 Hey friends today, we are hanging out at Animal Kingdom and we have a fun day plan today We're gonna be doing the caring for Giants experience here at the park where we get an up-close look at the majestic African elephants and learn more about their care and then also meeting up with some friends having lunch at Yakinieri Riding rides and enjoying a beautiful Animal Kingdom kind of day. Anywho's let's go do this And there she is the tree of life It's definitely gonna be a hot day today and also look Kevin is actually hanging out down there. We can go see Kevin real quick I'm gonna fill you guys in and all of the information about the caring for Giants experience once we get over there But I'm kind of excited to see Kevin Yes, awesome was that I mean you couldn't ask for a better way to start off an Animal Kingdom day than seeing Kevin recruit a bunch of new wilderness explorers. That was so amazing. I loved it so much. She is so fun We're gonna make our way straight back to Africa though because we want to get ready for our caring for Giants experience And like I said, I'm gonna give you all the information once we get up to the booth where we check in And here we are at the Animal Tours booth and it's time to check in for our experience and they offer a bunch of Different ones. They have a Rhino encounter. They have the Sunset on Savannah They have the Wild Africa Trek and it's all amazing So now we're gonna dive into the details and it's right next to Kilimanjaro so far is this where you meet up and I'm excited. I've never done this before so this is gonna be a fun little experience The tour itself is thirty five dollars per person and it's a 60 minute tour and like I said it gets you up close with the Majestic African elephants and you learn about their care here in the park and you just kind of enjoy and get a really good close Look of the elephants and I'm excited like I said you can book it all online on the website I'll put a link in the description. You have to sign a little waiver, but I do have to warn you though It is a 60 minute experience and there is no bathroom break So you have to make sure you use the bathroom beforehand and I'm excited. I'm excited to see what we get to do You can see right here. These are some of the other offerings that they have here's the caring for Giants That's the one we're doing today And then they have the up close with rhinos the Wild Africa Trek and then the savor the savannah and all the prices are different But I mean this is like something really amazing and the price it's only thirty five dollars Like that is so crazy, right? It is ages four and up though But I thought something like this would be much more expensive at Disney. You know what I mean We get a little special lanyard with our name on it Nate and funny is is the paper that's in here is Handcrafted paper made out of 85% elephant poop fibers. So I'm gonna keep this forever and I shouldn't keep it so close to my nose either Now I did ask and if you were actually walking around this area You can always stop in and see if they have walk-up availability But they've been booked up like 60 days in advance and you can also like book it on the my Disney Experience app, which is kind of cool because that's very convenient So you can either do it there or on the website, but I feel like any time I walk by here now I'm gonna stop and just be like hey are there any open spots for any tours today Like I feel like that's gonna be a new animal kingdom tradition for me. I Am really concerned once we get back there today It is 97 degrees out and it says feels like it's a hundred and two animal kingdom is always the hottest Heart and I am like holy mo. I'm already dying, but I mean, I'm just gonna enjoy it so much I'm not even gonna think about it because I'm gonna be like seeing cool elephants and doing unique things That's the best thing sometimes when you come on vacation and it is hot It does creep up on you sometimes but sometimes you just forget about it and you just go with it I'm actually gonna be doing the tour with my friend Maria from Lake Boone of visitors. Are you so excited? LBV TV ready to go on a caring for Giants tour with paging mr. Morrow Yep, and where elephant poop It was getting close to my nose actually when I was talking about it. I was like maybe I shouldn't boo that like I know Now we're gonna start heading back to do the experience and we're gonna be going actually Like on the outside of Kilimanjaro safaris So everything that you see from the safari we're gonna be actually like it would be honestly like riding the safari And you would see us standing back there like isn't that crazy like I feel like we're like on the safari then and You can't film so I'm gonna bring the camera and I'm gonna show everything The only thing we can't film is when we're in that commute from backstage areas once you're off stage You can't show backstage on camera, but once we're back on stage. That's when I'll start filming again We're heading backstage now once we get back to where we're actually gonna be hanging out with the elephants Then we can film but you can't film when you're going backstage So we can't film in like commute, but I'm so excited. We're going back and it says safari staff only see that Where Safari staff now yeah, we have made it Safari staff only Now I do want to say before we actually head back there I don't plan on showing you guys everything because I do want to leave a little bit of an experience for you So that you can enjoy I'm gonna show you guys a lot of stuff But I do want to actually give you guys like an opportunity that you get to experience this for yourself If you want to come out and book it so I'm gonna leave a lot of parts out So that way you're not see you're not getting the whole experience just from this video You're just getting a glimpse of it to decide whether or not you want to do it or not And we are back on stage now look at that, but we're like off to the side So that's kill me jar safari is going right there Yeah Oh Is she following us or are we following her a Couple of fun facts there are three male elephants here and six female elephants here And it's so interesting because whenever I do kill me jar safaris usually I only see one or two of them like out at one single time But they're all here They just have plenty of room to actually walk around and I'm excited to see more than one or two elephants You can watch the safari go by right now and it's funny because that's where the flamingo exhibit is Do you guys know how flamingos get that pink color like I love that part of the tour But look at that. It's so cool. We're like on the other side. We're on the other side of the attraction Try to stay cool, yeah, oh sunscreen I Should start throw a mud on myself Wow, this is so cool. Look at there's four elephants here right in just our view I love this and then you got a little baby one right there, too This is amazing. I know the baby's right there. I'm like so excited The baby elephants name is Stella Stella. I love it Here are some really cool interesting things that you'll learn about more on the tour here is one single elephant tooth Look at that. It is huge. It's bigger than my hand and then this is a piece of poop If this is animal poop, but I think it's preserved a little bit But still very funny to be holding animal poop in my hands As a lot of you may know elephants are afraid of bees and this is a bee fence now This isn't actually a bee fence. This is just a display, but there would be a bunch of bees inside here So if you wanted to protect your farm from elephants, they would come and they'd bump into it And the bees would come out and they would not go to the garden and that's kind of what they have set up right here Isn't that so interesting like bees? I mean elephants are afraid of bees They have a nice little like observation area here where they have a caring for giant sign You have a little bench and you can just sit down and elephant watch like isn't that so cool I love being back here and just the pathways themselves like just going alongside Kilimanjaro safaris Like this is really really something special Here is a really cool example of an elephant's foot. Look at that That is so crazy. I love how they have it like that just to give you a little bit of like Because like you would think that it'd be like nice and soft But they got plenty of cushion there because you know elephants are pretty heavy All right, now we are back out on stage We're actually right back out in front of Kilimanjaro safaris and I love this This was such a great little experience for only $35 you cannot go wrong with this like that is amazing now You can't go up and you can't like pet the elephants But you get super super close and the information that you get like Meg who was the cast member that was giving us our tour She was so knowledgeable. It was insane She was throwing out facts that like I had no idea about and a lot of that stuff I did not want to put in because I also want you guys to get shocked and surprised when she talks about it and Yeah, this was so fun I definitely highly recommend this because like I said you can't go wrong with the experience You're gonna have memories and photos that really amazing photo opportunity and I loved it Like this is something really nifty and I'm so I'm shocked that it took me this long to actually come out and do it So I'm so happy that I got to do it. I got to do it with my good friend Maria and it was amazing Now that the elephant business is taken care of I think it's time for lunch at yak and yeti Conditioned air fine food drinks that all sounds amazing to me Especially the conditioned air because like I said it is so hot out and being out there in the back of Kilimanjaro Safari's there was no shade it had like there was a little bit of shade in that nice little quiet area, but it felt like a hundred and seven Maria had to take off and she's heading out and doing some other things But you guys should definitely check out her channel because it was so fun and we hang out all the time I'll put a link in the description and now like I said, we're going to yak and yeti And we're gonna meet up with some other friends and we're gonna hang out more so today's a really amazing day full of fun activities and friends Here is a look at the menu a little bit I always like to show the menu outside because when you get inside sometimes it's a little bit dark But they have a lot of cool things they have soups and salads and noodles and bowls some low-main 2199 They also have some grilled items like a Kobe beef burger barbecue ribs teriyaki chicken Korean beef and like the prices are anywhere between 20 to 30 dollars. So that's not too bad at all I'm excited to see what I'm gonna get here And we joined up with our friends Ash and Em from WeWareCute. Are you guys excited for some yak and yeti? I'm pumped you guys gonna show me the ropes because I haven't eaten here much So I don't know much about the menus, but you guys have you know, this is one of your favorite spots So I'm excited Looks like they've got some walk fried green beans on the menu along with some firecracker shrimp So I think we're gonna start off with that and I was looking at the honey chicken and that looks like a really good dish It's tempura chicken, but I'm gonna ask and I think they can do it grilled So I might do like grilled orange chicken as my entree Oh, yeah, there's the fried green beans or the walk fried green beans Gonna take a little bit of this last time I had green beans like this was from Disneyland when I had the poo poo platter the poo poo platter and then this is the firecracker shrimp Yeah, I might take some of this It's a little spicy We're gonna try the firecracker shrimp first. They said it's a little bit spicy, but I mean I'm going for