Animal Kingdom
Goals for the day:
Do everything! We love this park, and want to see as much as possible
Must dos:
Expedition Everest
Festival of the Lion King
Finding Nemo show
Meet Characters
Dinoland
Safari
Finally the day had come. Its Yeti day! Hunter had been talking about Expediton Everest for months, and was so excited that the day was finally here. I set the alarm for 6:30 and set the wake up call for 8:00. That way Hunter would already be up and could hear it. We woke him up at 7:30 by yelling Yeti, Yeti, Yeti, Yeti!!! He answered the wake up call, and wasnt too impressed so I didnt bother with it the rest of the trip! We were going to try our best to make rope drop. More because I really wanted to see the opening with the characters, etc. We had a quicky in room breakfast. Heres Megan in the aftermath of a powdered donut!
We got to AK at 9:00. Just missed everything! Oh well, its still early. We headed towards EE stopping along the way to look at a wolf spider that one of the handlers had in a container. I remained patient trying not to go into commando mode yelling, Lets go! Mom snapped some pics along the way and of course we had to stop for Photopass. I did this in the A.M because thats when my hair looked good. After an hour I had it pulled back!
Isn't it Spectacular?!
The posted wait time for EE was like 5 minutes which again meant walk time. This was the first time we used Child Swap. You get a ticket that allows 3 people to get back on so my mom could keep Megan, then ride when we got off without waiting in line. We loved this and used it many times. So first up was Hunter, Dave and me. I think I rode with Hunter, but Im not sure. LOVED IT!!! ***SPOILER*** That Yeti is HUGE! You know in your head that hes not going to get you, but there is a brief moment that youre not sure! So cool. Again, Hunter seemed a little in shock when we got off, but he wanted to do it again! So I took Megan and my mom went off with the boys. I sat down on a big rock and continued the conversation my mom had started with a lady waiting for her family. Again, another nice Disney family. She asked me how big the Yeti was, and then her DH confirmed. BIG and HAIRY! I went into the store and picked out a hat for Dave. When they got off Hunter was hooked. He wanted to ride again! We bought the hat a 2 pair of sunglasses. We had forgot to bring Daves and mine were missing. We checked the wait time. It was up to 20 minutes so we said wed come back later.
We decided to head over to the Festival of the Lion King show. It was 10:00 and I think it started at 10:25. Dave heard a CM say that the Pocahontas show was starting and there was time to catch it, then get seats for the Festival. Are you sure? I asked. It seemed to be pushing it since I know that it fills up, but we went into Pocahontas. Hunter sat in the front row with his disposable camera and apparently, really liked it because he took a bunch of pictures. Megan was in awe! We like this show. Its cute and short. Hunter likes the animals.
Has the little tree always had a face?
Megan watching the Pocahontas show
We left the theater and headed into Festival. Again, only ¾ full. We took a seat towards the back so we could spread out and Hunter and Megan could see. This is my moms favorite Disney attraction. She LOVES this show and has the CD that she bought last trip. We could never skip this show. It was fabulous as usual.
Not the best picture, but being a tumble monkey is my dream Disney job!
My family watching the show in awe
Camp Minnie Mickey was crowded with the show crowds so my DIS knowledge kicked in. It was 11:00 so we decided to avoid the crowd and eat an early lunch. Pizzafari was the choice. I had heard about the theme rooms and the animal murals so I wanted Hunter to see it. We ordered, then I took the kids to get a table. Well, I should say room! We picked the room we wanted and it was empty! I think we were in a rainforest room. We LOVED this place! Mom and I got the chicken parmesean sandwich with grapes and chips. Super yummy! Dave got the hot Italian sub which he said was very good. Hunter got PB&J, applesauce, and jello. We all got frozen lemonade for a dessert. We will definitely come back. I could go for one of those sandwiches right now! After we ate we explored the rooms and took some pictures.
We decided to head back over to the character trails. We spotted Lilo and Stitch and quickly got in line. Before the trip Megan really got into Stitch. However, so far she had only seen the mice on this trip. She kept saying, Stitch as we waited in line and watched him the whole time. Our turn! She was very apprehensive, but Stitch made her feel welcome. She cautiously pet his paw, and he played peek-a-boo, but she made sure I was close by. She caught on quickly with her autograph book and posing for the pictures and by the time we were done she was hooked! Meeting characters became her obsession.
Next up: That Duck just tried to eat my kid! and my prize winning picture of a rhino butt!
) Everyone has their opinions. I don't think Wishes is as spectacular as everyone else. A major radio station in Cincinnati puts on a fireworks display every Labor Day down on the river. It lasts at least 30 minutes and they are AWESOME. So Wishes to us is just OK.
Awesome job!
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) I just put it on night shot.
Thank you!
