Friday, October 19, 2007:
Animal Kingdom was the park of the day. We went to the Triceritop Spin first. The ride is a lot like Dumbo, but it’s a triceritop, and you can make it go up and down, and tilt forward and backward. The kids and I rode it twice while Rich hiked over to Expedition Everest and got fast passes for us to use later on that ride. Then when he got back he and Ashley and Alex went on the Primeval Whirl, and Alyssa and Angela and I went on Triceritop spin a third time! Then I went on Primeval Whirl with the big kids again and Rich and the little kids waited for us. Then we went over and rode Dinosaur. It’s a lot like Indiana Jones at Disneyland, but a little different. We all like Indiana Jones better- the story that goes with it is better and inside the lighting is better, but this is still fun. Alex and Ashley went on it with Rich, and then Ashley went on it a second time with me. Alex isn’t a huge fan of it so once was enough for him to ride it.
Next we went over to the kids all time favorite ride… well one of them- I guess they have a lot. Lol! The River Raft ride. I was not feeling the desire to get soaking wet, so Rich went on it with Alex and Ashley and Alyssa and Angela and I took our time walking down to the exit area and took some pictures along the way. Then we went and saw the Birds of Wonder show. It’s really neat and the kids liked seeing the birds up close. We walked through the Maharaja Jungle treck. They have laminated “guides” for people to pick up and use to identify the animals. Alex really got into that part of the walk.
Then it was time for my favorite ride at this park… Expedition Everest. Alex was not up to riding it, so Ashley got to go on it twice. Once with Rich and once with me. After that we headed over to get fast passes for the Kilimanjaro Safari. We grabbed some lunch- Mickey Mouse shaped chocolate covered vanilla icecream popsicles for the kids, and sandwiches for Rich and I. I had a hot italian sandwich (Turkey, ham, swiss, provolone, with ceasar salad on it and a pesto sauce) It was sooo good! I know I’ve heard people complain about the prices of food at the parks, and yes it does cost more than at a regular fast food place, but it’s good food!!
After lunch we went over to Rafiki’s Planet Watch/conservation station. When we got up near the pavilion there, there was this trash can that was talking to the kids outside… lol! Alex was just thrilled. He watched and followed it around for quite a while. Then we went inside and the kids had fun using the interactive things to learn more about animals and how they are being taken care of. Angela fell asleep and I had her in a sling, so I sat down and just observed Rich and the older kids as they did the activities. They also went into the petting zoo, and there was a guy there singing folk songs and playing the guitar so Alyssa and Ashley enjoyed watching that, while Alex went and played with his “trash can” friend (actually I think it was labeled a recycling bin) It was a robot inside moving it around and the guy controlling it was dressed up like a tourist and had the mechanisms hidden in a soft sided cooler and stuff so he could stand back from the kids and controll it, but still hear them and talk to them through the microphone. It was neat. We rode the train back from there and then went on the Kilimanjaro safari.
I love taking this safari, and it was overcast and drizzling rain and the animals were loving it, because they were up and walking around and not laying down taking naps and hiding from us. We saw sooo many animals! It was awesome!
After the Safari we walked through the Pangani Forest, and then headed back over to the River Raft ride. I sent Rich ahead with Ashley and Alex and they managed to ride it twice since the line wasn’t very long. Alyssa and Angela and I meet them at the exit and they were soaked through!
We then headed over to watch It’s hard to be a bug inside of the big tree of life. We got stopped by the parade that was going on and we couldn’t cross the street to get to the tree of life. Once the parade was over we went and got in line for the show. Alex was asking me if he didn’t wear the 3-D glasses if it would still look like 3-D. I told him that it wouldn’t… it would probably look fuzzy and not be clear at all. So we went in and he was protesting a little bit that he didn’t really want to see it… I not knowing how he had reacted the day before to the 3-D show kept telling him it would be fine, he could just close his eyes if a part was scary, but that this was just funny… well we went in and sat down. Alex probably lasted two minutes before he started whining that he didn’t like it. We tried to get him to just calm down and sit next to us and close his eyes… but he just flipped out… he wasn’t hyperventilating, but would have been if he had continued… and then he ran out of the theatre. Luckily we were near the exit doors so we could see as he left he went and sat down on a bench near the door. We were confident that he would not go anywhere so we stayed with the rest of the kids and watched the rest of the show and then quickly went out and got him at the end of the show. Then is when Rich told me that Alex had flipped out the day before and not enjoyed the 3-D show that day. If I had known that, I would have just stayed outside with him and Angela and not had him go to the show.
After that we were all pretty tired, and we had reservations that night for Boma (my all time favorite restaurant at DisneyWorld), so we headed back to the Hotel so people could change into dry clothes and we could rest a little bit before dinner. We never even went over to the Camp Minnie and Mickey part of othe park, but we know we will be going there again, so the kids will get to see that stuff next time.
We got back to the hotel and discovered we didn’t have any clean pants for Alex, or clean socks for Ashley… so we took out the hair dryer and iron and we sat and ironed and blew hot air on his shorts and Ashley’s socks to dry them enough that they would be comfortable to wear. Lol! I had planned on washing clothes that evening, so I only had enough clean clothes to get us through that day. With semi dry clothes and a little bit of restful time we then headed over to Boma for dinner.
Boma- Is the restaurant that last year Rich choose for us to go to. I was so hesitant, because I was afraid that I wouldn’t like any of the food there… I’m inherantly a picky eater and have to go way out of my comfort zone to try new things. It’s a buffet though, so I can can dish up a little bit of everything, and take a bite and if I don’t like it- I don’t feel like I have to eat it- I just go and eat something else. Well last year I was so hesitant about it, but we got there and I tried the food and I LOVED IT!! The foods are such unique combinations, but they are delicious and I absolutely loved all the flavors there were. So we went this year. Rich and I laughed because again we went to this restaurant for us, not for the kids. There were the kid friendly mac and cheese, french fries and chicken nuggets for them to eat… and we paid an outrageous amount for the kids dinners, but it was worth it to us because we love the food there so much, and there is just no other opportunity for us to eat at a restaurant like this other than there at DisneyWorld.
After dinner we went back to the hotel. It was our last night at that hotel, and I had planned on washing clothes when we got back, but Rich decided for me that it was too late to start doing laundry (It was about 9:30) I actually still had some clean clothes for all the kids except Alex, so Rich hand washed some clothes for Alex in the bathroom sink and hung them up to dry while we slept. We packed the rest of the stuff into suitcases so we would be ready to load them into the car the next morning.
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