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- The view this morning as I prepare to start my first full day.
- 8:33am - Boarding a bus to the Animal Kingdom
- 8:47am - Arrived at Disney's Animal Kingdom
- 8:58am - The Tree of Life
- Passing through Harambe
- 9:03am - 15 minute wait posted for Kilimanjaro Safari
- 9:07am - It turned out to be less. We walked right to the loading station
- Black Rhino
- Nile Crocodile
- African Painted Dogs
- Giraffe on the savanna at Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Zebra
- A giraffe running through the forest
- African Elephant
- Cheetah
- Recently a new pride of young lions has moved into Kilimanjaro Safari. Here is the male lion.
- There are two lionesses in the pride.
- Warthogs
- White Rhinos
- Nigerian Dwarf Goats
- The back of a male silver back gorilla
- Gorilla Falls is next on our agenda
- Gino is the oldest gorilla at Disney's Animal Kingdom. He is over 43 years old and has lived in the park since it opened in 1998.
- Over on the bachelor side.
- Christmas decorations in Harambe
- The character breakfast at Tusker House is currently $49 for adults.
- Walked over to Festival of the Lion King next
- An assortment of sippers and buckets available in Harambe
- 10:36am - Disney's Animal Kingdom wait times
- The Tree of Life from the walkway to Asia
- Gibbons in Asia
- Video: Siamang Gibbons vocalizing
- Maharajah Jungle Trek
- Komodo dragon
- Lion-tailed macaque
- The bats were not out.
- No sign of the tigers but some cranes in the distance
- Spotted a tiger in the corner. Only one was out today.
- Passing through Asia
- Decided to take the train next.
- Advertising the Ocean Explorers series
- A white rhino waiting by a backstage gate
- The rhino tour was visiting the barn.
- A lot of flags for a project near the tracks
- Conservation Station
- Nothing happening at the moment
- Nothing planned for today.
- Nor tomorrow.
- An drawing class was going on as I left.
- Work going on near by.
- A Kangaroo in the Tree of Life Garden
- Walking by the Tree of Life
- Russell and Dug meeting guests
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Visiting Dinoland USA
- The alligator has moved out.
- Pluto greeting guets
- Santa is back on the trail.
- This area will be gone by my next Orlando visit.
- 12:12pm - The popcorn cart has not opened for the day yet
- The games are $6 per play now a days.
- 12:19pm - The 15 minute posted time may be long, looked like guests were walking right onto Expedition Everest
- Decided to eat lunch at Yak and Yeti and try and avoid the band of rain heading our way. The Landry Card got us a table within a couple minutes. They were telling everyone about a 20-30 min wait.
- The view from our table on the second floor.
- The rain was coming.
- 1:23pm - The rain arrived.
- It poured for about 6 or 7 minutes and had some passing showers a few other times while we ate.
- 1:43pm - By the time we were done eating the sun was coming out.
- Looking up to where our table was.
- Passing through Discovery Island.
- Still not a fan of the new fences. They do make it easier to see the animals but they look like any other zoo and are not great to look at from a distance.
- Wonder if this gift shop will ever reopen.
- 1:59pm - Leaving Animal Kingdom and heading back to the Beach Club.
- An Encanto bus parked near by