 Hey friends today, I am at Disney's Animal Kingdom I came out here today because I wanted to test the theory that the wait times are gonna be Significantly lower since park hopping has started because it closes at 5 o'clock if you park hop you can go to another park at 2 So nobody's gonna be park hopping the animal kingdom and the people that were in animal kingdom in the morning are Probably park hopping to another park so that they can have a longer day So I bet all the attractions probably have very low wait times And we're gonna find out. Let's go do this As I'm walking in I see they have a new photo opportunity here with the characters from up This used to be the Lion King one. I'm super excited Another thing that inspired me to come out to animal kingdom today is I've been missing the Walt Disney World Railroad And this is the only other park that has a train ride in it So I thought maybe we would catch a train ride around animal kingdom It's only one o'clock and the park is still open for another four hours. It's a little bit gloomy out though That also might keep people away Obviously if we're gonna be judging some wait times the most important place to start is in Pandora You got to see what flight of passage is like and Navi River And that'll give you a good idea of what the other attractions in the park are gonna be like Oh look here comes Rafiki Rafiki I'll show you the way That's so awesome. He's coming right underneath the bridge that takes you into the Valley of Mora Like I said, it's only about one o'clock and it's ten minute wait to get on flight of passage That's amazing. Isn't it ten minutes? Ten minute wait for flight of passage one o'clock in the afternoon. Okay, can we also talk about how I just walked in the queue It looks like one other person just walked in like look at this. This is Absolutely mind-blowing. I'm gonna go through the queue and I wonder if like I'm gonna walk right on to the attraction because the walk is about ten minutes Nobody is coming up the queue Like nobody's walking behind me and like I said the park is still open for another five hours That is insane. I Never get to see it in here like this I'm about to go into the lab area and like I said This is absolutely mind-blowing This is so amazing. Oh, wow This is just straight up 100% I'll walk on Hi One Thank you Straddle the seat step forward and sit down Slide your hips forward until you are against the chest pad and then move your feet all the way forward hold on to the hand grips I show it's important to hold on to the hand grips at all times After you seated back and leg restraints will be firmly engaged You guys know what these initials are let me know in the comments if you know each of these names They're very special to Disney and Pandora That was so amazing. It's such a good way to start off the day. I wish that I can actually film in there I mean you can but it doesn't do it any justice honestly because it's a ride that you just need to fully experience Like nothing on film will ever capture what it's like to ride that ride. I Definitely need to come back and see what the wait time is like when we got off the ride. Was it a fluke or Did we just really crack a code here? 20 minutes That is amazing Now we're gonna move along from the Valley of Mora and Pandora to Harambe And we're gonna see what the wait time for Kilimanjaro safaris is and also see if we can head on over to Rafiki's Planet Watch so I can ride my train Look at this my friends Five-minute wait for Kilimanjaro safaris. I can't just walk by we're gonna have to go on a safari To of Animal Kingdom's most popular attraction dark 100% walk on this is a great great day Now I'd like to see if this actually continues to happen Like I said, I mean it's it's hard to commit to this park when it closes at five o'clock And you can hop now and before when we had the park hopping option the park didn't close at five o'clock It used to close super early back in the day before Pandora But now that it was such a popular attraction they increased the night time activities and it became a whole day park Something that is really cool to point out when the parks first opened the cast member previews I came here and I vlogged that day. They actually Allowed you to take your mask off while I ride and kill the majority of safaris go back and watch that video That blows your mind doesn't it? My This is getting interesting That's a microwave out to the watering hole that pretty good gathering spot. It's a rake It's a bunch of hippo miss hip-hop hip-hop anatomists Look at that That's cool, dude. Hi friends All right, he's a little too close to the right path. There's over just taking nice and slow by them Yeah, one thing I don't want to do is spook them This is so awesome Way ahead in the distance there come up on the right that big guy back there was a ton Literally two thousand pounds Stand about six feet tall at the shoulder Hi friends Yeah, let's have a gold jump of eight feet Holy moly looks like his grass crown fell off And a lot of times we'll dig up weeds with his horns and yeah I have never seen the animals this close and just so active It's good to know that it is 139 and I believe they just fed them all so I don't know if there's a schedule But this is the first time I've been through the safari when they actually were feeding And this is amazing. She's a see for about maybe a hundred feet or so in front of them Yeah, they have really poor eyesight They're really mostly in their senses of hearing and smell you see the ones that you're moving in I'm kind of talking here Look at that lion right there. I'm gonna try to zoom in for you But he is sleeping and he just looks so Doesn't he? So to put that side as a perspective, you see that little ball hanging out where you put it on there The balls actually bigger than your face. Oh We're being chased by ostriches. Look at this Holy moly The the the lioness and so the ostriches okay, what's going on out there? Yeah, look at the lions up there Wow After having a walk-on flight of passage and then that safari dare I say this might be the best day I've ever had an animal kingdom. I really feel that holy moly Before I hopped the train and head on over to Rafiki's Planet watch. I wanted to grab a quick snack So I grabbed a Simba pretzel It's like a Mickey pretzel, but it's a Simba. Can you see it a little bit? I mean this one's a little distorted comes with some