In Our Disney 100 Feels! | Animal Kingdom Lodge Value One Bedroom Staycation

The weekend has begun. We're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge tonight just for one night. So yes, we are staying one night at Animal Kingdom Lodge tonight in a one-bedroom. We're hoping to go home early, but we don't know. But we decided, hey, let's embrace the vibes. Let's get in the Animal Kingdom since I'm taking the day off as early as possible just to kind of do whatever we want. Beat the heat and basically head over to Shirley's soon. Birds are coming. Here they come! Look! This is a Mulan and Rayu. They are that rare species we were just talking about here. Another one is going to sail into the tree of life. And there's also another really awesome species because they are native to Bolivia as well. This is a red-frosted macaw. This is a lilac. Although she is small, she's not going to get bigger than that. They are a tiny little cute little macaw. And another critically endangered species as well. Absolutely incredible. Come on! Mike, come on! In a turn of events, Teddy fell asleep as we were parking the stroller. So, it's better for Sarah to rest and be in A.C. And I want her to anyway to enjoy the show with James. But the priority today is the resort. And to make sure that's most enjoyable and relaxing for everybody. So it wasn't like the risk of waking Teddy up. So I can pick him up and try to hold him in and enjoy the show while holding him while keeping him asleep. So I'm going to take Teddy to the shops in the front of the park. Because we only wanted to kind of stop in the Animal Kingdom for a few hours. Since we're going to be at Animal Kingdom Lodge. We thought we'll go there, enjoy some stuff. Probably get really hot and sweaty. And then it'll be a perfect recipe to go to the lodge. And if our room is not ready, which it probably won't be. Because check-in is 4. That we can just get changed and go swimming at that resort. Until the room is ready. And it'll be perfect. I really do love that. I really, really do. It's like something unique to Animal Kingdom. But I came this way to keep my baby asleep. Nemo! Dad! Dad! Are you excited? It's your first day of school Nemo. We are ready to learn. Mr. Ray! I'm over at Explorers. Who's this? I'm Nemo. He's got a little fin. We call it his lucky fin. If anything gets tired, just give him a break. It'll be alright. I have to find my son. Cheeto. Nemo. Hello. We know this fish are friends. Not to be your friends. Sorry. He's your nose bleeding. Anna. It's good. What's the use of floating? They're not going anywhere. Swish your tail and dive on in. Oh hi. Guess what? I met a sea turtle. And he was 150. 150? Whoa. Something I forgot to do. I'm just like figurating in a shop. And look. Kevin's out. Kevin. We dodged out of the park. It's time to head to the resort. Our room isn't ready. Hello Daisy. We have to show you our sick spot. We've been burnt the past couple times with parking. Think how close we were to being burnt on this one. Yeah, we were very close. But look at this spot. It's like noon-ish. We're gonna go get some lunch. And maybe our room will be ready soon. We're just exploring the lobby. This may be the first time. We realize it's the first time since we moved here that we were at Animal Kingdom. But I'm wondering if this is the first time Teddy's ever been to Jumbo House. I think he went to Kidani once. Our room is not ready yet. But we did tell the front desk that we're here. So we're just exploring. We're gonna get some food at the Mara. Once Sarah and James come back from wherever they ventured off to. Teddy's stretching his feet. Ooh. An African folktale. Whoa. Tiger. Zebra. Gorilla. What do you got, Teddy? Oh my gosh. Teddy is our animal. Our animal guy. Are you happy? Daddy. What floor are we? Fifth floor. We're near the ostrich trail. I just can't tell. Our room is ready. Perfect timing. We're gonna eat lunch. Go up to the room. Chill. We're gonna watch Stacy. Stacy. Yummy. We got french fries. We got pulled pork. They look a little different than the last time we got them. So I'm a little bit weary. I'm gonna put the clip in. Of the last time we got it here. Pulled pork. It has coleslaw on top with french fries. And Peter got the falafel platter. Peter hooked it up with the dipping station. Thank you. I will always give you all the dips. Thanks. It was a part of our vows. It really wasn't. If we were