Animal Kingdom! After a good strong rain, we headed for Animal Kingdom. The animals are so active and so fun to watch. When you enter into Animal Kingdom there is the area called The Oasis, full of birds and various animals. We were heading for Kilimanjaro Safaris! Oh look! What’s down the stairs in that cave? I found myself looking at otters! I love otters! There were also some really big black fish.
We stopped to trade a pin with a cast member; if you don’t know about pin trading, don’t worry! We can tell you later. The cast member was telling us that it had rained earlier today, but now it is less “mushy” wet. Perfect! Now, on to Kilimanjaro Safaris. This time we were on the very back seat. I liked being seated there, it’s perfect if you need a picture of an animal, (or several!) following you.
My favorites are the giraffes, and they were really close to the road. One was so close I could have reached out and touched it, but, “Please keep your hands and arms inside of the vehicle at all times,” is a rule I choose to follow. The other favorite is the rhinoceros, but today, there were rhinoceroses!!! They, all six, were galloping and running; a couple were heading for the road! We just got past them and four began following us and watching the water on the road right behind us, it was so cool! SO COOL!
After the safari, we headed for Yak and Yeti Restaurant in the Asia section and admired all of the detail in the building. I love architecture and how detailed the Africa section was, and now admired Asia. We had a good sit down snack of Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Chicken and a GF Cheesecake! Oh, yum!
Animal Kingdom was closing early today (6pm), so we went to the Animal Kingdom Lodge- Kidani Village to eat at Sanaa. They have great Gluten-free Naan available with their amazing Indian Style Bread Service that includes 9 tasty dips. We tried to get last minute reservations and the only one was kind of late, so the only place available was the lounge. We had a wonderful visit with the bartender and a young family sitting at the bar with us. Had a blast! I love rainy days, which are most days in the summer in Florida! Be prepared.
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I remember when we were in south Africa and went out into the “bush” we came over a rolling hill to see a heard of zebra about 40-50 and just beyond them on the next rolling hill was a heard of giraffes about 25 of them some laying on the ground… and a bunch of baby’s…. it was so cute!!! and breath taking. The Rhino’s had a baby too and the tour guide said not to worry if it charged us… they do a warning charge first then the second one is meant to do harm! but the were ok with us…. this is so fun.. it’s bringing back memories to me… imaging we went all over the world to experience what you are seeing just down the street… hahahhaha no jet lag!
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That sounds amazing!! I can’t imagine how much grander it would be on an African safari!!
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