Day 3: (8/31/2010)
Day 3 had an absolutely beautiful morning. There were clouds in the sky, but still plenty of sunshine. There was also a nice breeze to keep you from getting too hot. We made some room coffee and headed to the main bus stop. Along the way I decided to take some pictures.
So we hopped on the bus and made our way to our next park...
Animal Kingdom
Very first thing we did was head straight for Expedition Everest to get some FastPasses. The standby line was only 20 minutes...so we hopped in line. DW had never been to Animal Kingdom before...so today was going to be a whole new experience for her. You can't help but to be in awe of the level of detail done on this queue...heck...the whole park! The only downside is that sometimes you get unruly kids who love ringing the bells in the outside part of the queue...and it gets old really, really, really fast! So we made our way to the train and had the ride of our lives! DW loved it and couldn't wait to go back on...but the line had grown to 45 minutes...so we decided to come back later and use the FPs. Oh yeah...Yeti was broken and that was sad...but DW didn't know any different so at least it didn't ruin anything for her.
We grabbed a quick bite to eat from the Yak & Yeti quick service stand. Nothing like some Chinese food to get you day going! After that we headed over to Dinoland USA to ride Dinosaur and Primeval Whirl. Both lines were unusually long probably because they were only using one side of the rides. Regardless...we both had a blast on everything. We were feeling a little thirsty...so we went back to Asia and found a stand selling Indian beer and jalapeno cheese-stuffed pretzels. Let me just say that pretzel was one of the best snacks I have ever eaten in my life. It was like the white queso inside of a pretzel! Mmmmmmm. I took a picture of it...but with DW's camera...so will have to post it later. Anyway...we looked for a place to sit down and eat and found a huge seating area directly across the water from EE. There was nobody around...at all...and it was somewhat quiet. We almost thought we were somewhere we shouldn't have been...but there were no ropes or anything keeping you out of that area. So we ate and drank and relaxed...a must-do on your honeymoon. We finished up there and headed to Africa for the Safari...and had a blast on it. We were sitting on the first row so we could ask lots of questions to the CM...which was really cool.
After the safari we walked out into Harambe as Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade was going on.
Once it passed us we headed towards the Tree of Life and caught the first half of the parade...hooray for shortcuts! After Mickey passed us again we went back to the Tree of Life to catch ITTBAB. It still blows me away with how much detail they were able to put into the animals carved into the Tree of Life. I tried taking a picture of DW and myself...but the flash kinda washed us out.
We thoroughly enjoyed ITTBAB but needed something to get the blood flowing again. So...we headed over to EE to use the FP. By this time EMH were kicking in...and it was amazing how many people had left the park! When we got to EE we noticed the standby line was only 10 minutes...so we decided to not use the FPs we had so DW could scrapbook them when she gets a chance. So we rode EE...in the middle. We got off...and got right back in line...and rode in the middle again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYe3HdVXVtM
Got off and got back in line again. This time we asked the CM if we could sit in the front...so she pulled us to the side and when a front car opened she sent us up there. Totally awesome riding up front because the wind is in your face and you feel very vulnerable to the Yeti. Only problem was that as you go downhill...you have to wait for the back of the train to come up and over before you can go fast...so we decided to ride it again...this time in the back. So back through the queue and waited for a back car to open up. Totally different experience in the back! The train feels a lot faster and you feel like you are a mile away from the Yeti animation you see with him tearing up the track...as opposed to feeling right there when you are in the front car. We got off this last time and I was feeling a bit woozy...with my stomach in my throat. So we headed over to Dinosaur and rode it one last time before leaving the park.
We had ADRs at Boma...so we hopped on the bus going to AKL. I had never even seen that resort before so of course we were blown away when we got there. What a beautiful resort...from top to bottom! We had about an hour before our ADR time, so we walked around the lobby, stores, and then outside to check out the animals. It was so quiet and peaceful out there! After relaxing outside we went down to Boma and were seated without too much of a wait. Our server was awesome...wish I could remember her name...but she made our dining experience spectacular! The food was amazing and by the end we were stuffed! This was definitely a place we wanted to come back to once we have kids.
There was no way to get back to our resort from AKL...so we caught the bus to DTD and then took the boat from there to Riverside. A nice little treat along the way was that Illuminations and Wishes were going on at the exact same time...and from our boat we could see both of them on our right and left. It was really cool and made the boat ride that much more romantic. We got back to the room...poured some champagne...and took a stroll around our resort to walk off all the food we ate at Boma.
After that we hit the sack to recharge for another day...
I really like that idea of hitting the MK resorts around sunset. The picture of the Poly beach is absolutely gorgeous!!!
