 Hey friends today, we are hanging out at Disney's Animal Kingdom I wanted to continue our journey of going around to the parks for the first time in the year 2022 We're gonna ride some rides and get something to eat at my favorite quick service location and just talk about what's to come And what to expect for the new year 2022 here at Disney's Animal Kingdom any hoos Let's go do this As soon as we walk in the first thing I notice is divine And I am so excited to see her back. I don't know if you guys can tell she's blending in pretty well right here but you'll see her move in a second and Sometimes she can scare people because she's just like blends in perfectly If you plan on visiting the parks actually in the upcoming year 2022 There's a couple of ride closures here at Animal Kingdom that probably will make you a little sad that you're not gonna Be able to ride one being expedition ever is that is actually down due to routine maintenance And the other one is the primeval world. It's actually gone for good So we're gonna talk about those a little bit later on, but we're also gonna ride the rides that we can ride today I am so excited for our day here at Animal Kingdom, and it doesn't look like it's too crowded We're gonna have to check the wait times before we figure out what we're gonna do first and the weather is beautiful Look at that nice blue skies and the trio life is just as amazing as always Since expedition ever is closed for refurbishment I would assume that it's gonna increase the wait times for all the other attractions because expedition ever is like a very popular attraction in my Opinion, I think it's my favorite attraction here at Animal Kingdom. I love flight of passage, but expedition ever has my heart Let's take a look at the wait times and there's not many attractions at Animal Kingdom Avatar flight of passage is 70 minutes Navi River journey is 60 minutes It's tough to be a bug is 10 minutes Kilimanjaro safari is only 15 minutes. Wow. That's actually a really low wait time Kelly River Rapids 25 minutes dinosaur 25 minutes and of course expedition ever is closed Wow those wait times are extremely low So I'm guessing today is a very slow day, but on a busy day I'm sure they got to be super high like I said they have to make up for Expedition ever is and I checked and you can get a lightning lane for flight of passage right now It costs $14 just for that alone $14 just to ride Flight of passage and it's at six o'clock at night. So to me. I don't know. I don't know if it's worth it But I think that's where we're gonna start off our day is head down to Pandora and the flight of passage area And just kind of see what's going on down there. I Love just walking around the Valley of Mora. I mean it'd be fun to ride the ride too But like you've seen they're the longest waits actually 65 minutes and 70 minutes So I think we're gonna see what they're like. Maybe they might go down I do want to ride Kelly River Rapids later, but that I'm gonna actually get soaking wet So I don't want to do that right away because I don't want to be walking around the park like a soggy bottom boy It looks like the wait time for flight of passage went down 20 minutes Since we saw it on that screen there. So maybe we'll scope out the situation All right, I made the decision to hop in the standby line for flight of passage. I feel like today's the day I've been wanting to ride flight of passage and it said 60 minutes So it's going to be interesting to see actually how long it takes for us to get up there So I'll let you know when we do I love the queue here because you get to stare at the backside of the mountains And did you know that there's a bunch of banshees up there? Like you can see them in the rookerees They're just really tiny and hard to see I can see one right here actually and it's really awesome It's a really nice touch that they add to it Okay, it was pretty accurate and I'm sorry. I don't have a Disney mask someone wearing my Jurassic park mask And I kind of feel like it fits in here at Animal Kingdom So just about an hour and now we're here I feel like this is when the wait time stops because this is when the experience begins I feel a thing It took about 60 minutes to get to this point and once you're in this room I feel like it takes another 15 minutes before you actually get on the attraction Now we got to get on our banshee here Oh here we go Such an awesome ride and like I said, I love this ride But Expedition Everest is still my favorite ride at Animal Kingdom and it took it just about an hour But then it took us like 15 minutes like once the pre-show actually started I feel like the pre-show is such a long show It might be the longest pre-show out of any like theme park ride And since we're still over in Pandora, I think we're gonna get lunch right here at Saltouli canteen This is one of my all-time favorite quick service locations and I don't want to leave and come back So might as well eat lunch now I can give you my top three quick services all over Walt Disney World right now Saltouli canteen is definitely one of them the polite pig and also french quarter I feel like those three I can eat all day every day and they're so unique You know me for quick service you're