Sunday 12th April 2015
Animal Kingdom and an evening at Epcot
As usual, due to jet lag, I was awake very early on our first morning – which I no longer mind at all as it means I have plenty of time to get up and go for a run around my favourite place on earth!
From our balcony..
It was still quite dark when I got outside
Once my Garmin watch picked up a signal, I was off... I could tell I was excited as I ran my first mile too fast, especially with the humidity!
I saw several other runners out as well as some walkers – everyone said 'good morning' or smiled (unlike at home where most people seem to look away when I run past them! Crazy runner
) I ran to the Studios (the Sorcerer Mickey topiary is a great turning point!) and then back to the Boardwalk, across the canal to the Swan and Dolphin.. I wanted to try and find the path that loops around the Epcot resorts.. and I found it!
It's a nice quiet side walk which even has a few small 'hills' due to the landscaping around the resorts. I found an entrance near to the Beach Club Villas to get back in to the resort, one final lap of Crescent Lake and I was done.
Back to the room to shower and get ready for the day.
New colour Magic Band!
This trip I started using a screen shot of our daily Fast Passes as the lock screen on my phone – it worked out well as I could quickly see the attractions and times without having to open the
MDE app.
Animal Kingdom had EMH which suited us and our jet lag perfectly – we were among the first on our bus too!
The sky was cloudy that morning but it was already very warm, and the sun came out mid morning.
The park entrance was already open but it seemed so quiet!
I liked the new area around the Tree of Life – much more open and there are now more animal carvings and some water features too.
We went to Kilimanjaro safaris first, we had a FP for it later in the day but wanted to see what different animals would be out first thing.. we were on the second jeep of the day.
As usual I said I wouldn't take any photos.... but it never seems to happen!
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