Disney World-Day 2-Animal Kingdom

The train out to Rafiki's Planet Watch Area

You sat facing out on the train. It was pretty cool.

Petting a sheep in the petting zoo area

He didn't want to stop petting this goat.

On the train back to the rest of the park.

Gorillas

The big tree of life on Discovery Island

We only saw this one tiger, and Pax kept looking around like he didn't even see it. Brad and I got a little worried, until Pax said, "Where's the other one?" I told him that I didn't know if there were more, but he said that there were supposed to be 2 because there were 2 on the field guide map. It was pretty funny!!

He was right, though, because there were more around the corner.

Brad and Dad rode this one that went through the "Himalayas." They both liked this ride.

In DinoLand

Pax enjoyed this really cool playground in DinoLand!

This was his favorite part--going under the water fall!

Digging for fossils with Pops

Getting sleepy!

Kilamanjaro's African Safari Ride

Hippos under water

Look at all these gators!

Kaobob tree-it stays leaf-less most of the year because it stores water in its trunk, rather than its leaves. Interesting tidbit for you!:-)

Termite Mounds--they were real-not concrete like we thought.

This is the kind of safari bus we were on

Kaobob tree again with an elephant in front

There's a cheetah up on the hill

Really big Ostrich eggs

Meeting Mickey

Kisses from Minnie

Meeting Donald Duck

Parade Time

The Lion King Show

Pax was very excited to see Goofy and Pluto

On Friday, we went to Animal Kingdom.

We got to see a lot of things, but our three favorite things were: the safari, the Lion King show, and the parade.

The safari was absolutely incredible! We went on an open-air safari bus through a replica of the African Safari, complete with real live animals! It was impressive how they kept all the animals separated by water, cattle crossings, or through the landforms. As you can tell from above, I took so many pictures of all the amazing animals! They were so close to us. The bus was really cool, and our driver was pretty entertaining. At one point, the bridge started giving away and rocking. It was scary, but all part of the show. Looking back, I don't know if it was hydraulics on the bus, or the bridge. I was impressed that this was an actual bus with wheels--not on a track or anything like that. It was also impressive to see that many real-live animals. All Pax talked about was the "elphanants" from that point on!

Pax really enjoyed the parade and sat on Grandma's shoulders the majority of the time. A lot of the characters came to give him high 5's or even talk to him. A couple people on stilts commented on how tall he was because he was practically looking them in the eye!

The Lion King show was phenomenal! There were some awesome acrobatics, and incredible singing! It was quite the performance and I would HIGHLY recommend it to everyone. After that show, I wanted to see the Nemo show, but Pax fell asleep in the stroller and needed to take a nap. Mom and I found a place to rest while he slept and the guys went and rode some roller coasters.

The park closed at 7, so we left and went to dinner. It was such a fun day!