January 2017 – family trip – report 9

January 31st:

Last full day! We got the Magical Express envelope under our door through the night – pickup 4:30 pm the next day. That’s pretty good as we get time to do stuff before we have to leave.

We decided to walk over to Beach Club this morning – grab breakfast from the Marketplace and then eat in the Solarium. We enjoy having a snack in the Solarium – love the atmosphere – we are glad that the little tea event Disney was doing in the Solarium is not occurring anymore as we missed the place.

Then a bus from Beach Club over to Animal Kingdom.

Photo Pass pic of the family heading into Africa at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Straight to Kilimanjaro Safaris – we hadn’t had a day ride yet this trip on it so it was nice to do that. Heather was hoping to see the new baby elephant – we kind of did back over our shoulders but it wasn’t a great picture opportunity.

Heading into Harambe Wildlife Reserve at Animal Kingdom Kilimanjaro Safari ride

 

back end of a blurry baby elephant at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

After an ice cream we headed out and caught a bus back to Boardwalk.

Then a bit of a rest in the room and then headed on down to the pool and hot tub. The kids did a lot of slide runs and K did some stuff with the entertainment crew.

We had lunch by the pool before heading back up to the room and eventually heading over to Epcot for our last night.

We snacked our way around the park and caught Illuminations (we did Spaceship Earth and once we got off I did our pre-check in for our flights the next day).

Fountains at France pavilion at Epcot World Showcase

 

T and K from World Showcase with a view of Spaceship Earth at night

There was a section of World Showcase where the lights were out (near Morocco) and we saw lights flicker hard just after we got in the park crossing the bridge to France. There were also several rides down – Frozen Ever After for quite a while, Test Track and Imagination for the whole time. Soarin’ and Spaceship Earth for a shorter time. Apparently Epcot was having some power issues that night!

There were Extra Magic Hours but after doing Nemo I was just done. T wanted to go back to the room as well and relax.

So T and I went back to the hotel and Heather and K stayed in Epcot. They did meet and greets with the Mickey crew, Anna and Elsa and managed to get on Frozen Ever After when they finally opened it again (apparently it was deserted).

Anna and Elsa in Epcot

 

Deserted Frozen Ever After 1

 

Deserted Frozen Ever After 2

 

Selfy of Heather and K with France in the background in Epcot

 

Boardwalk Villas and Inn at night

Packing and then bed!