Pinch me, did it REALLY happen????? - All wrapped up, and yes, it DID happen!

[TruBlu]

Originally Posted by dgbg100106

Dinner looks awesome and the picture of you two on the safari is adorable!

I agree! My favorite picture so far!

And, I'm hoping for one of those dinner invitations!!!! I want to tour the Disney Dream House!

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[PrincessInOz]

Oh! I'm sitting here cheering! You made rope drop! And what great pictures of the animals on safari.

[dgbg100106]

We never make rope drop, and we gave up trying.... So I am truly impressed

[TruBlu]

I'm impressed, too! Especially since you guys are on the wrong side of the time difference!!! It was easy for us to get up early in San Francisco - 9 am was Noon!!!

We've only made 3 rope drops EVER & 2 of them were for Star Wars Weekend, and we had no choice!

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[franandaj]

Originally Posted by dolphingirl47

Well done on making rope drop. I love the animal pictures.

Corinna

Thanks, it's one of the few I've ever made.

Originally Posted by sarahk0204

I don't know if you remember, but you were very helpful when I was planning my trip to VGC and researching the best place to buy steaks to grill.

Living near "cow country" does have its advantages.

Yes, I remember! You bu your meats from a local butcher and were concerned about store meats. PIO, skiingfast and I discussed your choices at great length on your PTR!

Originally Posted by Leshaface

I'll bring dessert!

you're on, but the house has to be finished first!

Originally Posted by ACDSNY

Nice update! I'm impressed you both made rope drop, we don't even try anymore.

It's our first in YEARS! It's amazing whats RA drugs can do!

[franandaj]

Originally Posted by TruBlu

I agree! My favorite picture so far!

And, I'm hoping for one of those dinner invitations!!!! I want to tour the Disney Dream House!

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Well we have to build it first! Once it's all finished you can all come for a visit. I'll cook, but I hope you all like cats!

Originally Posted by PrincessInOz

Oh! I'm sitting here cheering! You made rope drop! And what great pictures of the animals on safari.

You of all people know what a challenge it is for us to get up early!

Originally Posted by dgbg100106

We never make rope drop, and we gave up trying.... So I am truly impressed

I thought we had given up on rope drop. I had not counted on it in my plans, but it was a bonus.

Originally Posted by TruBlu

I'm impressed, too! Especially since you guys are on the wrong side of the time difference!!! It was easy for us to get up early in San Francisco - 9 am was Noon!!!

We've only made 3 rope drops EVER & 2 of them were for Star Wars Weekend, and we had no choice!

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On our first trip over 15 years ago, I remember waiting at the bus stop at PO (now Riverside) before the sun came up. Our last morning we're going to try for EMH!

[dgbg100106]

Bonus is good!

[franandaj]

Originally Posted by dgbg100106

Bonus is good!

[franandaj]

We’re still on the safari, moving on to the rhinos…Not many good shots of them, they are mostly blurry.



I can’t remember what these are called….Nyala?







And who could miss the Hippos…















Next was the crocodiles











And then we moved out on to the Savannah















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[podsnel]

Hi there!! I am back from Mexico, and trying to catch up on your adventures- back here on the Harry potter ride, I just had to say, that when we were there and on the line, that one area where you had a hard time pushing Fran just me me shake my head- someone was struggling with a wheelchair, and all I could think was clearly, Universal did not take these people into consideration when they came up with this. So glad someone helped you!

[franandaj]

Then there were the Ankole Cattle









We came upon the giraffe next (funny thing is, I typed “zebra” first and had to go back and correct it!)





















There were some Wildebeast in there too

















She got some good ones of the monkeys up close, mine were far away, and hard to make them out.






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[franandaj]

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The Lions were out, unfortunately on our first safari, this was right about when Fran realized that we had not cleared off her media card and it was full! This is why we ended up coming back for the second safari.



















As we were with the wart hogs and an ostrich meandered by







And with that our safari was concluded. I’m glad they took the stupid part about us foiling the poachers out. Better just to let us see the animals and not have some silly tie in at the end. From there….where did we go next?

[dgbg100106]

The pictures are beautiful and the animals are so wonderful.


I am so glad you went back and enjoyed the afternoon.

[franandaj]

Originally Posted by podsnel

Hi there!! I am back from Mexico, and trying to catch up on your adventures- back here on the Harry potter ride, I just had to say, that when we were there and on the line, that one area where you had a hard time pushing Fran just me me shake my head- someone was struggling with a wheelchair, and all I could think was clearly, Universal did not take these people into consideration when they came up with this. So glad someone helped you!

Thanks for thinking of me! Universal did not think of a lot of things when designing that ride! It was still fun though!

[TruBlu]

Originally Posted by franandaj

I’m glad they took the stupid part about us foiling the poachers out. Better just to let us see the animals and not have some silly tie in at the end.

I was going to ask you what you thought of that.
I am glad they took it out, too! BUT, I wish they'd drop the acting all together. It seems like they tried to keep some of it, but drop most of it. We still "got off the track" and had to "find our way back" by driving thru the water and over the bridge that might not hold us. It was very strange and forced, but our driver did a decent job pulling it off.