 Hey friends today, we are hanging out in Disney's Animal Kingdom And I'm excited to come to the park and show you guys all of the new things We have to look forward to for the new year 2024. I also got dining reservations at Tusker house It's the only character dining experience in the park and it's a buffet So we're gonna ride some rides eat some food and have a wild animal kingdom kind of day Anyhoo, let's go do this I don't think I could have asked for a better day to actually come hang out in Animal Kingdom The temperatures in the 50s and it's just so nice out. Look the sun's starting to come out right now So I'm excited to go ride some rides. I wouldn't be opposed to riding expedition Everest And since I'm by myself today, I can use this single rider line and it's probably like zero minute wait And then also I've been wanting to see the finding Nemo musical I haven't watched that in probably at least a couple of months. It's one of my favorite shows So those two are definitely we have to do It looks like it's not that very busy in the park today Usually I can tell by the walkways and this little bridge is actually really nice Get a nice little view of the water down there Animal Kingdom is such a beautiful park and I thought always wouldn't it be nice if they lit these and they were like Candles at night when you walk through here. Obviously, that's a fire hazard I'm a little bit interested in knowing what the single rider line is like for expedition Everest If it's a busy day, I usually just use that but if it's not that busy I always like to go on the regular line because you can ask for the front row or the back row the single rider line You kind of go wherever they tell you you don't have a choice. So I don't know I'm gonna judge it when I get up there There it is expedition Everest This is definitely hands down one of my favorite roller coasters of all time the overall theming It's just and it's a good ride if they would just fix that yeti Let's go get that yeti. I Also want to stop off into dino land USA Maybe ride dinosaur But if you don't know Disney announced that they're gonna be replacing dino land USA with an incanto themed area and an Indiana Jones themed attraction like dinosaurs counterpart in Disneyland, so maybe we'll go check that out play some games try to win a dino The single rider entrance is to the side of the attraction You got a little sign on the outside there, but doesn't have a wait time. Normally. It's a zero minute wait It ended up being like a 10 minute wait, but that's not too bad I gotta see I don't even look at what the standby wait was. I actually just came and hopped in line for the single rider I Expedition Everest is just so amazing. I always get excited after I get off of it like my heart's already racing And I'm excited to see what the footage is like because I'm testing out the dgi3 pocket And this is my first time ever recording on it So I'm excited to see what it was like on the ride, but also just a whole video in general Now let's go check on finding Nemo. Yeah, Nemo swimming out to sea. I Think yeah, if we're gonna be going to see finding Nemo Maybe I should stop and get a snack or something, you know a little snack. Oh, there's the wait times Why I'm at I might as well look at them All right expedition Everest was a 40 minute wait, but we waited 10 for a single rider Flight of passage is a 90 minute wait Navi River 70 minutes once the next show for Finding Nemo Where are you? I think it is at 230 230. Oh wait, that's now Holy moly Looks like we are just on time for the next show. We didn't have to wait or anything. We can just walk in look at that very fancy my dad In a big blue world Like I mentioned I'm testing out a new camera. So my apologies if the video is a little off I'm trying to actually navigate and figure out how to work it for the first time And I figured a nice little test run today here at Animal Kingdom would do just fine So let me know in the comments what you guys think like how's the sound? How's the picture? Do you prefer this one or my old way and yeah, we'll see how it goes maybe I might maybe I might have found my my big problem solver to Cameras here in the vlogging community. I love this theater too. I think I'm going down to the front row Finding Nemo is just so good like it's hard to believe that you know This is in a theme park like I would say that that is like, you know a high-class show right there Honestly, I love it Like you know, I would I would see people pay money just to go see that show like on its own Like on Broadway or anything like that In the like at the CMs that work it like the puppeteers and the singers. They're all amazing They're all so talented like it blows my mind But now I think we're gonna make our way over the dino land USA right now. I'm hanging out Kind of in this seating area where they used to have the nighttime show here Now it's kind of just like a cool spot to get away. I'm gonna spin the camera around to show you The birds like hanging out over here though Well, look at this. I got the whole place to