Our second day in Florida we went to Disney's Animal Kingdom. This park wasn't even opened when we went before, so we were all very excited to see what it was going to be like.
On Tuesday, our adventure started even before we got to the park. Since we had a total of 14 people, we needed two cars to get around. We rented a Homeschoolmommobile (AKA a 12 passenger van) and a regular car. The funny thing was as we were in the van following the other car driving into the park, we realized that the van was following the WRONG car into the WRONG park. Oops, so our spy skills need to be a little beef-ed up! What can I say...all the "spy wannabes" were in the car, not the van.
We finally made it to the park and went inside. Very cool!...Literally...lots of shade and trees! There was this large tree called "The Tree of Life" with all kinds of animals carved into it. Here's part of our crew hangin' with the gorilla.
I think there is something in this picture...but I don't know what it is! :-)One of the fun things we did at this park was a drive through safari. There were a lot of cool animals that we saw on the safari. Like one of these pretty birds called ????????
And one of these cow-type thingys (OK, should have listened more to the tour guide!) But look at those long horns!!
And one of these cow-type thingys (OK, should have listened more to the tour guide!) But look at those long horns!!
And at one point, our tram had to come to a complete stop to wait for this guy...yes, I know that's a giraffe!...to cross the road.
After the safari ride, we went to the Lion King show. We actually met some friends at the show who we knew from when we lived in Houston before. We haven't seen them in about 8 years, but due to the magic of Facebook, we found out we were going to be at Disney at the same time. So we were able to meet up and see them and sit with them at the show. That was fun! And the show was AWESOME! And even better, Josiah, Lauren and Katie got picked from our section to get up at one point and play some instruments....hakuna matata!!
Here we are stopping for some goofy photos!
After the safari ride, we went to the Lion King show. We actually met some friends at the show who we knew from when we lived in Houston before. We haven't seen them in about 8 years, but due to the magic of Facebook, we found out we were going to be at Disney at the same time. So we were able to meet up and see them and sit with them at the show. That was fun! And the show was AWESOME! And even better, Josiah, Lauren and Katie got picked from our section to get up at one point and play some instruments....hakuna matata!!
Here we are stopping for some goofy photos!
One of the favorite rides of the day was the Expedition Everest rollercoaster. It was fun...but I'm old! and riding it two times in a row left Julie and I both feeling very sick...so sick that we had to go home early. Getting old is a real bummer sometimes! But dad, Mike, Michael and the boys and Lauren had a great time for the rest of the day....but I had the camera, so no more photos.
Stay tuned...tomorrow is Day 3, Magic Kingdom.
4 comments:
Yea!!!!!
The 3 stars of the Lion King show was probably my favorite. Glad you got such good pictures.
I had already forgotten about following the wrong car. So glad you blogged it! The pictures were great. The reason you didn't know about the animals is because the guide was so hard to understand!
:-) Thanks again to Jonathan for the great seats so our kids could be stars!!
Wow! That is so awesome that the kids got to be part of the show! And those cows on the safari are the same kind they have in Uganda! Oh, and I love, love, love that picture of Katie peeking her head through the scuba background! The expression on her face is hilarious :)
I think the birds are herons/cranes...they are really pretty! We used to see some Sandhill Cranes come around in Sidney! They are surprisingly elegant to watch. That's cool that you had to wait for the giraffe to cross the road.
Sefra
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