Mnchknbrat1982
10-15-2007, 03:56 PM
9/24: Animal Kingdom/ MGM
Started the day bright and early again with a 6:30 am wake up call. After we got dressed we headed to the French Quarter Food Court to get some breakfast. I got a drink cup, orange juice and a ham croissant. This is a huge portion! I don’t think I ate even half of it. Would of cost $10.34. Alan had a drink cup, chocolate milk, and the King Croele breakfast platter that consisted of potatoes, eggs, biscuit, and meat. This portion is also huge, he didn’t eat it all but liked it! It would of cost $ 10.17. We used our counter service credit so in all it would have cost us about $ 20.51. When using the counter service credit for breakfast you do get two drinks.
We were to the bus stop by about 7:20 am and the bus to Animal Kingdom was there about 7:30 am. There was magic hour this morning so Animal Kingdom opened at 8 am. We got to Animal Kingdom right about 8 am.
We were here early enough that we heard the howler monkeys howling. You could here them throughout the whole park!
We started off the day on the safari; I have never seen so many animals out and active as they were today. The rest of the day we did the Pangani Forest Trail, Rafiki’s Planet watch, Maharajah Jungle Trek, It’s Tough To Be A Bug, Discovery Islands Trail, Expedition Everest, Finding Nemo, The Dinosaur, Kali River Rapids.
We also watched a performer at the Mombasa Marketplace. And the steel drum performers. We also spotted Lady Devine.
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I have to say I was pretty disappointed with Nemo. I think they could do something more with it and I also think that it is a little too drawn out. We’ll be skipping next time. We did not get soaked like everyone said you did on the Kali River Rapids. We got damp but not really that wet. We both loved Everest, Alan even did and he is not a roller coaster person. This was one of his favorite new things Disney has added since we were last there.
We left the Animal Kingdom by 3 pm, the most we wanted for anything was about 10 minutes. We went back to the French Quarter for about an hour.
We were on the bus on our way to MGM about 4:30 pm. We were to MGM by 4:45 pm. Once we got to MGM we went and found where the Sci Fi Diner was located as we had dinner reservations for there at 6:00 pm. Once we found it we only had about 30 minutes before we needed to check in so we just looked in some shops. We checked into Sci Fi about 5:45 pm and only had to wait about 5 minutes. Our server was Brent. He got our drink order and let us look over the menu. Neither of us was seeing anything on the dinner menu we wanted. However we had come for the atmosphere and Alan’s cousin had told us about this place. This was the one restaurant Alan had said he wanted to do. And before we got there I knew they had changed the menu. So from being on some of the Disney boards I knew that at the Sci Fi they do let you order the burger even though it’s not on the dinner menu. So I asked our server Brent about this which he had no problem with. Alan got the burger w/cheese and fries and I got mine w/cheese and onion rings. The burgers are huge, like ½ lb. You can also get them topped with just about anything you want for the original price. The onion rings are awesome like everyone says, very crispy! Very good burgers too. Our total was $32.75, I paid for this meal with a gift card. So I left Brent a good tip. I ended up paying $40.00 with tip for the meal. We will definitely return here.
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After we left Sci Fi Diner we got in line for the magic hours bracelets. We learned a trick here go to the guest relations line back by the Hat for the bracelet it is shorter and moves pretty fast.
During the evening magic hours we did the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Muppet Vision 3-D, Star Tours, and Fantasmic.
We went to the 2nd showing of fantasmic that night. As when we got there they had a sign saying there would be two showings that night. We went to the 9:30 pm showing. We got in line about 9:00 pm. This show is awesome! And is definitely a must see. I now know why Alan’s cousin and her husband brag about that show!
We left MGM about 11 pm. We got back to our hotel around 11:30 pm. After we got back to the hotel we decided we wanted something to eat so we went to the food court. At the food court the only thing still open was the pizza station. The CM there told us we could get a 16’’ pizza, 2 drinks, and 2 deserts for 2 counter service credits. We did this. It is an awesome deal. More than we could eat but it was very good. We got a cheese pizza, 2 drink cups, a mickey rice crispy treat and a brownie. All of this would have cost us $ 28.05. We used 2 of our counter service credits.
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We took the pizza back to our room. After we ate got in the shower and into bed. It was about 1:00 am by the time I crawled into bed.
