Tuesday morning we were up bright and early to catch the bus by 8:30. We wanted to get to Animal Kingdom as close to the 9am opening as possible. Drake was super pumped simply getting off the bus, as you can see below. Their adorable Mickey safari shirts were compliments of Grandma and her snazzy sewing skills. (I can't even sew on a button.)
The Christmas tree out front was quite impressive. The kiddos loved all of the Christmas decorations.
After going through the gates, there were many staff members showing off little animals. Here are the stinkers checking out a (nonpoisonous) scorpion.
We headed straight to get fast passes for the safari, and then did this trail. We did it in 2011, and it was once again a big hit. There are only two rides in all of AK for little kids less than 40inches, so it was really about the animals, exploring, and shows/parades.
There's a gorilla in there, can you find it?
Why everyone feels the need to cling to the same parent at one time is beyond me.
On the safari ride!
So, after the safari we were gonna see a show and then head to our lunch reservation. Well, Drake saw the face painting tent, and was quite interested. He's had his painted about a year ago, but only after I did. He was cautious yet again, and said he wanted me to go first. Tessa was also totally into it, but honesty that child fears NOTHING. The pics of the actual painting are still on my phone, but here is the aftermath. T was a tiger and D was a bear, and they took it SERIOUSLY. Those two proceeded to walk through AK the rest of the day, randomly roaring at people. Most just laughed, but some "got it" and acted scared/surprised. I thought that was really kind and was sure to thank them, because the kids loved that. Here is our little tiger roaring at her bear brother.
I was Rupunzel. Drake's nose was itching:-)
A tame version of his roar. You should have seen the facial expressions that came with it!
After lunch, Eli completely decompensated, so I strapped his tantruming self into the stroller and ignored him;-) He passed out seconds later. Meanwhile, the bigs wanted to see Mickey. Note Drake is roaring at him. Naturally.
On the way to Dinoland, Tessa joined in nap time. I took Drake in the boneyard to play and dig, and eventually we rode some rides while Daddy rested with E and T.
Then Pooh and friends had a super short wait, so we took advantage of that. We took one picture mat instead of three autograph books, and the kids loved it. They took turns handing it to the characters.
This is here just to show the level of exhaustion after a day in AK. We were watching the parade here, around 4pm. We left right after!
Our next day was relaxation and another trip to MK!
TBC...
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