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- 6:04am - Passing near Walt Disney World on our way to the land. My cell phone did not do the best out the window with the lighting but you can see the Studios/EPCOT in the center of the picture and the Magic Kingdom area to the top right.
- A closer look at the Studios and EPCOT
- 6:16am - Touchdown at Orlando International Airport.
- 6:37am - Boarded a tram to the main terminal. All the WDW 50th graphics we saw in December are long gone.
- 6:43am - Waiting for our bags.
- 7:00am - Have our suitcases and circling back upstairs to the food court for breakfast.
- 7:38am - On our way to the bus pickup. MEARS is located where Magical Express was on the first level of Terminal B at the far end.
- Slightly different look but same process as Magical Express.
- No waits at 7:45am
- Directed out to a waiting bus.
- 7:48am - On our bus and ready to go. Just waiting for our driver.
- 7:56am - On the road and leaving the airport.
- 8:24am - Arriving at Walt Disney World.
- $4.22 for gas.. near LAX it was over $6.00 a gallon.
- 8:32am - Arrived at Disney's Boardwalk Resort.
- No changes yet to the Belle Vue Lounge.
- 9:11am - On a bus to the Animal Kingdom
- WDW 50th Anniversary wrapped bus.
- A Goofy bus.
- Sand sculpture to promote the DisneyNature Polar Bear film near the entrance to the park.
- A National Geographic photo location nearby.
- 9:35am - Around 3 hours since landing I am in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- Decided to hike out to the Safari to start the day since it was not too hot out yet.
- 9:46am - Kilimanjaro Safari wait posted at 45 minutes.
- 10:29am - Boarding our truck. So it was pretty close with the 45 min estimate.
- A bongo watching us drive by.
- A black rhino on the move
- Giraffe on the savanna
- Elephants
- Some ducklings visiting the Flamingos
- A crash of white rhinos resting in the distance.
- Cheetah
- Male Lion
- A baby white rhino with its mother.
- Nigerian Dwarf Goats
- A gorilla resting seen from the Gorilla Falls trail.
- 11:18am - Found a spot for Disney's KiteTails.
- Baloo flying around.
- Baloo coming in for a landing.
- King Louie
- King Louie Landing
- Next stop Dinoland USA
- Stopped by the Dig Site (which was a favorite of my two nephews - ages 3 and 5).
- Decided to eat lunch at high noon at Yak & Yeti.
- Thanks to the Landry Select Club our party of 7 was seated in under 20 minutes.
- After lunch walked around the park a while
- Passing by the Tree of Life
- 2:06pm - At the Disney's Hollywood Studios bus stop waiting to park hop.
- 2:13pm - Onboard a bus and on our way.
- 2:24pm - Arrived at Disney's Hollywood Studios
- The wait times were more than our patience so we opted for the Skyliner.
- Operating hours of Disney Skyliner
- Transferring at the Caribbean Beach Resort
- 2:50pm - Arrived at the International Gateway and decided to head back to the Boardwalk to check on our room.