Today we got on the shuttle at 11:30 and headed to Animal Kingdom.
When we got there we went to "Asia" and boarded a little train that took us behind the scenes. It would have been great but a small child, screamed and threw a tantrum the entire 5 minutes that we were on the train. It was the longest 5 minutes of my life. I have never heard a child scream that loud for that long, ever. Laney leaned over and said to me, "Mom, that girl is being a real cry baby." ha ha!
After our wonderful train ride, we walked around "Asia and the girls were able to participate in a little scavenger hunt.
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| Rafiki! |
We headed to "Africa" and went on the Kilimanjaro Safari. We boarded safari vehicles and drove around African habitat and saw some great animals. We saw a few baby elephants and a little baby while rhinoceros. It was so cute!
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| A giraffe eating |
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| Some sort of antelope - I forgot the correct name of them |
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| A rhino! |
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| A termite mound! |
We ate lunch and then went to Camp Minnie-Mickey and got some autographs. I'd like to note that when the girls hugged Minnie and Mickey, they each gave the girls a kiss (you could hear the smooch noise). We also watched "Festival of the Lion King" which was amazing.
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| A fire show during "Festival of the Lion King" |
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| Festival of the Lion King |
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| Us with Minnie (yes, my red skin is from sunburn) |
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| Grandma Em, the girls, Mickey, and I |
Pete, Jilian, and I headed back to "Asia" to ride "Expedition Everest." While waiting for the ride, we had to go through the Yeti Museum. It had evidence of the Yeti's existence; cast footprints, pictures, etc. "Expedition Everest" was Jilian's first roller coaster! It went backwards, had sharp drops and turns, and even a real Yeti sighting! I must report that as much fun as she said she had, she kept her eyes closed and her head down the entire time.
Grandma Em and Laney went to "Tough to be a Bug", which was an interactive 3-D showing of a day in a bug's life. It was neat, but Laney got freaked out when a poisonous bug spit venom on them (water), the stink bug squirted them (fog), and a bee stung them (puff of air in their backs).
We headed to "Dinoland, USA" and went on a few more rides. The ride, "Dinosaur" mimicked time travel back to the days of the dinosaur. Pete, Jilian, Laney, and I went (Grandma Em has a severe case of motion sickness). The time machine took us back to the prehistoric era of dinosaurs. It was dark, foggy, and the dinosaurs were mean and scary. No one cried or screamed, but we all jumped when a large dinosaur jumped out at us!
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| Laney on the Tricera Top ride |
After a long, exhausting, HOT day, we went back to our condo for a nice spaghetti dinner, a few "fancy" beers, some swimming, and are getting ready to watch the Packer game! Go Pack Go!
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| Laney waiting for our shuttle back to the condo...she was so tired! |
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| Drinking our beer in wine glasses to make us feel like we are drinking "fancy beer" |
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