Disney Day 4--Animal Kingdom

This was our worst day as far as weather. It poured down rain as soon as we got to the park. We did have ponchos to wear so that helped a little but it was really raining hard!! There was hardly anyone at the park since it was raining and we got there right when it opened. The first ride we rode was Expedition Everest. Cooper was a little nervous but he ended-up loving it! It made it extra exciting to get rained on while riding it! There was no line at all so we rode it at least 4 times before moving on.


The kids really wanted to ride the rapids. It was cold and we were already wet, but I still was not brave enough to ride the rapids and get even more wet! The kids loved this ride and still talk about it to this day! Thank goodness daddy was willing to ride with them : )


It had started raining really hard again, so we headed over to see the Finding Nemo show (it was inside). It was a great play with lots of fun music. The kids really enjoyed it.


By the time the show was over, so was the rain--thank goodness!! The sun was starting to shine and it was time for lunch. We had some really good barbecue and then we went to meet some characters. The kids thought it was neat to see the characters and get their autographs...I was shocked at how long some of the lines were!


Of all things...while we were there, we ran into Joey. This is one of Emily's favorite friends from school! He was there on vacation with his family, I never thought we would randomly run into each other!


After all the characters (and Joey) we went to the Lion King show. It was SO good! The kids loved all the dancing and music! I thought both of the shows at Animal Kingdom were really well done.


Up next was the Safari ride. We thought this was really fun. It was neat to be able to be so close to all of the animals. The kids wanted us to take a picture of every animal we saw!




At this point Emily was getting a little worn out. She and I sat down and rested while the boys went to look at more animals. These are a few things that they saw while they were gone:





We had a few fast passes for Expedition Everest so we went back to ride that a few more times. At this point the park was pretty busy so we were glad to have the fast passes. Cooper really wanted to go see the Bugs Life show. He got to see it twice--once with me and once with daddy. Emily wanted no part of seeing it! (it was a little scary)

In front of the Tree of Life


This was the kids at the end of the day. You can tell they were not too thrilled with having their picture taken!


We went back to Epcot for dinner at the Coral Reef. It was a really neat restaurant--one whole wall is an aquarium. It was a great way to end the day.

I do have to brag on my kids a little bit....we were actually at Disney World parks for 5 days in a row and our kids walked the entire time!! No strollers! It made it easier to get through the crowds not having to push a stroller with 100 pounds of kids in it!! Way to go kids!

Favorite rides at Animal Kingdom were Expedition Everest, the Safari ride, and the Rapids. And of course the shows!!