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Alternate Wild Africa Trek

Posted on March 31, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

One of our favorite extra cost Disney tours is Wild Africa Trek at Animal Kingdom. We’ve done this tour a few times already (2011, 2012, 2013) but with Margaret’s Mum unable to climb rope ladders and bridges, we didn’t think it was suitable.
But Disney being Disney, of course there’s a solution – the “alternate” Wild Africa Trek which replaces the early rope bridge part of the tour with extra time parkside. I expected this to be a little less fun, but it turned out that today was the best yet; mostly because the animals really stepped up their game – pure luck – but if you take a photo like this, how can the day go wrong:

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That picture was near the end of our tour, but we had an amazing time earlier with birds, Giraffe and of course the delicious lunch:

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Many pool pipes

Posted on March 27, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

Today there was more excavation at the pool, for running many pipes between the pool and hot tub, and the heater / filter / pump setup that’s going in on the side of our home:

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Gunite

Posted on March 25, 2014February 18, 2017 by Ian C.

An impressive work day from Atlas Pools has filled the hole with what clearly looks like a pool and hot tub! A pump truck out on the road provided a flow of material, mixed with water as it exits the hose – and very skilled crew form this spray in to walls; it’s impressive seeing how close to a smooth angled wall they can make, just with the spray – but then it’s properly formed smooth with corners – and after a few hours, it’s finished!