Live Report: 3wks For 4: Day 3 - Animal Kingdom

[SuzieG]

I woke up at 3, then 4. Freddie woke at 4 too and couldn't get back to sleep, then
Dave woke up soon after. The lure of the pool got me and I had a quiet dip at half four!

By half eight we were rolling in to Animal Kingdom and parked in Unicorn 24. Off to Guest Relations where we swapped our voucher for four nice shiny plastic credit card type tickets! Yay!

We headed straight for Expedition Everest. AK is not our favourite park and Everest was the main aim of the morning. We got fast passes for return time of 10am, then rode twice straight away after a walk through the queue area. By then our FP time was up so on we went again. When we got to the front a mum and son chickened out of the front row so Freddie and Natasha sat there. They both loved it and said it was much better at the front.

We then had a slow stroll around to Dinoland, stopping for a drink and to soak up the atmosphere on the way. Dinosaur was a ten minute wait so on we went! We hadn't done this ride since our first trip and none of us could really remember it, though I knew Natasha hadn't liked it - she was 7 then. Now she is 14 ... And still doesn't like it!

After that we were done! It was very humid and sweaty in the park, there were quite a few large groups around and we were all desperate for a swim. So we headed home via Publix! We made ham and salad baguettes with Publix's home style red potato salad - my new favourite thing!

And then we swam and chilled by the pool for the rest of the afternoon!

We headed out to TGI Fridays for a quick dinner. We had:

Me - mango lemonade slushy which was lovely, and Korean steak tacos - spicy and nice

Dave - a salmon thing with oranges - looked nice and he liked the healthiness of it

Natasha and Freddie - chicken tenders - went down well!

We didn't have dessert. With drinks the bill came to $51.51 excluding tip.

Back home for an early night - we are all suffering from the early start this morning!

Tomorrow: Hollywood Studios

[Firstxmastrip]

These pictures have made me soooo jealous! Lol have a great time!

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[Guest]

A lovely chilled first day, great pics making me wish the next 6 weeks away, looking forward to seeing more

[Jedi Princess]

Great pics 😃

[Col&Ali]

A nice relaxed first park day

Just trying to get my bearings - where's you villa?

Food looks delish

[SuzieG]

The villa is in Indian Creek. It's a new area to us - we usually stay in Lake Buena Vista, but we're getting used to it now and finding our way round.

[Col&Ali]

Originally Posted by SuzieG

The villa is in Indian Creek. It's a new area to us - we usually stay in Lake Buena Vista, but we're getting used to it now and finding our way round.

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Similar to us - our previous trips we stayed in LBV and this will be our first time in a villa

[taryn70]

I love Publix potatoe salad. Will be having some soon. Enjoy your holiday.

[Guest]

i try to avoid animal kingdom on the first couple of days- as it can be very hot and seems to suck the life out of the kids when they havnt had an opportunity to acclimatise.

your trip report is fab though!