Dad's Taxi's Biggest Fare - Part 2B

**Dads_Taxi** · 31-05-2012, 15:40

Part 2 Continued:

After the bone-shaking truck ride we got out the maps and planned a route.

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Goofy was a real sport. We’ve never seen a character get so involved with the visitors, he was a hoot. If anyone from Disney Corp. is reading this, The Goofy who was posing with the guests at around 11.45 on May 27^th deserves a bonus.

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The fast pass system worked so well for us today, we were virtually going from ride to ride with barely any waiting time.

I think it’s fair to say we’d well and truly ‘done’ Animal Kingdom by the end of the day. Mrs Dad’s Taxi and I love the shows best, and Nemo and Lion King are both excellent.

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We’ve never watched Animal Kingdom’s parade before, having previously called it a day around 2pm, so it was a new one on us. It was good to see Mickey and Minnie again, and of course faithful Pluto.

There would have been photos here, but once again I seem to have hit a limit. Oh well, I'll experiment and see if I can work around it.

Plan A had been to round off the day at The Rainforest Cafe, but we’d all snacked too much during the day and wouldn’t have done it justice, so we drove down to Walmart, had a good browse, stocked up on essentials (well, the kids filled the van with beers and cider) then finished the day by giving The Golden Coral buffet at the West end of the 192 a good thrashing.

So, a great start to the hols, and none of us had a bad thing to say about the day, not even this little guy:

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**Lyn** · 31-05-2012, 16:37

Great report. Keep them comming.

**steph_goodrum** · 31-05-2012, 17:22

Glad you're having fun. If you want to see some animals again without using your Disney pass then take a drive to Animal kingdom lodge hotel. There are 3 plains (serngetis?) wrapped around the hotel and you can see the giraffes and zebras etc.wandering up.

**Lyn** · 31-05-2012, 21:18

Can you drive to the hotel even if your not staying there?

**eagleydo** · 31-05-2012, 21:28

loving your reports and photos, brilliant [clap]

**SteveandJan** · 01-06-2012, 08:39

lovely photos, thanks for sharing

**florida4sun** · 02-06-2012, 08:26

Yes you can, all hotels allow public access

Originally Posted by Lyn

Can you drive to the hotel even if your not staying there?

**Laurel Oak** · 02-06-2012, 10:20

Originally Posted by florida4sun

Yes you can, all hotels allow public access

You normally have to go through a security booth who ask you if you are staying at the particular hotel but I'm sure they will let you through.

However, is just as easy to go to Downtown Disney and jump on a bus to the Animal Kingdom Lodge or indeed any resort hotel you fancy a look at.

**allyjack** · 02-06-2012, 18:42

There is no problem going to any hotel. They will ask for I'd- show driver licence and tell them you just looking around. No problem at all. Great to park at boardwalk hotel to eat on boardwalk.