Jaime wanted to take pictures in front of all the main icons of the different parks. The one for Animal Kingdom is this very cool tree.
As part of the dining plan we were on we got to do 1 sit down meal per day. This is different for us because we usually prefer to eat quickly and then get back to doing rides or tracking down characters. It took some getting used to for us to spend a leisurely 90 minutes for these sit down meals but we definitely grew to appreciate the expertise of the Disney chefs. In Animal Kingdom we ate at the Yak and Yeti in the Asia section. Great oriental themed food here.
There were a number of attractions at Animal Kingdom that we wanted to do but our time was limited as we were still getting used to the east coast time and didn't get into the park until lunch time. Once lunch was done we decided to do the Safari. Jaime and the kids are big animal lovers and we thought this would be cool. The park was pretty busy and wait times were long. We approached the Safari and it said there was only a 45 minute wait. Great, right? Well, the line went beyond the entrance to the ride and once we finally got to said entrance the wait time had changed to 60 minutes (it is measured from the ride entrance to the point you get on the ride itself). That was concerning but we were committed. We waited, and waited, and waited...well, you get the idea. All told, we waited about 90 minutes for the ride but it felt like eternity. Jaime and I noticed for the first time (and continued to notice throughout the trip) that Disney World does a much worse job of line management than Disneyland. There were no cast members around to explain why we were still in the middle of the line after 60 minutes, there was no ambient music, there was visible litter in places. Picky, I know, but the bar is set pretty high by Disneyland. So, we finally got on the ride and it was fun. Here are some pics:
Open air vehicle goodness!
Rhino!
Great scenery.
Hippos in the water!
My wife is so pretty!
I thought I did a good job of capturing the beauty of the Safari with this picture.
Jaime would probably take the time to research what animal this is...
Elephants.
They call this the upside down tree. (because the branches look like roots, I guess)
A cheetah.
A lioness. There was a lion too, but we could only get a blurry picture of him.
Because we weren't quite sick of waiting we also went to the Expedition Everest ride. Animals are great and all but I would much rather do a roller coaster and Expedition Everest did not disappoint! There is some great vertical ascension followed by what you think is the big drop but once you get there you find that the track has been broken by the mysterious Yeti and then...YOU START TO GO BACKWARDS! Yip, you then do a number of hills and turns while backwards, it was awesome! So, as you can tell, I really enjoyed this ride. Here are a couple pics:
The kids standing in front of Everest. It wasn't as cold in the Himalayas as I thought it would be...
Harris and I on the ride. You can't see it but Harris has his stuffed Triceratops, Little Buddy, hidden with him. Little Buddy's job was to frighten the Yeti away. It was the only way we could convince Harris to go on the ride... :)
So, to finish up our day we had reserved seating and a dessert party for the fireworks show at Magic Kingdom, Wishes. The dessert was incredible and the fireworks were beautiful. The evening is best described pictorially...
Yum!
The castle really is a sight to see when it's all decorated for Christmas.
I like this picture...
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