Here are the things that we did:
Visted and took pictures with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, and Eyore. Maggie was a little leary at first, but as long as I was holding her, she was interested in seeing the characters. (This is the same reaction that Aaron had when he was her age!)
The "BoneYard"- this was a huge play area with tunnels, slides, and an area for kids to uncover dinosaur bones. The kids had a blast here and could have played all day!
TriceraTop Spin- Flying and spinning dinosaurs that allowed the kids to control the up and down motion.
Kilimanjari Safari ride- this ride is amazing and is like taking a real safari! You get to Witness the exotic animals of Africa up close in the "savanna" as you ride in an open-sided safari vehicle. Some of the animals that we saw were giraffes, lions, antelope, rhinos, warthogs, zebras, and more! The ride is a bit rugged in parts and somehow Maggie managed to take a nap during the ride!
Pangani Forest Expedition walk- a self-guided walk through the trails where you see gorillas, hippos, okapi, meerkats and lots of exotic birds. Aaron and Maggie loved the bird watching guide and looking for the different birds that were pictured.
Festival of the Lion King show- a Broadway style musical-stage show based on The Lion King movie, with awesome costumes and acrobatics. They had a big trampoline and even did some trapeze tricks. The songs from the Lion King are always entertaining!
Wildlife Express Train- the train takes you over to Rafiki's Island, where we went to a petting zoo. You get to see the housing and care areas for the animals on the way over. (The park closes at 5 pm and it was interesting to hear that the reason is that it takes quite a bit of time to get all of the animals into their housing and fed for the night! They use bells and other auditory signals, different ones for each animal, to call them into their homes.) The island itself wasn't really that great and when we go again, we'll probably skip it.
Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade- this parade was awesome and features a bunch of Disney characters, safari vehicles, and cast members in elaborate animal puppets, stilt-walkers, and drummers. The kids loved it and waved and waved at all of the characters and cast members!
We left the park and headed back to the hotel to get packed up for our flight the next morning. Asher stayed with us for the evening while Amy and Chris went out for a date night. We made dinner for the kids and then Tim went out after they went to bed to pick up Chick Fil-A for us.
Saturday we headed home. We got to the airport in plenty of time but had to wait in really long lines to get through security. We were all on the same flight that ended up being delayed. The flight landed in Fort Meyers, where we dropped off and picked up passengers before taking off for the flight to Des Moines. The kids did well, but we definitely learned that a non-stop flight is a MUST for the way home. We were all tired and ready to be home, so adding a couple of extra hours to the trip was not fun. Thankfully, once we landed all of our luggage came fast, we hopped in a cab, and we arrived at home quickly. The kids were really excited to be home and played with their toys for the next several days like they had never seen them before!
Disney was awesome- we had such a great trip!
1 comment:
Ann - thanks for sharing - it was really neat to follow this. Looks like a lot of fun!
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