it here That's not spicy at all Yeah You guys you guys feel a little spicy That's the way you didn't let me down you didn't let me down Maybe that's why I was thinking it was gonna be so hot and then I was like, oh, this ain't bad at all I like it Now we're gonna dive into the green beans here, and I love fried green beans I actually go around there's just one time I went around and bought all the different green beans to see which ones I like better because TJ Friday's had some Ruby Tuesdays had some and The ones that I had over in Disneyland at the Disneyland Hotel at the poo poo platter those were actually pretty amazing So we're gonna test these ones out. Oh Those are good Alright, I'm gonna grab some of this and I'm gonna try some of this sauce here. It's like a jam almost little green beans and jam Also the lighting in here is very funny because it keeps on changing. I think it's a light bulb So one second I might look like a different color than the next and Enough with the green bean business now. It's time for the main event I ended up getting the honey chicken which I got with grilled chicken and then it looks it's got some zucchini And actually looks really good, and then you guys got some pretty good food too, right? What'd you get? It looks good Look at the size of that though. Oh, yeah, I'm shocked I did end up getting a little bit on everybody right there, and I can't I keep on looking at the lighting I'm so sorry. I don't know how to change it. Maybe if I go like this But like it's it's constantly changing because of the light Oopsie potato. I don't even know what is happening there Honey chicken I Was too busy going on about the lighting that I dropped my zucchini Zucchini down, but the chicken is good. I like it Okay, we're gonna try this the second time but the zucchini is slipping so no time to waste Little scoopsie rice right there. Oh, you gave me the spoon. I Like it look It looks so proper the way it just sat on there doesn't it? That is so funny I Gotta try some of this rice here, but I love the presentation isn't it like so fancy. That's a big bite That's a big I mean it's got all the chicken. It's got chicken and shrimp in there. All right. We're gonna try it here Wow, that's good holy moly I Absolutely love the inside of this restaurant It looks so pretty in here doesn't it and I didn't even only had a second floor and we're actually gonna be sitting up here But look it down Look at that Isn't that so nifty? I love these lights too And I just found out that the stairs that actually go up to the second floor are from India They actually brought it in three different pieces, but this is hand-carved stairs from India But you know me where else are you gonna find that in a restaurant other than Animal Kingdom or I guess India too? All right all done with a little lunch there was good though, right? Yeah, and the best way to basically digest lunch is probably ride Expedition Everest I think you know what I mean? Yeah, maybe that's not the best thing, but it's a fun thing to do and By the time we walk there, we'll walk off all over Yeah, hopefully if not we're gonna be riding a very intense roller coaster after eating a very nice meal Before we make our journey over to Everest though I think maybe we'll stop and get ourselves a little coffee a little joffreys Because I feel like a coffee after a meal is perfect especially for lunch And I noticed they have a lot of really cool specialty beverages here. Like for instance, they have the Celebratory sips and this is the golden savanna each part actually has their own coffee or frozen Frappe and I like how it's all themed to the park and then they also have the lion's latte I had that before but I'm not the biggest fan. I Ended up getting just a little classic 50th anniversary Coffee here a little iced coffee on a hot day and add some sugar Maybe a little honey and a little cinnamon. Maybe no, I'm only kidding. I don't need any of that Look at this isn't this insane 20 minutes for 20 minutes for exhibition ever Like I thought we're gonna have time to walk through the queue drink our coffee. Yeah, but no We're gonna probably just walk it's gonna be less than 20 minutes But this is also your you guys first-time riding right? Yeah, this is their first time coming face-to-face With the Yeti. It's gonna be good I am so excited Look at that that is so crazy 20 minutes Wow, this is pretty amazing. It said 20 minutes, but honestly, I think we're just gonna walk right on we're just gonna walk right on The queue itself is basically like a museum of Yeti like it's pretty amazing Do you remember that one TV show where the guy went around and like was looking at like monsters and stuff? They have a picture of him here. I think his name is Josh something I can't remember the name of the show, but his name is Josh something. Maybe Josh Gaines or grads Let me know in the comments if you guys know what I'm talking about, but that's him and he found this Yeti footprint Does the Yeti exist? Respect the power of the Yeti Look at this we said 20 minutes and it was like a five minute walk. It was five minutes. Wasn't it? Yeah No Sense that you guys this first time we gotta wait for row one Yeah, it's honestly I love from the front. Maybe we can ride it twice and see what it's like, but I mean I'm always front row I love it. It is so cool All right, here it goes I'm so excited don't lose your phone guys You're gonna have to hang on to this precious beauty right here. Press it down nice and hard Oh Looks like we're stuck here for a second. Is the track broke? I always like to see if anyone dropped anything good down here You almost you almost lost some you guys have Everest hair No hair don't care no hair don't care Oh my lanta look at you guys's faces there That's happiness though Yeah, I loved it. That's the way All right, we're doing it again. We're so fun the first time this time. We're doing the back row