*May, 24th 2010- Back at Animal Kingdom and lunch at Flame Tree BBQ*
So believe it or not we made it for the 13h00 show of
Nemo- the musical . My sister and BIL could hardly believe we were back so soon. I guess they were really enjoying their alone time with Beatriz.
On our 2009 visit to Animal Kingdom we had missed the
Nemo show so I was really looking forward to it. And I LOVED it!
The
mise en scene is incredibly well done and I thought the music was awesome. It did not take away from the movie at all. Don't tell anyone but I even cried once or twice.
The cute thing is that as soon as the show ended, Beatriz looked at us and said: "Again"! I guess she got over her trauma of Crush after all...
Once we were done with the show Joey and I were starving! Our breakfast in our balcony in the morning was so far away you could actually hear our stomachs growling. So it was our turn to head to
Flame Tree BBQ. While Joey was ordering the food I put Beatriz in her stroller and we stopped to listen to the performance of the "Village Beatniks".
When I looked down on the stroller to check on her I realized she had fallen asleep. Trust a two year old to fall asleep in the loudest places....
Once Joey had the food we picked a table in a calm area outside and took our sweet time to have our meal. What a morning we had had!
We both had the ribs and we loved it. I love ribs and I have to say they were nice and tender. For dessert I had the key lime mousse and it was ok. I have had better but it was not that bad either. I am sorry there are no pictures. I guess we were too hungry for that.
Ok, so I "stole" a picture from the Disney Food Blog:
After our lunch we found this nice spot to take a couple of pictures. I've just realized I did not take too many pictures on our Animal Kingdom day. I guess it is because the park was fairly crowded (at least it was for us ) and we felt we had to keep on moving. But we found this quiet spot near the restaurant with a great view of
Expedition Everest and we took advantage of it:
And then we headed to
It is Tough to Be a Bug. Since Beatriz was still sleeping and we did not want to take her out of the stroller Joey volunteered to stay out with her relaxing under a shade while the three of us went in the attraction. It worked out great since it gave Joey a little break and I have a feeling Beatriz would have been scared of the bugs.
When we came out of the attraction Beatriz was up (not much of a long nap) and it was hot so we went looking for something to refresh us. Here we are with our Mickey ice cream. It was actually the first time we were using a snack credit from our plan:
Please ignore the cold sore on my lower lip. Side effect of the exposure to the sun.
Then it was time to do
Expedition Everest.
My sister and BIL had collected two FP's before we stopped for our lunch so we used them up. We combined them with the swap tickets so we all got to ride it once. I think Joey and I went first and while we were waiting for their turn we did a bathroom break.
On a side note: I had started potty training Beatriz a couple of weeks before our trip but she was nowhere near ready by the time of our trip so I did what all the parenting books tell you NOT to do. I put her back in diapers for her trip.
It was so much easier to change diapers than to continue potty training her at Disney. Thankfully it was not hard at all to get back to it once we got back home. Actually, it was pretty easy when I told her that the princesses had asked me to tell her it was time to use the potty at all times. A real princess does not wear diapers after all!
So after
Expedition Everest we headed to
The Festival of the Lion King. At that point we decided to split with my sister and BIL again. They were NOT in the mood for the "Festival" and they still hadn't ridden
DINOSAUR. So we went each our own way. We were going to regroup at night for super.
Unfortunately once again we ended up in the very back of the theatre and as much as I love the show I know it can be so much better if we ever get to seat at the front. There is something about the system they use - filling up one section completely before moving on to the other one- that is kinda unfair since some people who got there after us ended up with a better view.
Oh well... maybe next time. Beatriz did not seem to mind. She sang along and clapped the whole time.
During our breakfast in our room that morning we were talking to Beatriz about all the characters that she could meet that day. We explained to her that she had to be brave and not be scared because the characters were nice and happy to meet her even though they were so much bigger than her. When we asked if she wanted to try to take a picture with Mickey Mouse again she said no. "I want to take a picture with Minnie".
As we headed out of FOTLK we asked her if she wanted to see Minnie and she said yes. So we got on the Minnie line and I could tell Beatriz was a little nervous. When it was our turn she held on tight to me but put on a brave face, said hi to Minnie and took the picture.
She was so happy with herself.
She worked hard to overcome her fear and I could tell she was proud of herself. Her giggle was priceless. I guess they call it a Disney magical moment.
We also saw Thumper from Bambi and she said she wanted a picture with him too. We thought about getting in line but at about this time this big storm was starting to form right over Animal Kingdom. We could here the thunders, it got windy all of a sudden and some mighty gray clouds were looming right over our heads. So we decided to follow the stampede out of the park.
It was close to 5 o'clock. We never made it to the
Boneyard or to the
Affection Section. But it is OK. "Next time"!
We made it to our bus stop right in time. The rain came pouring down just as we were under the shelter. Beatriz thought the thunders were a little too loud:
All in all it turned out t be a nice day even though I had to miss a couple of hours of "Disney time" at the hospital but let's face it, it could have been much worst.
Here's my favorite picture of the day:
Next up:
Super at Boma
to my journal!
I'm gad you made the best of it and i'll be subbing
but I guess it becomes a interesting part of your trip memories. 
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:
. Something we should have thought of WAY earlier. We called the front desk and explained our situation. They offered to fax my prescription to a nearby pharmacy and they would deliver it to us that same night for a $5.00 fee.
I think it was late and Beatriz was over tired. She had only taken a small nap in the afternoon so she was literally bouncing off the walls.
It was not a very relaxed meal but I remember loving the food. Everybody on the table kept singing praises to the food the whole time so I gave myself a tap in the back as the trip planner.
I had read somewhere that it was big enough for two people but I had the whole thing for myself. 