on our own vows, it definitely would be. This pulled pork sandwich is the best thing I've ever eaten at Disney World. It's truly, truly, truly the best food. It's tamari barbecue. I'd get that over Casey's Corner any day of the week. Peter's gonna order one for himself right now. I just ordered it. Haven't tasted it yet, to no. The boys got pizza. Peter got a little Angry Orchard. I got a Pop. And the star of the show, Zebra Domes. Actually, this is the star of the show. My dipping station. This is a value one bedroom. We got an island! Wow! Look at this view! What are you talking about? We got a safari view! Safari or Savannah? We're never leaving our room. Wow, it's one of these. Welcome, Brokaw Family, Disney 100. This is new, the story of Disney 100 years. DVC is pleased to present this insightful book as a special in-room amenity. If you'd like to purchase a copy, they're for sale directly at merchandise shops. I'm gonna read this whole thing tonight. Look at Walt! His name's Walter, actually. Look at it! Oh, that's Mommy's Pop. Alright. I love these about the one bedroom. When this was built, I still think this is the vibe for a lot of the one bedrooms where they have a nook now. I think the Grand Floridians have them and stuff like that. But look at this kitchen. Love the island. You don't see this all the time with the other DVCs where they incorporate characters into the tile work, which I haven't checked out the bathroom yet, but I'm hoping I already see it. Bathroom. Water closet. But this right here, the Lion King tiles in the whatever they're called. You got a fancy tub, like you used to have at your mom's house. With suds. Jets. Crazy! And then, our one bedroom. This is nice. And then the balcony connects. The Lion King featurette right there. It's great. It's kinda weird these are just like a floating armoire, but hey, I dig it. You know, I do think it's like ever so slightly smaller than other one bedrooms. I think the space even is slightly smaller than other one bedrooms, but come on. This is huge. I think it was at least 20 points. I'll take a peek. But, we might see some animals out here later. And that's Kidani, I think, over there. Yeah, that's Kidani. And... Civilization. This is great. This is great. I'm just, you know, enjoying the rooms, the space, and I walk in here. And these two little relaxing chickens. Cozy in the bed. Watching some Mickey cartoons. Okay. King Leonard said he didn't want to relax with all of us together. And I saw this. Disney 100. Celebrating 100 years of Disney stories. Like, listen. Wow. Just drink all the Kool-Aid, guys. Oh, yeah. Oh, I missed that meeting. Great. Yeah, Tink. You got shoes? Yeah, put those away, please. Thank you. Wow. That'll get you. I got goosebumps all over. You got the garbage can now? Doing some cleaning? Thank you. Oh, that was 44 minutes. It's 44 seconds. Dip, dip. So Teddy is definitely a toddler. He's understanding the world a lot more. Dip, dip. He was convinced it was best for him to eat the zebra dome just like full palms. He was very sad. When he finally tried a bite, had the fork work out, he's hooked. So when he gave into the fork and he realized that it worked out just fine, he's a happy guy. I love this. It's got similar vibes to Wilderness Lodge. But it is different. I love that on this floor we have the bridge. I'll go on the bridge later, but I have to go get the bags from the car because we didn't want to bring them in earlier when we didn't know when the room was going to be ready. Though I would say, I don't think there's stairs in the lobby going down like there are at Wilderness Lodge. Because Wilderness Lodge is the best, but this is absolutely stunning. I like the architecture, the design, look at that. The rafters up there. Love it. Got swimmy diapers, apples, and milk for the babes. And a new reusable bag. Alright, so the theme of this day was relaxing. The theme of this day was one night. The theme of this day was not over the top. We've been hanging out with James, just mom, dad, and Jamesy time while Teddy was napping in the bedroom. He just woke up. Well, I got some of this because he needed an apple because he woke up and signed more. I said, are you hungry? He goes, apple. Maybe I don't have milk or an apple for you right now. Anyway, I'll go down to the lobby to the gift shop. And there's a bunch of families. It's 5 o'clock. In their costumes, getting ready to go to Magic