We drove to the Animal Kingdom instead of taking the Bus. It’s farther and it seems a waste of time to have to take the bus all the way back from it, to just turn around and drive to Boma that night… so we usually drive over there. At the Animal Kingdom Rich and Ashley hoofed it across the park to get some fast passes for Expedition Everest, and Alex, Alyssa and I went and rode the Triceratop spin (like Dumbo and the flying carpets of Aladdin). Then Rich and Ashley rode the Dinosaur ride, and we rode Triceratop spin again… Then we walked down to the Dinosaur Ride to get the rider switch pass, and I rode Dinosaur with Ashley. From there we went over to the Kali Rapids Raft ride. Rich and Ashley and Alex rode the ride and then while they were on it, Alyssa decided that she wanted to ride it. When they came off the ride, Ashley and Alex were only too willing to ride it again… unfortunately the rider switch pass is only good for three people, so Ashley had to sit back and let Alex go with Rich and Alyssa on the ride (I didn’t want to get wet, and Ashley usually goes with me when we switch because Alex doesn’t want to- for this ride he did so it was his turn).
From there we went and walked through the walking safari. We grabbed fast passes to use later on the Kilimanjaro Safari, and had fun seeing all the animals.
They have a great kid discovery program that the kids all got little cards to get stamped all over the park at the five different stations.
We also stopped and played on the bongo drums some, and saw a “living tree” walking across the pathway.
From there Ashley and Rich went ahead and rode Mount Everest, and Alex, Alyssa and I took a slower route and stopped at another kids discovery center and learned a little more about another animal. We then meet Rich and Ashley at Mount Everest, and Ashley and I went on the ride.
Then we were hot and hungry and the kids wanted to find yet another discovery center. We found it and also found an icecream hut. We all had yummy milkshakes… it was just the right thing for the warm day and cooled everyone down.
We then headed back over to the Kilimanjaro Safari, and had a good time seeing all the animals on it.
Alex really, really wanted to go and get the stamp over at the Rafiki Conservation Center. We had gone to it the year before and while it is neat, it also takes a lot of time to ride the train out there… the girls wanted to see the “It’s a bugs life” 3d show at the tree of life. Since Alex doesn’t like that show, we decided that Alex and I would go and get the stamps on the cards at the conservation center, and Rich would take the girls to see the show. We had bad timing and just missed the train both ways, so by the time we got over to meet up with Rich and the girls, they had been out of the show for a while. They were able to snag a great spot for the parade though and we got the best view we’ve ever had for a parade. The characters were coming right up to the kids and they really enjoyed it!.
After the parade we went to the last kids discovery center, and the kids all got their cards completed and a little passport thing saying they completed the Kids discovery program. They were all very happy about that.
We then decided to go and do a little bit of shopping before we had dinner that night, so we headed to Downtown Disney. It’s always a crazy madhouse there, but finally we were able to get everyone to decide on a souvenir and the timing worked out just right. We drove back to the Animal Kingdom Lodge and had just a little bit of time to sit and unwind while waiting for our table to be ready.
Of course I loved the meal again that night. Our friends had left for home that morning, so it was just our family that evening and the kids didn’t have friends to play with, but it was a little calmer because we only had four kids instead of nine kids around the table. Lol!
It was another late night by the time we got back to the hotel…. But we had a very fun day.
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