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Walt Disney World Day 3 Report

December 8, 2002

Trip Log:

Started off at AKL. Walked down to Mara and then around the resort a bit. Back to room to get bags transferred to Yacht Club. Bussed to AK, then to Yacht Club. Checked in. Walked over to EPCOT. Got fastpass for Test Track. Checked out Tile in leave a legacy (still there) then over to the Land for Listen to the Land. Back to Test Track to ride it. Grabbed a quick lunch. Back to Cranium Command. Then Spaceship Earth and out of the EPCOT back to Yacht club.

Left Yacht club after Dinner and then over to EPCOT for the evening. Walked around the lagoon visiting the countries going from the International Gateway toward France and all the way back to watch Illuminations and then back to Yacht Club for the night.

 


Thoughts & Observations:

  • Golfed first thing in the morning. It was cool to start off with, but warmed up. The course was in good shape and we were allowed to take the carts on all holes but 2. I shot about average for myself (which is a better basketball score than golf)...
  • We met some relatives after golfing at the Animal Kingdom Lodge and then went over for lunch at the Rainforest Cafe, I was really surprised how efficient the busses were to the Lodge, we waited no more than 10 minutes the entire trip to get a bus to our destination.
  • Over at the Magic Kingdom they were taping the Christmas parade that will be run on ABC Christmas day (10am here in LA). One member of our group bailed out of golfing and went for Carmel Corn at the MK, and said it was a mad house.
  • Went back to MK in the evening and it was not that bad, seemed like summer with the crowd. The biggest problem was the show scedule was all messed up because of the taping and the poor CMs were going crazy trying to help people out...
  • On our tour of the Animal Kingdom Lodge we walked through most of the resort trying to see what the different savannas looked like and which was the best. We were surprised by the different dimensions of the savannas. I figured the outter ones would all look similiar, but they were not. We were on the Zebra Trail which looked opposite the main savanna(the one scene from the lobby). On the other wing of the hotel the savanna was much shallower and did not look very big. The fences were very close and extremely visible...
  • I really like the layout of the hotel. There would be a block of rooms probably 10-15 on a side and then a break with windows and seating to see the savannas, so if you did not have a good view from your room or the animals were not there you could move around the resort and see them.
  • There appeared to be three savannas, the main one you see from the lobby and one on either side, all separated by fences.

Pedometer Information for the day:

Date
Miles
Steps
Hours
Day 3 - 12/8/02 7.75 15,774 6.5
evening excursion 3.57 7,283 3.25


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