After our amazing day at Magic Kingdom, it was time to switch gears from princesses to animals. We took the bus from our hotel to Animal Kingdom (very easy, quick ride with only about 10 other people on the bus) and the first thing the kids did was...you guessed it, face painting! They have amazing artists at AK and they both looked great. After investigating the African market there and listening to some African music and watching dancers, we went on the Kilimanjaro Safari. If you go to AK and can only do one thing, this is it. It is awesome. You take an open air jeep type vehicle through their animal preserve and see lions, elephants, alligators, giraffes and several other animals. After finishing that, we took the Wildlife Express Train (Luke was just excited to ride a train) to Rafiki's Planet Watch. Rafiki's Planet Watch is a cool area where the kids met the character Rafiki (from Lion King), got to hold an alligator, see animal vets and there is a large petting zoo.
We took the Wildlife Express Train back to the main park and next up was....Expedition Everest! Everest is the big roller coaster at AK. I wasn't sure if Julia would want to go on it after Space Mountain, but after watching it a few times, she said "I want to try it. And I want Mommy to go with me." This was very exciting because she usually wants JD to go with her. Also, I want to note that her least favorite thing about Space Mountain was that it was in the dark. I assured her Everest wasn't because what I could see of it, was outside. So, we get on the roller coaster and imagine our surprise when a good portion of the coaster was in the dark...going backwards. After we got off Julia said her hands were sore from holding the bar so tight. She said it was really scary and she "do not want to do this one again."
After that thrill ride, we made our way to The Boneyard, a huge play area with huge slides and a digging area where kids can search for bones. The kids could literally spend all day in here, they love it. After playing a (long) while, Julia and JD went on Dinosaur (mini roller coaster with giant robotic dinosaurs) while Luke and I went on TriceraTop Spin a few times.
We headed back to the hotel (once again, almost empty bus) and had dinner at the Whispering Canyon Cafe. If you have kids, you should check this place out. They had all the guests doing the hokey pokey at one point and they had the little kids ride hobby horses around the restaurant. They also have a funny thing regarding ketchup. None of the tables have ketchup. When the first table requests some, the wait staff brings out about 30 bottles. The next table that wants some shouts "We want ketchup!" and the table that has it brings all the bottles over. This keeps going until the ketchup is distributed. If you are introverted like JD...this was a bit over the top.
But Julia and I (as well as every kid in the place) LOVED it! They also have bottomless drinks and milkshakes. Once you finish your first regular size glass, they bring out a huge, gallon size mason jar filled with your beverage of choice and a crazy straw. It was really fun!
After our eating adventure, the kids went swimming with JD, we roasted marshmallows over the fire and then the kids played on the beach. After heading back to the room and getting ready for bed we realized...JD lost his phone at AK. I called the front desk and they confirmed 1 phone had been returned to lost and found at AK and one of us would have to go to the central lost and found the following morning to see if it was his phone. Check in Wednesday for my next post (Hollywood Studios) to see what happened. Happy Monday everyone!
Cutest Cheeta ever
Slightly blurry shot, Julia learning about gators
Hobby Horse ride
Pool time
Mmm...marshmallows
Another fab day at Disney
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