Well, like I said, we woke up pretty late and we didn't get to Animal Kingdom until 11:30. Once we go there, we looked around a little and then we went to a 4D movie called It's Tough to be A Bug! The show was hosted by that ant from A Bug's Life and he showed us different bugs. One was a tarantula that shot out spikes. Since we wore 3D glasses, the spikes seemed to barely miss us. And since we were in a 4D theater, a burst of wind would hit you as the spike seemed to whizz past your head. Then he showed us a termite. It felt that we were intruders and had an acid defense. So he turned his butt towards us and sprayed his "acid" at us. It got all over the audience but it was just water. Then he showed us the same thing with a stinkbug and it did the same thing as the termite except it sprayed a foggy gas that stunk. Then, a preying mantis came out and he complained about humans killing bugs and stuff and then declared war on the human race. Then this giant spray bottle came out and the whole crowd was enveloped in fog for a while. Then the show ended after an apology from the ant dude and a summary of how cool bugs were. After that, we went to Dinoland U.S.A. We checked out three rides from there. Dinosaur, Primeval Whirl, and some ride that I forgot the name of. Dinosaur was an indoor ride. We got on this truck and buckled in. It took us back into the age of the dinosaurs and took us really fast through this road with lots of dinosaurs in it. It shook a lot and went really fast. You had to hold on tight! he whole ride was nearly pitch black until you came upon an animatronic dinosaur. The ride I forgot the name of was pretty kiddish but we did it anyway. it was one of those ones where you spin around in a dinosaur and you can go up and down however you want. We had fun on that. Then, primeval whirl. It was like that teacup ride, but more intense. You climb up a small hill and you take some steep drops and all and spin a few times, but that is it. After that we headed over to Asia and got on this thing called Kali River Rapids. It wasn't that bad. I was like white-water rafting but we went down a semi-steep drop and got pretty wet. After that, we went to Africa and got a Fastpass ticket for the Safari tour, because the line was long to get in. Fastpass is a thing where you can get tickets to a ride and get a good spot at the front of the line while you play somewhere else. The thing is, you have to return to the ride at a designated One hour window. So our window for the Safari was 3:50 to 4:50. It was, I think, around 2 to 2:30 and the gang was all hungry. We hadn't found any good places to eat so we went back to downtown disney to eat at Earl's again! But travel from theme park to theme park is pretty inconvenient. You have to go to a hotel bus stop and get on another bus to anther theme park You can't just go from theme park to theme park. So we took the bus to Saratoga Springs resort, which is just outside downtown disney. Then, we boarded the bus to Downtown Disney. I brought the camera along for the ride here, and this is where the visuals start.
This was my Earl's Club for today. Yum!
I was in Downtown disney, so i decided to take some pictures and video for everyone to enjoy.
Here is a gigantic Tinker Toy windmill outside the toy store.
This was the happenings around the square I was in. This square is just a fraction of the real downtown disney. I took this in one square of the east side of the Marketplace at downtown disney. They have the Marketplace with all of the shops and stores, along with some restaurants(like Earls). There is Pleasure Island located in the center of downtown. It has clothes shops and very fancy restaurants. And last, there is the West Side, with lots of fun activities like a bowling alley, indoor theme park, fun restaurants, hot air balloon rides, and a cirque du Soleil performance. So to sum it up, that square is not all of Downtown. it is a mere piece of the marketplace.
After we left Earl's we saw something in the skies at the bus stop.
It was a dude in an airplane writing stuff in the skies with his vapor trail! It ended up saying "Love Jesus Praise--" and then I couldn't see it anymore.
Then, by the time we got back to our Safari location in Animal Kingdom our window had expired. So we waited in line like regular people for about 30 minutes. not too too bad. The safari was great! take a look at the animals we saw
The dude was feeding the pelicans and they all gathered round for dinner.
That's a Nile Crocodile! See it?
That's a termite mound. Really tall!
Look at the giraffe!
Here we have some elephants.
This looks like an upside-down tree, but I assure you it is right side up.
Flamingos
sadly, this animal will likely be hunted to extinction in the next 10 years.
Here are the lions!
That was the end of our safari. Luckily, we were able to take a bus from Animal Kingdom straight to Epcot.
I also have some pictures from epcot, which was absolutely fantastic! I love it!
This is the 18-story tall globe, Epcot's most memorable monument. It houses the Spaceship Earth ride.
Next, we went to the Cool Club. There, we got to try eight different Coca-Cola products from around the globe.
I tried all of the flavors. Mozambique's Krest Ginger Ale tasted like ginger ale to me. The Costa Rican version of a Fanta tasted like Carbonated Cherry Medicine, but surprisingly, I came to like it. The Beverly from Italy was bitter as advertised. Imagine three flavorless Alka-Seltzers in a glass about one-sixth full. That's what Beverly tasted like. Germany's Mezzo Mix was pretty tasty. It was regular coke with orange flavoring. I liked that.
Japan's VegitaBeta drink wasn't carbonated. It tasted a lot like vitamin water, but it was actually vegetable juice. Pretty good! Israel's Kinley was a lot like sprite except there was a lot more lemon than lime in it and it was infused with honey, so that made it much sweeter. Mexico's soda was apple flavored, and I liked that. Then, China had a soda flavor I had never tasted. Watermelon! It was pretty good, though. It tasted like carbonated watermelon juice.
The lines in the rides at the future world were terribly long, so we walked over to World Showcase. At world showcase, there is piece of 12 different countries situated around a lake.
We only made it to Mexico, Norway, and China, so we'll come back to Epcot tomorrow morning to ride the future world rides and
finish up the world showcase.
On our way out of there, I took some pictures of Epcot. Epcot is even more beautiful at night.
Here's the view of the lake at World Showcase.
These are some neon colored lights on the ground in Epcot.
Here is a water show at the fountain as I was leaving
Here is the lighted globe as we left epcot. Goodbye!
Tomorrow's Schedule: Epcot in the morning, Magic Kingdom for the rest of the day.
Signing off, Jack.
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