 Hey friends the day I am hanging out at Animal Kingdom the holidays actually started here last week But I haven't gotten the chance to come out yet. So that's what we're gonna do today Explore the holiday festivities at Animal Kingdom. Let's go do this And there it is. There's the Christmas tree It's lit up right now But we're not gonna be able to see it like really merry and bright because the park closes at five o'clock But it's such a beautiful tree. Do you see the hint of Mickey all the way up at the top there? And I also love all the figurines at the bottom of the tree You got Eora at the bottom and then you got Rue and then you got Piglet and these little characters are actually from the animated Lion King I remember seeing these in the entrance like during the circle of life song and Speaking of Lion King take a look at that lion ornament right there or that rhino one that rhino one's like a metal These are really nifty Another thing I really love is how they keep the theming with the Christmas music too I'll give you a listen Do you hear it? Decorations all on the Animal Kingdom sign and like I said, I just appreciate all the theming how everything is Perfectly fitting in with the concept of Animal Kingdom The Sun is currently setting around six o'clock here in Orlando, Florida and like I said with the parks being closed at five It's hard to get some of the nighttime activities done like when it comes to the holidays But if you can grab a reservation, I know they booked them an hour after the park closes Then you can walk out and kind of enjoy it And then you can possibly see the trio life come alive with the holiday Colors and some beautiful music as you just heard there. I love it here so much It also seems like the park is very not busy today. Like it's not crowded at all. I'm very happy about that I was able to show most of this garland the other day before they kicked off And then all of the animals up there are from the menagerie that used to perform down here Which was one of my favorite things from last year during the holidays And like I said, take a look at the bigger figurines here. They're so elegant like look at this one very elegant. I Feel like I've been associating bubbles with snowplot this year. I think it's a good filler Decided to come and hang out and try to watch some of the character cavocades Looks like Chip and Dale and Goofy are coming through on their holiday boat. I like it Looks like we got Mickey Minnie and Pluto coming our way. Oh Wow, they look so festive That is so cool And they got a little holiday jingle too Hi Mickey I'm sorry Pluto and Minnie, but hi to you too Look at how everyone is so happy. Oh, that is great. I Didn't know they all came so frequent. I don't know why people don't sit here more often But here comes the man himself. Well, not really Mickey's the man himself, but this is the man himself for the holidays There he is. There's Santa. I Love seeing all the kids excited Hi Santa And now a whole sets coming out we got Donald daisy and launch pad Look they're performing just for those two people up there. That's so nice This really is such a great spot to just come and watch the character cavocades I love it and it's a good place to come and just sit down and take your mask off drink a beer Really awesome. I never even thought about it before and since we're over here in mysero ride expedition Everest I'm very excited. I always love this ride. It's always my favorite actually. It's like we got lucky row number one So excited I dropped my phone on the ground. That's so scary. I put my foot on it to hold it down there. Wow That has never happened to me on this ride, but look at right there it is That's crazy, right? That was so much fun But such a rare encounter to lose your phone and like be at the grasp of the ride Like as soon as I heard my phone fall out of my pocket and hit the ground I slammed my foot down knowing that was gonna be right there and I just pressed like holding it there But it could have flew out anytime. Wow, I just feel lucky and because it's a hot day I think I might be willing to ride Cali River Rapids today. I'm a little worried about the camera But I think it'll be okay as long as we keep a little baggy with us If you ride Cali River Rapids any plan on filming it I highly suggest you grab yourself a bag and as long as you know where the waters can actually hit just put the camera in the bag real quick and Then pull it out again later other things like my cell phone. I'm putting that in a locker You will get wet and you may get soaked and I'm gonna show you what that means, but I'm excited I haven't rode this and probably a good year, maybe two and Please don't take your shoes off. Don't take your shoes off folks Hats and glasses your best removal but keep on your shoes This has such a themed queue. I absolutely love it. It's definitely an underrated ride But like I said, you're gonna get wet so a lot of people don't want to ride it. Oh Boy there she goes This is ours Five Five five five They used to have like a gigantic like area You could put your stuff and keep it dry in here and it had a little plastic top to it But not no longer. I'm excited because part of this ride It's just such a nice little group through the woods like it's very nice and relaxing I was thinking like there's probably so much chlorine in the water. It just sanitizes itself. Oh There we go. We're rising up You raise me up Yeah, that's I said one part. Yeah, it's all luck of the draw Yeah, it's gonna be right there Yep, no problem It's depending like I said, which way the vehicle rotates whether or not you may get so Would you hear the animal sounds It's gonna get a little choppy here, but look at that shot of Everest. Wow that is beautiful, isn't it? Now we're coming up on it No, that truck is about to fall in. Oh Oh, we're getting stopped there. No, come on. Come on. Oh spin spin. Oh, oh here we go Oh, it's not looking good for you guys Okay, I better put the camera away here guys, but I'll let you know. We're just hanging out here. Oh, oh Boy, let it just turn just a little bit. I'm looking. Oh, oh, oh, but it's going away. Oh here comes a little jingle jangle Some more look at that. See I'm not even that bad nicely dry. We got these people over here They like to shoot water at us though. So we're not over yet Ha These are