Up next: MGM/Epcot
Started the day bright and early again with a 6:30 am wake up call. After we got dressed we headed to the French Quarter Food Court to get some breakfast. I got a drink cup, orange juice and a ham croissant. This is a huge portion! I don’t think I ate even half of it. Would of cost $10.34. Alan had a drink cup, chocolate milk, and the King Croele breakfast platter that consisted of potatoes, eggs, biscuit, and meat. This portion is also huge, he didn’t eat it all but liked it! It would of cost $ 10.17. We used our counter service credit so in all it would have cost us about $ 20.51. When using the counter service credit for breakfast you do get two drinks.
We were to the bus stop by about 7:20 am and the bus to Animal Kingdom was there about 7:30 am. There was magic hour this morning so Animal Kingdom opened at 8 am. We got to Animal Kingdom right about 8 am.
We were here early enough that we heard the howler monkeys howling. You could here them throughout the whole park!
We started off the day on the safari; I have never seen so many animals out and active as they were today. The rest of the day we did the Pangani Forest Trail, Rafiki’s Planet watch, Maharajah Jungle Trek, It’s Tough To Be A Bug, Discovery Islands Trail, Expedition Everest, Finding Nemo, The Dinosaur, Kali River Rapids.
We also watched a performer at the Mombasa Marketplace. And the steel drum performers. We also spotted Lady Devine.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG1895.jpg
I have to say I was pretty disappointed with Nemo. I think they could do something more with it and I also think that it is a little too drawn out. We’ll be skipping next time. We did not get soaked like everyone said you did on the Kali River Rapids. We got damp but not really that wet. We both loved Everest, Alan even did and he is not a roller coaster person. This was one of his favorite new things Disney has added since we were last there.
We left the Animal Kingdom by 3 pm, the most we wanted for anything was about 10 minutes. We went back to the French Quarter for about an hour.
We were on the bus on our way to MGM about 4:30 pm. We were to MGM by 4:45 pm. Once we got to MGM we went and found where the Sci Fi Diner was located as we had dinner reservations for there at 6:00 pm. Once we found it we only had about 30 minutes before we needed to check in so we just looked in some shops. We checked into Sci Fi about 5:45 pm and only had to wait about 5 minutes. Our server was Brent. He got our drink order and let us look over the menu. Neither of us was seeing anything on the dinner menu we wanted. However we had come for the atmosphere and Alan’s cousin had told us about this place. This was the one restaurant Alan had said he wanted to do. And before we got there I knew they had changed the menu. So from being on some of the Disney boards I knew that at the Sci Fi they do let you order the burger even though it’s not on the dinner menu. So I asked our server Brent about this which he had no problem with. Alan got the burger w/cheese and fries and I got mine w/cheese and onion rings. The burgers are huge, like ½ lb. You can also get them topped with just about anything you want for the original price. The onion rings are awesome like everyone says, very crispy! Very good burgers too. Our total was $32.75, I paid for this meal with a gift card. So I left Brent a good tip. I ended up paying $40.00 with tip for the meal. We will definitely return here.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG2115.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG2111.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG2113.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG2114.jpg
After we left Sci Fi Diner we got in line for the magic hours bracelets. We learned a trick here go to the guest relations line back by the Hat for the bracelet it is shorter and moves pretty fast.
During the evening magic hours we did the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Muppet Vision 3-D, Star Tours, and Fantasmic.
We went to the 2nd showing of fantasmic that night. As when we got there they had a sign saying there would be two showings that night. We went to the 9:30 pm showing. We got in line about 9:00 pm. This show is awesome! And is definitely a must see. I now know why Alan’s cousin and her husband brag about that show!
We left MGM about 11 pm. We got back to our hotel around 11:30 pm. After we got back to the hotel we decided we wanted something to eat so we went to the food court. At the food court the only thing still open was the pizza station. The CM there told us we could get a 16’’ pizza, 2 drinks, and 2 deserts for 2 counter service credits. We did this. It is an awesome deal. More than we could eat but it was very good. We got a cheese pizza, 2 drink cups, a mickey rice crispy treat and a brownie. All of this would have cost us $ 28.05. We used 2 of our counter service credits.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/Mnchknbrat1982/CIMG2214.jpg
We took the pizza back to our room. After we ate got in the shower and into bed. It was about 1:00 am by the time I crawled into bed.
Up next: MGM/Epcot