cheese sauce, and I grabbed myself a good old Bud Light I Have to say Even though they're probably the same pretzel The Mickey pretzel tastes a lot better to me. I don't know why I think the Simba one is like flatter And it actually has more hard pieces on the end so if you like hard pretzels But I just like the Mickey pretzel because it's so fluffy and airy I don't know they're both good pretzels, but I think I prefer a Mickey one next time That made me feel so much better, but now we got a train to catch. You must be moving along Well, and here it comes the Harambe Express the wildlife Express Now this train is a little different because it's actually facing Outwards and that's so we can't actually see any of the backstage action That's actually going on an animal kingdom. So this is like really a fun experience. I love this All aboard and welcome aboard the wildlife Express For a safe journey remember to stay seated keeping your hands arms feet and legs inside the train Sit all the way back against the bench and please be sure to watch your children a sightseeing Welcome aboard the wildlife express Stay seated with your hands, arms, feet and legs inside the train Sit back and look at the back of the train and please give it to the kids. Thank you The wildlife express with service to Raviki's planet watch Here you will discover a wide range of animal adventures from the erection section Where you can get up close and personal with domesticated animals like goats, jeep and more to sneak peaks at animal care in action and our Eatably, it was important that we protect our wildlife Right, there's tried rock that's with a lion's war and that's actually where the ostriches were chasing us How crazy is that to conservation to the field? Bambi was the first animated feature to bring live animals into the studio In the 1940s, Walt Disney and his animators modeled characters from the film after the movements and natural behaviors of their real life counterparts Even with the latest advances in computer animation. This tradition continues today as animators Look at the rhino in there. I see the rhino Big elephants over there Looks like we're here we have arrived at our destination I don't know why I just love train rides. It's the only reason I wanted to come over here There are some nifty things down here that you can do like in the animation experience and there's even a petting zoo But I don't know if the petting zoo is open I'll give you just a quick run through of what they got going on and then I want to catch the train and ride it again Because you have to take it back Here it is beautiful, right It's like a hidden gem back here a lot of people actually don't come back here There's so much to do over here. Like I said, they usually have a petting zoo But I don't think the petting zoo is actually open because social distancing or maybe it is. Oh, it is open I see people in there with the pets right now Look at that Get to hang out with some goats and some cows and some sheep Very fun and then they have really good areas to wash your hands And then when you go inside you learn a little bit more about the care of the animals And like I said, they have an animation experience where they teach you how to draw And this is the animation experience. This is where you draw some of your favorite characters This is really a cool thing to do. It's about 35 minutes though. So like I said, we're probably not going to do it today Maybe one day I'll come back and check it out Like I said, it's very nifty back here But we need to be going back and catching our train because I want to head on over to Expedition Everest I also want to check on dinosaur. There's a lot of things we can do today Here it comes It's a very bumpy train ride That was a fun adventure I really loved it Now we're going to keep going. Like I said, I want to go to Expedition Everest and I want to see dinosaur It's a great day at the Animal Kingdom today I feel like there is not a single person here with me. Look at this There it is Expedition Everest also Chippendale and Goofy jamming out to bad to the bone Bad to the bone And here it is Expedition Everest says 10 minutes, but We're pretty positive. It's going to be a walk on Like we are literally going to just walk right on the ride So this means that all three of probably the most popular Animal Kingdom attractions are a walk on Mid-afternoon in January. This is unheard of actually like it really is And I'm just so lucky that I was here to actually enjoy this day Oh boy Hey technically this is another train ride for the day better hang on to our hats and glasses here All right, it's just so exhilarating Holy moly. I love it. Wow. What a wonderful day we're having today. Like I feel so Super pumped like I'm like wow. I can't believe all of this happened in one day so far I'm about to actually do a super zoom photo a scenic super zoom photo. I'm excited We're going here. Oh Wow This is super fancy Holy moly And where do we stand? Thank you Yeah, that was super awesome. I'm definitely gonna add that in there for you So Might as well just head on over to dinosaur Everything was a walk on and I think that's a good way to cap off the day a nice ride on dinosaur And a time over this is gonna be great Watch us get over here and this be like the longest line of the day How like strange would that be just like for some kind of like oddball reason? I think we're actually clear though. It does say a 10 minute wait, but It's probably more than likely to walk on Look at that 10 minutes Oh, it's warm in here I mean, I'm not gonna complain, but this is literally the first line we've had all day What are the chances of that? I mean, we can't really say anything it was all walk on. This is literally a five minute wait. Oh, well Oh, I got the plexiglass in front of me I don't think it really matters on this ride only because it's not any special 3d effects or anything So you're gonna be able to see the dinosaurs on the left hand side and on the right hand side Not everything is straight ahead. So this is one of those rides where I think the plexiglass isn't so bad We're not gonna well, I think that was a great way to end the day. I had so much fun today I can't even begin to explain how much fun I had running around. Well, you've seen it. You guys got to see it Anywho's I hope you enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it. We'll see you next time. Bye