I can't believe we've already been back for a week from this year's big adventure: a land/sea trip to Disney World and a Disney Cruise in the Bahamas.
We had a great time revisiting some of our favorite rides, shows, and restaurants at Disney World. It was also fun to explore the new things there since our last trip together, like the land of Pandora at Animal Kingdom as well as the evening events at that park.
Since we also had the cruise on this trip, we spent less time at WDW than we did two years ago, so we were pretty determined to make every day count. Our only complaint, I think, was the rain. This was by far the most rainy weather we've had on a trip together, but we were ready, and we just went ahead and stuck to our plans while wearing ponchos. The silver lining, of course, was that lots of people didn't do that, so the parks were definitely less crowded during/after the rain.
I've written in detail about some of our previous trips, but I think here I'll let the photos/captions speak for themselves (in chronological order, from my camera, then Mark's phone):
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| on the Magical Express bus ride |
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| Magic Kingdom! |
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| lunch at Sleepy Hollow: chicken & waffle sandwich |
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| we love Splash Mountain! |
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| town crier for the new Muppets American history show |
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| Muppets in Liberty Square |
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| the Festival of Fantasy parade |
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| dinner at Narcoossee's, one of our favorite places |
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best cheesecake ever!
(see, we didn't even split--had to have our own) |
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Magic Kingdom has a new nighttime show lineup...
it was cool, but we preferred the old one, with Wishes. |
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| our newly renovated room at Pop Century |
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| Day 2: Epcot in the morning |
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| yay Figment! |
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| so beautiful during the Flower and Garden Festival |
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| Mark's favorite: shrimp & grits |
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| back to Pop Century for a break |
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we love these giant cookie ice cream sandwiches
(this is at Animal Kingdom) |
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We didn't take many pictures when it was raining,
but here we are in our ponchos, which we used every day! |
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| turns out the rain doesn't bother the animals at all--we had a great safari |
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this is Animal Kingdom's 20th anniversary year
(also, it is Epcot's 35th, but they weren't
making nearly such a big deal out of that--
we didn't notice till our last night there!) |
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| trying Animal Kingdom's new signature dining: Tiffins |
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| Pandora was spectacular! |
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| Rivers of Light, Animal Kingdom's new nighttime show |
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| Day 3: back at Magic Kingdom |
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| a happy anniversary treat at Skipper Canteen |
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| back to Epcot; this one's taken from the Monorail |
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a very cool new display in the Mexico pavilion,
inspired by the movie Coco (which we just saw before the trip,
then again on the cruise--it's fantastic) |
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| Ana and Elsa topiaries in the recently remodeled Norway pavilion |
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| back to Animal Kingdom for a lovely morning |
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| I love the tree of life--it's always fun to get an up-close look |
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| the new Up-themed bird show at AK |
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| we tried the new quick service place in Pandora for lunch--very tasty! |
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| on the bus |
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| one of our favorite shows with one of our favorite snacks |
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| later, dinner at Sci Fi Dine In Theater |
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We tried to catch Festival of Fantasy on our last afternoon,
but they ran it early because of the incoming rain!
I saw most of it while I was in line, from inside the ice cream parlor;
Mark had a better view outside. |
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| dinner from Casey's Corner |
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on our last day, we decided to go back to Animal Kingdom
to catch the evening entertainment a second time.
Naturally, I squeezed in another safari (love these!) |
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| another snack favorite: cinnamon glazed pecans |
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| last morning at the Magic Kingdom |
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| the new-to-us castle show |
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| Goodbye, Pop Century! Here we come, Disney Dream! |
Ok, now for another point of view, from Mark's phone. :-)
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| inside Tiffins (AK) |
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| delicious octopus appetizer |
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| Animal Kingdom looks great at night! |
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| keeping up our tradition: a selfie on It's a Small World, for Pop-Pop |
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our appetizer at Skipper Canteen
(we liked the previous version of this dish better) |
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| our entree was tasty! |
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| the garden railroad in Germany |
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| lions were more active than we've ever seen them! |
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| this tiger was also on the move |
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| another favorite show--Finding Nemo the musical |
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| and Beauty and the Beast again |
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| our view from Sci-Fi |
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| Fantasmic! such a great show! |
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| Tower of Terror was probably our favorite ride this year |
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| more pics of the Festival of Fantasy Parade |
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