Safari Pictures
Second Safari
Friday, October 1st
Dinner - California Grill
Absolutely delicious! We got the wontons w/ the sauce on the side (dd loved it and agreed that it was too spicy for me!), and then we both got the beef and the AMAZING peach crème brûlée.
The meal was perfect, the service first rate, and the fireworks were lovely.
I am not sure I would go back with the 50th celebration menu, but definitely will return once they are back to an a la carte menu.
Isn’t this the coolest elevator interior??
Some shots of Mary Blair’s murals.
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Saturday, October 2nd
Full day at MK. Dd switched her park reservation to go back and check AK and see if her wallet was there at all. She used her time wisely and took a few more spins on EE and I think another Safari?? She then came back to the Poly and hung out on the open green area (turf, not grass) and relaxed for a while before meeting me at 2pm in MK.
I took the boat over and did most of the things dd wasn’t overly interested in. I started w/ Peter Pan, then Small World, Splash Mountain, picked up some pins for dd, Country Bears, Enchanted Tiki Room, People Mover, Carousel of Progress, Hall of Presidents, etc.
My lunch at Skipper’s Canteen was solo. Dd would have really enjoyed it, especially the Kungaloosh dessert (which is wrong because it used to be a drink at the Adventurer’s Club). I LOVED the decor, the food was delicious (I got the “Hardy Har Char” Siu Pork), and the magic lemonade was yummy too (and a bit $$).
Dd and I had a great day and did all the things! So much fun. Our dinner was at Liberty Tree Tavern. There was quite a wait to be seated (over 30 minutes). The meal was fine, but I guess my anticipation of dining there for so many years pumped it up far more than I should have. We both loved the pot roast, the green beans and mashed potatoes were good, but everything else was just okay. Service was fine. I don’t think I would go back until I could order a la carte.
Since we watched the fireworks the night before, we opted to hit the rides while everyone else was busy. We walked onto both POTC and JC. In fact, we were the only people in our boat on Pirates!
Just a great day and I am glad dd and I got to enjoy it together!
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Your pics are awesome! Were they all with your phone or did you use a fancy camera?
Disney Hollywood Studios - October 3rd
A full day. We packed up at the Poly, dropped our stuff off at bell services and were at the turnstyles before they let any of the resort guests into DHS. The first picture shows where we were in line for Slinky Dog Dash…ready to go when they let us through.
We did a great job and rode SDD, MMRR, ToT, RNRC (dd rode twice), Star Tours, and Muppets 3D before 11am.
We then took an Uber to Disney Springs to pick up dd’s wallet (they called us at about 2:30pm the day before to tell us they found it). We wandered a bit trying to find food (I was hot and cranky and didn’t want to stand in a long line in the heat). Ended up w/ crepes (more dessert than lunch) and they were delicious.
Our Uber driver on the way back to DHS got completely lost when they wouldn’t let him go through the regular parking entrance. We ended up over by the Magic Kingdom only to return back to the DHS entrance and have them repeat the directions to him, again. I ended up taking out my GPS and guiding him to where we needed to go. I also had to contest the Uber charges because he actually charged us for all that time driving around property. They refunded most of the cost of the trip within 2-3 minutes of me contesting it.
The rest of our day at DHS was equally as lovely. We did the Frozen Sing A Long for the first time…and I don’t know how we skipped this before because it was wonderful!! We also made sure we caught Beauty and the Beast (dd’s favorite) before heading over to our dinner at Sci Fi Dine in. Yummy burgers, rings, and fries and the shakes were excellent too!
After dinner we headed to Galaxy’s edge and were able to walk onto ROTR, MFSR, then ROTR again before the park closed. We then hung out and waited for our after park close ADR at Oga’s.
If we didn’t have to take 3 hours to go to DHS (would have been shorter except for the Uber tour around property), I would have like to have spent a lot more time walking around GE. I am definitely making time to do that during my next two trips.
We took the Skyliner to Pop. To our delight, our bags were in our room!! That was a welcome surprise! 
Take note of the numbers on the price tag, they are significant. 
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EPCOT, October 4th
Our REMY boarding group was fairly easy to do first thing in the morning. I let dd sleep in a bit so we started our full day at EPCOT about a half hour after official park opening, but we had been rope dropping to park close for a few days at this point and need a little bit of extra sleep.
We were able to do all of the rides starting w/ FEA, Mexico, then most of Future World (or whatever they are calling it now). Afterwards we headed around the “world” eating lots of good food. We enjoyed Remy but didn’t think it was worth all the fuss (or the 30+ minute wait w/ a boarding group). Late afternoon found me hitting a wall w/ the heat, and I slowed down a lot. At one point dd and I split up so she could go back to Canada and get the apple pie drink, and I did some shopping and pictures.
Dinner was at La Hacienda de San Angel and was one of unexpected highlights of the trip. I made the reservation so we could watch Harmonious. Not only did we have an amazing view, but the food was really good. Dd and have said so many good things about it since we have been home, dh actually told me that next time he goes to WDW, he would like to eat there.
The new EPCOT map. What does the Canada building look like to you?
Yummy treats from Norway and F&W Booths
La Hacienda de San Angel
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Last Day
Magic Kingdom - October 5th
Packed up our stuff, dropped it at bell services, and headed out to rope drop ETPE at MK. We managed to squeeze in a couple of rides, had breakfast with Cindy, then filled the rest of our time at MK redoing all of our favorites. Our longest wait was Jungle Cruise. It was almost an hour, which was by far the longest we waited for anything the entire trip.
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Thank you!
Yes, they were all taken w/ my phone. I have a Pixel 3XL. I may be upgrading to the 6Pro before my trip in January. That has some fancier camera options, including telephoto!
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What a lovely start to my day reading your report! Great photos!
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C’est la “Millenium Falcon?”
I actually thought it looked like the Enterprise from Star Trek
Although it very well could be the Falcon…
We do have a local-ish (it is about 45 minutes from us) high school where the building and grounds look like the Millenium Falcon from overhead.
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This is the coolest thing ever.
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