usually seeing like burgers hot dogs and stuff like that This is honestly a unique dining experience for quick service and I love it I've already placed my mobile order and I created my own saltouli bowl And I got a combination of slow roasted sliced grilled beef chopped wood grilled chicken Red pepper and sweet potato hash and I didn't pick the sauce. I'm not a big fan of the sauce But if I did I would probably get the charred onion vinaigrette Actually, I might get the charred onion vinaigrette on the side just so I can try it It cost me $18 for the combination bowl and it's a pretty big portion wait till I show you And since we're over here and we're gonna wait Maybe we'll see if Navi river goes down because I would ride Navi river But I don't think it's worth waiting over an hour. Actually, I'm not even sure if I think I would wait 30 or 40 minutes I mean, it's a good ride and if you've never done it before then you have to do it But it's not something I would want to wait a long time for Look at how they prepare the chicken and the roast beef. Doesn't that just look appetizing? I know it. There's some good stuff right there. That chicken is phenomenal I hope I get the chicken that he's taking off the grill right now And here it is the roast beef and chicken combination with the red potato hash I didn't get the slaw, but I did get the bulb of balls And then here is the onion vinaigrette And I am so excited I get this all the time and I'm sure you guys have seen other videos But it is that good. It is so so good. And when I said I was going to come to Animal Kingdom today I was like, you know what I can go for a little salt truly canteen We're gonna hop right on in and we're gonna grab some of this red potato and pepper hash We're gonna grab some grilled chicken a little bit of everything on one bite. Oh, oh, yeah, we'll do the roast beef separate There we go, this is the way Oh my lord It is so good now we're gonna grab some roast beef I I'm not a big fan of these bubble balls in here. I don't know why I don't get it without them You can customize it. So like I said, it usually comes with a slaw I asked for none of that but I kept the bubble balls. I guess they look good for like pictures But I kind of don't like them in my food. It has a weird texture to it Now I'm gonna try a little bit of that vinaigrette here Gotta get a little of the sauce a little bit of the potatoes a little bit of all of it I keep on saying a little bit a little bit a little bit This sauce is good. I could just pour some on there actually I will say this all the time the thing that makes this amazing is the red potato hash. It is just that good Well, that did the trick and now I think we're gonna make our way on to africa Let me know in the comments what you like to eat at salt truly canteen I know that the cheeseburger pods are very popular, but I've never actually had them I always got to get the red potato hash and the thing is is when you like something a lot It's hard to order something that you've never had before because you like that Like I was craving the red potato hash and grilled chicken That's like one of the main reasons I came to Animal Kingdom today So I didn't want to switch it up much, you know what I mean One of the things I'm excited for in 2022 is the return of some of the shows here at Animal Kingdom We got Festival of the Lion King back, but it's not the full show And also I want to see the new Finding Nemo show that they actually announced That's going to be amazing and I think they're going to plan on bringing it out in 2022 I really believe Animal Kingdom is the best part when it comes to entertainment and live shows And I would love to see all of it come back I hear that they actually showed the citizens of Hollywood on the Run Disney because they did the marathon week this week They were cheering on the runners for Run Disney So that's a good sign that maybe they might be coming back to Hollywood Studios So a lot of entertainment coming back in 2022 is the thing I'm looking forward to a lot because they do miss it dearly Now we're going to head on over to Kilimanjaro Safari's and I'm pretty sure it's going to be a walk on There is no wait for this right now. The best time to come to the parks Well, the best time to come to Animal Kingdom is after two o'clock because I feel like everybody comes and they actually Like do all of the big rides and then they leave they hop to another park So after two o'clock there's always standby waits with like 10 minutes and walk-ons and it's a lot better This ride is actually one of the few rides at Animal Kingdom where masks are optional So you don't have to wear it if you don't want to and it was 100 a walk on we're walking right onto the attraction Look at how awesome this is kind of just walking right down in there Yeah, I like it Here comes our safari vehicle. It looks like we're getting Simba one Oh never mind there it goes looks like we're gonna get Simba one I got the back row all to myself and we're going Jump over everyone my name is Harry today Maybe we'll see a bantabot or maybe we'll see a rhinoceros Sometimes I forget that a rhinos full name is a rhinoceros because I'm just so used to calling them rhinos Now crocodile are the