 Hey friends today, I am hanging out at Disney's animal kingdom The park is open till 8 p.m. Tonight, and that is super rare in fact It's the first time in 2021 and it doesn't look like it's open past 7 p.m. For the next three months We're gonna be able to enjoy animal kingdom at night. Let's go do this The whole month of December I wasn't able to see any of the Christmas lights turned on because the park closed at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and then I think it was only open till 6 and 7 on the weekends So I didn't get to see any of the real Christmas lights and all the way up until right now It's the only time I've been able to come when it's open during the night time And honestly it is a big deal because Pandora at night is absolutely stunning I love looking at Everest during the night, too. It just makes the park a little bit better I'm also just really excited to be able to show you any new activities and festivities happening Because this is just such a remarkable park. Look at that tree of life there. It's beautiful, isn't it? It's also a perfect day for animal kingdom. Not too hot It's about 80 degrees and very windy. Whenever I see the trees actually blowing in the wind I feel good when you have the sun and the wind at the same time. It's like the perfect combination I'm gonna head right on over to Dinoland USA One thing I want to make sure I do at night is be in Pandora to check out all the bioluminescent plant life And also see the tree of life come to life. I haven't seen that in months. I Wanted definitely ride dinosaur, but also I want to check out the new cocktail at restaurant a source lounge That's one of my favorite lounges and right now. I think it's just grabbing go But it's still very cool and themed right here is the Restaurant a source lounge and they always have some pretty amazing themed drinks. I mean come on tequila source. That's amazing They actually have tables in here now. Wow, we can actually sit down and kind of just have a drink right here I'm actually joined up with my friend Erica all things parks and we're gonna get the drinks This is the tea Lee a source Teal like the color teal. Oh and then this is another one. This is the elixir extinction These are all like hidden drinks. They're not on the menu. Oh wow. This is fancy They're very colorful too Now that we got them out in the light a little bit. They look so colorful I mean this one's basically a purple Long Island iced tea and then the teal a source when Erica got That's more of a bourbon drink right cheers to extinction And getting that dino or not because they're closed. Oh, I think we're gonna make it Now that I'm finishing up my drink. I think we're actually gonna go ride dinosaur. I'm excited. It's fast It's a blast and it's in the past. I Didn't do that really cool Look at that big beautiful dinosaur. This is one of my favorite rides actually in all of Walt Disney World It's so thrilling and I can see why kids think it's scary So the last time that I was actually at dinosaur they didn't have this inside like taped up queue They just let you walk right through but look at this. It's like a construction zone The posted wait time said 30 minutes and it was actually just about a 15 minute wait. How funny is that? Perfect. We got row number one. That means no plexiglass Honestly, though, I don't think the plexiglass really affects this ride that much living with the land. It's horrible I don't even understand why they have plexiglass there, but this ride I don't mind it and if it can mean more people getting on I think it's a good thing Oh That ride is just legit so much fun I know that it's a little dark in there So I try to set the exposure really high so you can see a little bit more than you normally would but I love it It's so much fun. I love the narration and I just love everything about it It's starting to get a little dark out the lights for dino ramos coming on and I think we're gonna head on over to Expedition Everest I always say Animal Kingdom is the hottest park especially at like high noon But later on in the evening. It's so breezy and beautiful That's what makes it fun at night and that's another reason I'm so excited to be here because you don't get to experience a cool night At animal kingdom very often decided to give it a little time before we hop on expedition Everest So we came in to the rivers of light stadium grabbed our sides of spiced excursion tail Now this beer is only sold at skipper canteen and in this park and it's just such a beautiful feeling sitting down here We got the moon up there All the clouds and hearing the people scream as they fall down expedition Everest. It's amazing It definitely got a lot darker, and I'm excited to ride expedition Everest at night It really does enhance the experience. Did you hear the screams? I heard the screams. I'm about to scream Look at that It's beautiful It says 25 minutes, which is perfect because by the time we get in there. It's gonna be much darker. Look at those lights This is so beautiful at night Look at this. I like how they actually have this on display right here Well now we're coming back out and turning back in That was literally like a 10 minute wait it said 25 minutes, but we got through that at no time I wonder if this still puts your name on these posters up here. I see Lori Mary Kate But I don't see nothing for Erica or Nathan What the heck and number one lucky row number one Oh here comes our lucky train The ARS I love how this ride