Day 4 – Animal Kingdom
Yikes! It was a hot day today. 94 and counting.
We made our usual early start and got over to Animal Kingdom just after it opened. Even at this hour Animal Kingdom was crowded. It is a very different experience than that at the other Disney Theme parks, smaller roads, not as smooth underfoot and somewhat difficult to navigate with a stroller.
Image by malweth via Flickr Did the “Kilimanjaro Safaris” first, if its hot the animals take shelter so best to get to see them first thing in the morning so head straight for here first. Actualy got to see quite a few and even had a Lion up close (well he was behind a ditch and various other barriers but close enough to get a good view. Worth seeing, plus its kinda educational!
Character greeting spots, best place to go to is the “Camp Minnie-Mickey Greeting Trails”, we skipped that here, the queues were quite bad.
Kali River Rapids was our next stop, be prepared to get very wet! Great fun! Basically a raft ride down over rapids with water gushing everywhere. Plus there are spots along the way where folk get to squirt water at you! A word of caution, if you do this when it is not so warm, you should either bring a change of clothes or wear a rain jacket as you really do get quite wet.
Expedition Everest up next! Best thing about this ride, for us, was the Single Rider Line. Normal queue was over an hour, fastpass was gone very quickly but on single rider line, you walked up, waited 5 mins max and on you get! It is a fantastic roller coaster, really worth it.
After a while in the heat in Animal Kingdom you will begin to notice a difference to the other parks, there are not as many opportunities to get out of the heat and into a air conditioned environment. We found it tough going with out son, who was begining to get quite frazzeled so we decided to head for the exit.
Along the way we got on TriceraTop Spin which himself loved and there was various other “arcade” games which we spent some time at but then hot the exit. Not my most favourite of parks and the heat really killed it for us on this day, didn’t get to do “Its tough to be a bug” (excellent but a little scary for young kids) Finding Nemo – The musical (again supposed to be excellent) and various other shows and animal “petting” etc.
Maybe next year if it is somewhat cooler but this heat was a killer and all we could think of was getting back to the villa and jumping into the pool!
That evening we headed to Downtown Disney, dinner at WolfGang Puck Express (really nice and efficient), spent some time wandering around the shops and then a stop at Ghiradelli’s for my wife and son to indulge in their ice cream heaven while watching the little girls coming and going from Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. I headed over to the Pin Trading stations, always fascinated by this and the wonderful range of pins available and the enthusiasm of the collectors and then to Goofys Candy shop my indulgence! Jelly Belly!
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