Our Disney Vacation- Day 5- Gatorland

On Wednesday, day 5 of our vacation, we took a day off from the Disney parks to explore some other Orlando sites. We started the days a the Worlds Largest McDonalds, which ended up being pretty disappointing! We were envisioning a really big kids play area, but instead got kind a bunch of carnival/arcade games. The McDonalds did have a ticket agent working at a kiosk where you could buy tickets to other area admissions. We talked to this woman who recommended that we try Gatorland, so we bought our tickets and headed there for the day.

Gatorland was a lot of fun! We saw tons of gators, watched a funny show where they brought out a bunch of different critters (tarantula, snakes, etc), road a train around the grounds, watched the kids play in the water/playground area, went to a petting zoo, and watched the Jumparoo show, where they tempt the gators out of the water with huge pieces of chicken! Gatorland was a riot and was a nice break from being around the big crowds of Disney.

We relaxed at the hotel in the early evening, let the kids play at the playground, and fed them dinner. Amy, Chris, & Asher stayed with Aaron and Maggie for the night while Tim and I had a date night! We went to downtown Disney for dinner at an Irish Pub called Raglan Road. The food was amazing and we got to listen to an Irish band and watch Irish dancers while we were there. After dinner we walked around Downtown Disney and visited a few shops before heading back to the hotel.