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- A Big Wheel was parked near our building at Pop Century
- Across the courtyard the Mickey Phone
- Walking by the 60s.
- Along the shore of the lake our plenty of signs now. No barriers like the other resorts though.
- You can rent bikes to cruise around the lake.
- We walked over to Art of Animation this morning since we had time until meeting relatives.
- The pool gates received some Christmas decorations.
- The Christmas tree in the Art of Animation Lobby.
- There is some art work on it if you look closely.
- Looking up at the chandelier more of the art work is signed now vs the last time I was here.
- A little bit of Christmas in the gift shop.
- Just before 9am and the Art of Animation bus stop is not that busy.
- On the road. More tree clearing along Victory Way
- Arriving at the Animal Kingdom, one crane left in Pandora (it came down a week or so after my trip)
- To give a sense o size, the small show building has stairs that go 4 stories.
- The new berm by the bus stop.
- Flags at half staff today.
- The Animal Kingdom Christmas tree.
- Chip and Dale coming out to greet guests in their holiday costumes.
- A look at the floating mountains of Pandora, the World of Avatar.
- Walking through the Oasis.
- Found this interesting they are selling Parade Cushions event though there is not a parade here anymore. Why not call them seat cushions?
- Walking toward the Pandora entrance.
- Through the trees you can just barely make out the mountains.
- Tiffins opened since my spring visit.
- The Nomad Lounge has opened too, but it is not open yet for the day.
- A look at the lounge.
- Looking toward Pandora from the lounge entrance, you cannot see the bridge, I will stop back another time to see it.
- Space for a cart/food stand it appears.
- A closer look at the attraction posters on the wall.
- Beyond the wall you can see more of Pandora, looks like they are wrapping up some of the work.
- Turning around to head back.
- Everest in the distance.
- Kangaroos have returned to the Tree of Life garden.
- Guests streaming into the park, it was just after 10am.
- Da Vine heading backstage, just missed her.
- Today I was visiting with a couple of young children in the group (almost 3 and 5). They really enjoyed the Wilderness Explorers activities. Here are some flags in Dinoland.
- We stopped by the Boneyard.
- Looking back toward Discovery Island from the bridge of the Boneyard.
- And toward Dinoland.
- The dig site.
- Next up a visit to Dino-rama
- That sign lied a bit.. it was about 3 cycles or 10 minutes.. not 0.
- The view from onboard the Triceratop Spin
- Back on the ground and headed for an early lunch.
- Wilderness Explorer markers near the Tree of Life.
- Used a FastPass+ for the Kilimanjaro Safari. A black rhino.
- A young bongo.
- African dogs laying around. The couple safaris I went on this trip they were like this.. no where near as active as in the spring.
- The savanna
- Mandrills
- Elephant Country. There were several walls up.
- The herd was on the move
- More barriers near the elephants
- White rhinos
- Cheetah
- Lions
- Next up Gorilla Falls (Still hard not to call it Pangani Forest).
- They were all sleeping in one area.
- A nest but no bird in sight.
- Renovation work going on in the meerkat area.
- The family troop of gorillas.
- A bachelor sitting on the other side.
- Back to the family side.
- Most of the family troop in one picture.
- Thought this was a fun picture with a bird near one of the bachelors, neither seemed to care.
- The new express bus service stop is near the safari entrance/parade gate.
- Face painting in Harambe
- A street party going on as we walked by.
- Walking along the trail behind the Tree of Life (this connects to the bugs exit area and was closed on my previous trip.
- Porcupines along the trail.
- A look at the trail.
- A large Tortoise
- Some in the group had a FastPass+ for Minnie and Mickey.. we could not get one for everyone. Stand by was not too long and with their FastPass+ it still took 15 minutes.
- Heading into Asia.
- The gibbons were moving around as usual.
- Lion-Tailed Macaques are now on the Jungle Trek in Asia, in a new enclosure right before the bats.
- Lion-Tailed Macaques, there are 3 females and 1 male in the troop.
- Spotted a tiger in the distance.
- The herd all sitting around...
- A tiger getting some snacks.. cast members were up above and were throwing some treats down.
- A video clip of the tiger.
- Spotted a young gibbon following its mother.
- Festival of the Lion King was next on our agenda. They directed us into a seat on ground level.
- Tumble monkeys
- Waiting for the Tree of Life Awakenings. As it grew dark the projections started to become visible.
- One of the shows underway.
- I left the Animal Kingdom around 6:15pm and headed for Epcot (the original plan was Disney Springs but the 7:00pm drone show was cancelled). So I went to the Beach Club then walked to Epcot.
- The carousel in the Beach Club lobby.
- Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam fireworks as I walked toward Epcot.
- The Epcot Christmas Tree and Spaceship Earth
- Stopped by Germany and listened to a set by Margret Almer & Bavarian Band
- Margret Almer & Bavarian Band video clip.
- Caught the end of the Dragon Acrobats in China
- Robby Benson was the guest narrator at the Candlelight this evening.
- A video clip of Robby Benson closing remarks at the Candlelight including a line from Beauty and the Beast.
- Watched Illuminations from the steps in Canada this evening.
- A video clip of the final and Holiday Tag start from Canada.
- Let There Be Peace on Earth.
- The finale wraps up my day, after this is was back to the bus then Pop Century.