 Hey friends today We are hanging out at Disney's animal kingdom And I am so excited to go around and check out all of the holiday festivities for this year Of course, we have the merry menagerie returning and I love those little puppets. They are the best and also some really cool snacks So I figured we come on out ride some rides eat some food and have a joyful Animal kingdom kind of day. Anyhoo, let's go do this Speaking of the merry menagerie. Look at this. Oh, what a greeting. What a way to start the day That is awesome my friend peppermint peppermint. Hi That is too awesome. Well, hi peppermint. I hope you have a great day See ya That might have been one of the best entrances into a theme park I've ever had what a greeting I love that. I love peppermint. Do you see how awesome those characters are and they'll be out roaming around? That's the merry menagerie that I was talking about they're always right in front of the tree of life So as soon as you walk in you'll see all different types of animals just like peppermint You'll see birds foxes penguins, and they are adorable What does the fox say? See you later. Bye Now this is a holiday week Thanksgiving is just two days away So the park might be busy and I was thinking about actually getting genie plus But I kind of want to see what the wait times are like before buying it And if we have to then I'll buy genie plus at least I have to ride expedition Everest I feel like every time I come to this park expedition Everest is a must and also Dinosaur because those days are running really low. We're gonna be losing dinosaur Actually, this might be my last time to ride dinosaur during the holiday season Like I mentioned this is a holiday week So the park is busy and it looks like I need to get genie plus if I want to ride anything Flight of passage is a hundred and fifty minute wait Navi River is 80 minutes Kilimanjaro safaris is 90 minutes. Holy Moly. Oh, wow Expedition Everest 55 minutes Triceratops spin is 25 minutes Everything is over a half an hour except for Triceratops spin On top of all of the holiday festivities I also have dining reservations at Tiffin's and I'm excited because they have a new menu Tiffin's is one of the fanciest restaurants on property In fact, it was voted one of the best theme park restaurants in the world and nomad lounge actually has a new menu So maybe we'll try both of them. I was thinking since we're at animal kingdom It wouldn't be too expensive today, but I was wrong. Look at this This is seriously one of the most expensive tiered systems. I've seen yet usually animal kingdom's like 13 14 dollars because it's the Lowest purchased genie plus like you know, and it's $25 for the whole day. It's $35 $25. So I guess we're doing it Well, look at that. I bought genie plus for $25 and the first of a lightning lane I selected with Kilimanjaro safaris at 130 Because I figured I could do expedition Everest in the single rider line So I don't want to use it on that and that one has Kilimanjaro's has the longest wait Sadly, there's no avatar flight of passage available or a Navi river journey So if we do we're gonna have to keep checking because they do come available I wish I didn't have to buy any genie plus But yeah, if it saves me like an extra three hours, then it's worth the $25 In fact, I probably would pay 30, you know, if it saved me $10 per hour I mean, I wish we could have the old fast-pass plus but you got to do what you got to do Since we have a couple minutes until it's Kilimanjaro safari time I want to take the train over to Rafiki's Planet watch a Lot of people don't even know there's a train ride in Disney's animal kingdom and I love going to Rafiki's Planet watch I mean some good advice right there. Open your eyes to the world around you When I was getting ready this morning I wanted to wear something that was festive and green for a Disney's animal kingdom But I didn't have anything Disney related So I decided I'm wearing one of the new elf shirts from Roosevelt and I love this is one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies And yeah, I think it fits in perfect because of animal kingdom. Look at that. It's so nifty The Harambee Railway station offers the wildlife express to conservation station a backstage journey through Disney's animal kingdom I love this ride so much. It literally takes you over to Rafiki's Planet watch and it's a nice little petting zoo They have some really cool art like Demonstrations in there. So we're gonna journey back there a backstage journey Like I mentioned, there are backstage areas so you sit in the train facing outwards because behind you are areas Disney really doesn't want you to see That's Kilimanjaro safaris right over there Disney himself and his long-standing passion for conservation Wow, look at the rhinos and that's the cheetah building over there That train ride is so much fun I remember I used to come here and I used to just sit on it and ride it like for several times and never get off It's one of those attractions kind of how the people move it used to be or the Train in the Magic Kingdom where you're fortunate enough that you can just go and sit down and just rewrite You know, I mean in case you're ever looking for a ride in animal Kingdom We can just sit down relax look at your phone taking all the beauty around you That's the one and now we're at the conservation station and let's go pet some animals When you get off the train you just have to follow Rafiki and He'll show you the way to the conservation station Rafiki will show you the way after we get done at conservation station I think we're gonna head to expedition Everest next and see how long the single rider line is and then Hopefully Kilimanjaro safaris after that unless something else opens up like flight of passage and definitely dinosaur Here it is the conservation station This reminds me of my elementary school field trips to claws and paws up in up in the Poconos there Good old claws and paws Inside the building you can learn to draw some of your favorite characters at the animation Experience right here and then also learn about animal health and care With a little look behind the scenes that like the veterinarian care that they have over there We're gonna actually look over there looks like they have a MRI machine Wow, look at it all decorated for Christmas in there That is amazing Wow, look at this Holy moly I Love this so much. Look at the little Mickey over there with the scrubs This is actually a working laboratory, too. You can see them actually doing stuff in the back there There's some x-rays. I don't know what animal that is on there, but that's kind of cool Outside is where you get up and close with the animals and you can actually get in there It's like a miniature petting zoo they actually have little brushes where you can go up and actually Brush your favorite goats. I think this one's my favorite because he's up in a planter What are you doing up here? He literally hopped up here. That's a pretty big jump. Holy moly How's it gonna get down? Look at this little pig roaming around You know, I'm pretty sure this all spawned from when I walked in the park and I saw Peppermint come up to me and I thought wow it'd be really cool to pet a real animal And then I was like wait a second. I can go to conservation station So that's literally why I am here right now, and I'm so happy If you come over here, I Will itch you right there if you don't you want me to here come here. I gotcha. There you go. Oh, yeah, there you go Oh, just like crazy. Oh, yeah You can do it There you go. Yes, you did it Big steps. Yeah, look at you. You knew what was going on. Didn't you? Well now that we know the goat was able to get down successfully I think it's time to head back and get ready to go ride expedition ever so you have to take the train back and I'm kind of excited. Hopefully the single rider line isn't too long. It's one of my all-time favorite rides Yes, look at that. I got an individual lightning lane for flight of passage Now I'm excited see you have to keep checking the app because things come available Like if somebody cancels a lightning lane, it actually just goes back into the pool and someone else can select it So we've got flight of passage and since we have flight of passage during the time that we had Kilimanjaro safaris I decided to switch that one for expedition Everest so that way even if it's a long way for single rider We can just get on it and then go ride flight of passage. Oh Boy, this is not looking too good for us here guys the wait time says 65 minutes But I feel like it's a lot longer than that the queue up goes all the way around there And the lightning lane is backed up the lightning lane is all the way backed up all the way down over there So we might have to change our plans up. Oh, wait a second. They're actually holding off the standby line This is it. They're letting people cross Holy moly, so that's the end of the standby line all the way down there. Oh my Lanta Standby line starts here lightning lane starts here perfect I'm glad that we got the lightning lane because this is the single rider line. Look at this Oh, I've never seen the single rider line this long before Oh, wow There comes our train Down expedition Everest and even though the lightning lane was backed up. We actually got on pretty quickly I mean they were out there like literally getting people right through and I love seeing that they're on point There were so many cast members around expedition Everest. I was like wow they got this Since we have to walk by dino land USA I figured I'd stop in and show you guys around a little bit if you didn't hear We're gonna be losing dino land USA. It's gonna be replaced with the tropical America's it's a new land that's gonna feature Indiana Jones and incanto as you can see they already took down the primeval world nothing over there and Pretty soon, I don't know when but all of this will be gone even our beloved dinosaur to be replaced with an Indiana Jones ride And you know Honestly, I'm on the fence about it. I kind of am excited. I Don't know when dino land USA is closing. They might have announced the date So I'm not too sure if this is gonna be the last holidays or not But I don't see them keeping it an extra year. You know what I mean if they've already announced it And Josh tomorrow just talked about this recently and he actually put more thoughts into the matter And there's actually a map out there that kind of well It's a concept art of what they plan on doing. So if you want to check you just Google, you know, dino land USA Closer, I'm sure you'll find all the details. I Had a lot of times hanging out over here I used to love coming on vacation and just relaxing listening to the dinosaurs This literally was one of my all-time favorite Disney rides. It's just scary. It's very it's dark places and scary dinosaurs It's literally on the sign dark places and scary dinosaurs. That's why I love it All right. Well now it's time to go get that dino. Let's go get that dino We've got to get in Now let's go get that dino computer, what are you tracking? Not our dino In range just little Oh Still not our dino, but at least this one's a vegetarian computer Identify computer now That's it aboard mission I'm bored Enough of the rides even though I'm happy we did get that dino I love that ride. It is great But now I need to get something needs so we're gonna start making our way over to Tiffin's and also I gotta put our name I'm nomad lounge because just because we're eating at Tiffin's doesn't mean we can get in the nomad lounge Here is the nomad lounge. It's such a nice cool spot to come hang out and Kind of just relax for a little bit get out of the sun. It's got beautiful views and you actually see some of the characters Usually going by right here Here is a look at the specials for the nomad lounge And I don't think we're gonna actually eat at the nomad lounge because most of the new food is on the Tiffin's menu So we can actually order it inside the restaurant because we have a dining reservation like this pineapple blaze pork belly This is new and then also the Korean barbecue mushroom bow buns I know you can get the pork belly at NAMU NAMU I said NAMU nomad lounge But you can't get those bow buns and then also we have new desserts in Tiffin's so I'm kind of excited Tiffin's is definitely what you would consider signature dining the food is amazing in the theming of the restaurant is based off of the Inspiration or the research of Disney's animal kingdom. It's really cool The the the the theming of the restaurant is themed around Joe Roddy and the Imagineers Going and exploring and getting inspiration For animal kingdom from Africa and Asia and it's really awesome. So I'll point out some cool decorations and artwork inside the restaurant when we go in and It's also awesome that we can try some of the food from Nomad Lounge inside Tiffin's in vice versa You can get Tiffin's bread service at Nomad Lounge There are three different rooms inside Tiffin's. This is the conservation room where we're actually dining and then they have like a I think this one over on this side is Africa it's on this side and then Asia is on the other side of the Nomad Lounge and it's cool because these are all photos and different Pieces of art from when Joe Roddy and the Imagineers actually went Over to Africa like I was talking about and it's really cool because some of these artworks I always say this is Actually Africa and some of them are here in Harambe, which is made up They changed up the recipe for the shrimp and grits and they're kind of using a pap Which is kind of like a grit in South Africa. I had it at Boma So that's what I'm gonna actually get from my entree the new and approved shrimp and grits and then also I got these special Pork belly that you can get over at Nomad Lounge, but the thing I'm probably most excited for is the desserts They always are amazing the Lion King dessert It's gonna be hard for me not to get that because I just love how beautiful it is But I want to see because they have new desserts. So maybe you might get it anyway For my appetizer here is the new pork belly. Look at this. This actually looks amazing I'm excited to dive on in. I know they changed the whole entire presentation and then the sauce on it But I don't think I've ever had the one before so this is my first time trying it here Pineapple glazed pork belly Sounds fancy. Oh, it's cut nice But there's no Christmas to it That's the only thing I noticed like I don't have a crispy outside. Let's see The sweetness of the pineapple mixed with that chili sauce underneath there. This is so good It's not crispy, but it's got so much flavor. I actually love it. I love it and holy moly The shrimp and grits are here and it looks amazing doesn't it? Look at the shrimp looks so Nicely seasoned and they changed the seasoning on it too and then like I mentioned The pap that is Kind of like a different type of grit. I would say it's a little bit creamier base Maybe and I know they added goat cheese in it I'm not the biggest fan of goat cheese and I asked if you can get it without it, but they said it's all mixed together So we'll see how it is, but I'm excited the shrimp look great They're pretty big shrimp too. Hopefully it's not too spicy. I'll let you know. We'll see there we go That is definitely some of the best shrimp I've ever had it's so flavorful so much seasoning not a lot of spice just a little bit Like I have a