Animal Kingdom holds much allure for this Royal family. We also think it gets a bad rep. To us it is more than a half day park or just
a zoo. We enjoy it immensely. Entering it, we had one goal: Expedition
Everest. Now, for those of you unaware
The Diva agreed to ride Expedition Everest and Tower or Terror. Such a huge accomplishment for a fraidy cat
like her! Walking up we pleased to see
it had a 20 minute wait. Not having rode
it previously, we were all interested to see the theming of the wait line. It did not disappoint and neither did the
ride. It is such a great coaster! Check it out
here to see what you are
missing.
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| The Royal Family at the Animal Kingdom! |
From there we made our way to the Tree of Life and took in
the 4D show:
It’s Tough To Be Bug. Another show Ali has a bit of an issue with.
She says Hopper (the giant Grasshopper) is VERY Scary! Now is he, I don’t really think so, but I am
not 10 years old anymore either. Asking Ali what she wanted to do next she of
course says, Dinosaur! Checking the
Undercover Tourist iPhone app we see that it has only a 10 minute
wait. Lucky for us, that is basically
the walk in and the pre-show. I have to
say,
Dinosaur will never be in my top ten.
I don’t dislike it and I ride it every time because the Diva loves it
but if I never rode it again, that would be okay too. It’s just really bumpy and bouncy and I always
feel like I am going to be jarred right out the jeep.
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| All of us! |
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| Cheesin for the camera with her bug eyes. |
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| Notice it says ALI... |
Pretty much our experience at Animal Kingdom for those
hours, with the temperature cooling off and knowing we wanted to spend the
evening in Magic Kingdom we made our way to the bus stop and off we went to
enjoy Magic Kingdom for the night. Did
we do anything new while we were there, NO.
But we enjoyed every moment we could.
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Notice the turkey leg on her shirt.
Thanks Uncle Travis & Aunt Cassi. |
By day four we are now in a grove and funny enough we are Animal Kingdom bound as a group. We make our way
into the park and start our trek to the back of the park. Africa is our destination and the safari ride
is what we plan to enjoy. Now, for everyone
in the know, it’s common knowledge that The Safari Ride is always better in the
morning. However, that means the line
tends to be long. We did not let that deter
us. Ali and Eli played while and talked
while the adults laughed at the kids and talked and just generally made the
best of a 35 minute wait. The animals
were out playing and it was a great ride to see them. Ali and Eli enjoyed themselves immensely.
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| The Whole Motley Crew! |
Remember we are great lovers of the choo-choo on this trip
and no Animal Kingdom day would be complete without a choo-choo ride to
Conservation Station. Ali loves
everything about Conservation Station.
She thinks those people are the most amazing people and have the best
jobs. Not only do they get to work at
Disney every day, they also get to make a difference in the lives of
animals. Yes, I have a budding animal conservationist
on my hands. We spent quite a bit of
time there and she enjoyed it all. On
our way out we made our way through the petting zoo. Why petting a sheep is so great I am not
sure, but she says they feel “really cool.”
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| Petting Zoo |
Up next on our list is a stop at Flights of Wonder. We do enjoy the bird show and if you have not
had an opportunity to watch it, you should make time if you can. Beyond that each family went our own way to have a little family alone time and we made our way thru the Asian trek with a couple of the stops for pictures along the way. Like I said we love to see the Animals.
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| Animal Kingdom love! |
The evening we make our way to Epcot after a quick change of clothes. If you notice I am not one to be hot or cold. I would rather take a few minutes to change my clothes than be uncomfortable. We let Ali lead the way and ended up playing in the various countries in the World Showcase. Ali wanted ice cream and well Kevin I decided grey goose slushes were a great idea for dinner.
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Viva la France!
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Ali and I were also able to meet Duffy Bear. Duffy Bear is one of Ali's favorites. She was very excited to meet him and have her picture made with him. I snuck in there as well.
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| Duffy the Disney Bear! |
We also were able to find a sweet Baby Duffy Bear for Ali's baby cousin Campbell.
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| Ali and Campbell's Baby Duffy |
Last thing I
made asked my family to do was have a picture on the bridge with the Eiffel Tower in the background. I love that picture. They tolerate it.
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| Epcot LOVE |
Well that is all for now. On deck is Hollywood Studios... Tower of Terror, Muppet Vision and Star Tours in 3D!
xoxoxo
2 comments:
Fun! We didn't get to Animal Kingdom. We could only swing the 3-day pass and, for our first trip, chose the other parks. Way to go, Diva! I won't ride the Tower of Terror at a slightly older age. :) I sit outside while my family rides. That said, I will ride roller coasters. The boy doesn't.
Laura was a trooper for everything. She didn't care for the darkness of the Sphere or the beginning of Pirates of the Carribean, but she was 3. I didn't ride Pirates until I was like 20. So, she's still much braver than I am.
We do love it. If she likes the zoo, to us it's a zoo on steroids. LOL.
BUT you got to see Phineas and Ferb, we did not. :(
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