You can read The Disney Diaries: Day One HERE.
You can read The Disney Diaries: Day Two – Magic Kingdom HERE.
You can read The Disney Diaries: Day Three – Epcot HERE.
I was so excited to finally see Animal Kingdom. I have a serious obsession with giraffes and the kids knew I was eagerly awaiting the Animal Kingdom’s popular Kilimanjaro Safaris Expedition. After checking out the amazing Tree of Life, we went straight to Africa to FastPass the Safari. The Africa landscape design was so breathtaking. I felt like I was there. We walked through a downtown marketplace complete with old buildings and open air restaurants. It was really cool. And it turned out that the Safari line was short so we didn’t need to FastPass at all!
We boarded the jeep and off we went in search of animals. I saw my beloved giraffes! They crossed the path right in front of us. And the other animals were pretty amazing too.
After the jeep tour we continued on and did a walking tour of the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail. The kids loved the birds and we saw a Mama and baby gorilla.
We stopped for a quick snack and then went to Finding Nemo – The Musical. It was one of Annabel’s favorite shows so we let her buy a Nemo stuffed toy and she didn’t let go of it the entire day. We then visited DinoLand U.S.A. to check out the The Boneyard play area and ride the TriceraTop Spin. Daniel then wanted a dinosaur toy as his Animal Kingdom treat. We got that and then went to our lunch reservation at Asia’s Yak & Yeti restaurant. We were starving!
Yum-O! I highly recommend this place. It was also a nice change of pace to enjoy some table-service Asian food. Hubbie and I shared some Ahi tuna and pot stickers and then I had a delicious crispy honey chicken dish. They saved the best for last because the fried wontons for dessert were AMAZING. Daniel loved the vegetable lo-mein and Annabel loved the kids ice cream sundae. Note: We were on the Disney Dining Plan which allowed us to get appetizers and dessert at our meals. It was fun to sample everything. The plan also includes daily snacks and most of the places we went to did accept the plan.
After lunch we noticed the character meet-and-greet tent did not have a long line so we took a second to meet the adorable Pooh, Eeyore, and Tigger.
I don’t know why we went to see the Bug’s Life “It’s Tough to be a Bug” 3-D movie because I had read that it was scary for the little ones. And it was! It was dark and there were stinging hornets and big black spiders falling from the ceiling. Everyone was screaming and the kids hated it. Thank goodness it was only 8 minutes long. Then Hubbie had to leave to use his FastPass for the Expedition Everest roller coaster so the kids and I went to the Festival of the Lion King.
Lion King was another great live performance show and we had the perfect end seats to enjoy all the beautiful set changes and acrobatics. It was raining when we left, so Daddy met us at the exit with some Disney rain ponchos. The cloud burst lasted five minutes, but we were tired and decided to head out and spend the rest of the afternoon lounging around our Wilderness Lodge resort.
Annabel and I found some comfy pool chairs and I enjoyed a cocktail while she enjoyed an orange smoothie. Daniel and Daddy spent an hour in the pool and Daniel went down the water slide about fifty times. Then we used some of our Disney dining points for a room service dinner in our pajamas. It was the perfect ending to another fun day.
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