Saturday, October 9, 2010

Disney's Animal Kingdom

We spent Monday at the Animal Kingdom theme park. I think it is a well done park but not necessarily a huge attraction. We started the day with the safari ride. We have always been told to do this ride first thing in the morning as the animals are more likely to be out and roaming around and this was definitely great advice. We saw some baby giraffes (my favorite) very close to our tram eating their breakfast but the highlight was the mommy and baby rhino that decided to come right up to our tram and cross back and forth in front of us multiple times. We enjoyed it indeed!! We spent most of the day at the park taking in the Lion King show, braving Expedition Everest plus a few dinosaur themed rides. We even did the 3-D "Bugs Life" show which has special effects in your seat. The girls enjoyed the parade to cap off the day. This park closes by 5pm each day due to the animals so we took an afternoon break and then headed back to Magic Kingdom for the night. We did meet a few characters at Animal Kingdom including Baloo from the Jungle Book as well as Pocahantas. We took in the night parade at Magic Kingdom that night after enjoying Pirates of the Caribbean and several other rides. We even convinced Mimi and Papa do to Thunder Mountain. Quite different at night but still a crowd favorite with the Zyriek family. We are really having a great time!!



baby giraffe spotted on the safari ride


all geared up for the 3-D Bugs Life movie


gary and anna on Everest...fifth row (gary's in a red shirt)


riding thunder mountain at night


caroline in her usual mode of holding her hands up on every ride...this was aladdin's magic carpet ride...to her a thrill ride. she was so fearless!!

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