Disney World-Day 3

 We were up bright and early again this day and made our way to Animal Kingdom.  We were there before the park opened (like every other day of our trip), so we took some time to get a couple of Disney photopass pictures.

Once the park opened, we were off to one of the most popular rides at Animal Kingdom-Kilimanjaro Safaris.  This is a ride that makes you feel like you are on a true African safari.

Kilimanjaro Safaris

Kilimanjaro Safaris

After the safari ride we headed over to Expedition Everest, the park's roller coaster.  Riley wasn't tall enough for this ride.  Steve and the boys rode first.  Although they liked it, one ride was enough for both Steve and Reed.  With the combination of fast passes and child swap, Cole, Trent and I were able to ride it three or four times in a row.  We had a blast!

Expedition Everest

Expedition Everest

Expedition Everest





Expedition Everest

The Finding Nemo musical was next on the agenda.  We didn't see this our first time at Disney.  It was a really well done show.  We then went to DinoLand and rode Dinosaur.  This was another ride I thought Riley most likely wouldn't ride that she ended up loving and wanting to ride again.  In fact, we all did. From Dinosaur, we headed inside the Tree of Life to watch "It's Tough to Be a Bug", a 4D movie.  The movie is really cute and funny.  The Tree of Life is Animal Kingdom's centerpiece.  It really is amazing.  There are hundreds of animals carved into the tree.

"It's Tough to Be a Bug"

The Tree of Life

We had lunch and then used fast passes for another ride on Dinosaur before heading to the other side of the park.  Riley had her sights set on meeting her first princess of the trip-Pocahontas.  The kids also then met King Louie and Baloo from The Jungle Book.

Pocahontas

King Louie and Baloo

We saw the Lion King show, had Mickey shaped ice cream bars and headed back to the resort.  It was about 4:00 by this point. The kids had one thing on their mind-swimming. It really wasn't warm enough for swimming-maybe 65 or 70 degrees.  The pool was heated though.  While they swam, I did a couple loads of laundry in the nearby laundry room.  Steve and I sat by the pool and drank hot chocolate while it got darker and cooler.  The kids had a great time.

When the laundry was done, we had to pry the kids out of the pool.  Luckily, they were hungry.  The lure of dinner got them out.  Instead of eating in the food court again, we took a bus to Downtown Disney.  We had dinner there and did some souvenir shopping.  We made it back to the resort around 10 pm or so and went straight to bed.  Tomorrow, we were headed to everyone's favorite park-Magic Kingdom.