Disney - Day 3

We headed to Animal Kingdom our 3rd day at Disney. When we got in the park, Matt and Jeff took our tickets to get Fastpasses for Expedition Everest, while the rest of us made our way to the Safari ride. We were told to do the safari first thing in the morning, as that is when the animals are most active. As the day goes on, the animals tend to seek shade and then you don't get to see as many of them. We rode a safari type jeep and got to see many animals, including a baby giraffe and a baby elephant. There are not as many "rides" at animal kingdom and so next we made a plan of what shows we wanted to see and when they were playing. The first show we saw was a 3D show called "It's Tough to be a Bug". Well - that show was tough on both the kids! I ended up walking out with Andrew who was screaming and apparently Elyse was crying too (but she wasn't sitting next to me, so I didn't know that she was scared). Andrew hates bees and the part that sent him over the edge was when it sounded like bees were buzzing all around you and then you actually get a little poke in the shoulder (of course Andrew didn't feel the little poke because he was sitting on my lap). Poor Elyse didn't even want to watch Toy Story 3 in 3D after watching this show! Next we headed to Festival of the Lion King - which was lots of fun! Elyse especially loved the monkey acrobats and she was in her element, clapping and singing along to all the songs! We had a really good lunch at Tuskers. Elyse loved the mini-corn dogs and ate 11 of them!!! It was looking like it was going to rain, so we decided to find a place with some shelter before the next show. We took the kids to The Dig, where they could dig in the dirt for dinosaur bones and it was covered so when it started to rain - we stayed dry. We rode a few rides in Dinoland - including Dinosaur. Dinosaur was a fun ride. They set you up as you are going back in time and your job is to bring back a dinosaur. It is very dark most of the ride with various dinos along the way but it is towards the end that a huge T-rex tries to get you and you have to make a quick escape if you don't want to be lunch =) Next up was my favorite attraction at Animal Kingdom - The Finding Nemo show. This show was incredible. Nemo and friends were huge puppets that people held on sticks and you really felt like they were swimming in the ocean. The story line was a shortened version of the movie. I really felt like I was at a Broadway Show - it was wonderful! We ended our day with Expedition Everest. This was a very fun and unique roller coaster where you actually go backwards for part of it - watch out for the Yeti! Overall, I really enjoyed our day at Animal Kingdom. I could have spent more time just wandering around the park - as it is a very beautifully landscaped park with lots of trails around the Tree of Life. Here are a few pics of the kids digging for dinosaur bones.