MGM
Emily and Suzanne in MGM
Emily and Suzanne in front of Christmas tree in MGM
Emily, Suzanne, and Sherman at Primetime Cafe in MGM
The new Fantasmic! show at MGM was great, and we enjoyed and survived the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
View of Tower from boat

Animal Kingdom
A highlight of the visit was Animal Kingdom. We got there by 7:30 AM one morning, and the park was pretty empty. We headed to the Kilimanjaro Jungle Safari, which is supposed to be like a trip through a game reserve in Africa. That morning, it was very foggy, which you can see in several of the photos. We repeated the safari the next morning, and again saw almost all of the animals, but did not take photos then.
Note that for some of the photos, you will have to navigate with your scroll bars to see all of the photo.
Emily and Sherman on bench in Animal Kingdom
Emily and Sherman, with Tree of Life in fog
Giraffe seen from safari ride
Elephant, seen from safari ride
Lion King, seen from safari ride
Lion Queen, seen from safari ride

Gorilla in Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail

We also got to go on the Maharajah Jungle Trek, which is not scheduled to open until March, 1999. This section of the park, as with other sections, has many realistic details, such as bare wire power lines and colorful decorations (see bus below) similar to South/Southeast Asia. (Flyer below lists the Trek as the "walking tour through the Royal Forest of Anandapur." The Jungle Trek has several "ancient" temples, through which tigers roam and huge fruit bats (Rodrigues Fruit Bat) fly.

Maharajah Jungle Trek (LARGE version)
Animals on Maharajah Jungle Trek

Colorful bus/refreshment stand
Emily looking at signs
Tiger
Tiger on tree
Emily in temple "ruins"
Komodo dragon

Many of the guides in Animal Kingdom are from Africa and Asia. One of our Safari Guides was from Kenya. The staff members' name tags include their countries.

Water ride at Asia being tested -- water is just starting to rush down, with Emily watching

Countdown to Extinction was fun
Emily, Suzanne and Sherman with expressions of fright
Why they were frightened

Magic Kingdom
Spash down!

Epcot
Santa at Canada
Bridge raised to let fireworks barge through

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