Kingdom because tonight's the first Mickey's Not So Scary. And I want to go. We haven't figured out when we're going yet and we need to do that. And I want it to be right now. But it's very hot, so I'm actually kind of glad. I was talking to a dad and daughter and they were Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. So cute. And the dad was like, I don't know how I feel about these pants and sleeves with the weather tonight. But they're going to have fun. Coming out of the arcade, I wanted to let you guys know that we swam for probably like 40 minutes. But it was kind of crazy because the sun was down. It's very hot here in Florida. And the water was very warm. And I don't think the kids were all about it. Teddy, we got him in an extra small vest. It's still big on him but we wanted to get him, rather than what we did. We didn't do much with James to prepare for getting into a flotation vest, whatever those are called. But we got Teddy in one. He didn't fight it and he was bobbing around a little bit with our help. He doesn't know how to hold his core up. But good start. We're going to get that practicing so when he does fill one out properly, he'll be ready to go. And then, the water was just hot. The boys kept on running. It was a lot of fun. But then all of a sudden, James was like, I'm over this and I want to walk around. And we went to go change. And they found the arcade. So that's where we're hanging out right now. Our adventure at the pool ends with another helping of the Mara. It's my quick service. Yeah, I got like a bowl I've never seen. So did I. I got a vegetable bowl. You got a chicken bowl. Alright, we're going to be honest. The pulled pork from earlier today was a salad bean. It was good. It was good but the clip will be in there where Peter literally had ordered a meal, took a taste of mine, and went and ordered one. It was that good. And it was less about the sauce and more about what it was marinated in. It was on a longer roll. I think today's pulled pork would be really delicious if we never had the other pulled pork. If that wasn't what we were expecting and hoping for. But it was still a good bean. Yeah, and the Mara is probably one of my top three Disney quick services. Truly. I agree with that. Definitely Resort. Yeah. So Casey, I'm excited for this. Two of my favorite things when we first got checked in and saw we were fifth floor. One, I really hoped for not a parking lot view and then we got a safari view but also this bridge. So we're going to take the scenic route around the fifth floor to go walk across this bridge. Check it out because it's cool. Masai Bridge. It's named. Wow. I love coming up here and taking a photo. Remember we did that last time we were here for Christmas time? Yeah. The trees over here. Hi. Hi baby. Oh, there's zebras. Zebras are out. We should eat and then go. We should eat, get ourselves and dry clothes because we're not in dry clothes. Yeah, okay. And then we'll come out. And then it'll be like there's a lot of animals and I feel like it's because it's dusk and we gotta go to our room. We'll probably see this from our room balcony. What are you talking about? I feel like ours is in a different building. Oh, yeah, like that's a building. So like our room does have a view but it's called like the ostrich trail. And so I don't think like all the animals have access to it. I think it's mostly ostrich. Well, maybe those are out to play. Here's my oak fire chicken bowl. There's like a giraffe over there. You can see it? Yeah. We're having some chicken strips, some cuties. Here's Peter's veggie bowl. Pretty good. Yeah. And really good portions. Hey, we're on the balcony because there's a giraffe right there. A couple giraffes by those trees. There's an ostrich over there. This is just great. And the boys are mesmerized. Say bye-bye. Bye-bye. Yeah, they're eating. It's a giraffe. They're eating. Eat. They're eating. Eat. Giraffe. Bye-bye. Yeah. Okay, gorgeous sunset. James's. It's just dad and James's sunset. We saw the craziest thing while we were on the FaceTime with Christina. That ostrich chased away three giraffes. It was like, get out of here. These are my snacks. So that giraffe was like, you know, I'm not leaving yet. I'm going to get some water. Hey, what's up? Why do you got the car keys, babe? We're staying the night. Guys, things are getting wild over here. And I didn't even use that as a joke, but things