largest species of crocodilian here in Africa. They grow to an average of 16 It's the same size as the average height of a giraffe If you're on the right-hand side those animals of the large ones are in coley cattle And coley cattle were thought to be symbols of wealth from the watisi job That's the job that domesticated this so they're also called watisi cattle And the large honeycomb structure in their horns can regulate their blood flow to maintain their body temperature That's kind of like those in the air conditioning If you're on the left-hand side, they're actually pretty close to us and pretty easily see Right now these are african wild dogs. I'm so called african painted dogs. They get their name for their coat coloring We are not going to whistle at any of the animals Oh, we got a baby giraffe look at that on the right left and right We'll at least our migratory they traveling herds of 1.5 million individuals anywhere from 500 to 1,000 miles each year during what's called a great migration Just a giraffe passing by here Second one that's basically parallel with the truck here that it's actually the zebra pole We're going over the bridge and it doesn't make that sound anymore They used to make like a creaking sound like we're about to fall I loved it so much. I wish they'd bring that back Oh, look at that sleeping lion right there Oh, there's another one down there too. I never see them on the outside like that Those are ostrich eggs and there's a bantabot laying down over there as well a bantabot Oh an ostrich too. Oh boy For the most part the safari is a hit or miss attraction The animals have like the right of way so disney can't control the animals So if you don't get to see a lot of the animals, uh, there's nothing they can do about it Today I kind of feel like it was a little bit of a mess. There wasn't many animals out They were actually tucked away. We got to see some giraffes But no rhinos or rhinoceroses rhinoceroses, right rhinoceroses, but we can't get to see many of those And uh, maybe next time it's always good to come in the evening though. I feel like it's feeding time rhinoceroses rhinoceroses Now we're going to continue our lap around and we're going to head towards asia from pandora to africa and now asia I was just walking by this sign right here and wait to see the wait times for flight of passage and navi river I was kind of a little shocked. Uh, right now. I think it's almost five o'clock. It's four o'clock and avatar flight of passage Is 55 minutes navi river 70. Isn't that insane? Wow, that kind of blew my mind there I can't believe that flight of passage is such of a lower wait time than navi river journey I would never wait 70 minutes for navi river journey And I probably would never buy the genie plus here like the $15 Especially with expedition ever is closed I mean if I was going to spend any money it would be just to buy The flight of passage lightning lane because you could do all the other attractions in the same time as it takes to wait for flight of passage And now it's time for cali river rapids. I seen on the Wait time board that it was only a five minute wait. So we're just going to be able to walk on that But first we need to stop and get ourselves a plastic bag I don't want to get the camera wet and I want to film on the ride so I can show you guys So I grabbed a little plastic bag and at the last second I'm going to put the camera in the bag So it doesn't get wet but I might get wet And look at that five minutes a nice walk on So we waited 60 minutes to ride flight of passage We walked on kilimanjaro safaris and now we are walking on cali river rapids two walk-ons and 160 minute wait And also all riders must wear shoes don't try to take your shoes off so you can save them from getting wet They don't allow it here Oh boy, I really hope I don't get too wet I mean, I know I might get a little bit wet, but I don't want to get soaked I should have brought a universal studios poncho one They used to have like a poncho here where you could put your stuff in there and it won't get wet, but they took it away So that's why I brought this and it's gonna work perfectly Sometimes maybe you could put it on your head, but I wouldn't recommend doing that. It's actually very dangerous. Do not do that Don't do it Oh, we're coming up here One of us is gonna get wet Only one only one side of the boat gets wet and it's probably gonna be me Look at the crocodiles the elephants the lions And then also you can see a lion or tiger's face in the rock work right here straight ahead Let me know if you guys can see that it is really awesome, isn't it? It's kind of like a hidden mickey, but it's a hidden lion king. Oh, there we go. We're headed in I'm glad you guys got ponchos You're gonna get wet not me Whenever you come to the drop up here if you are like facing the drop It is you that is gonna get wet unless it turns last second, but I'm hoping that like I said, it's not gonna be me Oh, oh a little rocky. Whoa A nice view of expedition ever that's currently not working All right, here it comes a moment of truth gotta get the bag ready. No, no, no keep spinning Oh boy, oh boy Oh boy, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh boy Coming in hot. Oh, they