Our second day at Disney World began at Animal Kingdom. Our normal way of being at this park is to rope drop Na’vi River Journey, head to Flight of Passage with a single pass lightening lane and then move out into the park. This is exactly what we did. Everyone always heads to Flight of Passage and the line gets long really fast. I don’t wait in lines more than 30 minutes. So, I am one of those people. The people who pay the extra fee to get the lightening lanes. It is worth it to me and my feet. I know some people talk about “those people” and that’s okay. You do you and I’ll do me.
After some bathroom breaks, stopping for Starbucks and walking to our next ride, we got on the Kilimanjaro Safari. It’s always best to take the Safari early in the morning or right before the park closes. The animals are out more at those times. I’ve ridden this many times and I think I saw more animals this time than any others.
I didn’t get pictures of everything we saw because of where I was sitting and the bouncing of the truck. It’s well worth going on Safari!
Our next ride was Dinosaur. I’ve never ridden this ride, in fact I’ve never even been in that part of the park. I’m not sure why as I’ve been to Animal Kingdom more than a few times but they are rebranding Dinosaur so we wanted to ride it before it was gone. It is the same ride as the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland. There is the truck that bounces around but instead of the big rock rolling towards you at Indiana Jones there is the meteor coming at you at the end.
We met up with a friend of my granddaughter’s who works at Disney and he joined us for a few rides, pictures and lunch. We were on to Expedition Everest next, stopping for Disney pictures along the way.
We hadn’t planned to have lunch at Animal Kingdom but there was an opening for Tusker House and we love Tusker House. Our first experience there was in 2021 while Covid restrictions were in place. It wasn’t a buffet then and when we went back last year it was. It was still delicious and we were able to get up close and personal with the characters. So, we took the reservation and most of our party had lunch there.
My daughter Heather loves Goofy like I love Mickey, so we always find Goofy somewhere.
It was a great lunch and fun afternoon. The adults headed back to the campsite while the kids rode Kali River Rapids and another time at Expedition Everest. They are old enough to get on the bus by themselves and that is helpful. We had tickets for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween that evening and wanted to rest before that began.
I will say I love having my family with me. But the best trip I have ever taken to Disney World was in 2020 before Covid hit, late February for my daughter’s Leap Year birthday and it was the best trip I’ve ever taken. It was just me and her and we did everything, I mean everything we wanted to do when we wanted to do it. So, if you don’t have any kids to go with you or just want to go on an adult trip to Disney World, I highly recommend it! Have a Magical Day!
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