Time to line up for Expedition Everest.
Backing up a little, the Animal Planet channel did a 40-minute program on Animal Kingdom and the designing thereof, and we had paid the $2.99 back in May to watch it via
Amazon Prime. So this was one ride where I knew what to expect and was pretty leery about going. But I knew I'd regret it if I wimped out and didn't participate with the rest of the family. The video was also handy for helping DS decide between the Finding Nemo show and Festival of the Lion King, since we wouldn't have time for both.
It was a really interesting looking queue -- all the reports and photos -- and mostly shaded, so it could be fun to do without a FP on a trip where we had a lot more time. But most of it wouldn't engage DS's interest yet anyway.
So we survived. We look much jollier in this photo than we felt. In zoom, everyone has bits of hair flying back. But it didn't bang me around as much as Space Mountain did. DS hollered "I regret this!!!" a few times, but mostly in jest. Afterwards he described the ride as "Barftastic," but he still calls it one of the highlights of our entire stay. That and Spaceship Earth.
We didn't visit many gift shops but this had some unique items. Nothing we bought in the end, although DH really coveted a fancier leather version of the hat he was wearing. As usual, there was nothing DS couldn't live without. (I SO appreciate that about him. I was a super greedy kid, maybe because we could never get any of it.) I think he tends to wait until the last possible store, just in case he sees something better.
I really hate the trend of graphic tees with v-necks. It just doesn't work.