shut off the water. Oh, no, they did it. Oh my phone Oh someone's up there using the elephants Look at that. I see you up there. I know who did that As we're getting off the ride. Look, there's nobody getting on I'm not too sure if there's water in the mic or not So if this sounds funny or if you can't hear me at all, you probably know why And usually I go and ride expedition ever after riding this so I can dry off But I don't know what to do. There's not really a dry off ride here You're gonna have to shake my glasses. You're gonna have to shake them to get all the water droplets off I can't use any of my clothes to wipe them because they're soaking wet This is soaked. I can string out water Now it is my turn to actually get people wet with the elephants here. You have to line it up perfectly Any second now Here we go Ah A lot of theme parks actually charge to actually use like the water gun effects on water rides But here at disney it's fair game. You just step right up press the green button and try to time it right and there you go Look at all the people standing over here by expedition everest I'm sure a lot of people don't know that it's temporarily closed And they're probably coming over just to maybe get a look at expedition everest I mean, it's still nice to come over and get photos, but they've got some games set up in front They've got some ring toss and it looks like they got connect four At least they're making it fun And like I mentioned before I'd be so excited to see the finding Nemo the musical Reopen and especially with its new like show disney did announce that they're actually bringing it back And it's going to be a brand new show. So it's going to be fun. I mean, I'm excited. This is one of my favorite I love seeing all the different puppets and the gigantic bird was my favorite If you guys watched the finding Nemo the musical, you know what I'm talking about when like that 20 foot pelican comes out on stage It's the coolest thing ever. I hope they keep that like, you know what I mean? I hope they bring that back. They said it's going to be a brand new show So I don't know what's gonna. I don't know what it's going to be. Maybe it might not even be like puppets anymore Look at this. It's like a new parade almost I love it. I said it's like a new parade Yeah This is the best parade they got going at animal kingdom Now that we've made it over to dino land usa. I gotta go see the uh leftover primeval world spot. They got it's all gone primeval world is gone It really did hit its extension here. There is nothing there just a big open spot But on the other hand, they actually have a good view of like this whole entire mural here I have never seen these murals like this because usually Primeval worlds right here are kind of blocking the view and it looks so nice when visiting digs country see the dino institute Wow That is really really awesome. I've never noticed those signs there because of that I read tons of different rumors and speculation of what they're gonna actually put over here But honestly, nobody knows except for the people that are doing it Nobody knows except for disney, I guess and people that are working on the project itself But let me know what you guys would think it would be like a cool like attraction that they can actually Put right here. Maybe another dinosaur one. What do you think they should actually do a whole like themed area? I mean, there's a lot of possibilities, especially here for animal kingdom It also looks like dinosaur has a five minute wait But I don't know if we're going to have time to ride that today and also they still have the christmas decorations up So you get to see dino all lit up here Isn't it so pretty? I love the christmas decorations at animal kingdom. I don't know when they're going to take it down today's like january uh january 9 This is something new they have an incanto stage and I love the incanto movie I thought it was so fun and I thought if I was a part of the family What like magic I would get or what special ability I would have What would you guys want to like have as a special ability? I would like to have like the power to heal or I would like to have uh invisibility super strength There's a lot of amazing things that I wish I could have but I like the movie and Maybe there might actually bring some incanto things here at animal kingdom. You never know I mean, they got the stage set up And now we are back where we started I thought about sticking around to watch the uh projections on the tree of life or the tree of life awakening But that's still like a while away. I can't believe how much we got accomplished in a little time It usually starts to get dark out here in florida around 5 36 and it's not even five o'clock yet That is mind blowing And now I believe we are done here today We made a full lap around animal kingdom. We got to have lunch. We rode three attractions And I feel like that is amazing. We were only in the park today for three hours Three hours and we got all of this accomplished So I'm very happy with the day like it was a fun easy going day And uh, yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed the video because I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time Bye