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- Leaving the room today around 8:40am.
- The queue for Animal Kingdom where I am heading is full as expected at 8:50am
- Just barely made it onto a bus and en route at 9:10am
- Arriving at 9:16am and spotted a bus with a Captain Marvel wrap.
- Park rules posted near security.
- 9:21 heading for the entrance.
- The AP line was shortest today.
- Still celebrating the 20th anniversary, the park turned 21 a few weeks ago.
- The Tree of Life this morning.
- Otter Grotto has reopened. This area was closed for several months for renovation.
- The Otters were way in the back hanging out.
- A squirrel was out enjoying the area though.
- A Lion King photo op on Discovery Island
- Spotted some birds from Winged Encounter over Discovery Island.
- Cast Members talking about the birds.
- For the finale the flock takes flight and heads back toward Asia.
- Spotted another type of bird out this morning too. Kevin from Up!
- Making my way to Pandora to use a FastPass+
- The floating mountains of Pandora.
- Used my FastPass+ for the river journey
- Then took a walk through Pandora. Flight of Passage was already pushing 200 minutes.
- A utility suite demonstration. Interesting in the times guide it is called Pandora Rangers.
- Random lights
- Making my way toward Africa.
- Near the restrooms there is work on the berm and a clearing is being made. It is reported this will be the Club 33 location for the park.
- To give a little better perspective on where the work is.
- I had a Safari FastPass+, the Standby was 95 minutes.
- This was new to me. Stroller parking for FastPass+ was in the park area before the queue.
- One of the stroller parking areas has been turned into extended queue. Guess that keeps it from backing up outside.
- A black rhino
- Pelican
- No Nile crocodiles this morning.
- Some young giraffe on the savanna, they have had 5 born in the last year.
- We were able to spot all 5 on this trip.
- Passing through elephant country
- The male lion resting as usual.
- A male silver back gorilla spotted from near the safari exit.
- Making my way to Gorilla Falls
- A meerkat on lookout
- Zebra grazing
- A younger gorilla just laying around.
- Several more near the window.
- Baby Grace is just over a week old.
- Video clip of Baby Grace and her mom along Gorilla Falls.
- A closer look at the stroller parking signage.
- They take over the entire area now.
- A cupcake to commemorate Grace's birth.
- Stopped back by Otter Grotto and this time they were out and playing.
- Video clip of the otters at Otter Grotto.
- The Tree of Life Garden trail has reopened recently.
- The trail takes you right by the new building behind the Otters
- Kangaroos resting in the shade.
- One of the highlights of this trail is the up close look at the Tree of Life.
- A lemur
- The Hakuna Matata Time Dance Party runs from 11:30am-5:30pm on Discovery Island during my visit.
- Timon on the dance floor.
- Rafiki and Koda were also dancing.
- Took a quick walk toward Dinoland.
- The character greeting location/former dock was not in use.
- Donald's Dino-Bash! is still going on.
- Looks like preparation work for some concrete replacement on the main walkway.
- Scrooge McDuck greeting guests.
- The Restaurantosaurus Lounge was open for lunch cocktails.
- Passing by Expedition Everest
- A bar set up near the small stage and former character meet and greet in Asia.
- A wider picture of where it is.
- With smoking banned inside all the parks now the former smoking area is once again a path you can take without having to worry about breathing.
- Looking toward Asia
- I do not understand why this sipper is for sale in Harambe. It makes zero sense from a theme perspective.
- Next up Festival of the Lion King, used a FastPass+
- Some pictures from the show.
- After the show time for lunch at Yak and Yeti.
- Ended up with a table by a window on the second floor overlooking the walkway, through the trees. It was a better view in person than this picture makes it seem.
- A couple pictures as I was leaving.
- The reverse view.. I was seated in the 6th window from the left behind the tree.
- Kevin was out on Discovery Island
- A glimpse of the anteater on the way out.
- Tiffins has a board just like Rain Forest, also I received a push notification that they had openings while in the park.
- Markings for the upcoming project to redo the entrance area for the park.
- It was just after 3pm as I headed for a bus to Disney's Hollywood Studios.