Yes I got up this morning

I know all of you reading this didn't think I could do it. You would be amazed at what power the thought of disappointing six other people has over me. We were out of the door by 8AM. Crazy.

Animal Kingdom was first up. We got fastpasses for Everest then went over to the African Safari. I'm likely a bit spoiled due to seeing some of the country's best zoos, but the Safari was good. Disney does an excellent job with all the little things and that makes it more enjoyable overall. Next was some animal walk next door. Not bad, but again, spoiled by good zoos. The back-in-time Dino ride was pretty neat. They do know their way around some animatronics. At this point it was time for lunch and we grabbed some burgers at a place nearby.

The Bug's Life ride was our first afternoon activity. Pretty cool though of course 3-D is wasted on me. The 4-D effects were nifty though. Melissa and Brittany let out a few quality screams. Walking to Everest we stopped by the Jungle Tour in Asia which was nice due to getting to see the Tigers. Although truly once you've seen Mike the Tiger I suppose you're good. :) Everest was such a good roller coaster that many in our group rode it twice. We got lucky and some tour guide in front of us in the fast pass line had extra tickets and gave them to us. I did not partake in ride number two. I needed the time to collect myself. Might need to find some Dramamine for tomorrow.

With Animal Kingdom complete as far as we were concerned, we boarded a bus to Hollywood Studios. Sadly when we got there the line for Tower of Terror and the Aerosmith roller coaster were over two hours. And no fast passes. Ugh. Since it was around 4PM it was time to get Melissa a snack lest Mulk show up. The snack turned into a nice long rest for us and we just sat around till it was time to line up for the Indiana Jones stunt show. Due to some mix up in the roping, we got pretty good seats, and more importantly got to witness a slight screw-up in Disney's otherwise amazing crowd control. While the stunt show was cool, I had seen it before, and all it really did was make me want to go watch Raiders. Man that's such a good movie. With just a short time till our dinner reservations we did the Great Movie Ride, which, if you like movies and a bit of cheesy, is cool.

Dinner at the Brown Derby was excellent, really and truly excellent. The atmosphere was perfect. The wine was tasty. The pork tenderloin was divine. The creme brulee was yummy. Even the coffee was good. I highly recommend the place although, as expected, it doesn't come cheap.

After dinner we attempted the Toy Story ride but with a 130 minutes wait, we decided heading back to the hotel was a better bet. A short boat ride and a walk around the pool and we were back home. Tomorrow the plan is Epcot all day with drinking around the countries to ring in the New Year. With eleven countries, it could get interesting.

Side note: If you are on facebook, I'm updating status and pictures any time we get bored in line, which is fairly often. I've also got a link to the photo album viewable by anyone that should update as we go.