Disney Magic.

[JugglingFreak]

I have two pictures from that first day: one is at the plexiglass window at the Jungle Trek, there is no visible barrier and it looks like the picture was taken right in front of the tiger in the bushes.

I have several pictures like that as well. Love KS and Jungle Trek, too.

I always found this picture really funny (not the best picture I've taken, just funny).

[Big Wallaby]

I always get a laugh when I come around the kopje and there's the male lion, sleeping, lying on his back. My comment is always that he looks comfortable.

Oh, I won't be able to stay away from Safari for long...

[February]

I always get a laugh when I come around the kopje and there's the male lion, sleeping, lying on his back. My comment is always that he looks comfortable.

Oh, I won't be able to stay away from Safari for long...

Here is where I confess, my name is Bru, and I have NEVER been to Animal Kingdom.

Don't revoke my SGT membership just yet. I was warned off by people who said that they had bad reactions to the plant life/trees etc due to their asthma, that's why I haven't gone yet.

Maybe I'm just waiting until the day that Wallaby can show it to us the way it is meant to be seen LOL

Is the Animation Academy the same at DL as in WDW? We just did that for the first time this past trip and I LOVED it even though I couldn't really see that well.

In fact, this story was meant for my trip blog but since I don't think I'm ever going to get it written due to my bad eyes and ever dwindling computer time, here goes. We were about to go into the animation building at DHA and they had just loaded a full show. So a guy in a hawaiian style shirt is at turnstiles and asks if we want to wait. I noticed his costume was different from all the other CMs at the location and figured he was breaking someone (he was LOL) and we got to talking. I found out only at the end that he was a teacher for the drawing class!

He was trying to convince me that I was still healthy enough to be a casual temporary LOL. He kept saying "We need you down here! We'll find a place to put you that you can handle!" and I assured him if I was still healthy enough to work anywhere, WDW would be where I'd go.

So we went in and watched the show, which I loved because I love Mushu (am I wrong, or was there a really quick joke in that show about Eliot from Pete's Dragon being Mushu's "husband"? I swear I heard it, but then I may be completely nuts. I think most of the audience missed it)

We went thru and of course my love affair with Wall-E began the moment I saw his maquette in the case- and then we went to do the drawing class. My husband drew a really cool stitch! Well after the show, our friend from turnstiles comes in- he's teaching the next class and asks if we wanted to stay! I told him that I couldn't see with one eye and he told me to pick the absolute best seat for me to see in- and then he asked me to pick the character to draw for the next show. I picked Mickey :) While we waited for the guests to come out of the next show, he took out his personal pin collection and handed the binder to me so I could look at them all! He had some amazing pins. So much fun.

After the class, he signed the Mickey he drew for the class, and rolled it up and gave it to me. I about cried. I asked if I could get a pic with him and he graciously posed- what a wonderful CM. We won't forget him and Mickey will soon be framed and hanging in my kitchen.

Bru

[BRWombat]

Here is where I confess, my name is Bru, and I have NEVER been to Animal Kingdom.

Don't revoke my SGT membership just yet. I was warned off by people who said that they had bad reactions to the plant life/trees etc due to their asthma, that's why I haven't gone yet....

Aw, Bru! Everyone's different, but FWIW, my wife and I both have asthma and allergies -- hers are much worse than mine -- and we've been all over DAK many times without any noticeable effects.

[February]

Aw, Bru! Everyone's different, but FWIW, my wife and I both have asthma and allergies -- hers are much worse than mine -- and we've been all over DAK many times without any noticeable effects.

Hey, thanks Wombat! That's good to know, one day I'll get really brave and all inhaler-d up and go out there. Thing that scared me off most was a lady I talked to at a resort gift shop who told me she'd worked there as part of the opening cast and developed terrible asthma because of the grass that was used on some of the buildings , roofs? I don't remember. But she got so bad they had to transfer her to a resort gift shop and she said to me that if I had asthma that there were triggers aplenty at AK.

