My Disney Dreaming: Day 5 - Animal Kingdom

A early-ish morning...up at 6:45 then on the bus to Animal Kingdom for a 8:20 Tusker House reservation!

Once again, John was “randomly” chosen to go through the metal detectors.

We were there a bit early so we took our time getting to Tusker House and I was able to get some nice pictures.

John going though security

This time at Tusker House it was MUCH better than last time. Last time we went we were in a food coma and didn't eat all that much! Great buffet, lots of choices, and love the Jungle Juice!

Rebekah and Donald

Rebekah and Mickey

Rebekah and Goofy

Rebekah and Daisy

Daisy signing our pillowcase

Tusker House Buffet

First thing we did was went right over and rode the Safari. Lots of animals were out and active! The hippos out of water and making noises, there were white rhinos everywhere, including in front of the bus in the road and the giraffes were close to us.

Safari - Okapi

Safari - Kudu

Safari - Hippos

Safari - Watusi Cattle

Safari - giraffe

Safari - yearling giraffe

Safari - flamingo

Safari - White Rhino

Safari - White rhino mama and baby

Safari - lions

Safari - zebra

Safari - wart hogs

Next we headed to It's Tough to be a Bug for our FastPasses and then we got Wilderness Explorer book for Rebekah to do during the day. We spent the day finding the Wilderness Explorer badges, and it was a lot of fun! It did not take us out of the way and brought us to new laces and we did learn a few new things!

Tree of Life

Cardinal in the bamboo

Tree of Life

Sadly the Maharajah Jungle Trek was closed. Wish I knew, I did not see it posted anywhere.

After getting some more Wilderness Explorer badges, we headed to Expedition Everest for our FastPasses, I asked to ride in the front row and it was AWESOME! Then when we got off the standby line was only 15 min, so we did it again, back row this time (MUCH rougher than the front).

Expedition Everest Queue

Expedition Everest - We LOVED this ride!

Lunch time. We did a quick service at Yak and Yeti. I got the Curry Chicken, John got the Honey Chicken and Rebekah had my side dish of Fried Rice.

John's Honey Chicken @ Yak and Yeti quick service

My Curry Chicken @ Yak and Yeti quick service

Rebekah's rice @ Yak and Yeti quick service

Egg roll and a Mousse dessert @ Yak and Yeti quick service

Then we slowly made our way over to Dinoland, getting more Wilderness Explorer badges as we went. I will add here that I REALLY don't like the carnival atmosphere over there. It is not Disney nd it does not fir the theme of the park at all!

So, we rode Dinosaur 2x (FastPass and then standby of less than 10 min).

Dinosaur ride outside

Dinosaur statue outside of the Dinosaur ride

Dinosaur!

Dinosaur

On our way to get more Wilderness Explorer badges, we stopped and got a new FastPasses for the Safari.

We made way to Planet watch, we had never bee there before. The train ride was very cool, you are able to see some of the animal barns and for me the large animal caretaker, I thought it was awesome. They were doing an ultrasound on a snake they rescued in the park when we were in there. The petting zoo part was blah, but I work on and grew up on a farm it was boring, but clean and the animals were happy and healthy.

So, the train back to the main park and then over for the FastPass for safari again. This time we saw the cheetahs, they were very cool!

Then we quickly ran through the exhibit Trail next to the Safari to get the rest of our Wilderness Explorer badges and then headed out to the Wilderness Explorer kiosk to finish it! Doing the Wilderness Explorer badges was a great way to make this usual ½ day ark for us into a full day park!

4:00 came and we decided to grab a bus to POP, drop stuff off in the room and grab another bus to Disney Springs and head over to Trex for our 6pm supper! We were not really sure how much we like it, to be honest! It was super loud, dark (and oddly colored), and loud, and loud. The food was good (but you could not really see it in the lighting), but did not really outweigh the atmosphere in our opinion. I got the Mastodon Stuffed Chicken (Marinated Chicken Breast, Stuffed with Artichoke Hearts and Creamy Spinach, Topped with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Lemon Butter, Served with Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes and Seasonal Vegetables). John got the Bronto Burger (A 100% Beef Burger, Piled High with a Fried Onion Ring, Lettuce, Tomato, Pickles, and Cheese, Served with Waffle Fries) and Rebekah got the, you guessed it, the kids Mac-n-Cheese.