Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Disney World - Animal Kingdom, Part 1

With the weather like it is outside today, I would much rather be back in Florida with the 70 and 80 degree temps and the sun shining!
 
Animal Kingdom is like a giant zoo with rides!  My children LOVE animals and LOVE going to different zoos, so they were definitely excited to go to Animal Kingdom.  We got there almost an hour before it opened......this is almost necessary unless you wait till later in the morning to go to the parks, but lines are much shorter in the first few hours of the park opening.  Plus you have to stand in line to scan your card to get into the park and also bag check (this is done before you get into any park if you have a purse, backpack, cooler, etc).  We took a backpack with us everyday......extra clothes (definitely a must with little kids and also if you ride rides where you may get wet or soaked like we did on Kali River Rapids ), camera, sunscreen (yes, even in December), snacks, maps, autograph books, etc. 
 

The tree of life.....beautiful! 


Checking out all the fish. 





 We went on a Safari ride......several times!  The kids really loved driving through and seeing all the animals......sometimes we coud see different things at different times, so definitely fun to go back on.
 
Alligators 

These trees grew upside down. 




Towards the end of the afternoon, we got to see a rare moment of the lion actaully up and awake.







 
 Rafiki from The Lion King

Playing the bongos 



This was a bridge.....they were able to peek through and see the fish below. 

This was a lady covered in leaves.....pretty cool to watch her come out of the trees. 







Dug and Russell from the movie Up. 


 
Lots more pictures from Animal Kingdom to come.....just too many for one post!

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