Thursday was Chris's 35th Birthday!! We went to Animal Kingdom!
First stop - DINOSAUR! Once again putting the parent swap into play. We both rode it in 15 minutes. It's a lot like Indiana Jones at Disneyland.
Chris took some photos of Ryleigh with some Dinosaurs while I was on the ride.
This is me on Primeval Whirl. Chris got to ride first.
Ryleigh and I on TriceraTop Spin.
We found monkeys!
And the Tree of Life in the center of the park. So cool to look close and see all the animals that make up the trunk of that tree.
We waited an hour in line for the Kilamjaro Safari's. But it was worth it. We saw so many animals!
Forget what this guy is called. It's actually related to a Giraffe, not a Zebra.  |
| From Walt Disney World 2012 |
A Rhino.
Hippos!
Alligators - and LOTS of them!
A White Rhino
This rock made me think of the Lion King. And the sky was actually that blue!
And a WartHog!
This is the Mountain. We were on our way to Expedition Everest - an awesome rollercoaster!! I don't know which I liked better Everest, or Rock n Rollercoaster. Tough call!  |
| From Walt Disney World 2012 |
After that, we went to the Finding Nemo - the Musical. I didn't take any photos. After taking photos at show at all the other parks, I wanted to just sit back and enjoy this one. It was really cute and a novel approach. They used puppets, and the puppet masters sung. Very unique.
After the show it was time for our lunch reservation at Tusker House. It was an African style cuisine buffet that was surpringly good. They also had the best deserts!
Here's our pre-lunch photo with Donald. Ryleigh was grumpy because Donald kissed her eye.
Mickey was there! He loved Ryleigh.
Daisy Duck! Super sassy.
Goofy. Ryleigh liked him because he was so silly.
Chris got his birthday cupcake and a birthday card signed by all the characters.
Once AGAIN! Front of the line for the parade!
See Mickey loved her! He came back to give her a hug and surprised her.
And ran into him AGAIN before we left :)
We walked outside and were trying to decide what to do. We remembered that the parade was going to start in about 15 minutes, and we found a perfectly EMPTY spot right by the restaurant. Just so happens it was a PERFECT location!! The parade came right toward us and turned right in front of us. We sat down and got a front row seat!
These "floats" were neat. The people were strapped to the animals on wheels. Some had heads like he one below to move or push or maneuver in some way. It was neat to watch how they worked.
And others were like Jeeps. Here's Minnie's car.
Goofy's car.
Donald's car.
And Mickey!
Family photo in front of the big tree on our way out.
We had to get back to the hotel to shower/change before the Midwestern University - Friends of Midwestern reception. Ryleigh was a perfect angel at the reception sitting in the corner playing on her touch. I found Tom G an old classmate. Talked to my old coworker. Caught up with some of the old students. Introduced old students to new students. Introduced preceptors to students they will have in the coming months. Overall it was a successful reception. Afterwards, we again debated about going back to the parks, but Chris was Disney'd out. We discovered they were playing "Despicable Me" at the pool, so we went down for a swim/hot tub. Then we again ordered room service for dinner, but this time, no carrot cake for Ryleigh :)
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