The cheeky not so bargain trip! Part 6

Day 7

This morning we were paying a short visit to the Animal Kingdom – not because we don’t enjoy the park but due to our short visit we had to lose some park time from somewhere.

We didn’t get breakfast so we stopped and got a muffin and some yoghurt at Pizzafari before our FP on the safari. We ended up in our own row on the ride which made it easy to get photos on either side....I probably overdid the photos even though we have been here loads of times!

 

 

I did originally have a FP for Dinosaur but attempted to change it to a character meet with Mickey and Minnie but annoyingly it changed the time on me again :( This really made me wary about changing FP in the park especially if you are limited to certain times! 

 

So instead we popped into Flights of Wonder – we’ve seen the show a few times now but there is generally something different in each one.

Finally we took a quick spin on Expedition Everest before making our way out of the park. Up next shopping......!

We headed across to Premium Outlets and hit some of our favourites (Banana Republic, US Polo Association) and some newer choices (DKNY). We spent a reasonable amount of money but I got some new summer dresses and some jeans and Rob got some new trousers and shirts for much less than at home.

Disappointingly I didn’t find any bargains at the character warehouse (last time I got some fab jeans for $9.99!) :( We had a quick snack of pizza in the food court at some point on the way round.

We had an early dinner booked at Saana so we took all our shopping back and got showered and ready. We walked the million mile trip to the lobby and down to the restaurant.

We ordered the bread service and were upset to discover that the Spicy Durban chicken has been removed and replaced by a chicken vindaloo. We both still tried it with the butter chicken – it was good but we prefer the old version.

Time for dessert and Rob was eagerly awaiting his trio but shocking turn of events.....they have removed the chai cream and replaced it! The trio is now chocolate cake, banana cheesecake and the seasonal kulfi.

Our server went to see if any chai cream was available (apparently it is possible to order it with 48 hours notice) but no deal :( They did supply a complimentary serving of their new chai flavoured tapioca dessert – which did taste similar but is not the same. We both had a trio to cheer us up after the chai cream tragedy.

Finally we drove across to the TTC and took the express monorail to the Magic Kingdom. We then walked to Bay Lake Tower to watch the fireworks at the Top of the World lounge (it was faster than the resort monorail). A familiar face was manning the desk and as we greeted them by name we weren’t even asked for our DVC cards before being sent to the elevator :)

 

We got a drink just before the fireworks started and enjoyed the relative peace of the deck – it is such a contrast to the chaos that we tend to experience in the park when watching them!