Disney World! Day 3

Day 3

We started out the day taking the bus to Animal Kingdom and the first thing we saw was some live animals. I was very surprised by this, as even though it was called Animal Kingdom, it was still a Disney theme park and I thought there would be more animatronics instead of animals. The animals were kept in surprisingly large cages with lots of greenery. We saw a bunch of different animals including an anteater, lots of different birds, a group of monkeys, and two turtles. They had this huge tree with animal carvings all over it. We started out by watching a 4D Bug’s Life show which had a surprising amount of effects. It was also kind of a nightmare for someone with a fear of bugs. There was a part where you could hear the sounds of hornets buzzing, you could see the hornets, and there was one part where the hornets came over and stung you in the back. There also was a part where really big black widow spiders came down from the ceiling on ropes. After that we made our way to Pandora, which was the Avatar land of the park. One of the cool things about this park besides the large animals was that the center area that connected all the other areas of this park was an island, and you took bridges to all the other lands which were also islands. 

The Pandora area contained only two rides, just like Galaxy’s Edge. Also just like Galaxy’s Edge, the area was super impressive with lots of stuff from the movie, like huge rocks that floated on vines, very exotic wildlife, some of which was fake, some of which was real. The two rides were also really elaborate rides, like Galaxy’s Edge. One of the two rides was the highlight ride of the park, again like Galaxy’s Edge. The first ride was Avatar, Flight of Passage. This ride was like Fly Over Canada, and if you don’t know what that is, basically you are in these seats that tilt and shift, and you look at this really big TV screen so that it looks as if you are flying. There is also a ride like this at Epcot, called Soarin’ Around the World. This was a really amped up version of that, the seats moved way more than in Fly Over Canada or Soarin’, you could physically feel the wind in your face, the screen was much larger, and it was in 3D. The coolest parts were how you could actually smell the stuff around you, like the ocean water, and the forest surrounding you. The other coolest part was how the Banshee, which was the dragon-like creature you were riding, would breathe. You could feel the breaths from the Banshee through airbags on the seats you were strapped to.

The second ride, Na’vi river journey, was a slow paced dark ride through the Avatar jungle, which had some pretty cool stuff, like flying jellyfish, six legged vibrantly coloured wolves, and an animatronic of one of the Na’vi people, which are the people who live on Avatar. The special effects and different technologies were very impressive, and they even had some see-though TV screen to create a 3D effect, which I found extremely impressive.

After we were done with those rides we had a drink from one of the stands, and the drink was literally just a really fruity slushee, but the slushee was pretty good. Once we were done with the Avatar area we headed to Africa where watched the celebration of lion king. We rode a Safari ride, and the ride had actual animals which was really, really cool. The animals had quite big cages, except for the cheetah, which had a smaller cage. There were rhinos, elephants, lions, and a bunch of other animals.

By this time it was already lunchtime, so we made our way back to Pandora to eat a themed lunch, which was pretty good, but it was a little over seasoned. I got these hamburgers that were bao filled with ground up burger. It was was really good and came with a side of plantain chips. There was also a side of coleslaw, but the coleslaw was really over seasoned. The meal was really good overall though. 

It started raining, but we walked all the way across the park to Africa anyway. We got on a train to a area with a petting zoo, but sadly the petting zoo was closed. We still got to see a Komodo dragon and the goats though. There were also tarantulas and geckos, and we got to do an activity where we were taught how to draw the pig from Moana. My drawing was not the best, but it turned out okay. When we were done we took the train back in time to watch the bird show. After we walked over to watch a Finding Nemo musical show before getting Yeti themed Himalayan ice cream in Asia. Then we walked over to a sort of zoo area where we saw some bats, tigers, wildebeest, and Komodo dragons. Then we walked over to Dinoland USA to ride the DINOSAUR! ride. This ride was kind of underwhelming and Dinoland also was not that great. We rode the River Raft, which was pretty cool, but I was not expecting to get absolutely soaked on the ride. We tried to ride the River Raft two times before, but it was closed. We went back to Pandora and did the Na’vi ride and I bought a plush Banshee that sticks to your shoulder. It was sadly too late to do the Flight of Passage again, so we just made our way back and took the bus home. 

Well, that concludes Day 3 of this vacation, and there should be a like right here to the blog post for next day of this trip. If there is no link and no media in this post, the blog posts are not yet completed, and will be completed soon.

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