It’s January 2024, and our New Year’s Resolution is to spend more time at Animal Kingdom! Join us as we kick this resolution off strong, with a full day at DAK. There are so many things that we’ve wanted to experience at Animal Kingdom that we just haven’t had the chance to do in the past. At the top of our list is meeting Chip and Dale in their dinosaur costumes, and exploring a little bit of Dinoland USA before it becomes… extinct ;) (pun fully intended).
Other than that, we’re going to ride some rides - we got Genie+ for the day, so we’ll try out some rides that we’ve never ridden before (including Na'vi River Journey and Dinosaur, as well as some old standby's - Expedition Everest and Kilimanjaro Safari's); we’re going to eat some delicious food - trying out Nomad Lounge for the first time; it’s January, which means it gets darker earlier, so we’re definitely going to see Pandora at night; and maybe we’re even going to run into a dear friend while we’re here (shout out to Steph - / @themotivationalpinup )
This was one of those days that really helped us see Animal Kingdom in a new way, and it ended up bumping up in our ranking of parks from 4th place to 3rd place! Hope you enjoy the video! Leave us a comment and let us know where Animal Kingdom sits in your Walt Disney World park ranking.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:59 - meeting up with Steph!
2:13 - Kilimanjaro Safaris
11:15 - a look at crowd levels
15:54 - getting ready to ride Expedition Everest
17:36 - Everest ride POV
20:37 - merch in the Everest gift shop
21:21 - exploring Dinoland USA
21:50 - Cutest Meet ever - Chip & Dale in dino costumes!
24:29 - shopping
26:06 - Nomad Lounge
32:44 - Cotton-Top Tamarin’s
34:10 - exchanging a fuel rod
34:57 - walking into Pandora
36:23 - Na'vi River Journey ride POV
41:49 - heading out & recapping the morning
43:10 - back at AK for the evening
45:06 - Dinoland USA at night
45:54 - Riding Dinosaur for the first time
47:59 - found the Chip & Dale plushies!
48:30 - chatting about our Dinosaur ride experience
50:19 - Tree of Life at night & Projection Show
51:02 - Pandora at night
52:33 - Bubble Blowing Trash Can
53:04 - Recapping the day
ABOUT US:
My name is Cate, and joining me is my husband James! We are from Toronto, Canada, where we live with our two cats, Manny and Tilly. We are childfree “elder millennials” who just love having fun together and filming our adventures. We decided to start this Vlog, mostly because of me! I (Cate) have a bachelor’s degree in Radio & TV, and worked in TV for 10+ years before switching fields - and I was looking for a way to explore my creative interests in filming and editing, but in a fun/not career focused way, and we came up with this channel! It’s now become a super fun way for us to connect with each other - and we would love to connect with all of you out there as well!
Check out more of our adventures on our channel or on Instagram - / ever.after.adventures
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