 Hey friends tonight, we are hanging out at Disney's Animal Kingdom It's been a while since I've been here So I wanted to come out ride expedition Everest see if there's anything new for 2023 and also I got dining reservations at Rainforest cafe And I feel like I don't eat there that much and I want to give it a fair shot and try some of the menu a little bit So we're gonna ride some rides eat some food and have a beautiful Animal Kingdom kind of night any hoos. Let's go do this It's been super cold here in Florida for the past couple of nights Getting as low as the 30s And I thought it'd be fun to get all bundled up in our sweatshirts and pants and have a chilly Animal Kingdom night It's not often you get those so you got to enjoy them when you can It's been a while since I've been out to Animal Kingdom The last time I was here I was with my mom and sister and I didn't make a video that day We kind of just hung out relaxed and rode rides together. So it's gonna be fun And I've really been wanting to ride expedition Everest I love that ride so much and also Rainforest cafe. I think the last time I was here I only got like a burger or something. So I want to try something different a little fancier, you know If you guys don't know what the Rainforest cafe is It's a really nicely themed Rainforest restaurant on the outside of Disney's Animal Kingdom They also have one at Disney Springs and all across the country. They have these and they're really awesome They have animal animatronics in there and it gets really rowdy and fun and I can't wait to actually try it out We're gonna go in the park first Maybe ride some rides and they come back out and it's a wild place to shop and eat. I Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas. I had a nice cozy day at home at Gracie I gave her her presents in the morning and it was real fun She opened them up and she got to play with her new toys had some Christmas cookies had a nice little dinner a nice cozy day I got to talk to my mom and sister. We facetimed and I think next year. I'm gonna go home for the holidays I kind of wish I did this year, but moving, you know and everything like that. I feel like I just didn't time it Right, so I had a great time, but I hope everyone else enjoyed their holidays And there she is the tree of life look at the merry menagerie doing its thing right now I love this. This is the best thing for the holiday season of animal kingdom That is so cool There's not a lot of offerings for the holiday season, but this right here. It's the best They really don't have a lot for the holiday season here at animal kingdom other than the decorations a couple of treats But the merry menagerie is so fun It's like little puppeteers all around discovery island and it is so cute. I love it Seriously, they are just all so adorable. Look at these bears right here. Oh, look at that Hello, friend. I Don't know why every animal reminds me of my dog They do though. I'm like well looks like my dog. Oh look at this That is awesome. I Love how the bears just come right up to you And I love how they get so close to like the camera or if you're there They get like really close to your face and it's kind of it's just so nice So now I think we're gonna go check the wait times. I want to make my way to expedition Everest I know that's probably a long wait time. I mean the holiday season. It's always busy here But me being a single rider I get to kind of avoid the wait and especially an expedition ever I'll probably won't wait at all Here is a look at the wait times 20 minutes for it's tough to be a bug Cali River Rapids Oh, no expedition ever is just temporarily closed Oh, no, that is a heartbreak right there and flight of passage is 180 minutes 150 minutes What do I do now? I've done goofed It's kind of comical that I started off this video by saying how much I wanted to ride Exhibition Everest and then I opened up the wait times and I'm like it's closed But I'm sure it might reopen so I'm gonna head over there anyway Because I feel like I'm gonna walk over there and then it's gonna magically reopen And then I'm just gonna be able to walk right on and ride Well, I was trying to stay positive and hopeful, but it's not looking too good I haven't seen a train go by in a while and I don't hear any of the fake screams So I think we're gonna have to come back We're gonna have to monitor the situation on the app and maybe just go head on over to the Rainforest Cafe and check in for our reservation I tend to like to ride the roller coasters before you sit down and have dinner But I don't think it's looking good today So we might have to come back and it's okay because I can ride afterwards if it opens back up if not we might park up though because the rest of the park is super busy and Avatar flight of passage is like almost a three-hour wait I was not expecting to see Kevin on today's journey, but I'm happy I did there. She is Look at this. I Love seeing her just walk around Look at that Oh Kevin's got