are. We now have some zebras coming in, encroaching in some, some, um, no, the zebras are encroaching in the buffalo, not the buffalo, something over there. And then we got Angkoli cattle. Yeah, the wildebeest. And two Angkoli cattle are making their way over here, just graze around with their big ol' horns. James, he wants to go to Manatee Kingdom. He's just got the keys. Yeah, I put on hippo raptor and he said car. Bye. Okay, check this out. We got some giraffe coming up on some Angkoli cattle. We basically have our own safari right here. See? This is incredible. The safari earlier today was a 45-minute wait. We didn't do it. And also, you're not supposed to go on if you're expecting. Yes. And so, yeah, we didn't have to. Perfect. Perfect. These silly brothers flying together. You hear, you hear an airplane? Teddy, look at Jamesy. Do you see an airplane for real? Cotton candy skies for real. So cool that they play together. Hi, pumpkin. Here come the zebra. I wonder if we're like, we're not in the main Savannah. I wonder if they're like coming this way for goodnight. Say bye-bye, baby. Bye-bye. Come on. Mwah. You hear the clinking, clanking. You got family on rocking chairs. You can hear Boma. You can hear families on vacation checking in. It's just gorgeous. I'm going downstairs to fill up some water. Let me get a little more pop, a little sprite action. I'm just loving this vibe. I'm gonna try to come out in like the middle of the night to see it just all empty and quiet. But I also love this right here. Just the sweet magical hustle and bustle noises of Walt Disney World vacations all around us. Here's the hack. Here's the hack that Sarah and I are not gonna do because tired, exhaustion, we want to enjoy every second in this room and the babies are ready for sleep. It's 825. I was going to go crazy and hop run downstairs to the bus with just James and bring him to Magic Kingdom to see the fireworks. I went to go. He was all jazzed. He saw the fireworks on the TV and grabbed the car key and was like, let's go. I looked on MDX and there was no show times. I'm like, that's so weird. So I was like, tonight's the first Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween. Then I devised a plan that was so brilliant that you are all gonna be jealous you didn't see this live and jump in the bus or car or van or boat over. We're staying DVC which means we can go to the top of the world lounge hyphen, a villain's lair or whatever it's called now since it's been reopened. And you can see the beautiful fireworks from there. And it's at 1015 tonight. Not So Scary Halloween Party. Special ticket event, special fireworks perimeter. And we could if we wanted to hop in a bus to Magic Kingdom walk over to Bay Lake and show our DVC card and bump our Magic Band for this reservation and could go up there and hang out and check out the new vibes and stuff up there and then watch the fireworks show Jack Skellington's hosting. And it's like a Minnie Mouse show or something. And enjoy it. But that's just such like a trek there. It's not until 1015 which means it's not over until like 1040 which means we're starting eventually we'd have to walk back to Magic Kingdom to get a bus back here. We wouldn't get home until probably because that would basically we wouldn't get home until like 11 back to our room until like 11 and 1130 which means we wouldn't be relaxed in our comfy clothes cooled off from sweating and trying to put the kids on until after midnight. So we are doing it. Doesn't that sound great? So I come out from putting Daddy down and this is what I find. It's good to be home. Good morning! Sarah deceived all of us and brought super cute clothes for the kids to wear. All in hopes of trying to get Sanaa breakfast. So we are walking from Jamba House to Kidani Village this morning. In attempts to walk up Sanaa. Yes, we don't have a reservation. I just saw on Instagram I don't know if you followed the Lost Bros Cody T was here and I just trust his food opinions and he just says that this is one of his favorites and all the options look awesome and worth a shot. Shout out to that statement because it's hard to find people you can trust their foodiness on the internet, right? Can you guys trust us? Not that we have tried all the things that Cody T suggests but we've never been steered wrong. So wish us luck. The little walking path from Jamba to Kidani is pretty easy pretty clear so we