Day 2: Having a Wild Day

Today we headed to Animal Kingdom and had a much more successful day than yesterday. As soon as we got into the park, I got a call from a friend who is here this week also. We decided to meet up for lunch after they got done with the musical show they were about to see and after we went to get FastPasses for Expedition Everest. Lunch, I will say, was kind of crazy because we were eating right at noon. Steve got Chinese from one place, the kids got pizza and corn dogs at two other places and I had barbecue ribs from Flame Tree Barbecue. Still, it took my friend longer to get food from McDonald's than it took any of the rest of us.

After lunch, we said good bye to our friends (we plan to meet for dinner on Tuesday) and headed towards Dinoland. The Finding Nemo musical was in the area, so we went ahead and got in line for the show since it was starting in 20 minutes. It was amazing! I'm sure this is going to be a Broadway musical in few years.


After the show, we took the kids to The Boneyard, which is a play area. Best part: there is only one way out, so all the parents can just relax while the kids run around. The weather was beautiful today, especially in a nice shady area like the one Steve and I found to sit in.

Then it was time for Expedition Everest. I'm so glad we did this! Awesome ride. Afterwards, the kids took pictures of us. I like this one by Lizzie. Please notice Maury making bunny ears behind me.

We then decided to take in Kilimanjaro Safari. I think we saw more animals up close this time than the last time we were here. I think the ride was rougher, too. Steve said he was glad he didn't eat a corn dog for lunch. Between Everest and the truck on the safari, he would have lost it, he said.

When we got off of the safari, the Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade was started and we were able to find a great spot to stand and wait for it to come back around to where it started. We saw the whole thing from a great vantage point. Perfect!

It was then time to head out (via the gift shop) because we wanted to try to drive to see the shuttle launch. We didn't get very close before liftoff time, though. The traffic was NUTS and it didn't help any that the route was on toll roads. Still, we pulled off and saw the launch...as close as I'll probably ever get!

Finished the night letting the kids take a swim while we waited for pizza to be ready at the resort's pool side pizzaria.

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