Right front row back row there. You guys don't let me know. We can do that more in front of the back Oh boy Getting part of the ride is always so peaceful like I just love it. It's so relaxing except when we get up here in a Jerk shop. Oh like that Yeah, you don't expect you like See all the hair ties like isn't it a weird tradition everyone throws their hair ties there All right, now that you rode it front and back, which one do you like better front front? Yep, see a lot of people live by the back But I feel like the back is more rough like the front is just smooth Yeah Nice so great. Well now that we did this we're gonna go do another ride you never done before dinosaur We were a bit scary so yeah, it's pretty scary Look at this the dino institute. This is one of my favorite rides too. I love coming here I want to do it every single time honestly And it's cool doing it with people who has never like they never done it So you get to see that shock factor, you know And I've already like warned you guys it is a little scary a little a little dark and children can be frightened But I love it. All right. We have each other and we have you named. There you go. Oh, there we go Yeah This says a 20 minute wait too, but I don't think it's 20 minutes It's definitely a little bit longer than expedition ever is but I don't think it's 20 minutes The time rover is like this If I can bring you back from the cretaceous period It stands to reason that I can bring back a live dinosaur with you and not just any dinosaur Take a look at this guy I think the corner was bigger Yeah You've got a bit more length of the hands But with a bigger tail too I only got two fingers That's true. I've got you've got the opposable bumper here Then I got two horns. Yeah, what's his name? This is frederico Frederico frederico frederico and that one this is schnoopsies schnoopsies a little karmatoris schnoopsies potatoes I love it. He loves your guys' shirts. It's the same color as yours. He loves your shirts schnoopsie loves it What is he up so low? All right, it's time. We're going back in time here. Oh, but first we have to see if you check. Okay. Yeah, but then we're gonna time travel Back to the cretaceous period Time travel commencing in t-minus 10 seconds This is secret. Listen up. We've got to get in We have to go on an autopilot and get out here for an asteroid hit. Let's roll Oh Dinosaur was so fun Now we're making our way back over to discovery island and I think we're gonna do it's tough to be a bug And the band is coming on right now. This is fun because you get to dance around a little bit Those are my type of people While we are over here before we head to it's tough to be a bug They have a new turning red cupcake at flametree barbecue So I thought maybe we'd grab it share it take a look at it and then enjoy it's tough to be a bug Look at that. That's actually a really pretty cupcake Look at how cute that cupcake is and it's like it's a bow button. Yes. It's a bow button on top. Nice And little chopsticks. Did you guys like turning red? Oh my god. It's a movie, right? Yeah, honestly, it's so cool And I kind of wish I had like that kind of like heritage where I would turn into a panda Like right? Can you imagine? I feel like I'd be a big panda though. Oh, yeah a big panda. Yeah I mean love maze friends are so cool. I know that is so cool I'm still kind of blown away with all of animal kingdom's cupcakes because they're so top heavy And you know, honestly the first one that we got it fell over when they set it down I went to go pick it up and it's so top heavy that it tipped over But look at that That is a lot Like that is pretty impressive and it does look like a bow button. I wonder what the flavor is of the bow button itself Oh I can't eat it. Like honestly, they actually look so cool, but you know, you have to destroy it I can't. I know. All right. Here we go. I'm gonna try the bow button first Let's see if it's like icing or What is it? Pineapple buttercream? Okay, I'm going in right here Pineapple buttercream Oh my god, the cupcake is so small from here. Do you think I see it? I know that's what I mean Like there's more icing than cupcake and you can see the pineapple right here. That's so interesting pineapple buttercream Oh, wow, it's so good. It does taste like the fall like that is pretty crazy. It's very good here All right, enough of the cupcake business Time to head into uh, it's tough to be a bug. It's tough to be a bug Another really cool thing though, a lot of people don't know that there is a dinosaur on the tree of life Like isn't that crazy? A natural dinosaur. Where's he at? We got to find the dinosaur. Oh, there it is Look at that Oh, it looks like we're in time for the uh show we got here just in time You have to get some honorary bug glasses There we go, this makes you uh turn into an honorary bug So you put those on you become an honorary bug You can't actually film during the show so the show just ended and it was so much fun Look now we got to take our honorary plug glasses off and uh, we're back What did you guys think of it's tough to be a bug? It was so fun. I love that there was like water and then like smell Scary though, right? Very scary. I did scream when the spider the spiders came down the black widow spiders Did you guys get the the sting from the hornet in the back? No, oh you missed the most scariest part. I got it. Yeah, I got stung It was great. Yeah Oh That's so funny. You guys didn't even get the scariest part though But at the end the sea moves up and oh, yeah And with that I think we are done here It was a fun day. We've got to do a lot of rides that they never got to do Right. I know a lot of scary rides. I just enjoyed an animal kingdom day. I mean, I love it So make sure you guys check out. I'll put a link for their YouTube channel and their tiktok. We wear cute and uh, I hope you guys enjoyed the video I enjoyed making it. Bye