little lingering spice, but now I got to try the combination After a couple of bites, I'm starting to feel the spice a little bit, but it's not like overpowering It's actually enjoyable like usually spiciness like I feel like I get hot and flush But like it's just kind of sitting like sitting back there very nicely very very politely. Hopefully it doesn't escalate And the desserts have arrived and honestly I can say that the desserts here are like literally some of the best desserts on property Look at the Lion King dessert now. This is always here, and it's so amazing. It's got brownie in there There's so many different aspects this little part right here This is actually edible like you can scrape that off remember who you are and then they have a Mandarin white chocolate Crème brûlée, I think it is this is their new Dessert and it looks just as good, so I'm excited to dive in and try them First we're gonna try the crème brûlée We got a little ice cream on there too, and I want to make sure I get a little bit of everything on one bite There it is Wow Seriously so much happening here. I love everything about it So good. These are expensive desserts though like this little tiny thing I think is almost $20 same thing goes with that I don't know exactly the price amounts, but I mean they're worth it I mean and you got to make sure you get everything get the sauce get the whole flavor. I Hate destroying this dessert because it's just so beautiful, but we got to dive in here Look at it. Actually. I'm gonna use some of that with this nice little caramel mousse with a brownie bottom Take that I'm gonna take a little bit of this A little bit of this shirt a little bit of that a little bit of that There you go Acuna Matara Still the champion my favorite. This is good, but this that's good still wins. Yeah I mean this is I love it every time Tiffins was so good and the shrimping grits were amazing I love that shrimp like honestly, I'm gonna remember it like you ever have like certain items that you're just gonna always Like remember tasting like amazing I feel like that's how I'm always gonna feel about that shrimp and also the Lion King dessert. You can't go wrong But yeah, we're gonna keep on exploring and having fun for the day and ride some more rides It's time for us to get ready to go ride flight of passage, but look at how beautiful it is in Pandora today look at this Holy moly We really got lucky Avatar flight of passage is at a hundred and sixty minute wait, so I'm so happy. We have the lightning lane But I don't know if we're gonna have a chance to do killman jar of safaris afterwards I have another lightning lane that I booked for genie, but I wasn't expecting to get so much done I mean we did a lot today once we're thinking plan to watch we did expedition ever is dinosaur flight of passage We had dinner at Tiffins, so maybe we'll see who knows Okay, Dr. Stevens, they're ready Okay, everyone see me These are getting a little crazy in here What's happening core system components Hmm active testing sampler system Attention driver C-Volco your gear on the back while But I suppose it would eat that It just always fun and always puts me in like a good mood But we have to start making our way out that ride like it even if you lightning lane It still takes like 20 minutes just to get through the pre-show, so I was in there for a while But yeah, it's starting to get dark out It's getting dark at like 5 p.m. 6 o'clock now in Florida So the nights are getting shorter and shorter by the minute and yeah head home and check on Gracie girl. I Love how we get to walk out and see the merry menagerie before we're leaving and they're all in full force tonight Adorable Wow And then the bears are right there look at that so cool Look at this little girl. What a pretty little princess. What are you doing? What are you doing and With that we are done here today. Sorry. We didn't get a lot of Christmas stuff in the video I just I don't feel like there was a lot of offerings this year I mean you have the merry menagerie, which is always awesome Santa Claus was probably floating around on one of the The the boats but like I didn't see a lot of like deemed Christmas snacks they still had a lot of pumpkin stuff and Things for the fall so I was like, oh, I don't know if it started yet or not But I still had a great day and it was one of the busiest days of the year Like I said Thanksgiving week is so busy here, but I walked into that totally expecting it So I made the most of the day and actually had a lot of fun And I hope you enjoyed the video if I don't see you guys before Thanksgiving happy Thanksgiving to everybody I hope you get to spend great quality time with family and Have some nice turkey. I'm not too sure what my plans are yet. I haven't figured it out But I don't know. I'm sure I'll have a good time no matter what and I'm also excited to see my mom and sister I don't know if I'm gonna be seeing them for Thanksgiving, but I think next month December We're gonna actually get together. It's gonna be a good time. So, yeah, hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it. Gracie says hello, and we'll see you next time Bye