Finally Visited ALL 4 Parks and THE KITCHEN SINK

ALOHAAA!

THE PARKS! 

So I finally did it! I have officially visited all four parks and it has only taken me 2 and a half weeks to do it. Sad, huh? It's so hard with work and the glow of Wishes calling your name every night. I've visited Magic Kingdom, well, I'm not exactly sure how many times...but it has been such an adventure these past two weeks!

Yesterday we went to Animal Kingdom, and we rode my FAVORITE Expedition Everest. It is by far my favorite roller coaster. Yes, it's better than Rock n' Roller Coaster. I was also able to watch Festival of the Lion King for the first time yesterday. I don't know how I've missed that in the years I've been to Disney. It is tucked away a bit, but after watching it yesterday, MY GOODNESS, it is now a must on my list. It was breathtaking. It gave me cold chills. The acrobats and dancers were beautiful. The music was spot on. It was entertainment at its finest. If you only have a few hours to do Animal Kingdom ride Expedition Everest, see Festival of the Lion King, and if you have time go to It's Tough To Be A Bug. And you've practically done it all. Animal Kingdom is a great park, you can get a ton done there in a short amount of time. There is a ton of animals and foliage to look at, too!

We explored a little yesterday and went on a trail where there were meerkats, zebras, birds, and our favorite gorillas. And to our surprise there were BABIES!!!! They were adorable!! We watched them for a solid 5 minutes before having to rush to see our showing of The Lion King, but we will definitely be going back soon to stare at the baby gorillas.

Fun fact: I have now gotten stuck on a ride! On Monday I was at Magic Kingdom with a friend, and we were both trying to cross small rides off our long list of rides we need to ride before the program ends. It was a terribly busy day for Magic Kingdom (so busy they extended park hours), so we fast passed "it's a small world"...unfortunately there are some things you just can't fast pass. Like exiting the ride! There were so many guests trying to ride "it's a small world" that there were probably fifteen boats or more backed up bumper to bumper trying to exit the ride. And guess where we were stuck? Right in the final scene where it is blaring "IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL, IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL, IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL....IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!" Oh my goodness. It was almost like a bad dream.

Additionally, we were in Animal Kingdom yesterday, like I said earlier, and were watching Finding Nemo The Musical when the show was about three quarters of the way through, the sound cut off and Marlin "swam" off stage quickly. The show was cancelled and we weren't given news on what happened; we just had to leave. I hope Marlin is okay!

THE KITCHEN SINK!

Disclaimer: I HATE when my foods mix. I think it's nasty, disgusting, repulsive, just plain gross. So this was a challenge in and of itself for me. 

Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla, Cookies and Cream, and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream covered by a whole can of whip cream (A WHOLE CAN), I think a jar of cherries, sprinkles, cake, brownies, orange candy slices, bananas, peanut butter syrup, strawberry syrup, chocolate syrup, maybe some peanut butter and chocolate chips sprinkled on there too. 

We tried and tried and tried, but failed, nevertheless. I think it was the whole can of whip cream and the nasty Strawberry ice cream. If it was all Mint Chocolate Chip and no whip cream I am pretty sure we could have done it. (PLUS 4 MORE PEOPLE)! :) We couldn't eat it fast enough, so it all just melted. 

We tried to make it a game where everyone took a big spoonful from the bottom and had to eat whatever they pulled up, but after a near throw up incident, we stopped! :) Caryn and Bethanie took the straw challenge and dunked their straws into the goop. Their reactions were priceless. I kept digging up Strawberry slime (syrup), and after my third spoonful of it, I had to quit. 

I felt like we did a decent job, and we were all confident we ate half of it...that was until our waitress came over and said we let her down...she scolded us and said there was no way we finished half of it. We were sad. We didn't care though, we just wanted her to take it away.