Trip Report Will it ever stop raining? Our June 2017 trip

Hi, all!! I've finally had a chance to start going through my photos and thought I would get started on my trip report! For those of you not familiar, here is my pre-trip report:
Adventure is out there...June 2017
If you don't want to read the PTR, here is a brief synopsis before I get started:
Who: Me (Amy), DH (Brian), DS Logan (14), DD Lily (12), and DS Owen (9)
When: June 2-17, 2017
Where: Universal Studios (Hard Rock Hotel), Disney (Art of Animation), and SeaWorld

For those of you who followed along with the live portion of my PTR, I apologize that some of the photos will be the same. I'm too lazy to go back and remember which ones I used!

I experienced one of the longest days of my life on Friday, June 2!! We left Dayton, Ohio before 5am.

Neither one of us drinks coffee, but we definitely needed some caffeine to start our morning! We stopped for the best Coke in the world!!

McDonald's!!
We had a little delay in Cincinnati because I-75 was closed both directions and we had to take a little detour.
We waved @LisaBelle and @21stamps and any other Cinci friends as we finally drove over the bridge and entered Kentucky!

We made sure to get past Lexington before morning rush hour, and stopped in Richmond for breakfast.

The kids had never had Chick fil A for breakfast, so we had to correct that!

 

[TheMouseFan]

We made our way over to our Dinosaur FP+.
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Then it was time to head to Asia.
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[TheMouseFan]

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Time for our EE FP+.
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[TheMouseFan]

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[TheMouseFan]

While in line for EE, I was able to grab a FP+ for Primeval Whirl, so we headed that way. Brian and Logan sat it out again, but the rest of us had a fun ride!
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[TheMouseFan]

Next up was lunch at Flame Tree Barbecue.
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I love this seating area and the views!
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[TheMouseFan]

We decided to head back to AoA for a little rest and to start packing since we were leaving the next day.

We ran into Flik on the way out!
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The pull of the AC and shopping was too much for us to resist!
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Then we really headed out!
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I had to get a pic of these to post on social media as I was packing them!
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[Bullseye1967]

Great TR and Great pics

 

[TheMouseFan]

Great TR and Great pics

Thanks for following along!

 

[gdisneyfans]

Love all of the "little details" you've captured in many of your photos! So sad you're on the last day though!

 

[TheMouseFan]

Love all of the "little details" you've captured in many of your photos! So sad you're on the last day though!

Thanks! I was definitely sad that day too!

 

[TheMouseFan]

I'm sure you'll all be surprised by this, but it rained while we were back at the resort!! We started packing and napped while waiting out the worst of the rain! Then we headed to the bus stop with a trip through Animation Hall.
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We were pleasantly surprised when we saw a bunch of characters in the lobby!
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The rain had mostly stopped by the time we returned to AK, but it was still drizzling enough that I was using my umbrella to protect my camera!
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[TheMouseFan]

We had a few until our dinner ADR, so we wandered through the Oasis for a bit.
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[TheMouseFan]

Then we headed to Africa.
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Time for dinner!
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We've never had dinner here, so I couldn't wait to try it!
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Brian and the kids were thrilled that they could get the Jungle Juice at dinner!
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[TheMouseFan]

After dinner, we decided to watch the Lion King show. We had a few minutes before it started.
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We love this show!
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[TheMouseFan]

Next up was our evening safari.
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Then we headed to our last FP+ of the evening.
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[TheMouseFan]

Still on our way:
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Made it!
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PhotoPass_Visiting_AK_403536583054 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr
PhotoPass_Visiting_AK_403536682127 by Amy Clingner, on Flickr

Time to head to Pandora!
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[TheMouseFan]

More Pandora:
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It was pretty, but it made me feel queasy! Not sure what it was, but I was definitely ready to leave!

 

[TheMouseFan]

Then we stopped to watch the Awakenings of the Tree of Life.
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Then it was back to the resort.

I forgot to post this PP pic from before our dinner.
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That concludes our 14th day of rain!!

 

[TheMouseFan]

Happy Halloween everyone!

 

[75disney]

Looks like your kids are ready for another trip to Universal!