Bru

[Princess Susi]

I LOVE DAK! We like to do the nature/animal viewing walks and of course the coolest attraction: KSR! If I could have I would have done Kali River rapids. Too much jostling for my back last trip. Maybe next year. We enjoyed "Nemo, the Musical" and I adore Festival of the Lion King and of course meeting the characters over in Camp Minnie-Mickey. There is so much to see and do there all over DAK. There are creatures just about everywhere you look.

When we make the move to Florida and get hired on, I would LOVE to work with the big critters in DAK. With my Vet Tech degree, I could eventually work my way in there. I would not mind shoveling poo or cutting up vegies in the kitchen for their meals to get my foot in the door. I will do what it takes to work there with those creatures.

We did the backstage tour of DAK in 2006 and got to see where they prepped the food. We also got a great tour of the hospital and medical area, as well as all the cool backstage areas that have to do with the care and housing of the creatures. That would be my dream job! :)

Or I could go to DHS and work for Radio Disney. Since I worked in the Broadcasting business for nearly 20 yrs, I could do it for Disney. That would be fun. I am not sure how much is done out of the studios and how much out of Texas, but it could be interesting to get back into the broadcasting biz in some capacity.

I enjoy going to the Studios Park as well. LOVE the GMR and Car stunt show. Also my very fave, Beauty and the Beast! Of course! It is wonderful.

It is a fun Park just to walk around and look at. Lots to see. And of course the greatest exhibit of all time, which should be in a building as you enter the gate and everyone should be made to see it ;) , One Man's Dream!

There are kids and even older folks who don't even know about Walt Disney, who he was or what he did. . They just know they like to ride a roller coaster in a Park with his name on the gate! The history is so marvelous and it is a wonderful display. I would love to see it in a place of honor up close to the front or over at Magic Kingdom in Town Square. It should be a requirement to see this display and film to attend the Parks. LOL! :p:
It would be great if some of those who know nothing of the history could learn a little about the how and why of Disneyland and WDW and the rest of the Disney empire!

I just know that I do not want to work retail or food again. I did those jobs between radio station gigs and I have had enough of retail. If I could work in the kitchen, that would not be so bad, but I would not want to do it for long and never in my life will I work as a waitress. UH-UH! No waiting on hungry, tired folks at a hot and humid Disney Park! OH HELL NO!!!!!

My other dream position is to be a Plaid! I would have fun with that! Or a friend of the characters! But I would need to work with some of the tall characters tho! ;)

It will be interesting to see what comes about with our dream of working part time at WDW when we finally get our butts moved down there. I cannot wait to live in Florida. I would be there now if I could. It is thunderstorm season in Colorado and we have had tornado warnings for the past couple days. Big thunder and lightening, but so far no rain with it. Just dry hot T-storms. It has been pretty warm the last couple days and the AC in our house took a little vacation! If it runs too long, the thing freeezes up asnd you have to wait til it melts and then it will run again. So now we are turning it off at night and it is doing better. For two days, the house was like hell, oh wait, that's right, I do live in Hell! I just want to be in Florida right now enjoying the sights and sounds and smells of WDW! And the fireworks!!!!

Anyway, I digress as usual and need to go lie down. My time is up for the afternoon session of computer time. Be back in the A.M. :nyah:
Princess Susi

I love the palm tree! He lives at DAK!!!!! :palm:

[TechieSidhe]

I was warned off by people who said that they had bad reactions to the plant life/trees etc due to their asthma, that's why I haven't gone yet.

You know, my husband has the same problem. He does great in every other park, but when he gets to Animal Kingdom, his sinuses go nuts. He bought one of those inhaler thingees at CVS and every time we go, he uses those and he's fine. It's Benzadrine or something...smells like a combination of lavender and old socks. But it works beautifully. We always make sure to bring at least 3 of those when we go to Disney. One for use, one backup, and one backup for the backup.

[hobie16]

One for use, one backup, and one backup for the backup.

That's the same thing I tell people when they ask if they should backup their computer data.

[felinefan]

The two best allergy OTC meds I've used were Nasalcrom nasal spray, and the dissolving Alavert. Alavert I think is the nicest medicine I've ever taken. No bad taste, dissolves quickly and easily, works well, no drowsiness, etc..

[TechieSidhe]

That's the same thing I tell people when they ask if they should backup their computer data.

Hobie, I'm a network tech. :-)