Walt Disney World – Day 2 (5/1/16) Recap/Summary

Trip log:

Started off the morning with a quick breakfast in the room and then met the rest of my group at the bus stop at 8am.  Boarded a bus to the Animal Kingdom and arrived prior to park opening.  15 minutes or so prior to opening we were able to walk up toward Discovery Island.  At rope drop we joined the mass heading for Africa and the Safari.  We never really slowed down until we were waiting to board the next truck.    After the Safari had about 15 minutes until the first Festival of the Lion King show of the day so headed that way.  Then walked up the path toward Asia and caught Flights of Wonder.   Continued on to Asia and watched the gibbons for a while then walked the Jungle Trek.  Strolled around the Rivers of Light lagoon checking out the new seating areas and then stopped by Dinoland for lunch.  Walked around Discovery Island and  made our way to the Oasis and exited the park.  Waited quite a while for a bus to the Hollywood Studios.   Wandered up Hollywood Blvd and then walked out past Toy Story to the dead end.  Then back to Hollywood Blvd for the Star Wars a Galaxy Far Far Away show at Center Stage.  Walked back and around to the Muppets dead end.    Then circled around by the ABC Commissary and headed to the Animation Courtyard.  Then returned to the Chinese Theater for the Great Movie Ride which we had a FastPass+ for.  After our trip through the movies roamed around Hollywood Blvd and made our way to a waiting Friendship Launch.  Took it all the way to Epcot.  Walked around World Showcase to the American Adventure stopping by Japan and hung out to watch the 5:30pm Garden Rocks concert featuring Georgia Satellites this weekend.  Only lasted a couple songs into their set then decided to walk by Japan, Morocco, France and continued on to see the topiaries by the United Kingdom and Canada on our way to Future World.  Stopped by Innoventions East to get this months lithograph and then some wanted to eat so we stopped by the Electric Umbrella.  Booked a FastPass+ for Spaceship Earth and after eating used it (did not need it though since it was a walkon).  Then headed for the bus to call it an early evening.  Stopped at Everything Pop! For a bite to eat on the way back to the room to call it a night.

Pedometer Stats:
Steps – 21,951
Miles – 8.3
Moderate Pace walking steps – 15,165
Moderate Pace time – 138

Images from today:
Here is an archive/listing of the live pictures posted to the blog today. Be sure to follow along for more pictures in the coming days. Below are a selection of the highlights. Once I return home I will be posting full picture sets.  Here are several posts with multiple images:

• Afternoon walk around Epcot World Showcase then Future World Flower & Garden Festival
• Pandora – the World of Avatar Construction Pics
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Rivers of Light Viewing

A couple of select pictures from today, click here for  all the in park pictures I posted: