We took the ferry over to Magic Kingdom and boarded the monorail to the Disney World Resort hotels. The Contemporary Hotel is old and nothing really to brag about. The Polynesian Hotel is beautiful with a very tropical setting with huge palms and other tropical plants in the lobby. After the Polynesian we went to the Grand Floridian. It is a truly magnificent hotel patterned after the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego. Out of curiosity we asked about room rates and were told the rates range from about $400 to $750 per night. After our little monorail trip we boarded a bus to return to the Animal Kingdom to see the exhibits we missed yesterday. The main show we wanted to see was The Festival of the Lion King. It was a great performance with elaborate costumes and sets. The show included acrobatic and trapeze acts as well as singing and dancing.
While we were in the show it started pouring rain so a few of the shows were cancelled. The Safari Trips weren’t canceled so we decided to go on another safari. There were a lot more animals out today and we saw three white rhinos crossing the road in front of the jeep.
We returned home and relaxed for a while and got ready to go to dinner. We had reservations for Boma which is an African themed buffet at the Animal Kingdom Lodge. There is not direct way to get between the resort and the various lodges so we had to make a few connections and it took almost an hour to get there. The food was good with a few unusual selections. Overall it was a good choice for dinner. We had planned to go to Downtown Disney but we were tired and our feet were killing us so we just went home. We’ll go to Downtown Disney another day.
