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- Arrived at the Animal Kingdom around 3:45pm.
- A breeze had picked up so it was not as hot.
- A quick look at Avatar construction on the way in but with the lighting not very good pictures today.
- The Tree of Life this afternoon.
- All quiet down the path toward Tiffins and Pandora.
- Tiffins opens Memorial Day weekend.
- You can just see the top of the floating mountains from the walkway.
- A performer on stilts making his way through Harambe.
- After a little searching found the new Harambe Acrobats performing near the Market.
- There performance is part dance and part acrobatics.
- Random Mickey picture..
- Here are several video clips of the Harambe Acrobats in action.
- Next up Pangani Forest
- Al one meerkat out moving around.
- Just laying around this afternoon.
- She was showing off her feet.
- This young one was waiting to ambush the other young one.
- They got bored waiting and moved on to playing with something else.
- Several video clips of the two young gorillas playing.
- A trio out performing near the Harambe Market.
- They were interacting with guests, telling stories, and singing.
- Looking back along the river at the Harambe bridge
- The Tree of Life
- Work going on along the trail on the back side of the tree.
- A closer look around.
- Thought the clouds really popped in this picture
- A classic picture of the Tree of Life.
- Expedition Everest in the distance.
- Circled back with thoughts of a safari trip.. but almost an hour wait so I kept walking.
- A music theme to the popcorn buckets and mugs.
- A work barge docked near Asia.
- Chakranadi performing in Asia. The group includes a Sitar and Tabla performer.
- A video clip to sample their performance.
- Passing the Adventurers Outpost (the meet and greet location).
- It was 5:30 and the park closed at 6:00. Most guests were leaving.
- I opted for the trail less traveled.
- Spotted a wallaby. No sign of the baby.
- A lot of guests at the bus stops as expected but not too bad.
- Only 22 minutes from the previous picture to this one at the Epcot bus stop. Not too bad.
- On the way out of AK picked up this ad for the new early morning up sell event.
- The back has some details.
- Work going on the Monorail Exit ramp still.
- Entering Epcot.
- Daisy greets you this year at the Flower and Garden Festival.
- A butterfly topiary.
- Looking back at Spaceship Earth
- Chip and Dale topiaries are part of the National Parks tribute between Future World and World Showcase.
- Dale
- Minnie and Pluto as you enter World Showcase.
- Mexico
- Passing by Norway where construction is wrapping up. The new meet and greet and attraction open in June.
- Anna and Elsa topiaries
- Stopped by China and caught a performance of the Jeweled Dragon Acrobats
- The rest of the group sitting and waiting to perform.
- I do not recall seeing this performer before. I believe it is called Bian Lian which is a mask changing dance.
- A video clip of part of the performance.
- The final performer of the set.
- Timon Topiary
- Pumba Topiary
- The sun was setting and the clouds building. In the distance you could see lightning. It was about 7:30pm
- As we made it around to Japan the skies really turned dark. It was just before 8pm.
- Not looking good. At this point I put the camera in the bag and walked very quickly toward France as a drizzle started. Reached France as the rain started. We watched the film hoping it would blow through while inside.
- Looking outside around 8:30pm. It was pouring.
- Still some guests were venturing out in it. We opted to grab a snack and stay dry.
- There are worse places to wait a storm than a dry area with a french bakery :)
- Come 9pm it was still raining pretty good but starting to let up. They announced Illuminations would be delayed.
- About 9:10 we set off in a light rain toward the bus, which of course was a good mile away. The rain had slowed to a drizzle but there was a lot o flooding. This area had water over ankle deep. Guests were using the planters to try and avoid the mini lake. Guests in ECVs were stopped and trying to figure out how to exit the park. There were no cast members in sight.
- A blurry shot of Mickey as I passed by. 9:20ish now.
- More flooding in Future World. The left side.
- And the right. Many guests were taking off their shoes and just walking through. Others were using Mouse Gear to bypass it. Again no cast members in sight.
- A smaller pond of water further along offers a nice reflection of Spaceship Earth. Thought about taking out the camera to get better pics but with the drizzle and splashing it seemed like a bad idea.
- Spaceship Earth on the way out.
- More flooding approaching the bus stops. Notice all the guests in the planters trying to avoid the water.
- The queue for Pop Century had a mini lake too. so I used the one next to it and crossed the ropes after the puddle. There was a cast member here directing people to the buses. He was unconcerned with the water.
- The roof of the bus stop drained right into the queue. So even under cover with the rain letting up you were still getting splashed and had to dodge streams of water.
- Finally back at Pop Century, just after 10pm and the skies opened again.