Trip Log:

Spent the early morning circling the Resort to take some pictures and see what was going on. Then breakfast at Everything Pop when everyone else woke up. Took the bus over to Animal Kingdom. Headed to grab a Fastpass for the Safari while half of the group went toward Asia. We met up with them and went through the jungle Trek. After roaming around Asia a bit we headed for the Flights of Wonder show and then off to our Safari trip followed by a walk through Pangani. Headed across the bridge and parallel to the river by the Tree of Life on our way over to Flame Tree BBQ and into Dinoland for lunch. Caught Lucky going by then off to Camp Minnie Mickey and Festival of the Lion King. Walk the three quarter of a mile circle through Dinoland and by the Tarzan show and around the new walkway by Everest to Asia and back over the bridge and to the center of the park before heading to the entrance and the bus back to Pop Century. After taking a brief pit-stop it was off to EPCOT. Road Spaceship Earth then visited Innoventions West. Grabbed a Fastpass for Test Track while some road Mission Space. Met up at the exit of Mission Space and walked through the Butterfly area on our way to World Showcase. Strolled past Mexico and Norway on our way to China. Some stopped to eat, I stopped to get pictures of the Hong Kong Disneyland Preview exhibit. Then we continued our tour around to the American Adventure. Grabbed dinner at the Liberty Inn and then went over to Japan while waiting for the American Adventure show. Went back to see the show and then continued on our tour of World Showcase, some hitched a ride on the boat while I finished the loop walking. We met up at the entrance to World Showcase and then headed for Test Track to use our Fastpasses. After riding we strolled through Future World on our way to park exit and then to the bus back to Pop Century to call it an early night.

Thoughts & Observations:

• Started the day off with a leisurely trip to Animal Kingdom. Pangani Forest was completely open, so not sure why the other day it was blocked off.. kind of suprised not to see anyone out on the family side.

• Still no White Rhinos on the Safari.. I really wanted to see the newborn but guess they are not out on the Savanna yet, either that or I just have bad timing..

• Lucky was an impressive piece of technology but the usefulness seems weird.. the whole show routine just seemed weird. It basically consisted of him coming out of the back gate and doing a loop with some random tricks in between interacting with the Cast Member and with a couple of selected guests. I really liked the loud walking sound.. really makes it seem heavier than he is. I found the movement to be extremely fluid and the range of movement quite interesting. They just need to find a better way to integrate him into a show I think.. guess he is just a temporary visitor (only scheduled to be at Animal Kingdom through July I believe. But definitely worth checking out.

• Here is an interesting tidbit for you.. we wanted to get some Expedition Everest shots before heading onto EPCOT for the rest of the day. Our pedometer said it was 3/4 of a mile from the bridge onto Discovery Island, out to Dinoland, around Everest, out to Asia, and back to the bridge where we started.

• We spent the afternoon and evening at EPCOT. We took in the rest of the Flower and Garden festival, not much new this year that we could tell beyond the Butterfly exhibit. Also took in the concert, the Lovin Spoonful were playing and they were pretty good. I was surprised at some of their songs
  
  
• Stopped by China to see the Hong Kong Disneyland display and it was really interesting. The size of the park seems small but the detail looks substantial and the consideration of many of the Chineese customs and culture seems to have been front and center in this parks planning and construction. So it should be interesting come September to read the reviews once the park opens September 12th.

Pedometer Information for the day:

Part I: Animal Kingdom

Part II: Epcot