Evan and friends spend a day at Animal Kingdom, hitting Kilimanjaro Safaris, Festival of The Lion King, and other attractions. Hayden uses a wheelchair for front-of-line access while recovering from a leg injury. They eat expensive park food and encounter street performer Miss Divine.
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Nina Hanimus. Mmm, I want to start right now. Right now! Good morning, good morning! It's another beautifully foggy rainy day here in Florida. We are off to Animal Kingdom. Are we excited? Update: Hayden's leg is feeling a little bit better, but he's having a hard time keeping his leg straight on one leg. So we're probably gonna go for a wheelchair today, and he'll feel hopefully better. And last night, one of my YouTube fans, Adam, he's a rapper, connected with me, and we're probably gonna find a time to meet up, and that'll be fun. Here we are at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Animal Kingdom! Who's excited? Me! Alright, me too! We're on the tram on our way to— no, not Magic Kingdom. Animal Kingdom. Hayden has an animal on his head. Alright, we're at the Kilimanjaro Safaris. About to go on. We got Hayden his own special wheelchair because he can't walk. He's hopping on one leg and it's easier. We get to go to the front of the line with the wheelchair. So I don't have to carry you everywhere, huh? Why are you eating your key, mister? Ew, take that out of your mouth. Jackie. And here's Nina. Nina has an awesome shirt on today. What? Matching shirts. Matching shirts. Lower more. Higher. Oh my God, lower. That's higher. There you go. But then you can't see our faces. OK, what animals do you hope we see on the ride? Bats. Bats? We're not going to see bats. It's animals in Africa. Uh, cheetahs. Cheetahs. OK, don't put that in your mouth. Ew. OK? These are all the animals that we're supposed to see today. Here we are. This is Hayden. He's an explorer with a shark on his head. Oh, and that's Nina. Hello. Nina and I met at the Mexico Pavilion. I picked her up and she's joined us a lot. What's your name? Huh? Imagine meeting you in a place like this. Aren't we happy we brought Nina along? Yeah. Yeah. Look at that horn. Nina wanted something healthy, so we got her the hot breakfast wrap with egg, sausage, spinach, and goat cheese. And here she is about to try it. And? Oh, very spinachy. Whoa. Not great? Just okay? Yeah, it's okay. Let's keep moving. Next up is the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail. We get to walk and see some animals. The ancient Chinese— Ninahonimus. The Mahanomis is very sexy but also wild and dangerous. I think Nina could catch him though. Nina is so fast. Nina is pretty fast, huh? What do you think, Nina? Could you catch him? I could catch you. You could catch me? You're a gorilla too. I'm a gorilla? Hayden really wanted to see bats, so we're going to the Maha The Raja Jungle Trek, and it says that you will see tigers, giant bats, and lovely birds. What do you think? Yeah. You want to go? Yeah. Can you pretend you're a bat? We're about to watch Bug's Life. Wow, these are silly glasses. 12:30-ish. I'm about to pass out. I haven't eaten for a while. It's getting to me. I'm starting to feel weak. So we're here having lunch. I've got a meat lover's tiny pizza. Hayden has a cheese pizza with broccoli and apple juice. And Nina has a romaine salad mix. And we got a Coke. And all of this was $30-something. Like almost $40 Canadian. Anyway, it's a huge rip-off. But we're gonna eat. Miss Divine, a street performer who is behind me, you can see her walking, was rated as a must-see attraction, so let's go check her out. So we are at the Birds of Wonder show now. We're going to see some birds. Hayden's all excited. He gets a special seat. What do you think? You're going to pretend to be a bird? Hayden looks sad. Mmm! I want to start right now! Right now! Ah, where does it start? Cool. Alright, up next, Festival of The Lion King. So Hayden and Nina have discovered that they can play field runners as a team where they each have a side. Alright, here we are inside The Lion King stage. Hayden and Nina are playing some field runners still. Hayden beat her in the last game, which is interesting. This is a cool theater where everything happens in the middle. So the seats are all around the outside and the performance is in the middle. Be fun to see how this goes. Last ride of the day, Triceratops Spin. Alright, here we go. I'm in charge of tilting forward and back, and Hayden and Nina are in charge of going up and down. Hayden and Nina. Just Hayden? Last ride of the day. Are you tired? No. Are you excited? Yeah. You don't sound excited. Yay! Has been craving a turkey leg, so we're at the Trillo Bites to get a jumbo turkey leg for Nina. They're looking pretty tired and hungry, so I better make it fast to get it for them. Look at the size of this ridiculous leg. It's bigger than Nina's head. She's gonna freak out. Ready? Okay, can I have it? Oh, extra sauce. This thing is huge. Yeah. Wow. Wow! Yummy! Okay, that's it for Animal Kingdom. Bye-bye! Oh crap— The drama is happening here... We'll see you next year! Self-improvement books are like fitness books—they never work on their own. What you need is a trainer—that's Evan. Get the newsletter.
