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My favorite vacation memory has to be two years ago when we were coming to the end of a great Disney World Vacation and we went to Animal Kingdom to find our favorite cast member friend "Bill" to say goodbye. My son had drawn him a picture of Rafiki because that is his favorite character. We were wearing T-shirts that my son had made for us prior to the trip. I was wearing Tigger and DH was wearing Scar. As we were heading over to Africa to see Bill we saw that Tigger, Pooh and Eeyore were in the picture spot and there was no line! My husband had gone ahead of us to get fast passes for Expedition Everest so we were waiting for his return right outside the meet & greet. The Cast member there, Scott, saw my shirt and William's picture of Rafiki and asked who had drawn them. William said that he had drawn them and he was taking Rafiki to "Bill" his favorite cast member. My husband showed up in his Scar t-shirt and Scott told William how very impressed he was with his art work. We thanked him and went in to see Tigger, Pooh & Eeyore. When we came out, Scott stopped my son and said, "I bet I can become your favorite cast member today" Then he asked us if we would like to lead the Animal Kingdom parade by riding on the Rafiki Float!!!!!
We agreed and he told us what time to meet him by Kilamonjaro Safari. We enjoyed the park all day, had a great lunch at the Yak & Yeti and then went to meet Scott. We were taken behind the scenes- which was thrilling. They gave us Safari Hats & Vests to wear and we got to meet a bunch of the Stilt walkers and performers from the Festival of the Lion King which is one of our favorite shows. They loaded us onto a jeep with Rafiki on a float behind it. The music swelled, they opened these huge bamboo gate doors and we drove out into the park. The parade lasted maybe 30 minutes but we have never smiled so much or waved as much!! We could not quit smiling it was an "over the top" experience. After the parade, they gave us a photo pass of pictures they had captured of us at different parts along the parade route! Those pictures never cease to make us smile. This one is still the wallpaper on my desktop.