A Chill Day

Today we had more of a chill day! With no guest speakers or special events, groups were able to wander as they please throughout the parks. Our group started off our day by going to Disney Springs and checking out the shopping center! Our favorite place to visit was the World of Disney store, as they had stuff from all franchises such as Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars! It was very captivating to see how everything connected. They also still had a bunch of the 50th anniversary collection!

 

Our group then headed over to Animal Kingdom for our park reservation. We wandered around Asia and Pandora. Pandora is super pretty at night and we were all excited to see it! There were a lot of black lights that made our clothes glow the same way as the tree. 

 

 When every one was exploring the parks, we all did it differently. In the group with Corbin, Nate, Logan, Lucas, Emily, and Elizabeth had went to Disney Springs, Animal Kingdom, and Magic Kingdom. They had a full day of fun when it came to our free day. Corbin, while in Disney Springs, had gotten scared by the one and only Coca-Cola polar bear. The group had gotten to try a new place for them today, It was Chicken Guy, which is located in Disney springs. All I can say about what I see from the photo is that it looks amazing, and I know I will have to try it at some point in time. Magic Kingdom also held a very late night, which leaves the group closing out their day at Magic Kingdom as it closes at 1am. Our professors had also seemed to have a day of fun, as Brad had gotten to meet Kevin, from the movie “UP”, he was so excited that he met him he told the whole group! This is not the only thing he did today, while fireworks were going off him and Paul had gotten on Splash Mountain and got the perfect view from the ride of the fireworks.

The other groups had seemed to have a more chill day. Kinley and Alli had a rather chill day here at the resorts and the park. They had spent the day at the pool here at Animal Kingdom Lodge. Once they had finished up at the pool they headed to Magic Kingdom and rode Splash Mountain 3 times in a row, they also are finishing their day at the late night tonight. Ashlynn and Nhi seemed to have a little trouble while at the parks today, they had fought some birds. If you have never been to Disney the animal life is very up front about the fact that they know you have food, they will sit and look at you or even jump up on tables and look for your food or take it from the table themselves if you do not give them food.

While in the parks, we were tasked to do a task related to the Unofficial Disney Cookbook by Ashley Craft!  When it came to finding foods or drinks for our assignment to figure out a recipe for, it was a challenge.  Some of the recipes we decided to cover were the Black Caf coffee from Galaxies Edge, Pulled Pork Mac and Cheese from Animal Kingdom, and the EARidecent Firefly with Glow also from Animal Kingdom.Each item I tried was was amazing, but I did have to avoid the topping of the Black Caf coffee since it had cream cheese in it. 

Later on, a lot of our class decided to take advantage of Magic Kingdom’s after magic hours! This is where the park is open for two more hours after close for deluxe resort guests. Tomorrow. We will be meeting with Len Testa to discuss the app he created, and compete in a Knapsack race with our classmates! Until tomorrow!

Ken and V