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    A look outside this morning at the pool area of Disney's Boardwalk Resort as I wait for the rest of my group.
    8:15am - On my way to the bus stop
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    8:28am - My arrives.
    8:42am - Arrived at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Spotted this Loki bus nearby.
    No wait at security this morning.
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    DiVine out as I walked through the Oasis.
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    The Tree of Life
    Christmas decorations on Discovery Island.
    Passing through Harambe
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    That's a good sign.. no backup at Kilimanjaro Safari.
    Entering the queue at 8:56am with a posted 25 min wait.
    Hmm.. the extended queue was in use. We were moving but had to walk a long way.
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    While in line a welcome popped up in the app.
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    9:26am - Boarding my Safari truck. So total wait time turned out to be 30 minutes.
    An Okapi
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    Black Rhino
    Cattle
    Zebra
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    African Painted Dogs
    Giraffe
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    A rare sight.. a giraffe sitting down.
    Passing through Elephant country.
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    White Rhino on the move
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    Lions hanging out on the rocks
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    Warthogs
    Nigerian Dwarf Goats at the Wardon's house
    Looking over toward Gorilla Falls as I exited - A male gorilla gathering some brush
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    Decided to take a walk through Gorilla Falls
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    This area was roped off. You could look from the walkway but could not go the exhibits.
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    No handouts, you could load the PDF of the bird spotting guide on your phone. Seems this would make sense to integrate into the App vs a stand alone document. One advantage of the PDF is you could print your own for your family at home.
    Meerkat watching Zebra
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    The Family troop was on the ridge.
    Notice the baby clinging onto the mother on the right.
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    Gino, the male silver back of the family troop is over 40 years old and has been at the park since opening.
    A young gorilla up in the tree playing.
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    Looking up the Discovery River
    An Encanto photo wall on a backstage gate on Discovery Island.
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    A new kiosk is being constructed on the walkway toward Pandora. Assuming its a DVC kiosk.
    The Merry Menagerie Puppets and performers were out so we spent some time visiting them.
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    Video clips of the Merry Menagerie at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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    Bambi and Thumper Fab 50 statues on Discovery Island.
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    Simba, Pumba and Timon nearby.
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    Nemo and Dorey round out the set of statues.
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    Next stop the Discovery River Theater for the Disney Kitetails show. The Dinoland side was filling in. This was about 15 minutes prior to showtime.
    The crew preparing the kites.
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    A cast member out on the water interacting with the crowd during a safety spiel.
    I sat on the Asia side near the landing zone. On the Dinoland side performers were out for a pre-show.
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    My view.
    Discover River Drummers opening the show.
    Baloo preparing to take flight
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    The show is underway with performers on the Dinoland side, there is no one on the Asia side.
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    Baloo takes flight first.
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    The kites landed/crashed into the empty seating area next to where I was sitting. Here are a series of shots of Baloo coming in after his performance.
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    Elephants on parade.
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    King Louie is next.
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    King Louie coming in for a landing.
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    We grabbed lunch from Yak & Yeti Local Food Cafes. I had a burger and fries.
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    Sweet-and-Sour Tempura Shrimp
    Teriyaki Chicken Salad
    We managed to find a table that was out of the way and the tables around us were empty.
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    Our table.
    Kali Rapids is closed for its annual renovation
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    We did not have time to give it a try, but there is a super zoom photo op with Everest in the background.
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    Disney's Animal Kingdom wait times at 12:04pm
    The section closest to the center waterway was set reserved for Annual Passholders.
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    A wide view from the AP section.
    Kites being prepared for the Lion King Kitetails
    Looking up river.
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    The AP section was wide open this show.
    Looking over to where we sat for the last show.
    A closer look at some of the puppets and kites the performers brought out.
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    Show time. Zazu leading the way.
    Young Simba
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    Video: Disney Kitetails - The Lion King
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    Simba coming in for a landing.
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    Timon and Pumba
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    Timon and Pumba Landing
    Adult Simba taking flight
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    Between shows we hung out and visited with friends. As we did the flotillas went by. here is Donald's Dino Bash Festive Flotilla
    Santa Claus Festive Flotilla
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    Mickey and Friends Flotilla
    Discover River Cruise
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    Video: Disney's Animal Kingdom Festive Flotillas
    About 10 minutes later the boats returned after circling Discovery Island.
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    Sebastian Kite
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    The Discovery Island Drummers to kick off the show.
    They alternate shows so we are back to the Jungle Book show.
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    Elephants marching in.
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    Monkeys accompany King Louie
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    Video: King Louie Landing.
    Walking through DinoLand USA. Walls up at the site for the former Primeval Whirl Attraction
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    Noticed these fans on poles set up behind the wall. Looks like a portion of the space will be opened soon for some use.
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    Walking through Chester and Hesters
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    Passing by the Tree of Life quickly on my way to Harambe
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    Arrived at the theatre about 12 minutes prior to the 2pm show of A Celebration of Festival of the Lion King.
    We just barely made it in. We were one of the last groups to be seated. They filled us into a reserved spot that was not needed for the show about 2 minutes prior to show time.
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    Showtime. I took some random pictures, but mostly just enjoyed the show from the great seat.
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    Just a dance routine for Can You Feel the Love Tonight, nothing in the air.
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    Walking along the Discovery River
    Passing through Pandora
    Merry Menagerie / Tree of Life Awakenings Photo Op
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    Merry Menagerie plush for sale.
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    Passing by the Animal Kingdom Christmas tree on the way out.
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    Current bus stops.
    2:46pm - Walked up and our bus was just about to board.

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