Animal Kingdom

We spent one day at Animal Kingdom and could have used two. The park closed at 5p.m. so we hurried to get as much in as possible. We were there from the time it opened until it closed. We were exhausted by the end of the day.

Tree of Life......this picture really doesn't do it justice. It is a huge, fake tree, but it looks so real. It has lots of different animals carved into it. It is amazing what Disney can do.

I can't remember this monkey's name but he is from Tarzan.......Turk, maybe??

Animal Kingdom was all Kate could talk about when we told her we were going to Disney World. Those who know her know her love of animals, especially Tigers. She was so excited to go on the safari. She wanted to see a tiger so bad, but we didn't. We did get to see cheetahs though, which is a rare treat from what our tour guide said. We also learned that the animals have the right of way in the Animal Kingdom. As we were on our tour we had some ostriches that took there sweet time crossing the road. The kids absolutely loved that!!
Look closely and you will see cheetahs....

It's tough to be a Bug was an amazing 3D show. Another of my favorites. It stars the bugs from the movie Bugs Life. You get a bug's eye view of what insects might go through everyday. It was so funny, but can also be a little scary for little kids. Kate wasn't so sure about it.

Another amazing carving...

I think we saw this bat on the Pangani Exploration Trail. As we were looking at the bats I thought there was a glass window in between us and the bats, but then I saw someone reach there hand through.....no glass! They were humongous and a little scary!

As were were walking through the park we saw some tribes men coming through dancing and singing. Joshua stopped in his tracks and began watching and then started dancing with them. One of the tribes men saw this and handed him his baton thing and had him join in on their dance. He was so thrilled! It was fun to watch! When we came out of the Dinosaur ride (which was very scary) we decided to take a few minutes to sit in the shade and rest. My kids saw this Disney employee in front of a huge dinosaur skeleton and began talking to her. They were literally there for almost 20 minutes talking her ear off. The kids, especially Braeden, had tons of questions for her and she really didn't seem to mind.

Mickey's jammin' Jungle Parade

Beautiful Kate.... This is the last thing we did for the day......The Lion King Show. Another do not miss show. There were amazing performers, singers, acrobats, floats, and of course several of the characters from the movie.
I would have to say the Animal Kingdom was my second favorite park. We missed so much stuff that I definitely need to go back. We got in a lot of the shows and the rides so we missed a lot of the trails and Camp Minnie-Mickey. Animal Kingdom was definitely a high light or our trip!