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Day 4, Tuesday April 22nd

Today was originally going to be our day off. To just relax around the resort and maybe do some shopping at Downtown Disney.

But during our Keys to the Kingdom tour on Monday, Jackie (our tour guide) told us all that Tuesday was the 10th Anniversary day for Animal Kingdom. So we thought it would be cool to be at the park that day.

So we all headed over around 9am. We headed into the park and really all we saw that was different from any other day was a banner that said 10th Anniversary on it. And then there were a few booths for Earth Day.

That was really all i saw that was different. I was pretty disappointed that there weren't any big celebrations or anything. But we did make sure to buy the 10th Anniversary Pin.

So we headed right for Everest after looking at a few animals around Discovery Island. We got fast passes for Everest and headed towards Dinoland. We waited about 20 minutes to go on Dinosaur. Then we went to Primeval Whirl. I really enjoy this ride. After riding Primeval Whirl a couple of times we headed to get some lunch at Yak and Yeti.

Greg and I ordered Kung Pao Beef, Joey and Juanita got the Crispy Honey Chicken and Dwain got the Shrimp Lo Mein.

I did not like the Kung Pao Beef at all. I ended up eating half of Joey's Crispy Honey Chicken, which we all thought was good. I think Dwain liked his Shrimp. And i am sure Greg liked his Kung Pao Beef because he eats anything.

After lunch it was time to head to Everest. We waited about 15 minutes in the fast pass line. Which was longer than any other time I have fast passes this ride. But the 15-minute wait was good. It gave our stomachs time to settle.

While we were standing in a slow line to get our food, (they were training someone new). Greg ran over to Kilimanjaro Safaris to get us fast passes.

After Everest we did some shopping and pin trading. I don't think anyone really bought anything other than some pins.

I thought for sure that we were going to have a horrible Safari since we didn’t get on the ride until about 3:30. But it ended up we had a really good Safari. We saw tons of animals, with the exception of Giraffes. There wasn't a single giraffe on the entire ride. But we did get to have a white rhino walk right along the side of the vehicle. I mean less that 5 feet from the vehicle.

After the safari it was time for us all to head towards the Whispering Canyon Cafe for our dinner. We got there and had to wait about 30 minutes for dinner. Which was fine by all of us, since we had never been to the Wilderness Lodge before. It is such an amazing resort. I cannot wait to stay at the villas in September.

While we were waiting to get seated i had spoken to the hostess to have them add to our table that Juanita and Dwain had gotten engaged the night before. I was standing by the check in desk and Juanita and Dwain walked by in the lobby and waved at me. The hostess starts waving to them, and then she says to them who are you waving too. They said him and pointed towards me and she turns and looks at me and then turns back to them and so oooooh, are you the two that got engaged last night? I so wanted to strangle her. I was trying to plan something for them and she opened her big mouth.

We finally got seated and ordered our drinks. Juanita was brought the really big glass to drink from. She barely finished a 1/4 of it. We were all trying to get her to chug it.

We all ordered the platter. We really enjoyed it. The corn on the cob and ribs were big favorites at our table.

For dessert, I know I got cheesecake. I don't remember what everyone else got. Anyhow after dinner our server came out with these big signs and yelled to everyone in the restaurant that Juanita and Dwain had gotten engaged and he held up the sign that said applause. That was all they did but it was nice of them.

After dinner Greg, Joey and I headed to Downtown Disney. Juanita and Dwain headed to a park. But I don’t remember what park.

Anyhow, tonight was supposed to be a surprise for me but I ruined it. About a week or so before we left I was preparing to book our cruise for next year and I was searching for my passport. While looking for my passport, in our fire safe, I found some ticket master tickets, and was curious so I looked at them. They were La Nouba tickets. I was so excited. I really wanted to go to La Nouba so I was really excited. Now a few days prior to this, Greg had said to me that we should make sure we pack something nice to wear one evening. And I was like why? He said in case we need to dress up for a dinner. I was like, hello?, I am the one who booked all of the ADR’s. I know we don’t need to dress up. Well, after I found the tickets, I should have kept my mouth shut. But instead I said to Greg, I now know why you want to pack a nicer set of clothes. He was so upset. He was really excited that he had planned something for the trip that I didn’t know about and I had ruined it. I felt so bad. Lesson learned for me. If I ever come across a secret like that I need to keep my mouth shut.

So we get to Downtown Disney at about 8:15 and head right for the Cirque building. Even though I had seen the tickets I didn’t pay much attention to where our seats were. We were dead center of the house, 2nd row from the stage. They were such awesome seats. Although I don’t really think there is a bad seat in the house.

We really enjoyed the show. It was just so good, from beginning to end. I would so go again. So if you haven’t been, you really need to go see it.

After the show ended at about 10:30 we headed back to the resort to get some sleep.