Day 6: 11-7-08

Another early day. Off to Animal Kingdom. Jon made a bee-line to Expedition Everest to get the FP. The wait was only 10 min, so we got a FP and went on the ride. While waiting for FP time we went to the Jungle Trek and watched Flights of Wonder. Took Everest again-this time smooching for the camera.

Then we went to DinoLand. Our timing was great. We just made it to Finding Nemo: The Musical. Not what I thought it was going to be. This was a full theatrical show and it was free (or included in cost of admission). There was singing, dancing, acting, even fireworks. The "costumes" and scenery were beautiful and most were people dressed up as seaweed or holding a puppet fish. Jon didn't care for it as much as I did-he described it as disappointing. For being a free musical, I though it was very good. While in DinoLand we also went on Dinosaur. There should be an order that you go on rides. Once you've been on as many rides as we have you judge all others-and they don't measure up. The are still good rides, but you know there are better. This would be the case for some later rides.

We headed to Africa to get the FP for the Safari. Decided to eat at Tusker House. The guide said it was an all-you-can-eat meat restaurant. We thought this meant it was like Fogo. It was more like OCB. Good timing there too. When we were done it was time for the Safari. I would suggest going on this more than once. Each time sit on a different side of the truck. This was an awesome ride and you get great photos. The photo of the white rhino on the left is without zoom. It was right next to the truck. We had to be very quiet so it wouldn't charge the truck. The two baby elephants were wrestling close to the trail the truck was on. Pangani Trail was right next to where we exited so we went on that next. We skipped a lot of Animal Kingdom, but told each other that it's just something to look forward to next time.

We took the tram back to the car to drop off our photos. It waited for Jon to get back on, luckily we were only 2 cars in from the tram. We took a bus to Disney Hollywood Studios (MGM). We raced across the park to the Extreme Stunt Show. Jon really wanted to see this. I wanted to go on the new Toy Story ride. We went the wrong way and ended up on the Star Wars ride-again a ride that seemed like it was an original. Disappointing. Finally made it to the Toy Story ride-80 min wait and no FP. They said they run out of FP for this by 11:30am. We were there at 6 or so. That means there were no FP for most of the day. Decided to go on Journey Into Narnia. This was just a 15 min preview for the movie-nothing else. No ride, no sitting for a presentation. Disappointed again-we headed back to the hotel. Drew a bath, drank some complimentary wine and fed each other grapes. Watched D3 (Diners, Dives, and Drive-Ins).