We left the room at 11:10am, with 50 minutes to make it to our Expedition Everest fastpass.
Easy enough, right?
WRONG!
The bus took absolutely ages.
Then it had problems boarding an ECV.
Then it called at the Grand Floridian, and had even more problems boarding another ECV.
THEN we called at Blizzard Beach…
GAH!
It took over an HOUR from leaving our room to arriving at Animal Kingdom.
And we missed our Everest FP!
DOH.
We arrived at the entrance at 12:15pm.
Ugh I hate bus issues. Sorry you got to AK much later then expected.
Then we found a Cast Member and asked where the nearest FP kiosks were, but she was able to get us another Everest FP right there on her iPad!
She was very nice and helpful.
So Everest was now booked in for 3:05pm
At least you were able to change your EE FPs though!
After that was situated, we turned around to see Russell and Dug!
And we caught them at the most adorable moment, because their handler stopped them and made them look left and right, and hold hands when crossing the street!
Like true Wilderness Explorers!
Precious.
AW! Love them
The girl behind me is SO done with this $h*t!
As we pulled back into the Dino Institute Jamie admitted,
“Yeah… That WAS too scary for kids!”
IT IS!
I am kind of embarrassed to say, I have never ridden Dinosaur before...I guess when I was little I thought it would be too scary...but now I just never had too much interest in it.
But after hearing how many people ride it when they go to Disney, I look forward to riding it in the future.
Festival of the Lion King is just
I love that show! And you got some great pictures!
We ate at the brand new Harambe Market!
Oh wow. I didn't know they had food options here. I feel like most people don't talk about it much so that's nice you and Jamie checked it out!
The vegetables are a little… vinegary? Or something. I’d prefer them plain, but the sausage was TASTY!
Yum that looks good!! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Here’s Jamie’s chicken skewer.
He enjoyed it too.
YUM that looks great as well!
But our safari guide told us not to worry, and that the rain would probably make for an interesting safari…
And she was not wrong!
Safari in the rain, that would definitely be an adventure in itself!
The giraffes were hiding…
TAKE COVER!
But then came the good stuff!
The Elephants were LOVING life in the rain!
They were bopping their heads up and down, using their trunks to throw dirt over their backs!
He looks so happy! How adorable!
And this little guy on the left was sat down like a human!!!
What a great picture! Those elephants look like they're loving life!
We saw all three lions AWAKE, and this girl was up at the very top of the highest rock!
She is beautiful!
How lucky you guys were that you saw so many of them at once!
We stopped to see the gorillas…
And spotted…
AHHH I love gorillas, especially baby gorillas
Gahh they were amazing.
I could watch the gorillas all day, I find them fascinating.
Me too! They are just beautiful animals!
Great pictures of all of them!
From the top of Everest you can see the where the Rivers of Light seating is going to be (on the left of the lake), and the cranes working on Pandora in the distance.
Did you hear they announced an opening date for Rivers of Light?! I heard like the end of April. I am looking forward to seeing that show!
We got some crab ragoons and chicken wings, and uncrustables, of course.
Always go with the Uncrustables!
We went into the Port of Entry store to put on our vintage ponchos.
Who remembers these?!
SO cute!
We also put some money onto a mini gift card that goes around your wrist!
Ahh Disney, anything to make taking my money easier.
What a great idea! Very convenient!
What a gorgeous shot of EPCOT at night!
As we were leaving Germany we spotted Snow White!
She was sheltering from the rain so there was no one waiting!
She was such a trooper, as I was approaching I heard her attendant/photographer asking if she wanted to go inside, but she insisted she was fine
She was precious and she liked my Eeyore bag
Oh I love Snow White! How nice of you to give her some company on that rainy night!
But overall we both enjoyed our first F&W stop!
REMY!
How cute!
We wanted to try some of the Canada dishes, but first we hit Hawaii and were tempted by the Kalua pork slider (with sweet and sour dole pineapple chutney and spicy mayonnaise).
That sounds delicious. Glad you two enjoyed it!
If you thought last night had some crazy skies, wait until you see it tonight…!
OOH Spooky!
We THINK the fireworks were getting lost in the really thick clouds?
That is incredible!
Sounds like you and Jamie had a great day and such an awesome ending!
I just hate wasting that precious time out of my obsessively planned schedule. 
