The first time I’ve visited Disney Animal Kingdom since Covid, and of course I returned to the wonderful “Finding Nemo” show – and there’s been a lot of change to it! The stage background is now a projection that sets the location, so there’s no more for example bringing in the fishtank prop (the seagull Nigel is completely gone too!), but overall the show was still excellent and almost all the favorite characters are still performing …
Before the pandemic we purchased our annual Disney Passes so we could visit the parks whenever we wanted, although since moving to Stanton the drive meant we visited less often – then the pandemic hit and Disney changed everything! They increased prices (of course) but they also scrapped fast passes and demanded having to pre-plan everything, reserving a day before visiting, not being able to book any rides unless paying even more $$$, and then still only one-at-a-time – we decided to stop giving money to Disney!
But now, we have rejoined (at about $2,200 for both of us!) so we visited Epcot; it was busy (first weekend of the Festival Of The Arts) with lines of up to two hours, but we visited the new Moana-inspired land “Journey Of Water”, walked World Showcase, and did a few shorter-queue rides (Nemo, Living With The Land, Spaceship Earth) …
This morning we returned to Disney Springs to walk their Christmas Tree Stroll, with trees placed throughout the outdoor shopping area. There was a FREE map and stickers available, allowing us to mark each tree on the map as we found it:
We started at the Lego store where we got the map, walked east past Ghirardelli as far as needed to find the trees, then backtracked and eventually reached Cirque Du Soleil spotting the rest of the trees, and photographing each one …
A pleasant morning, and the light rain didn’t spoil things (or make the map wet!)
M&I / GBMINI 