Thursday,
June 20th, 2024
Today marked attempt number two to get into the Passholder preview for Tiana's Bayou
Adventure at Disney's Magic Kingdom. As I said in my recap from
our previous visit, this process is different
from the previous Passholder previews that we experienced, as this one requires
a reservation to the park, and then you entry into the virtual
queue. This is more like the process for TRON Lightcycle /
Run and for Guardians of the
Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind as opposed to registering for a specific
time slot like we had before. Unfortunately, we weren't able to
secure a reservation for Magic Kingdom, which eliminated us from the
7:00am virtual queue attempt. Thankfully we still had the 1:00pm
queue to try to join, and in a departure from the other rides, we
didn't even have to be in the park to get into the 1:00pm queue.
Today we decided to visit Epcot first, with the hope of getting into
the Guardians of the
Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind queue. Unfortunately, we were unable to
get into that queue, but we wouldn't let that stop us from having a
good time.
After entering the park, we made our way to the World Showcase
and the Mexico pavilion. Although it was still early, we thought we
would try to check out La Cava del Tequila, but unfortunately
it was closed until 11am. We decided to head over to ride the Gran Fiesta
Tour Starring The Three Caballeros while we waited. Although the
ride is pretty uneventful overall, I really think this one needs to
be changed over to Coco or something else. After wrapping up our
ride, we headed over to get in line for La Cava del Tequila,
ending up as the second party in, with the line behind us growing
longer and longer. We were seated at a table and placed an order for
drinks for the ladies and a coke for me along with chips, guacamole,
and salsa. The girls enjoyed their beverages, and we thought that
the chips and salsa (I thought it had a bit of a smoky tast, Tara
thought it was a chipotle flavor) were good. I even tried the
guacamole, though I didn't think it was great. The girls must have
like it, because the majority of it was gone. All was well until I
had my first heart attack at 50 years old when we got the bill.
$66.66 for food and drinks, and a total of $79.99 with the tip!
Good, but holy cow!
After leaving Mexico, we continued our trek around the World
Showcase. We made a couple of pit stops in the Germany pavilion,
going to Karamell-Küche first to get a caramel for me and
caramel corn for Drew. We then headed across to get some hard candy
for Jayden. We continued on until we came to The American Adventure
pavilion. We decided to head inside to see The American Adventure
show to escape the heat for a bit. Inside the waiting area was a
choral group singing songs to an enthralled by their voices. While
listening to the music I explored the American Indian exhibit that
was at one end of the waiting area. I was most intrigued by the
woven baskets, many of which were made in Michigan (some old, some
recent). I headed back out to catch the end of the singing, and was
surprised to see a group member that looked an awful lot like Weird
Al" Yankovic! After the group concluded their performance, we
decided that we were ready to head to another park for ther rest of
our day. We skipped the show and made our way to the front of the
park. We wandered in and out of a few shops along the way, and while
we were in the Creations Shop I was actually able to secure a
boarding group in the Tiana's Bayou
Adventure queue! I was so excited! At this time the app said
that boarding for the ride was currently paused, so we decided to
head over to Animal Kingdom, as this is a park that Sam doesn't
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A look towards the San Angel Inn Restaurante from the
Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros.
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A look towards the pyramid from the Gran Fiesta
Tour Starring The Three Caballeros.
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And now a few of the scenes from the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring
The Three Caballeros ride...
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A shot of the sign above the entrance to La Cava del Tequila
while we waited for it to open.
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Rodney, Tara, and Samantha inside of La Cava del Tequila.
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A look around the inside of La Cava del Tequila.
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The mural behind Sam's head inside of La Cava del Tequila.
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Tara and Sam enjoying their drinks, chips, salsa, and guacamole.
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The mountain behind The Wandering Reindeer in the Norway
pavilion.
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Here are a couple of looks at the Italy pavilion...
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While inside The American Adventure pavilion, we saw this basket
that was created by the Potawatomi Indians in Shelbyville, Michigan.
It was woven from black ash trees in 2012, and would have been used
as a hamper.
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Also inside The American Adventure pavilion was this choral group
singing. |
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It was nice to see that "Weird Al" Yankovic is back working
again!
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Some more of the baskets inside of The American Adventure
pavilion, also from Michigan.
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We spotted this car in the parking lot - we thought it was
perfect for Jayden!
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After spending the morning in Epcot, we made the drive over to
Disney's Animal Kingdom to do some exploring. The first thing we
attempted to do was see the Festival of the Lion King show.
When we got to the line, it didn't seem too long, but that was
because the majority of the crowd was already inside. We heard the
cast member say that they were nearing capacity, so we decided that
we'd wait for a later show. Since we hadn't eaten anything other
than our snack at La Cava del Tequila in the Mexico pavilion
at Epcot, so we decided to find something to eat. We all agreed that
we could find something at the Satu'li Canteen in Pandora.
Tara and I both got the "Teylu" All-Beef Hot Dog Wrapped in Dough,
which was a hot dog wrapped in a Parker House dough served with
vegetable chips. I thought both the hot dog and the chips were good
(even if the dough was kind of sticky, and I didn't know that the
chips were vegetable, though I suppose a potato is a vegetable,
right?), and Tara seemed to enjoy it as well. Samantha got the
Chili-Garlic Shrimp Bowl, which was shrimp tossed in chili-garlic
sauce and topped with crunchy vegetable slaw and boba balls. Sam
enjoyed hers as well, until she had a bit of an issue choking on a
piece of the shrimp that killed her enjoyment for the meal. After
eating we headed back to Africa to get in line for the Festival
of the Lion King show. We thought we were at a decent spot in
line, but once again we nearly didn't make it inside the theater.