myself and also I like these functions on this camera It does a bunch of spinny roof. Whoo. Did you see that? It spins around. It does a loop needle with a wrap around I Feel like up until the moment dino land closes any time I come to Animal Kingdom I'm gonna have to stop in and just Enjoy it for the last time because you never know could happen so fast I mean one second you could be here at Chester and Hester's Dino Rama next thing you know you can be on an adventure with Indiana Jones. You never know I Was talking to a friend of mine one time and I asked him if he liked dino land USA And he said it looked like a parking lot. I think it's because it is a parking lot My camera's following me. It's following me. I'm trying to show you it's a parking lot So if the Imagineers made that friend of mine believe that this is a parking lot I think they did a good job because it's actually a parking lot It's what it is, you know and soon they're gonna demolish it all and make it a parking lot for real When it comes to the fact of Indiana Jones coming to Walt Disney World, I'm excited I love the in it. I love the Indiana Jones ride in Disneyland So I'm probably gonna love the one here The only thing is is I wish we could have just kept them both kept Indiana Jones there and Dinosaur here because now I feel like we're losing a ride You know I mean we're not gaining another ride because we already have an Indiana Jones ride unless they do an Indiana Jones Dinosaur ride which is possible. I mean after watching the whole entire Indiana Jones franchise. I mean nothing is like Shocking, you know I mean I mean basically he's done it all What is Kevin doing over here, what's she doing here? Hi Kevin That is the best Kevin you're the best Look at that I've been making my way through Walt Disney World For the last couple of weeks now and getting to see all of the parks for the first time in 2024 So I'm happy that I got to come to Animal Kingdom today I know we're going into February soon and I have mega con around the quarter I'm gonna be doing mega con here in Orlando. It's a convention I'm gonna be doing a meet-and-greet there Saturday February 3rd at the Roosevelt's booth from 2 p.m To 4 p.m. And it's free to come see me. I think you have to pay to get in there But it's free to come see me. So if any of you guys are there come by and say hi. I'll be there hanging out. I Always love walking down towards The back of the Tree of Light because it's always so nice over here Well, you got a little band over here, and they've got secret pathways everywhere you go I don't even know where this thing takes me. Oh This is down where the wilderness explorers are Yeah, well, this is a nice little cozy area next to the water here. Oh, what a shot of the Tree of Life right there. I Always like matching my shirts to like what I'm doing in a video Like for instance, I'm at Animal Kingdom today And I love this Pluto shirt that Roosevelt came out with and I was like immediately. I'm like, oh, it's a green shirt I'm gonna wear that to Animal Kingdom. Well, look at how cool. This is I love this shirt. It's so fancy My camera. I'm still getting used to because it moves on its own. Oh, it follows me. Oh Wow, I wonder if I set this down will follow me I'm gonna put this down right here. I hope I don't break my new camera Wow. I Don't know what I'm gonna do with this power, but this is pretty cool. I don't know what I'm not afraid This is why I love walking through here It's so beautiful and you get to really get a close look at the Tree of Life Look at that an elephant right there a nice little walking area Come on on the other side We're gonna probably start making our way over to Africa because I want to go and get ready for our Tusker House Reservation and maybe kill Majora safaris or the Fessel of the Lion King when we get done afterwards I mean any of one of those are a good way to go. I Was making my way over to Tusker House and then I saw that Animal Kingdom is doing like a s'mores Showcase where they have all different s'mores like being treats And I saw that they had a s'mores churro and I got to try it I got to see how it is a good animal kingdom churro. Nice little it looks like it's good It's got graham crackers and I think it comes with marshmallow sauce and it's like a chocolate churro So yeah, a little little snack before dinner. I'm not a big Disney World churro fan, but this looks exciting This looks really really good. Oh boy, and then you have that little Marshmallow dipping sauce in there This is actually really good. The only downside is It's not like a warm churro If it was like a hot churro like you know Disneyland they cooked them right at the carts But something tells me they probably Brought these in and they're just kind of stored back there and they can get a little crunchy. No one's got time for a crunchy churro. I Do appreciate though how Animal Kingdom is trying to step up the churro game. They must have seen how successful What's the bar outside? Oh, hi. How are you? Well, great It's good to see you too. I'm trying to