Revisting Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom November 2021

On our fifth park day, we did a split day.  We began at Hollywood Studios and ended at Animal Kingdom.  Our goal was to revisit a few of our favorite rides.  

 

Arriving at Hollywood Studios

 

Just like earlier in the week, we arrived early to be first in line for rope drop.

 

We rode Rock 'n' Roller Coaster first.

 

Terror of Tower was our second ride.

 

We are on the back row, left side.

 

 

Our family at Hollywood Studios 2021

 

 

Our family at Hollywood Studios 2017.

 

 

 

Who wants to ride Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railroad again??  We do!

 

Slinky Dog Dash was down most of the day so we rode Toy Story Mania! again instead.

 

Muppet Vision 3D

 

Rise of the Resistance

 

Back at Animal Kingdom.

 

 

Cruz loves to get these leather bracelets.

 

Pandora

 

We rode Flight of Passage again.  It was one of our favorite rides of all.

 

They loved seeing this tuk tuk.  We have these in Guatemala.

 

 

After eating supper at Flame Tree Barbecue, we watched Kite Tales again and then spent the rest of the night riding Expedition Everest back to back until the park closed.

 

 

In all, we rode Everest 18 times during our trip.   It was a blast!

 

Before leaving, we took a few photos in front of the Christmas tree.

Disney at Christmastime is extra special!

We still had one more day to go and we spent it back at Magic Kingdom. I will wrap up my Disney posts with those photos next.

Animal Kingdom 2021

 

Our first park day was spent at Animal Kingdom.  We rope dropped every park day which means we got there early to get in line and we would stay until the parks closed.  We had long days but they were all fun-filled!

 

The Animal Kingdom Christmas tree

 

I love having the photo pass.  It provides us with many great family photos.

 

Look out, Everest!  When the rope dropped we headed straight there. We only rode it once on our last trip so the boys were eager to ride it again. Plus, everyone else seemed to be headed to Pandora so we saved that for the late afternoon.

 

off to ride Expedition Everest

 

We walked right on and rode it back to back.

 

So much fun!  It is one of our favorites at Disney.

 

I loved this bright pop of color as we walked through the park to Africa.

 

Next, we rode Kilimanjaro Safaris.

 

DinoLand U.S.A. is not my favorite but the boys still like it. We rode Dinosaur and then let the boys look around.

 

 

 

 

It's Tough to be a Bug! show is fun.

 

Another way we save on Disney trips is taking in our own food and drinks.  We pack our lunch and snacks each day and only buy supper.  This day we took in some refried black beans and tortillas and made the boys favorite lunch. Other days we packed sandwiches and even sausage dogs one day.  Disney food is very expensive so doing this helps.

 

We took the train to Rafiki's Planet Watch.

 

The Lion King show is wonderful.

 

 

 

 

We loved the new Kite Tails show. We watched it off and on throughout the day.

 

 

 

 

On our 2017 visit to Animal Kingdom the Pandora area was still fairly new and extremely crowded. We did not even walk through it.  This time, we were anxious to see it.  It is still quite crowded but we did not mind. 

 

Here we are in line for Na'vi River Journey.

 

Excited about riding Flight of Passage.

 

Pandora: The World of Avatar is a cool land.

 

Flight of Passage was amazing!!  We all loved it so much and now I definitely see what all the hype is about. The wait time may be long but it is worth it.

 

We had supper at Flame Tree Barbecue and then spent the rest of the night riding Expedition Everest back to back until the park closed.  In all, we rode it ten times that day. 

 

We ended the day watching the Tree of Life nighttime show- Beacon of Magic.  It was beautiful! 

 

 

Next up, Magic Kingdom.