JanJ and KenJ's September 2014 Trip Report

Haha, yes it looks that way doesn't it? There are lots of smaller size snacks to choose from as well. But we do find that, generally speaking, serving sizes are bigger here in the US, compared to Canada.

Haha! As you can see from our pictures, we are a little "fluffy" ourselves.
We rarely have days like we did yesterday, but we are on vacation, so every once in a while doesn't hurt. As long as we don't gain weight at the end of a Disney vacation, we're golden!

Thanks Watchmaker. We didn't stick around too long, but they didn't say anything about it. Maybe closer to their last show they will?

Ok, we are heading back to AK today and will be going to watch the Lion King and Nemo for the first time! Will let you know what we think later.

It's raining now, and has been for about an hour, so thought I would update you all on our day. Hopefully, the rain stops soon as we have a reservation for the Epcot After Hours Wind Down at Tutto Gusto tonight.

We decided to head to Kona for breakfast this morning, so walked through Epcot to the monorail. We were going to walk from the TTC to the Poly, but I wasn't sure if there was a walkway still. And, we always get lost going that way anyway!

It was very quiet people-wise at the restaurant, but you could hear lots of work going on. Ken had the ham and cheese omelet and I had eggs and bacon. Pretty boring breakfast, but it was very good.

Then we tried to figure out what we were going to do today. I suggested a trip back to AK to see the Lion King and Finding Nemo shows. We had yet to see either of these, so thought we would give it a try. I pulled out my iPhone and quickly booked some FP's for both shows as well as Dinosaur - so convenient. We then headed out front to wait for a bus. The express monorail to MK stopped just outside the station at the Poly so Ken took this interesting shot.

Once at AK, we took our time walking through the Oasis as we had about 30 min before our first FP for the Lion King.

We continued on to Africa and then went back to the new theatre and checked out the huge new area that was built. We talked to a couple of CM's and they told us that the whole area was swamp - you would never know it.

We both enjoyed the show - we were in the elephant section. I especially enjoyed the acrobats. Up next - Finding Nemo.

Ok, on to Finding Nemo. We walked through Asia and realized a wall had gone up along the water since we were here on Monday. We asked a CM and he said they were increasing the seating area for a new light show on the water! Should be good.

We stopped first in Dino-land for another ride on Primeval Whirl. Ken went with me this time and he survived! I think I found a new favourite ride.

It was now time for Finding Nemo. We could sit anywhere, so we picked towards the back, right in the centre of the theatre. It filled up to almost capacity by the time the show started.

Again, we both enjoyed the show but if I had to choose a favourite, I would pick Finding Nemo. The colours were more vibrant and it followed the movie, which is what I'm familiar with. But, that being said, neither one of us would be in a hurry to see them again anytime soon - maybe in a few years?

During the Nemo show, we had both received an email from Disney advising us that our next FP would have to be rescheduled since Dinosaur was not running - that's great service. We just decided to head back to the hotel since it was now amost 4 and the park would be closing in an hour anyway. On our way back, we could see the big black clouds coming in and as mentioned, it has been raining for almost 2 hours. It's clearing up now, so we'll be off to Epcot soon.

On another side note, I finished off the Red Velvet cupcake tonight from Starring Rolls and this one is hands down my favourite. Love, absolutely love, the cream cheese icing! Sorry, no pictures, but it looked exactly like any pictures you will find on the Disney Food Blog.

The Lion King was about 30 min and Finding Nemo was about 40 min, so not too long. And the theatres are air conditioned, which was a nice relief today.

Yay! Can't wait.

We both enjoyed it and Ken especially enjoyed the empty park on our way out. The wine flight was tasty and I'm not a big wine drinker. I got the white wine with a vegetarian selection and Ken got the red wine flight with his snack. If we did it again, I would go with the dessert selection. The place is beautiful as I'm sure you know, and we plan to go back tomorrow for lunch. Not sure if it's worth the full $35, but we're glad we did it at least once. No discounts on that either.

I'll post some pics later.

Our ADR was for 9:20 and we left around 10, but we could have stayed longer. Some people were ordering wine and they certainly weren't about to kick us out. We enjoyed an Off Kilter show before hand. Sounds like you'll be getting your exercise!!