Epcot was the second park in plan but as Jacob did not recommend it very much, we decided to choose Animal Kingdom as the second park.It was a correct decision. It was a very pleasant experience as the shaded green park protected us from the heat for a much more relaxing day.
Finding Nemo
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This was an excellent theatre musical performance of the story 'Finding Nemo' and this offers a lot of inspiration to anyone from the theatre industry.This would fit in independently and very well even outside the setting of the animal kingdom.The entire audience were all claps at the end of most of the scenes.At the end of the performance, I was clapping emphatically but even after I thought I had given enough emphasis, I could see that the claps of the crowd continued for a much longer time.If I were to single out one particular event from Magic Kingdom/Sea World/Animal Kingdom, I would choose this for the impact it had.
Tricera top spin
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This was another slow roller coaster that Niya could take and so we took the spin.
The Bone Yard
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This is a maze themed around dinosaur fossils where Niya freely ran about running mostly away from her parents who were trying to pull her off to other rides which they were keen on. Niya enjoyed the peril-less freedom of this section and cried loud as we pulled her out.
Festival of the lion king
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This was again excellent performance art.The animal costumes and the high energy dances were inspite second to the live singing from each of the artists.The singing was so impactful that I wanted to buy myself a CD of the performance.I believe there is a big difference between listening to a CD and listening live.However,it would be unfair to discount the active acrobatics that the dancers performed.
Kilimanjaro Safari
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Then we went for the kilimanjaro safari and did get the advantage of it being mid-week as we did not even have to take a fast pass for this popular safari through a constructed africa and real animals.The friendly and entertaining guide kept pointing us to various animals on either side of our vehicles all through the journey.
Street African music
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Street performers sung catchy african numbers to add to the festive feeling. Waka waka is indeed foot tapping.
Asia section
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Next we walked to the asia section and was happy to see tea shops with hindi boards and a general hindi presence.A bhangra DJ was unfortunately not putting as much life as his African counter parts or his Indian counterparts.
Maharajah jungle treks
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The name was very catchy and we had read this mentioned in various blogs but this was just a walk through a zoo more or less. We saw the tiger through the glass, walked and walked back.
Jamming the jungle parade
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As Maharajah did not capture our interest, we walked the other way to check the show ' Flights of fantasy'. That is how we chanced on jamming the jungle parade - though the costumes were animal like, the ambience was not close enough to the magic kingdom parades.
Kali River rapids
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We had to take a fast pass for the kali river rapids that had a waiting time of 50 mins on a day where Kilimanjaro had a 10 minute wait. There was promise right there and it was well met. The river raft plunges down 10-15 feet or so may be more in a section and we got all the splash.The plunge took enough time to allow me to protect the camera inside my shirt. Niya who had taken the twists and turns bravely could not take this sudden plunge and cried in fear but quickly recovered as everyone around were sill in good spirits.
It is tough to be a bug
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This was a 4D show set in the tree of life where tree of life is an artificial that is a striking one.It was a nice show.
Unlike the sea world day where we just wanted to reach home after the fatigue, today had been much cooler and we wanted to take in as much remaining as possible after the park closed at 5 PM. We generally did some photography in the green beautiful area. This should serve as a one-stop shop for all kind of natural settings for posed people photography.
Sunset celebrations at Breezes restaurant
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We reached back at the resort and decided to try one of the restaurants at the resort. We chose the breezes restaurant where every evening there is music and organized events for sunset celebrations.We enjoyed live music and I ordered 'All-you-can-eat-shrimp'. I had one round of prawn fries and one round of prawn peels. Cold prawn peels were very tasty.
Finding Nemo
-------------------
This was an excellent theatre musical performance of the story 'Finding Nemo' and this offers a lot of inspiration to anyone from the theatre industry.This would fit in independently and very well even outside the setting of the animal kingdom.The entire audience were all claps at the end of most of the scenes.At the end of the performance, I was clapping emphatically but even after I thought I had given enough emphasis, I could see that the claps of the crowd continued for a much longer time.If I were to single out one particular event from Magic Kingdom/Sea World/Animal Kingdom, I would choose this for the impact it had.
Tricera top spin
--------------------
This was another slow roller coaster that Niya could take and so we took the spin.
The Bone Yard
---------------------
This is a maze themed around dinosaur fossils where Niya freely ran about running mostly away from her parents who were trying to pull her off to other rides which they were keen on. Niya enjoyed the peril-less freedom of this section and cried loud as we pulled her out.
Festival of the lion king
-------------------------------
This was again excellent performance art.The animal costumes and the high energy dances were inspite second to the live singing from each of the artists.The singing was so impactful that I wanted to buy myself a CD of the performance.I believe there is a big difference between listening to a CD and listening live.However,it would be unfair to discount the active acrobatics that the dancers performed.
Kilimanjaro Safari
------------------------
Then we went for the kilimanjaro safari and did get the advantage of it being mid-week as we did not even have to take a fast pass for this popular safari through a constructed africa and real animals.The friendly and entertaining guide kept pointing us to various animals on either side of our vehicles all through the journey.
Street African music
---------------------------
Street performers sung catchy african numbers to add to the festive feeling. Waka waka is indeed foot tapping.
Asia section
-----------------
Next we walked to the asia section and was happy to see tea shops with hindi boards and a general hindi presence.A bhangra DJ was unfortunately not putting as much life as his African counter parts or his Indian counterparts.
Maharajah jungle treks
------------------------------
The name was very catchy and we had read this mentioned in various blogs but this was just a walk through a zoo more or less. We saw the tiger through the glass, walked and walked back.
Jamming the jungle parade
----------------------------------
As Maharajah did not capture our interest, we walked the other way to check the show ' Flights of fantasy'. That is how we chanced on jamming the jungle parade - though the costumes were animal like, the ambience was not close enough to the magic kingdom parades.
Kali River rapids
-----------------------
We had to take a fast pass for the kali river rapids that had a waiting time of 50 mins on a day where Kilimanjaro had a 10 minute wait. There was promise right there and it was well met. The river raft plunges down 10-15 feet or so may be more in a section and we got all the splash.The plunge took enough time to allow me to protect the camera inside my shirt. Niya who had taken the twists and turns bravely could not take this sudden plunge and cried in fear but quickly recovered as everyone around were sill in good spirits.
It is tough to be a bug
----------------------------
This was a 4D show set in the tree of life where tree of life is an artificial that is a striking one.It was a nice show.
Unlike the sea world day where we just wanted to reach home after the fatigue, today had been much cooler and we wanted to take in as much remaining as possible after the park closed at 5 PM. We generally did some photography in the green beautiful area. This should serve as a one-stop shop for all kind of natural settings for posed people photography.
Sunset celebrations at Breezes restaurant
----------------------------------------------------
We reached back at the resort and decided to try one of the restaurants at the resort. We chose the breezes restaurant where every evening there is music and organized events for sunset celebrations.We enjoyed live music and I ordered 'All-you-can-eat-shrimp'. I had one round of prawn fries and one round of prawn peels. Cold prawn peels were very tasty.
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