Disney Dining at Home: Snow Leopard Salvation from Nomad Lounge

Snow Leopard Salvation

Nomad Lounge Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Ingredients:

6 mint leaves

1 oz vodka

1 oz pear liqueur

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

3 oz ginger beer

lime wheel for garnish, mint sprig for garnish

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1. Put mint leaves, vodka, pear liqueur, and fresh line juice in a cocktail shaker.

2. Add ice

3. Shake

4. Top with ginger beer

5. Serve in a tall glass over ice

6. Garnish with a lime wheel and mint sprig.

Dateline Disney: Big Day for Disney's Future

Today as the Disney owned stores open at Disney Springs we learned exactly when everything else will open. In fact, I sat in on the Orange County Governments meeting to vote on the opening which was unanimous.

The moment the vote was cast.

So when will everything open let's take a look. Just keep in mind the parks will be opening with reduced capacity and many new restrictions in place including temperature checks and requiring masks. Let's hope we can find an end to this virus in the next 12 to 18 months so we can get all the parks back to normal soon.

The Magic Kingdom - Saturday, July 11

Disney's Animal Kingdom - Saturday, July 11

EPCOT - Wednesday, July 15

Disney's Hollywood Studios - Wednesday, July 15

Disney Vacation Club Resorts and Fort Wilderness - Monday, June 22

Disney World Resorts - Saturday, July 11

Disney After Dark: Expedition Everest

This is a new series that will feature some of my own photos from around the the parks after the sun goes down. Hope you all enjoy. To kick things off lets go to Disney's Animal kingdom and go for a trek to Expedition Everest.

Making Memories: The Secret Safari T.P. Stash

In Mombasa Marketplace take a look up at the high shelf's. You may spot the Kilimanjaro Safari branded toilet paper. In times like these where toilet paper is basically currency during this pandemic,  this may be the most valuable thing in the store.

April 22 2020 - A lot to Celebrate!

Today is a great day to celebrate! Sure we are are all going crazy as we sit in lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. But today is a very special day for many reasons.

Happy Birthday Animal Kingdom!
Animal Kingdom turns 22 today. Being the first park I worked at Animal Kingdom has always held a special place in my heart and I always look forward to celebrating it's creation and the impact and message it shares with the world.

50th Anniversary of Earth Day!
Why did Animal Kingdom open on April 22? Because it's earth day! A great day when plants and trees are blooming after a long winter to really look at and appreciate Mother Nature. Living a rural wood portion of our great land I plan on taking in some of that beauty today just by looking out my window. In fact as i'm writing this we have a light frost on the ground and two rabbits are grazing on grass about 15 feet in front of me.

25th Anniversary of the Disney Conservation Fund!
What a great Idea! When Walt planed on building Walt Disney World he always planed on having a large area set a side for conservation. Later Disney would give it's guest the chance to meet some of these wonders of nature up close on Discovery Island. And then in 1995 with Animal Kingdom already in the works the Disney Company took it a step further by creating the Disney Conservation Fund. In the past 25 years Disney with the help of all of us who have donated has raised over a $100 million and protected over 315 million acres of habitat Plus it's helped to save 1,000 species world wide.

On A Personal Note
Today is a special day in my family as well. Today is my mom's birthday. A wonderful woman that gives everything she can for everyone she knows. A more selfless and caring person in my opinion does not exist. She is also one of the main contributors to my Disney obsession and for that I can't thank her enough.

Making Memories: Isn't She DevineShe

She may be hard to spot the bushes of Animal Kingdom...

...But when you do it's a wonderful sight.

60 Days of Disneyween: Day 22

Scary Yeti. but not as scary as the thought of the 

Yeti not working for 5 more years.

Flashback Friday: Camp Minnie Mickey

For this week's Flashback Friday we travel to Animal Kingdom to the newly gone Camp Minnie Mickey. The land was never meant to be permanent and the theming reflected that. But every so often you would see these cool little character scenes pop up along the trails adding to the camp feel. A nice touch but a long call from the theming levels of Africa and Asia. 

Photoshop Fun: Tusker House

Tusker House Restaurant at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Making Memories: Laundry Day

The waterfront in Anandapur.

Photoshop Fun: Safari Side

Silence on the Savannah.

Making Memories: Anandapur at night

Another look at the beauty that is Animal Kingdom at night. This time we travel to Asia and the village of Anandapur. If you look closely behind Expedition Everest you can see the fan of spot lights from Hollywood Studios.

Making Memories: Tree of Life at Night

Animal Kingdom at night a rare site. Best time to get shots like this is to visit around Christmas when the hours are extended and the sun goes down early. Oh and don't forget the tripod.

Ye Old Sign Shop: Safari Wars

After the holiday weekend im still feeling lazy, so I pulled up a post from my first blog from way back in the day. It fits well with my sign shop topic idea so I hope you enjoy.

A long time ago in a African village far far away... Two rival safari company's competed for top billing as “the best safaris in all of East Africa. This is the underlying storyline Disney Imagineers inserted to the already bustling story driven village of Harambe. The first company should ring a bell, the Kilimanjaro Safaris. But there rival is a little less known, Cap'n Bobs Super Safaris. Kilimanjaro's slogan is “When it comes to safaris, we go wild!”,bob's is “trust us!” so you be the judge who to travel with.

So how do you find out about the mysterious Cap'n Bob's? Well start by taking time to walk the back alleys of the village and read the posters on the walls. Most look like they have been plastered on 20 years ago not just 9, this is thanks to the great thematic techniques of the Imagineers. So next time in Harambe take some time to read the local ad's you may find there is more then meet the eye.