Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Animal Kingdom and Epcot June 6

So, I had waffled back and forth about getting a park hopper option...but when I am at a park, I want to get the most out of my experience.  Sunday morning I decided that since I had never been to Animal Kingdom, I wanted to go.  Dennis assured me that I would be able to hit the best of the park and still have time for Epcot later in the day.  So, Dennis, Mike and I headed to Animal Kingdom.  Using the Fast Pass option, we were able to get a fast pass for 12:30pm for the Everest ride...and then go around the park doing the other rides.  We were able to hit Dinosaur, It's Tough to be a Bug, Kali River Rapids, Kilimanjaro Safaris, The Tree of Life, and Expedition Everest.  I was able to ride the Expedition Everest three times in about 20 minutes using the fast pass and the single rider line...it was INCREDIBLE!  I had never gotten my picture taken with characters and got to do that with Eeyore, Pooh and Tigger.  AWESOME!  And...we ate at the Rainforest Cafe right there.  The food was incredible as always.  We even went for the dessert!  It was about 2pm when we left Animal Kingdom and left for Epcot.  It was REALLY REALLY hot and muggy.  Even hotter than Saturday.  When we entered Epcot, we talked to the security guard who said it was 90something with a heat index of 105 and close to 100% humidity...not just our imaginations!

So, at Epcot we started to meet up with everyone else.  Dennis got us fast passes for a couple rides and then we started to ride things in Epcot.  I had been to Epcot once before and spent most of my time in the Countries...so this time I decided to ride the stuff at the front of the park.  I was able to ride the following;  Journey into Imagination with Figment, Living with the Land, Soarin, Spaceship Earth, The Seas with Nemo and Friends, Morocco, Japan, France, and Mexico including the Gran Fiesta Tour featuring the Three Caballeros.  It was fun...I ended up eating a croissant with chocolate, a pretzel from Germany and some frozen lemonade.  It was all good!

That evening I was EXHAUSTED..but came back to our resort to spend the evening talking to Doug.  It was a great day!

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