vocal I don't remember Kevin talking like that or making noise It was so funny because you might have heard one of the wilderness explorers say do you speak Kevin? And it was really fun because she was reminding me of like a raptor the way she was like That's a I don't know A lot of people don't know this but there are two exits and two entrances to the Rainforest Cafe So you don't have to leave the park and you don't even need to be coming to Animal Kingdom to dine here You don't need a park ticket to actually come to eat here if you want you can just get a reservation No park entry required Rainforest cafe is a part of Landry's and that's also the same company that runs the yak and yeti here t-rex lounge and the Rainforest Cafe and a bunch of other ones I think they even do a couple of steakhouses too Landry's is a huge restaurant company. It's third party So that's why I said you could see these all around the country mostly in like heavy touristy city But I've only ever eaten at but I'm here at uh, disney world. So that's the only place I know where they're from Here is a look at the menu and they have a lot of cool like menu items And they're all like rainforest themed or animal themed So like they have anaconda pasta or rasta pasta Then they've got like a rib steak and shrimp Trio that actually sounds good. I do love meat coconut shrimp. They got moho bones a primal steak Ancient grain bowl a lot of cool things and it's fairly price like it's not disney price Like this rib steak and shrimp trail for 38 99 that probably costs like I would say 80 dollars at like a A disney resort or like a disney restaurant. So it's not too bad. And the last time I was here I think I just had like a rainforest burger and look at that. It's 1999 But I really think the main thing you're coming here for is the theme and it is really cool To actually eat inside of a rainforest cafe and the same thing with the t-rex cafe or the t-rex lounge It's just so fun seeing the animatronics and every I think half an hour It does like a fancy like effect and I know it's different in each restaurant So we'll have to find out I'll get all the all the in fall This is the entrance as you actually walk in from within the park. Look at you got a gigantic alligator here A big blue elephant kind of want to go scope around. I wish they had this tiki bar open I wouldn't mind hanging out here This looks like such a fun environment I don't know why they don't have this open. This would be so cool. I mean, I know it's super cold out right now But I like this a lot We got a little bridge right here Nice little elephant This is really fun I guess it really is a wild place to shop and eat because the gift shop is really fun And if you walk in this side like animal kingdom side you get to see this first and it's so pretty Isn't this so cool Look at you have all the different animals hanging. Oh, look at the gigantic anaconda here with a santa hat on Kind of reminds me of the jungle cruise That's me I'm coming in. I just got called how fancy is that And then also. Oh, look, they have like a little talking tree over here Tracy tree Well, I'm not gonna lie. That's actually a little scary Hello, I'm tracy tree. Here are some fun bats Do these foods sound familiar? pineapple bananas grapefruit avocados and coconuts all originally came from the tropical rainforest Chico which is used to make chewing gum as well as bamboo and balsa wood all originally came from rainforest So Frightening Because i'm a landry's card holder. I get priority seating Which honestly if you guys aren't a landry's card holder I highly suggest you join up because it is worth it. Like I said to get priority seating I think you get 25 dollars for every 250 dollars you spend and then also when you do join up I think it costs 25 dollars to join up. I think they give you a 20 dollar like reward immediately So it's like you're paying five dollars for the card and it comes in handy Our table is ready. So i'm going to take you guys back and show you guys a little bit of the restaurant It's really cool when you walk in and you see all these big like aquarium like tunnels here with all the fish And then this is the restaurant itself It's so fun. It's so like lit. It's going to be a little bit dark in here So i'm going to try my best, but these are all animatronics right here They actually come alive Like I think it's like every like 15 or 30 minutes And I like how they kind of add like Santa Claus hats on all of them And actually our table is like in the perfect spot. So i'm so excited to show you guys. It's really cool in here We are in the far back of the restaurant and we're right next to the tigers We're right next to the whole entire group of tigers Look at this Isn't that so cool? Look at all these tigers This one actually looks like scar this one actually has a very like intimidating looking face. Look at that Holy moly And this one kind of looks nice Kind of friendly and he's got like a little Santa beard too along with the