For our third Disney trip, we headed to Animal Kingdom. It was a Friday in early May, so the crowds weren’t too bad, but to me Animal Kingdom always feels pretty full.
Once again, we arrived at opening.
The kids got their maps and talked with a cast member about a spider.
Jonathan, Rosemary, and I high-tailed it directly to Expedition Everest. Rosemary was very excited about this ride. The first time, she rode it with me.
Then, because the lines were so short, she rode it again with Jonathan.
That’s Rosemary and Jonathan in the front seat coming down the drop.
She conquered Everest!
Meanwhile, my parents and Charlotte and Ben had checked out some of the animals near the safari. We rode Kilimanjaro Safari next and it was great, so many animals were out first thing in the morning.
We took the train over to Rafiki’s Planet Watch.
When we got back to the main part of the park, we got some BBQ for lunch and the kids filled in some of their Wilderness Explorer books.
We don’t usually stop for characters, but the line for Tigger and Pooh was really short. As we were walking up to the beginning of the line, Charlotte saw Pooh and started running after him calling, “Wait for me, Pooh!” He didn’t, but she did get to give Tigger a high five.
We took the kids into the Dino Bones area for a little playtime. Jonathan went off with the big kids and I kept up with Charlotte.
Did you know she’s quite the ham?
We caught the Nemo show. Rosemary wanted to ride the Dinosaur ride, so Jonathan and I took her on that while my parents took Charlotte and Ben to Bug’s Life. After Dinosaur, Rosemary and I rode Primeval Whirl. Along the way we filled in more of their Wilderness Explorer books.
Our last fast pass of the day was for Kali River Rapids. Ben and Rosemary were very excited about this one. Thankfully, none of us got super-soaked, just wet enough to have fun and get cooled off a bit.
By then, we’d ridden all that we set out to ride, so we worked with Rosemary and Ben to get more of the WE badges.
Rosemary and I snuck in one more Expedition Everest ride since the wait time was less that 5 minutes right before the park closed.
And on our way out, they got their WE badge. They didn’t fill out their entire books, but they got quite a few badges that day.
Charlotte was tuckered out by the end of the day. My parents waited with her a bit while she slept so we could get badges with the older kids.
Another open till close Disney day. Oh, so tired, but so much fun.
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