Today we spent the day at Animal Kingdom.
I was really looking forward to this. We loved the Xiangjiang Safari in China with Aaron, and wanted Donovan to have a similar experience.
We arrived about 20 min. before the park opened and were able to go right to Africa to the Kilimanjaro Safari Jeeps. It was AWESOME.
Then we went right over to Lion King. We had heard it was one of the best perfomances at Disney. It did not disappoint!
We got to visit with the characters, walk around Discovery Island and Oasis.
We had a nice lunch at Pizzafari.
Then, after lunch went to the Flights of Wonder show - INCREDIBLE!
We walked the Maharajeh Trail and saw tigers.
Aaron fell asleep in his stroller, and we spent a little time in Dinoland. Donovan, Rupert, and I rode Triceratops Spin (fun!)
We had a great spot for the parade at 3:45
We ate dinner at Rainforest Cafe just outside Animal Kingdom. Fantastic meal!
I've heard from many people to plan to do Animal Kingdom the first day before the kids experience all the RIDES at Magic Kingdom. I am glad we did Animal Kingdom on our first full day. Also, they just had Extra Magic Hours yesterday morning, so the park was less crowded today. (Loved those online crowd predictors!!)
We plan to come back to Animal Kingdom on the last day. Our flight does not leave until 5 pm and our car is picking us up at 2:30, so we have from about 8:30 - 1:30 to spend at Animal Kingdom on that last day. Knowing we would be coming back on our final day, we did not have to rush today at all. We have time to do the things we skipped today: Nemo Performance, Triceratops ride again, Safari Jeeps again, walk the Pangani Trail, ride the Rafiki Train to the Conservation Center, and lots more digging in the Boneyard...
We had a wonderful day here at Animal Kingdom.
I can say though that we are exhausted by day's end, and I likely won't post many photos until we are home!
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