Santa hat I love animatronics and this restaurant is like really cool and well themed I just feel like a lot of people don't like the food as much or they it's not like a disney Like restaurants, so they don't tend to come here a lot But I mean as far as like coming inside the restaurant itself. I love it It gets me excited every single time Now I want to try something different than just the traditional like burger Or I think I had like the pasta before like I said, I really didn't try any of their specials So we're gonna go all in On top of the menu I showed you outside They have another journey through the jungle and this actually looks really good because they have like the bacon wrapped meatloaf This is almost the identical meatloaf to the one that's at t-rex lounge I think they call it like a meteor meatloaf and then they also have a shrimp Sampler platter this comes with a whole bunch of different shrimp So I think I might do that I like shrimp might do a little shrink and then oh it's actually a bourbon ribs and shrimp combo And it looks like it's 35.99. Oh my lord. The tigers are getting vocal over here Tell me about it This is so cool. This is literally right at my table right here This one looks so strange and scary looking though Oh my lord, look at him and these are like the little cups right here And this is the mom and the dad right there This is fun. Oh, and we also have the enchanted tiki room here. Look at that. Get a little bit of everything There's an animatronic like tiger Right behind my head right here. Look at that On top of the shrimp sample, I decided to get the soup of the day And it's a jungle safari soup and it's like a spicy minestrone and it looks really good Look at this It's got some beans in there some noodles and it comes with this amazing focaccia bread, which is so good And I'm kind of happy. I'm I'm excited to try it. Nice cold day. Get some hot soup Here we go. No soup for you Good soup. Ooh a little spicy too Look at that That is good looking soup right there And it does have a little spiciness to it. Oh, it's the shrimp and business. Come on in We got the ribs right there Oh They weren't kidding. Thank you. This looks amazing Holy moly. This is a big meal. Like I am shocked. Well, actually if you count up the shrimp, you got one, two, three, four, five, six Just about 12 shrimp and then you got the ribs on top of it along with the safari fries It's a lot. Actually, it is a lot. It's a lot of food I told the the waitress that I wanted to get like the trio, but I wasn't really looking for steak I really wanted to try more shrimp So she said get the the shrimp and ribs sampler and I was like, oh, okay And look at this. This is a lot of food. Holy moly. I am so shocked by this. Wow Looks like the storm is happening All the animals are getting riled up because of the lightning Just like Gracie one too. Oh, I like how we're under the starry night too. That's very pretty This is so fun. I really do love it in here the atmosphere. You just can't beat it Oh my lord Right, let's let's get into this. We've already had the soup. The soup is good. It's a little bit spicy But it's it's not too spicy and you guys already know. I love the focaccia bread now I think we're gonna jump right into some of these ribs here. Look, I'm gonna grab a little rib right here Look at that. These ribs look fantastic. I also like how they have the broiler marks the char marks in them. Look at that Very very good and let's dive in That's a good rib Looks like they give you just about Four bones there and it's actually pretty meaty ribs. I like these a lot. They're actually really good I would even say they're better than flametree barbecue I mean, I know a lot of people like flametree barbecue. I like it too, but these are actually very very good Shockingly better than I thought they were gonna be Now we're gonna dive into the shrimp business and we're gonna start off with the coconut shrimp because that's my favorite Look at this. It's a nice coconut shrimp Coconut shrimp is good Now I want to try this little barbecue or bourbon shrimp. I think they are and these are just the regular shrimp So they give you four different types of shrimp. You got coconut fried shrimp shrimp scampi bourbon shrimp. I feel like I'm above a gump The shrimp in business shrimp shrimp bayou shrimp of scampi Shrimp stew shrimp shrimp shrimp soup shrimp pasta all different types of shrimp now the bourbon shrimp I like that a lot too Overall, I really feel like this is some good food Especially for the price because I bet you all of this food combined all of this right here on my table Is probably less than one meal at like a disney resort. I bet you with my discount It's going to be under $50 for all of this and this is a lot of food Now we got to try this scampi here a little shrimp on the barbie shrimp on the scampi Dripping a little bit Out of all of it out of all the shrimp I think coconut shrimp is my favorite then the bourbon Then the shrimp scampi then