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- Arrived at a soggy and rainy Animal Kingdom about 20 minutes later.
- No delays at security thanks to the rain.
- Noticed this Rhinoceros Iguana out enjoying the rain (well assuming enjoying it since it was sitting on an exposed rock).
- Decided to head for Asia. Had about 20 minutes until the Maharajah Jungle Trek closed for the evening.
- Asked the cast member before hiking through if the cubs were out and she said they were and active.
- Late last year two rare Sumatran Tiger cubs were born in the park. Here is one playing with its mother.
- Notice the other sibling sitting off in the distance just watching the show.
- Mom had enough and headed up the path.
- Here is a video clip of part of the mother and cub interaction.
- One of the cubs walking out by the fountain.
- A video clip of the cub by the fountain.
- Another clip of the cubs playing.
- From a lower window.. notice one of the cubs trying to sneak up in the distance.
- Then it pounced on its sibling.
- Decided to play with the tree for a while.
- It was now past closing time and the bypass was open to skip the aviary.
- The rain had let up a little too which was nice.
- The Discovery Island Carnivale
- Arrived back in Pandora with the objective to see the transition to night. It was 7:44pm and getting dark.
- It started to rain pretty good so I took shelter in the River Journey queue. This was my first time in the queue as I used FastPass+ on my previous visits.
- Outside a good amount of water flowing from the rain.
- A drinking fountain in the middle of the queue. No restrooms (and signs indicating that before entering the queue).
- A good portion was not in use this evening.
- Throughout the queue are signs teaching about the creatures you will see on your journey.
- Less than 20 minutes to board a boat. They put me in a row with a couple and another single rider.
- A look around the area as the Drum Ceremony was going on.
- Now several pages of pictures as I roamed around Pandora as the lights started to take effect.
- Coming up on 8:30 and it was fairly dark now.
- A brief clip of some of the plants in Pandora after dark.
- Decided to head toward Africa for a night time safari before Rivers of Light. It was 8:34pm so I only had 45 minutes.
- Had to pause for some pictures on the way.
- 8:43 arriving at a nearly deserted attraction entrance. Cast members directed me to use the FastPass entrance, which was nice to save some walking.
- Walked right through the queue and will be on the next truck.
- 9:04pm finally on a truck. Several pulled through without stopping and some long gaps between them. So about 20 minutes from entering the queue to being on a truck.
- Most of the safari was like this.. dark and some potential animals in the shadows.
- Some Springbok
- The sunset effect seemed minimal this trip through.
- The highlight was the Lion. The male lion was up and roaring.
- A quick video clip of the Lions on a night time Kilimanjaro Safari at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- One of the female lionesses
- 9:24pm.. 40 minutes from entering the queue I was passing by the Tree of Life. Figured I would still walk out to Rivers of Light and catch the finale maybe.
- I was surprised to see so many lights on the Up! building. Wonder if a night show is planned?
- 9:27pm arrived at the Rivers of Light and the show was not going on. Seems there was a technical problem that delayed the show. I think they were just waiting for me :)
- The show started around 9:30 so 15 minutes late.
- Only 3 of the 4 animal barges were in action, so wonder if that was the cause for the delay.
- Heading back to Discovery Island after the show. They made you walk through Dinoland vs the bypass.. which appeared to be all stroller parking.
- A Tree of Life Awakenings as going on as I exited.
- Had to wait over 10 minutes for a bus after arriving.
- Arriving back at Bay Lake Tower to wrap up my evening. Took almost 40 minutes from the bus queue to reach this point.