cheryllarsen
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I very much enjoyed reading this post!
I very much enjoyed reading this post!
Thanks for reading!!!! I can say that it was an AMAZING trip.Thanks so much for posting. Looks like a very fun (and busy) time!
HI!! Thanks for joining in! I just saw your new report. Can't wait to hear about the races.I had no idea you started a trip report! I'm so glad I happened to be on the threads and saw it!
I can't wait to read all about your trip and how the wedding went and how being at Disney on your birthday was.
Not excited to hear that you had the beginnings of a possible cold, though. Yuck.
Oh gosh, I-4 and FL drivers is no fun. Smart of you to make the pit stop before reaching Pop. That way you could appreciate your arrival and soak up the joy of being back on property. (Even if it did cost you a 2 dollar Diet Coke. )
Magic Animals is the best name ever!I sat down to eat a granola bar, drink some Spark, and take my regular pills along with some cold and flu pills. After eating half of the granola bar, I decided that maybe, just maybe, food in my stomach was a bad idea so I wrapped up the 2nd half and just drank my Spark. Scotty and Lindsey got to my room a little before 7am. We quickly bought Genie+, made our first LL, and Scotty worked whatever magic he always works and got us a boarding group for Cosmic Rewind. All of us grabbed a bottle of water and off we went to Scotty's car and Animal Kingdom (or Magic Animals as my friend Rob calls it).
So cute!! I had rhinos putting on quite a show on my last safari. Three boys were showing off and trying to prove who was the boss.The rest of the safari was great. All the animals were out...including the lions. And then we got up to one of the rhino spots. There were a few adults and what looked like 1 young rhino out. The young one was literally jumping around and running all over like he had the zoomies. The adult by him was CLEARLY not amused by the antics. The young one turned and just started running toward the truck. Our guide was like "Umm, is he running AT us? He's going to stop, right?" And just then, the adult cut in front of the young one and gave him that parent look like "Knock it off right now. We have company." And the young one turned back around and went to have a snack.
Thanks on the shirts. It's amazing what you can find when you Google "Disney Bachelor party t-shirts" and Etsy is the best! Also double thanks on the congrats. Forty pounds is just a drop in the bucket though. In 2011, I did gastric bypass and lost about 150 pounds. Covid was not kind and I gained about 75 pounds back. So, back on track and starting over. For me, it's about health and being able to move around. As a professional stage manager, I have to be able to get up and down, move scenery and props, and climb lots an lots of stairs.Your shirts are really cute. Also congrats on your weight loss. Forty pounds is a big accomplishment!
That name is the best. It came about on a trip with my friend Rob. We were talking about what we were doing the next day and he said "Let's start the day at...umm...what's the name of that park? Magic Animals??" and I was like "WHAT??? Do you mean Animal Kingdom?" But of course, it stuck and that's what I call it all the time now. Hmm...looking back, I wonder if that conversation came about as a result of Rob consuming a foot long chili dog, a turkey leg, 3 large diet beers, and some cotton candy while we waited for Fantasmic? Or, honestly, it could just be that we are a little insane when we are together.Magic Animals is the best name ever!
Thank you! I try to write the same way I see the world...with as much humor as possible. Because...let's be honest...the world could use some more laughs. I'm also the person who is always giving a voice to all things that don't have a voice. People who ride with me in cars get really sick of me becoming a dog every time I see one. "Time to go for walkies."Your safari summary has to be one of the most entertaining I've ever read. I would have loved to have been on that truck. The giraffe being like, "Nope, won't be the only one out here." And the baby rhino. I suppose this is why KS is my daughter's favorite Disney attraction. You never know what you're going to get when you get on.
I really hope you start to feel better as the day progresses! It's the absolute worst to feel sick when you know other people are counting on you. Just makes you want to yell, "Why today of all days?!" These sorts of things never happen on a weekend when you're sitting around home.
Oh no!! I'm sorry you got sick. I swear, I just want ONE trip where I'm not sick. This trip - whatever that was, a couple trips ago a Kidney stone. Oh well, it keeps giving me an excuse for a make-up trip.Im catching up! I got some Disney crud as a souvenir this most recent trip! I was glad it didn’t surface until our last day!
I’m surprised how much you were able to do feeling sick
I love AK, favorite park for me!
Oh my gosh - HI!!!! And hi to your hubby!! He must have had Amanda as his primary advisor. She's one of the main reasons I'm here. And good luck on your drive. The traffic in South Carolina is just weirdly busy all the time.Hi fellow Hokie! Love reading your TR! We’ll be doing that same drive in a week from nearly the same spot (we live about an hour SW from Tech).
Side note: My husband graduated from VT in 2020 with his MFAS in Arts Leadership Mad props (pun intended) to being a stage manager!
Well - I'm a stubborn girl in a lot of ways (my dad would say ALL the ways). Guardians was on my list of things to do this trip AND Scotty really wanted to be with me on my first ride. So I was going to do it no matter what. Now I need to go back and remember the ride. Hopefully Thanksgiving.I can’t be,I Eve you rode GotG feeling like you did, yikes I’m glad you survived and so sorry about your trip back to PoP, ugh
I would have just called up a Lyft at Epcot
Glad you got a good rest in!