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- A look at the new berm taking shape between the Animal Kingdom bus stops and backstage.
- Arrived at the park around 4:40pm
- Tarzan was out on Discovery Island
- Pandora is visible through the trees near Tiffins
- Walked through the Nomad Lounge.. here is one of the seating areas.
- The view across the walkway of the new look for the bridge into Pandora.
- A closer look. Interesting there is a wall up on the other side of the bridge too. Wonder if they are planning to open it.
- More chairs in the lounge
- Walked back along the trail that parallels the walkway between Africa and Asia.
- A look at some of the animals on the Tree of Life.
- Heading back toward Africa
- Dole Whips in Harambe..
- A posted 35 minute wait for the safari at 5:16pm. Decided to wait since I wanted to try another after dark and did not have a FastPass and 35 min puts me close to dark.
- Took slightly longer than 35 minutes.. on board a truck at 5:53pm.
- Hippos were moving around with some on shore as we drove by.
- A hyena looking away from me!
- Turned but not a better picture..
- Cattle on the savanna.
- Moving into lion country..
- This female was moving around.
- My pictures of the other lions did not really come out, too dark and not very interesting.
- Speaking of dark walking back through Harambe near the Marketplace.
- A group of guests watching the acrobats.
- Decided to try and make the 7pm Starbright Holidays show at Disney Springs. It was 6:17pm as we passed the Animal Kingdom Christmas tree heading for the bus stops.
- Arrived at Disney Springs as the safety announcement was playing and walked quickly to the shore.. arriving in a spot with a view at 6:59pm.. literally a minute to spare.
- Show time.. looks like random dots in the photos.. but all those dots are drones.
- As they form shapes the pictures are slightly more interesting but not nearly as impressive as the show in person.
- The finale.
- Here is a video of the last portion of the Starbright Holidays show.
- After the show walked around a crowded Disney Springs.
- Paid a visit to the Coke store to see the view at night.
- Walked up the ramp to the roof since the elevator line looked long.
- The view from the roof at night.
- Looking toward the Town Center.
- Characters in Flight
- Back on the ground and walking around a bit.
- some holiday displays..
- Current Disney Springs bus stop assignments.
- As I stood there a piano rolled in my direction.
- A video clip of the Strolling Piano performer.
- A line out the door at D-Luxe Burger
- Another performing group.
- A better look at where the performers were.
- Walking past the tree on my way to the bus stops.
- At the bus stops at 7:40pm
- Not very crowded at this hour.
- I did not make it to the Beach Club until 8:23pm. Nearly 45 minutes waiting for the bus and the short drive to the Yacht and Beach Clubs.
- As I entered Epcot I was able to catch some of the 8:30 SrarBright Holidays show in the distance beyond the far bank of World Showcase.
- The dove was hard to make out.
- Father Christmas in the United Kingdom
- Trees near Canada
- Victoria Gardens
- Spaceship Earth obstructed by the Monorail beam.
- Used a FastPass+ for Illuminations.
- Show time. The inferno barge was only used for a couple bursts during the intro, not the full piece.
- A video clip of some of the intro to Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
- The laser effects
- The smoke was lingering this evening.
- Which made for some interesting effects with the lasers.
- A video clip of the Holiday Tag to Illuminations
- Because of the smoke in the air you could see the laser that is used for Spaceship Earth...
- It was a slow bus night.. I was still waiting to board the bus after 10pm. They were using Cruise Line buses this evening, which are slow to load and unload.
- Made it back to my room around 10:30 and found this picture from Mickey on my bed.