind the counter is very helpful, downloads them onto a CD and tells us to come back and collect them tomorrow. We leave, having purchased some diet Cokes and Oreo cookies (mint flavour yum) and spend the rest of the evening watching telly.