think of the restaurant outside Tiffins. Oh, man. No mad lounge. Thank you Oh, that's awesome. You know, they have amazing churros in Animal Kingdom. It's like hey, let's just try some small churros Directly across from where I showed you guys where we walked Around the Tree of Life. They have this photo opportunity down here. I love it. Look at this view This is almost like a photo. You can literally this is like a picture and you got the ducks going in the water right there Look at that Enough of the churro business. I think it's time to head on in to Tusker House and get ready for our reservation I'm excited because they have some really good unique food items there and I mean, I think it's probably the best like Value or overall experience here at the Animal Kingdom I mean Tiffins is gonna have the best food But like I love the atmosphere in here the food's unique. So like I think this is like the best My pick for Animal Kingdom restaurant, I guess Don't get me wrong I love all of the restaurants here, but I just think like this is more than just you know food I mean, it's a whole experience and a buffet and I love it and it's actually tucked away You don't even know there's a restaurant here because most people think this is like just a bar But here's a look at the menu Tusker House Family buffet with African flavor and he gets me characters in there Enjoy your taste of adventure with your favorite Disney characters breakfast lunch and dinner It is sixty two dollars for adults. Wow 62 bucks. I'm going in now. I'm going for it We get tandoori spice rubbed rotisserie chicken braised beef green cherry shrimp rotisserie pork a lot of interesting things So I think the check-in is over here I'm not gonna do like a full dining review on Tusker House in today's video This is just me stopping in because I saw a reservation I was like, you know what? I got to have a little lunch or a little dinner somewhere But if you do I'll put a link in the description. I already came and I like I you know I actually broke down, you know everything and what I thought about it But I do love this restaurant. Like I said, it's a unique experience. If you're not an adventurer's eater I probably wouldn't say this is like the best thing for you But they do have a little bit of something like they have corn dog nuggets on the buffet And I mean everybody loves corn dog nuggets I mean, you know what I mean and chicken legs chicken legs and corn dog nuggets Kind of like the sound of that chicken legs sounds like the start of a country song a little bit of chicken legs and a corn dog Nugget they have everything listed right here. That's gonna be available on the buffet a big selection of breads Mini zebra loaves honey rosemary rolls, then they've got the chicken the pork over here They have classic offering corn dog nuggets macaroni and cheese chicken legs green beans mashed potatoes a lot of other things Double chocolate zebra cookies. I'm excited to try the desserts. This looks inside it. Oh, and I think I just got my text I think our table is ready Here is a look at the buffet. They've got zebra bread there I mean, it's actually a pretty spacious buffet too. It's not like it's uh, like really tight quarters. Oh look Donald's over there Always being Donald. I think this is mostly the cold stuff though They have like zebra bread right here, which I'm interested in trying I want to know about this zebra bread and then they've got Oh, honey rosemary rolls little mini cornbread muffins Wow We got some turkey. We got some ham some grapes some coleslaw All the good stuff. We got some greens We got greens carrots cucumbers onions Homemade ranch I thought that was soup. I know that they have like some soup here, but looks like they got some nice dressing though coconut curry vinaigrette Some corn. Oh, this is the kids buffet corn green beans chicken legs mashed potatoes Corn dog nuggets. I love corn dog nuggets Then we've got some chicken curry I like how I'm just casually walking around look at the green chili right there This all looks so good beef mashed potatoes Wow I don't know how the lights picking it up But like I said, I keep walking like this is a huge buffet and then they've got the meats over here in the dessert bar potatoes Sam and all of the good stuff I'm definitely I guess that I'm coming back to make a plate. Oh the chicken too Hi, how are you? You're good. They cut up the chickens right back there. Well, that's fancy. Oh, look at this little chicken Oh, well, that's a chicken whole chicken. They cut it up and just put it right there Wow, this all looks good. I Got just a little bit of everything so I can give it all a taste I'm excited for these corn dog nuggets though. I just love corn dog. Nuggets They're not as good as Casey because Casey's has the hubgrass But I would still I'd put them up there and also the chickens actually looking really good. Oh boy Here comes the goose. Look at them And the beef is really really soft. It has a lot of flavor to it, but I'm probably gonna get more curry Look at Donald over there. Oh, yeah, they're