Day 3 Plans
It never feels like so long in between posts for me. My goal is to finish my PTR before I depart, which my trip ticker is kind enough to tell me is only 1 week and 3 days away. Holy-moley! Time sure does fly.
Onward we get to the plans!
Day 3 will bring me to Animal Kingdom to take advantage of Morning Extra Magic Hours. Just when I thought I had all of my plans for this park figured out Disney up and announced that FINALLY, after what feels like 10 million years, Rivers of Light was happening.
This was definitely a good dose of karma for me, because literally the night before the announcement, my friend and I were having dinner. She is a
travel agent, and we were discussing the fact that we thought perhaps this just wasn't going to happen ever. And then literally the next morning, BOOM. Rivers of Light! It was as if Disney was listening and decided to prove us wrong.
I was so frazzled when they made the announcement, that I didn't even think to make a FastPass+ reservation. When the thought finally occurred to me later in the afternoon, they had already been gobbled up.
Anywho...onward we go with the real plans.
Due to the fact EMH start at 8, I plan to be at the Pop Century food court for 6:30-6:45.
This should allow me enough time to grab breakfast, due my morning Instagram and email check and be on the road to Animal Kingdom by 7:15. PS, if you want to follow along on my Instagram for my trip, I'm
@FairyTalePlans (I do post a lot about my Etsy shop and blog on there for the time being, but while I'm on my trip it will be 100% Disney-trip related.)
When I arrive to Animal Kingdom, I plan to ride...
As many times as is reasonable (including a FastPass+ reservation at 9:30). I think the animals are most active in the morning so I can't wait to see what I capture.
After Kilimanjaro, it will be time to head over to...
The Festival of the Lion King. I haven't been able to see this show since my 2010 due to a variety of closures and refurbishments. I cannot WAIT for this one. It's been so long since I've seen this one I don't remember a ton of the show, so it might be like seeing it for the first time again. I have a 10:30 FastPass+ for the 11:00 show.
After Festival of the Lion King, it's off to...
I'll be honest, this is not my favorite show at Disney, but it's one of my favorite movies, so I will sit through it, and hopefully get some awesome pictures with my new camera. I have an 11:30 FastPass+ for the 12:00 show, so I think it will be cutting it tight to get from FOTLK to Nemo, but I will have my hustle on.
After Nemo I'll have some free time, but not much before I need to head over to my lunch ADR at...
Tiffins! I wasn't wowed over the menu here, but the only options for a Rivers of Light dining package were Tiffins or Tusker House, and I just could not bear the thought of a character meal solo, so...Tiffins it is! I was trying to convince myself that I should just standby it for Rivers of Light...but with this being a brand new show, and this being a Saturday night, I elected to play it safe and reserve the dining package.
Who else is SUPER excited about Rivers of Light?? This might be my most anticipated anything at the Disney Parks, except for maybe Star Wars Land. I think this is going to be AMAZING, and it's been very hard to resist online reviews, videos and blogs. But I'm going to be well behaved and not ruin it for myself.
I don't have much planned for the afternoon after lunch at Tiffins other than to get some awesome pictures around the park and to check out some of the street performers in Harambe.
Around 5 o'clock I'm going to head to dinner at...
While I've eaten at the table service counterpart many times, this will be a first at the quick service location. I was definitely lured in by the Kobe Beef Banh Mi hot dog. I plan to get in line for dinner at 5.
Literally the second I'm done eating, I'll be headed to wait in line for Rivers of Light. The show starts at 7:15.
Squeee! I'm really excited about this one!
Afterwards, I will check out the Tree of Life Awakenings Show, and then call it a night!