Oh the Places We Go, The People We See ...Dream Trip Report

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Mickey wasn’t too far behind.

 

 

 

 

We went up to the buffet a couple of times, but for us, we really weren’t impressed with the selection. Like I said, the African selections just weren’t something we cared for, so we were sticking to the basics and that limited us a bit.

We were ready to go and had paid, and I let the waitress know that we still hadn’t seen Goofy, but we wanted to leave and wondered if there would be a way to see him shortly and she said yes. She pointed out a Cast Member and told me to talk to him, so I did. He told me where to stand and that he would direct Goofy over to us. Within a few minutes we got to visit with Goofy as well.

 

 

 

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With that meet and greet done, we grabbed our things and headed out. I did take a few pictures before we left.

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I think you know my thoughts on Tusker House by now. It was way too much of a hassle to actually get checked in and seated. The food was good, but not enough variety for us who don’t want to get crazy with the African food. And the price is just too high to go for just the basics. I will really have to think long and hard before going back again….and if I do, it will be an early ADR, which will hopefully eliminate the long check in wait.

When we exited Tusker House we took a few pictures out back before heading off.

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We had picked up fastpasses for the safari before heading into Tusker House and the time to use them had arrived.

It wasn’t long and we were boarded in our truck.

We saw lots of animals out and about, but I had major issues with pictures. The people in front of me pretty much were in my view at all times. I don’t know if I had a bad angle or what, but I constantly had an arm, elbow, head, camera lens,….you name it…it was in my shot. I have tried to crop most of my pictures to get them out of the shots as much as possible, but at times I just couldn’t get them all out.

It looks like the birds are hungry for some Hippo …..

Seriously? Why are all these birds here?

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We saw a lot of giraffes again on this trip.

Stretch just a little bit further and you’ll reach it.

I think he got a neck cramp.

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This would’ve been a better shot, but I had to crop out a lot of the picture.

This guy is kind of camouflaged. It’s hard to see his head looking over the top of the branch. I thought it was pretty cool though.

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Of course it’s not a safari without a little bit of giraffe butt.

Ah the elephants. I could’ve gotten some great shots of them…..if I didn’t have people in the row in front of me!

I had taken one right before this next one that would’ve been AWESOME…except the picture has major blockage and came out with a big blur in the middle of it. That blur would be my traveling companion’s camera lens.

How cute is this? They were pushing the baby up.

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2 little guys playing.

Another shot that could’ve been awesome….but you can see even with cropping I couldn’t get all of the other person out of it.

The Lioness. This picture actually isn’t too bad looking. If you saw the original you would be amazed I got this. I had Claire’s head and my neighbors head in about 2/3’s of the picture and I cropped it way down and hoped it would be something worth saving, and it actually looks decent.

The ostriches had to check out the truck.

Just lazing around….taking a rest.

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What you looking at?

 

 

 

 

After the safari we ran into a photopass photographer on the exit out. We stopped and got a few fun shots.

 

 

 

We are supposed to be pointing and looking at a wild animal in the distance. Do we look convincing?

 

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And another wild animal.

Now it was time to head to the front of the park. We had to make time for swimming today for Claire.

We stopped off for a few more photopass pics.

I like this one of us.

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I think this is so dumb. Why the heck do they tell you to put your hand on your chin. I look like a dork.

They did take a couple with my camera too.

And off we go.

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Goodbye Christmas tree.

 

 

 

 

 

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But wait...no picture with Donald?? Just kidding :D

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TTFN

 

 

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But wait...no picture with Donald?? Just kidding :D

 

I know...we are a crazy family!

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We headed back to AoA for a little swim time.

We made our way back to our room and Claire changed her clothes and I grabbed my mug to bring along.

I had given her the choice of which pool she wanted to swim in and she chose Big Blue.

Of course we had to circle the area first and check it out.

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I can’t help but see McDonalds French fries every time I look at this.

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I was given instructions on where to sit and Claire got in. She is sporting her new swimsuit she got on the cruise.

I still kept taking pictures though.

Would you like fries with that?

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Is this ping pong?

I told Claire I was going to walk up to the bar and fill my mug. The nice thing they did here was add a refillable station right by the pool.

The bad thing….it’s a MAJOR bee magnet. Bees were all over and the area was very sticky. I hope they figure a way to keep this clean and the bees away.

I then went back to my chair and pulled out the kindle for a while.

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OK…I did still take random pictures.

Time flew by and after a short swim it was time to head back to the room to get changed and ready for our ADR.

This is so sad. So much of the greenery was turning brown.

I wonder if it came back to life or if they had to replant the whole area?

Hmmmm….Rafaki was getting some butt surgery.

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Claire thought this was hilarious…..I might have snickered a bit too.

 

 

 

 

 

More brown leaves.

 

 

Claire had to take a run through the cave.

 

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I don’t know if there is any hope for these plants.

 

 

Once back to the room we cleaned up and got dressed and our bag packed for the evening. Big happenings tonight baby!!!!

 

 

And then we headed off to the bus stop once again.

 

 

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Come on you dang bus!!!!!

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Thanks so much!