the regular shrimp everything else is just okay. Oh looks like someone's got a birthday coming too Oh very fancy Well Well, that was a surprisingly amazing dinner we just had there Honestly, you cannot go wrong with the size or the amount of food that you get for the money that you spend here And when I say that I'm talking like inside like theme parks inside disney world So my total bill with my drink my soup and my entree came to $46 $46 goes a long way here in disney because Sometimes you go into restaurants. Some of the entrees that I end up buying are like 60 70 dollars And it gets like super since any character dining is 60 dollars and that's like I mean all you can eat but like It's just very expensive. So to get that amount like to get that much food and in a themed restaurant I think it was really good. I mean, I enjoyed it a lot here The food kind of does remind me of like a chain restaurant You know what it kind of reminds me of kateeji fridays because it is it's a franchise and landry's is well known It's good food and I think they have like over 600 locations of all different concepts So it's kind of like that, but it's still very very delicious and in the animal kingdom They don't have many sit-down restaurants. So I enjoyed it a lot here I thought it was really good and now we're going to check to see if expedition ever step or open back up It looks like it did not open back up But take a look at how busy flight of passage is 215 minutes at 626 the parks only open for another hour and a half and it's a 215 minute standby wait That is crazy Another cool thing I like to point out about the rainforest cafe is their awesome bar And mainly because they have these cool bar stools. Look at this. It's all like animals You got zebras Giraffes and then this one is so cool looking and then tigers So it looks like you're just sitting like that. But half of you is an animal kind of like a wuzzle Since it did not get better expedition ever didn't reopen and the wait time's still pretty high They go get a bounce I think we're gonna head on over to Epcot because I've been really wanting to do the American adventure Watch me get over there the American adventure is closed too I mean, I did know that it just recently reopened and they redid all the animatronics in there And it kind of got me thinking while sitting there eating And here we are Epcot and look you can actually see like the little ornament the christmas ornament on spaceship birth right now You see the top of it? That's really pretty. I just noticed that that's when they do the special holiday version of the beacons of magic I actually came to Epcot on christmas eve and I spent the whole entire night I spent my whole entire christmas eve with a family that I have never met before but i've known For a very long time and this family is from the uk and they were over here vacationing And they've been watching my videos for years And we've kind of gotten to know each other through the comment section And I just want to say thank you. Thank you to dino jenny and finley for Allowing me to be a part of your family for christmas eve. It was really awesome We had dinner and we watched the candlelight processional And I got to spend it not alone. I spent it with what I would like to call family now So you guys are amazing and I have been talking to them for years I usually try to write back comments whenever I post a video like in the first half an hour And dino jenny they've always in there like the first 30 minutes Like the first like five minutes actually that I post a video They're always there ready to comment and we talk about movies and stuff like that and getting to know them Was such an awesome thing and friends for a while and that's that's really awesome So I wanted to say thank you to them and uh, yeah, we'll see what we can get done here tonight I'm gonna try my best to make it over to america so that I can watch the last showing of the american adventure I've got 20 minutes 20 minutes to get over there. I think we can make it happen Looks like we made it with just one minute to spare. Oh boy better hurry up before they shut the doors on us Well, I guess being one minute early isn't enough It's actually four minutes late because it says 7 30, but I think they start loading at like 7 25 And then they close it off exactly at 7 30. So we literally missed it by seconds, but at least I tried So I mean it's not going anywhere. It's been here for a long time and uh, I'll have to come back and watch it another night Since we can't watch the american adventure I made my way down to germany to the holiday kitchen because I wouldn't mind getting myself a linser cookie This is one of my favorite things from the festival and since the festival is ending soon Mies will enjoy it why we can I feel like today is just kind of like a big oops, you know We couldn't do expedition at first and I kind of called it on the american adventure I was like watch me get there and We're not able to see it, but