my pants like I said, it's not too bad You know, they're a little wet a little They do sell ponchos themselves, but I'm gonna tell you guys a secret. I do not like ponchos I actually hate ponchos. I hate the way they feel and I hate the way they sound So even if I knew I was gonna get soaked and wet, I probably would just go without the poncho They used to have things right here where you can actually shoot the people with water, but it's all gone now And they shut off my favorite little fountain here, too I remember just coming here and sticking my head in here and it was so much fun things have changed drastically over time And now since I'm still a little bit wet I think I'm gonna go hang out in Dinoland and see what kind of holiday festivities they got going on over there But my friends the WDW travels are actually gonna leave me for the day. It was nice hanging out with them though It was fun. You didn't get too wet. Did you a little bit soaked? So we'll see you guys next time. All right. Bye They were fun to hang out with and I'll put their Instagram in the description below They've been watching the videos for a long time So it was great to actually hang out with them for a little bit, but now it's time to head into Dinoland USA for exploration Excavation and exhilaration. I don't even know that said that up there. It was our first time reading it Dinoland was one of my favorite decorated areas for the holidays because I love the music they play over here It's different from the one out front. They can do like a more modern type of music and also I love the pretty lights And of course, I love the Santasaurus This is so pretty to look at at night. I know it's a little dark But it's just lit up so pretty and the lights change. We could probably see a little bit right here Isn't that cool? They do have some holiday offerings over here a menagerie cupcake and then they have Warm chocolate caramel brownie the menagerie cupcake looks pretty interesting though, doesn't it? But after talking to my friends from ear to ear magic I decided that I think I'm gonna go get that menagerie cupcake. It sounds really interesting So I just purchased the menagerie cupcake and it's gonna be inside the restaurant of Soros Take a look at the little Christmas decorations up there. Those probably look really nice all lit up But I'll tell you what this guy right here. You're not getting my cupcakes are Brain poncho 1126 That's such an odd number, right? Why are they charging $11 and 26 cents for a poncho? This place is such a cool restaurant. Look at the dinosaurs kind of like deer head mantles and then there's a Pterodactyl like he's skeleton hanging from the roof. I always loved it in here And there it is the menagerie cupcake I keep on saying menagerie because I think it's fancy that I could have pronounced it right But why do they keep making cupcakes so beautiful like you don't want to cut into that? I don't want to damage it it looks like art and I found a little table over here and gained an extra little treat because I ran into some friends Yeah, and they have channels we have Yep, and then the mickey vines. Yep They gave me some of their pumpkin cookie with vanilla cream look at that very fancy I really have a feeling I'm gonna like the pumpkin ice cream sandwich more than I'm gonna like the menagerie cupcake So we're gonna try this one first That is it right there I absolutely love it the cookie is so soft the ice cream is melting like right now But it's still absolutely amazing very good. I'm gonna try cutting right through it with the wrapper I'm gonna go this way and then right down below like this Oh, look it's working Yeah, no, I'm destroyed it. It is a very good-looking cupcake I'm all about the ginger, but I'm just not so much about the cream cheese. So we're just gonna see how it goes But we'll give it a go Lots of sweetness. Whoa The pumpkin one was better. Yep pumpkin one way better way way better If you do come here for some desserts the menagerie cupcake was good. It's just I don't like the cream cheese I ate the cake all day long. It was definitely a little spicy But go with the cookies like the cookie ice cream sandwich They have a holiday one that changes up every single year or season they said so I'm excited to come back and try The festive holiday one that pumpkin was the fall one One last look at Santasaurus though because it is getting a little bit darker out so you can see more and more lights Man, I love that But now I'm gonna start heading back out and work my way through Discovery Island again Like I said, I wish it was just a little bit darker out a little bit later You know, I just I don't have the time today to do it But it's definitely worth it. Just stick around a little late to see the lights turn on They're starting to turn on a little bit right here My friends are taking off guys. We'll see you Bye Bye You can see right here some more lights Is that a little kitty cat in the tree? Think it is or a rabbit? No, that's a kitty cat. That's definitely a kitty cat I had to hop inside the mercantile because I wanted to get another Christmas mask while I was here And they have so many nifty Christmas things in here All the Starbucks ornaments and cups and then take a look at all the garland in the back there But this is the mask I'm gonna get I see everyone wearing this one and I never got it yet So might as well add it to the collection Now I'll save this mask for a nice dry day This one's a little bit wet right now because I know I got splashed a little bit on Cali River Rapids And I figured we'd head on our way out and check out the Christmas tree again Because now like I said, this is gonna be a little bit more brighter with the lights because they got a little darker But not much. Oh, you definitely can see more lights Nobody's getting any photos with the photo pass person. I'll fix that That's gonna be a fun picture. I just know it Let's take another look at the tree one last time though just before we head out I like these little blocks back here like you got Rafiki's got a block and then Zazu But any hoos I think that's gonna do it for me today. I had so much fun It was great to just get out to Animal Kingdom And now we're kind of walking out with this like Christmas like jungly music and I like it I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye