On August 12th, 2022, We got the opportunity to visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom with our friends Linda and her son Brandon. We initially headed towards the Pandora area from the movie “Avatar”. The scenery was amazing with literally islands floating in the sky.
The first ride was a water ride “Na’vi River Journey” traveling through the planet of Pandora at night with all the luminescences seen in the movie.
The second ride “Avatar Flight of Passage” involved sitting on what looked like a motorcycle but was supposed to be a flying horse called a “Mountain Banshee” from the movie while you were wearing 3D glasses and watching a screen in front of you. Now I am not good with most rides like these, so I had the GoPro running and kept my eyes closed for most of the ride. Tam sitting next to me would let me know when it was safe to open my eyes whenever we would stop momentarily.
After Pandora we had Lunch at Tiffins Restaurant. I ordered a “Lamu Libation” which contains Starr African Rum, Cruzan Banana Rum, and Guava Puree with Orange, Lime and Pineapple Juices and topped with Gosling’s 151 Rum; it was very tasty . As the rest of the folks other than Alyssa were not day drinking, I only had the one. For lunch I had the Tamarind-braised Short Ribs which was delicious with Chocolate Gateaux for desert.
We stopped for the obligatory photo in front of the tree of Life on our way to Dino Land
After lunch we went to Dino land and went on the Dinosaur ride which was a journey back in time to the land of the dinosaurs and was fairly lame, though Jordan screamed a lot and that kept Alyssa amused.
After the Dino land, we visited an area where there were boats with characters in them heading under the walking bridge towards the main lake for an afternoon show. Jordan was wearing Minnie Mouse ears and when the boat with Mickey and Minnie passed underneath, Minnie pointed up at Jordan and then at herself. Jordan and Brandon road Expedition Everest several times using the single rider line. Jordan after said she should have stopped at one.
I was starting to get a little tired and Linda and Brandon went and got me a wheel chair for the rest of the day. Jordan and Alyssa road the “Kali River Rapids” while Tam and I waited at a Cafe.
The last thing we did was ride the “Maharajah Jungle Trek” which was a large jeep safari trek to see wild animals in the park.
We saw everything from Elephants, Rhinos, Giraffes, Lions and more. After the Jungle Trek we headed out of the park through the Rain Forest Cafe, tired but excited to have seen Animal Kingdom (Finally after all these years. Jordan had been before but Alyssa, Tam and myself had not).