like I said, it's not going anywhere. We could definitely come do it again And we're in epcot. I mean who could be upset about that and now I just got a linser cookie Hands down the best cookie at the festival of the holidays this year I'm so excited to dive in but I don't want to get powdered sugar all over my hoodie I'm actually gonna have to eat this in the like most unflattering way Where I don't get the powdered sugar all over myself. So I'm just gonna like kind of bite it and lean in That's a good cookie put that cookie down Honestly, it really is good. It's my mom's favorite cookie too fun fact Now that I've gotten myself a linser cookie I do want to ride a ride and since everything has a long wait I thought about doing single rider at test track, but that is actually a long line So I think maybe we'll just make our way out to spaceship earth You know, you can't go wrong with the spaceship earth and I mean it's actually one of my favorite rides at epcot And I'm not just saying that because it's the only ride that probably doesn't have an hour wait I do actually enjoy spaceship earth a lot and look at how beautiful it is right now And look at this it says 20 minutes, but looks like we're just walking in I don't feel much on this ride because it's so dark, but I just like zooming in on the animatronic That's honestly the only reason that I kind of want to ride it I was in the mood for animatronics since the american adventure. So this is kind of like the second best thing There she is foxy brown That was a nice relaxing ride on spaceship earth And now like I said, I think we're going to make our way over to french quarter get some benets and Kind of uh, check out all of the french quarter. I haven't seen a decorator for the holiday season yet Well, this sure has been kind of a crazy day couldn't get on ice fishing everest We missed the last showing for the american adventure Came and rode spaceship earth and now we're bouncing out and heading to the french quarter for some mickey benets I mean, it's not a bad thing The reason I made my way over to french quarters because I'm meeting up with some friends Who said that they'd be coming by and getting some benets and uh, why not? I also hear that they have champagne benets, but that's not till new year's eve But if they did have some now, I would definitely indulge in those because I want to know what champagne Benets sound like what what they taste like because what they sound like is pretty fun champagne benets One of the reasons I like coming to french quarter during the holidays is they're like super bright christmas trees and lights I'm a big multicolor light fan and french quarter does it better than nobody else like look at this Did I just say that we're better than nobody else? I love it in here. It doesn't have a big tree. It just has four small ones, but I like them a lot I don't know if i'm gonna be eating a lot of benets, but I will show you guys them I'm almost still a little bit full, but nobody can pass down some benets Take a look at these benets right here. You got a nice three pack with extra powdered sugar And then the peppermint one they don't have the champagne benets yet. I think they're only serving those on new year's eve, but uh Figure try the the peppermint one, you know This is two powdered sugary things. I tried today. These are so hot though. They're very very hot Oh, it's kind of burning my hand. Oh, I've already ruined my shirt. Oh boy This did not go according to plan look at this I went ears first and look at this Look at the mess, but this is what everything is. It's all the tables are just covered. Somebody lost their sunglasses here And these look like Roy bands I've got a gray beard. Look at this Wait a second We've got a bunch of earless mickey benets here. They're all missing an ear Except for this little guy. He's not getting any love, but holy moly that is a lot of powdered sugar They put on these it's like all over the place. Look at this down here Well enough of the benet business. I don't even know Why I came over just to have a bite or two of benets, but it was nice to kind of hang out for a little bit at the french quarter Now we're going to go home. Check on gracey call tonight I have a doorbell now What are you doing show me your toys come on show me your toys come on show me What Where's all your new toys? Oh here they are look at you What did you get what this one you want this I want this one. Why am I throwing them down the steps? I want this one Oh And with that I think we are done here today I'm sorry the video is kind of chaotic and all over the place But sometimes things go according to plan and sometimes they don't and you have to kind of just go with the fluid things And make the most of it. That's kind of what I did tonight, you know Couldn't get our next finish never is couldn't get on american adventure Kind of all backfired, but still had a great time. So I hope you enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time Bye