Day 4 - Wednesday
Animal Kingdom
I do not remember going to the Animal Kingdom in 1997 when we went to Disney World. Mom does not either, so I looked up when it opened. It opened April of 1998, so it was not there the last time I went! Crazy how things like that change! We loved the Animal Kingdom. It is different than other parks because the animals are REAL! They do not use plastic lids or straws. The straws were we used were made of paper to protect the animals! :) There is a lot of walking in the Animal Kingdom! We got there at 8:00 a.m. The first thing we did was a safari ride. YES, a real one! We got on the truck and went out into (Disney's) 800 acre African savannah! It was so awesome the animals that we saw... lions, giraffes, elephants, rhinos, hippos, some deer things... ;) We did a 3D show with A Bug's Life - Flik. It was very cool! The Festival of the Lion King was awesome! We saw all kinds of characters that day! Goofy even walked us up to his tent being we were first in line to see him! Someone said the parade was awesome and that we needed to stay for it. Gavin would not ride the Mt. Everest roller coaster with me, so we decided to ride a Kalhi River Rapid ride. It said, "You will get soaked on this ride." AND we did! Gage got to ride that one too! So we sat down for about 45 minutes in the shade, soaking wet and waited for the parade. That was nice. Gage took a nap. Gavin found made some new friends. (I know shocking right?!?)
We had dinner reservations in Downtown Disney that night. We will never book that place again! It was okay food, but nothing for the kids really. I thought it was from Pirates of the Carribean... nope! Anyways, we did a little shopping while there. The boys were itching to buy what they wanted. We told them they could buy the last day, so they needed to start a list! (Great tip by the way! They did not ask for anything!) We knew we were not going back Downtown, so it was perfect to pick a few things there. It was an early morning and a late night this day... I know you are supposed to rest of vacation, well here is another tip... You do not really rest at Disney! There is so much to see! The thing we did was try to break up the day and come back for a nap or lounging. That was about it for rest! Ha!