starts off kind of like as a nice like relaxing ride through the like Forest and then that's when it gets crazy. But look at this. This is like a nice relaxing ride through the forest at night Let's see if he pops up I see his wing there That was absolutely amazing Honestly, this is one of those rides that it is it's so much better at night so more thrilling at night That definitely got the blood moving while we're in the gift shop. I want to show you my favorite Yeti statue Look at this guy. This is right in the gift shop I always point them up because a lot of people miss it, but that is so frightening. Isn't it? Look at those claws. I Love it But now it is officially Animal Kingdom at night and it is absolutely glorious. We're gonna head on over towards Pandora But first we're gonna go through Africa see if they got anything going on I don't know if they're doing the safari this late at night They used to have such an amazing fake sunset on the safari that I used to love But I don't think they do that anymore. So we'll find out. We'll see if it's running or not This is one of my favorite parts of walking through Animal Kingdom at night over here by the Up bird show you can see these beautiful lights. Isn't it amazing one time I used to think it was for the holidays and then I realized it was just your round It's so bright over here. I love it And of course we can see the Tree of Life is coming alive I think we're gonna actually step out there and get a look at the front of it That show is something I've missed so much. Look how beautiful that is though amazing You can see the lights in the trees Oh boy, we can see it down here It looks like most of all of Africa is closed. So Kilimanjaro safaris is not running Which is kind of sad. I would love to see in that fake sunset, but The dog walk bar is open. I think that's about it. It's the only thing that's open over here. I Missed a little performance is that they do on this stage It's kind of crazy to see it like this because usually it's very crowded and popular over here Now I think we're just gonna head right on over into Pandora like I said I'm very excited to see all the pretty colors. It is such an amazing thing at night and Rumor on the street is they actually just redid some of the lights. So hopefully it's a little bit brighter I'm also super excited for the festival of the Lion King to open up again. They did call back all of the performers So any day now any day we're gonna be going in the customs As we're walking in do you hear all of the crickets and it also looks like this is a line for flight of passage right here Probably a good 60 minute wait. I Look how they have a little light on top of the sign to let you know That we're entering the Valley of Mora. Welcome to Avatar. Please get in line for flight of passage Well, look how amazing this is It's so bright in here and you can see all the plans How my mask kind of goes in the dark look at this I Feel really fancy walking through Pandora with the glow in the dark mask. Look at me I'm fancy Oh no way Much better, but I like how it's actually glow in the dark. I'm so happy Erica told me I actually do that all the time. It's because I swatch out my mask like kind of like on a maybe hour I like to have like a clean mask all the time So I always have backup masks that I actually put in between the attractions I always change them out and they end up coming sometimes upside down. It just happens But now it looks great, doesn't it? But now we're gonna walk through and I'm gonna be able to find out what the wait time for flight of passage is Like I said from that line back there I probably would say a good maybe 60 minute wait not too sure, but we'll find out Yeah, it's exactly 60 minutes. I Kind of tell I could I could tell like that. That's how long it would have been 60 minutes is not too bad I'm not really interested in running flight of passage right now I just want to experience the land over here because it's so beautiful Like I said, you don't get to see it at night this often Look at all these pods fun fact. I have one of these sitting in my house And it actually stays lit just like this all night long. I love it Look at all of that. Isn't it beautiful? Can you hear like that animal noise? I Love how my shoes actually even glow in the dark. Look at that fanciness Now the park is closing so I think we're gonna head out to the front of the park and Actually watch a little bit of the trio life show We did a little bit from the backside before but I think it's a little bit better when you're actually facing the front Wards area. I don't know if the projections are different, but I see I feel like it is a little bit better So we'll see Look at that It looks like we might have caught the end of the show as we are walking up But look at how beautiful the trio life looks from here. I'm a little sad I thought maybe they would do one more run, but I guess not. Oh wait Oh, I think it's happening Maybe we lucked out it's a Disney miracle look at this Well, would you look at that was that like a Disney miracle I was thinking like oh I wish that it was actually gonna play again, and I thought that it wasn't because the park is officially closed But it did so that's so awesome that we were able to catch it and it was such an amazing night tonight at Animal Kingdom I'm so happy that I was able to come out. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. I enjoyed making it So we'll see you next time. Look at all the bubbles. Bye