thought, why not? Are you excited? Good morning! I just went downstairs all nervous like, are you doing reservations? And they're like, no it's quite casual. You order at the bar and then you just go sit at a table. So, that works out great for us. That little giraffe is our table marker. He's sharing Jamesy's croissant. Teddy's starting with a banana. Oh man, look at that bird giving itself a bath this morning. What? That's bigger than you, babe. Can you say hi? Oh, the birdy spotted you. It's like a pelican the fact they're doing a weird dance. So cool. There's a customer over there getting some breakfast out for the animals. How fun is this? I love actually the low-keyness of it being just a quick casual service. Lets you pick your spot. We're here pretty early I think so there's plenty of options. And so we're in Kidani Village. Our room is not there but it's like that way and I'm fairly certain this is the same savannah that leads to ours. I just spent the last like 15 minutes yeah, it's like 10-10. Just chilling on the bed watching Canvas Magic because it's very magical. This view here. Teddy came in and snuggled with me for a little bit. Oh, he came back. But we have to get ready to go home to Evie girl. I know you're ready for a nap. He puts his hand on his head when he's ready for a nap. Whoa. Hey everybody. We're finishing the room. All cleaned up. Let's go home. We're schlepping our stuff now. That's the perfect word. Schlep. One last view of the lobby. We're like we're a little emotional. It was such a good a good little stay. James was not feeling the Krispy Kreme pumpkin spice life the other day. But silly me, I realized he's sophisticated. I need to chop up the donut and let him eat it with a fork. Many hours later. James came with me to do a little Aldi shop. Sarah might have more information on that later because she found a Tic Tac five recipes but that's the short list. But we picked up these soft blocks from Aldi. They were 15 bucks for a whole bunch of them. I love them because they're like global guts. Some kind of old 90's Nickelodeon show where they don't hurt if one gets tossed. Boom. We spent like 45 minutes earlier as a whole family. Teddy, Sarah, James Evie, Peter chucking all the blocks at each other having so much fun. After all the fun of yesterday and everything, we wanted to get a lot of stuff done today. Grocery shopping. Sarah's putting Teddy down for a nap now. I'm going to figure out what time we're going to live stream today. I'm cooking up a stir fry vegetable so I just have a bunch of vegetables that we didn't want to go to waste with last week's groceries. I have Brussels sprouts, orange pepper, red pepper, some zucchini, and then just season that up. A little bit of vegetable stock, some onion, some garlic, salt and pepper. I'm about to put some stir fry sauce in there and we have this pouch of teriyaki tofu cubes that just need to be heated up so that's going to go in there last so it doesn't crumble. Kind of a thing because we don't feel like it's not something to fry up right? I'm not going to put it that way at least. And then I've got basmati rice going so that's coming together. Got some music going. Going to get a salad ready. Chop up just like cucumber, tomato, lettuce and let Sarah zhuzh it up the way she zhuzh it up. And have a good little dinner. Here's our dinner with tofu, veggies, rice. Made a little citrus ginger salad situation. Thank you for cooking Peter. You're welcome. Goodbye. Kiss kiss. He doesn't let go. Oh, maybe he do. Oh no. My son has turned into Nosferatu. We're supposed to go take baths but Jamesy actually demanded prepping. We're conflicted with our seasons. We'll take Christmas all the time. Right. We can't have Christmas movies on a Saturday without cookies and so I came here to get butter cookies and look Hershey King size bars. Bogo. What? Mom said right before I went, I said, it's Saturday night. Do we have bath time or do we party? And we said we party. And then Sarah goes, I thought I had butter cookies on the list. And I said, I'll be right back. I said, hold my beer. Not really. It was like, you know the saying or the meme. And I went and got cookies and flowers and a Christmas candle. Wow. Happy Saturday. Wait, Teddy needs one. We know what our goals are. We know what we hope to accomplish. And believe me, it's the most exciting and challenging assignment we've ever tackled at Walt Disney Productions.