It s been years between my first visit to Animal K...

It s been years between my first visit to Animal Kingdom and my second, just about a week ago. My gosh has the park expanded!

I was pleasantly surprised with the new Pandora land and all the places to explore in that new area of the park. The imagineers have certainly outdone themselves! We saw the Illuminations show and it was awe-inspiring. I highly recommend the dessert party with prime seating for the show if you can swing it.

I definitely recommend the safari in late afternoon. I based our fastpass time on previous reviews and I agree - later in the day is better for seeing more active animals.

Crowds were high on the day of our visit, but there were enough inlets and places to visit that the crowds didn t seem too much (other than the main walkways).

One word of note - there are no plastic straws (only paper), and no cup lids in this park, as for the safety of the animals.

I definitely recommend a visit!