Thankfully we ended up in a seat just a couple rows from the top and
got a chance to see the show. We were all amazed at how long some of
these actors have been performing their roles in this show, and how
good of a job all of them do in their parts. As always, such an
enjoyable show. Jayden would have been proud of us too... our
section of the audience was the giraffes!
Speaking of giraffes, our next destination was the Kilimanjaro
Safaris ride. As always we got to see a wide variety of animals,
though I think there were less of each than usual on the savanna
today, likely due to the heat. Even still, it was an enjoyable tour,
and our driver was informative, as is usually the case.
After our safari ride was over, we stopped at Zuri's Sweets
Shop in Africa to see if we could find something to help tide
over Sam after not getting much for lunch. We ended up getting her a
frozen drink, while Tara and I found a spicy chocolate that we
decided to try. We also got a churro sugar cookie for Drew, which we
took home for him, along with our chocolate piece. We then made our
way to Asia to take a ride on Expedition Everest - Legend of the
Forbidden Mountain. Again, and as always, we enjoyed this ride
quite a bit. Definitely one of our favorite coasters in Walt Disney
World.
By this point we had discovered that our boarding group would not
be called for Tiana's Bayou
Adventure queue, so we decided to call it a day, disappointed
for the second time this week with our Passholder preview
experience. We made our way to the car to begin the ride home. We
ended up meeting up with Drew at Bubba's 33 in Tampa for dinner, and
he even got to see some former coworkers.
Despite missing out on our new ride experience, it was a great
day with two of my favorite people at one of my favorite places in
the world. Until next time! Thank you Tara and Sam! |
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Disney's Animal Kingdom
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Samantha posing for perhaps the most famous picture in front of the entrance to Disney's Animal Kingdom,
similar to these pictures of
Drew and
Jayden from May of 2023. |
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On our way through the Oasis after entering the park we came
across DiVine, whom I haven't ran across since a visit in 2022...
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Also in the Oasis, we spotted this little Reeve's muntjac hiding
in the greenery...
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A look at the Tree of Life as we crossed onto Discovery
Island.
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Samantha walking past the gates at the entrance to Africa.
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A couple shots of Expedition Everest - Legend of the
Forbidden Mountain from the bridge over Discovery River while
entering Africa...
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This cloth mural was spotted on the side of the Festival of
the Lion King building.
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We had lunch at Satu'li Canteen in Pandora. This is the
view of the interior...
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After trying to get in line for an earlier show, we finally got
a chance to see the Festival of the Lion King show...
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A look through a gate in Africa.
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A black-crowned crane that we saw in line for the Kilimanjaro
Safaris ride.
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Once we got on the Kilimanjaro Safaris ride, we saw a lot
of animals, including this okapi...
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...and these bongos...
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...and these kudu - the one on the left didn't move the entire
time we past by and almost appeared to be fake!
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Later on we saw this black rhinoceros...
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...and these hippos in the water...
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...while these pink-backed pelicans hung out nearby...
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These Nile crocodiles were lounging in the sun.
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We also saw this waterfall while on the Kilimanjaro Safaris
ride.
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The masai giraffes weren't as abundant today while we enjoyed
the Kilimanjaro Safaris ride...
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...but the painted dogs were grouped together in the shade...
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...and these sable antelopes were doing their best to find their
own shade.
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We also saw the wildebeest on our Kilimanjaro Safaris
ride...
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We did get to see more masai giraffes while on the
Kilimanjaro Safaris...
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We also saw this lone springbok while enjoying the
Kilimanjaro Safaris ride...
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...and a couple more wildebeest...
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...and a lone Ankole-Watusi cattle...
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...and a couple more masai giraffe...
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We passed by the hidden Mickey island full of greater
flamingoes.
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![](../images/1-Thumbnails/2024/06/2024-06-20%20-%2043%20-%20Eland%20-%20Kilimanjaro%20Safaris,%20Animal%20Kingdom,%20Bay%20Lake,%20Florida%20(1)_small.jpg) |
We caught this eland wandering in the grasses as a Savor the
Savanna tour took place in the background.
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We saw a couple of white rhinoceros while on the Kilimanjaro
Safaris ride...
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...and a few ostriches...
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...and another look at the white rhinos.
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Here we got a look at a male lion sleeping on the rocks...
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...while a lioness lounged between the two tall rocks...
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...as well as a Google edited version of the above photo.
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A couple more pictures of the white rhinos as we drove past them
again...
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Another look at the male lion sleeping.
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Finally, we saw the Nigerian dwarf goats as we neared the
conclusion of the Kilimanjaro Safaris.
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Here are a couple of different angles of the Tree of Life as
seen from Asia...
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We caught a glimpse of this rhinoceros iguana on our way out of
the park in the Oasis.
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Earlier in the day we stopped at Zuri's Sweets Shop in
Africa to get this churro sugar cookie for Drew.
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Here is the official Disney PhotoPass photo from Expedition Everest - Legend of the
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Here is Samantha, Tara, and Rodney enjoying Expedition Everest - Legend of the
Forbidden Mountain in the official ride photo.
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