kissing the making up Have a great one Hello coca-cola little coca-cola with some spicy food and now some delicious desserts The dessert that they've got here is like top-notch. They've got African bread pudding African Malva bread pudding with blueberries and bananas. I'm getting some of that and then they got brownies. They got key lime tarts They've got almost everything Zebra cookies some fresh fruit. Oh, this is the kids buffet. I was wondering why it's down there so far Also, I'm definitely going back for the Zebra cookies got some more cupcakes here. Oh And then these are like little like a honey honey tarts There we go. You get one of these by the boom Excellent look at oh, there's Donald. Yeah, hi friend. How's it going pal? Where's Daisy at? I Know I saw you I saw you earlier. You're looking for Daisy I know I got blueberry bread pudding. Look at this blueberry bread pudding, and then I know you want some You would That's awesome. All right, we'll see you Donald. Thanks pal Look at that bread pudding. Oh Boy, here we go Bob, did you see that? I'm pretty sure the dessert the cameras following my dessert Now if I go over here. Oh DC that wow that is fancy. I just saw Donald. Oh Yeah, he's over there. Yeah, he was looking for you earlier. I thought that was cool. You know Donald. Yeah, he was watching you Yeah, I know you guys are the best. You're the best honestly. Oh All the food's great. Yeah. Yeah, blueberry great fantastic. You want to do a picture? Wait? I must slide this over to me do a picture Just like that Tusker house was amazing and I think the Festival of the Lion King is starting right now So we're gonna try to go catch that show since we're right next to each other and I've been lucking out all day today Hopefully I think I might be able to make it. Oh, it looks like it's gonna be crowded though The queue is on the outside. I think it's the last show of the day. It's the last show of the day Hey Actually, I don't know if we're gonna make it They might cap the line Sadly I never did get to watch the Festival of the Lion King I had to use the restroom before I got into that theater and by the time I came out It was already done that I think they capped the line and they were like we can't guarantee you'll get in and I was like No worries. I'll come back another day You know what I mean, I guess I live like really close so I could just hop up here the next trip by common You know, I'm not gonna rush it. Oh, well, thank you You guys having a great day Oh, yeah festival of the arts you make it out there yet. Oh, you're gonna love it See you man But yeah, it was uh too late We made it into Pandora and it is so nice out. Look at this I Love it. I want to live in Pandora. This is what it looks like I don't know what the wait times are like, but I don't mind looking I just got a notification on my new camera says only 10 percent battery remaining I don't know how long now get me. So if this ends abruptly This is it I'm sure 10 percent will get me at least out to the you know exit of the park So I think we're gonna start making our way out making our way out and stopping to see if they've got that special little Sweater I've been looking for Sweater even though it's not sweater wetter I ran into a nice lady named Miku who watches my videos in Japan And she actually came to Walt Disney World and she brought All of these for me from Japan. I got a nice little Dalmatian thing. But look at this I'm so excited to try these Macha kick cats kind of like how I get in the pavilion in Epcot She actually brought me ones from Japan and I'm so excited. She said they might be a little melty I said, don't worry. Maybe I'll put them in the freezer. Freeze them right up. I'm walking to the car Man animal kingdom. I'm glad the trams are back. But when they park you all the way down on this side Uh The trams let you out like all the way over there. So I just walked back There she is the most beautiful dog on earth Gracie girl Who's a good girl? Oh, look at you. You want to go for a little walk? Oh, you're a good girl You want to treat Hi, you want to treat you want dinner or treat? You want dinner and a treat? Yes, you do And with that we are back home now. I got to let Gracie out and the battery charged up a little bit So if you want you can continue watching the video Because I'm about to give Gracie a treat along with a nice little toy And it's a special toy. So it's going to take like her a little bit to get to it But I think it's a little bit of fun. So I wanted to share it with you guys So I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it and uh, we'll see you next time Bye Gracie loves this little toy. You put the treat in that's got a little door Oh Oh, yeah And she can she has to try to get it out Go ahead. You'll get it. This is turning into a Gracie vlog as it should You got this come on Open up the door. You're on the right side get it No, no, no, it's the other side All right, I'll give you a help. All right, hold on You can take the cookie out of there You're so funny. Yes. Who's a good girl?