On Thursday of our vacay, we went to the Animal Kingdom. We underestimated how much there was to do there and we ended up running out of time. Guess we'll just have to go back! :)
We got pictures by the Christmas tree when we walked in.
A whole family pic!
We also got pictures by the Tree of Life too. The kids were like, "Seriously? More pictures??"
We headed straight to Dino Land. The kiddos loved the playground area.
Especially Charlotte!
While we played in Dinoland, we took turns going on DINOSAUR!
That ride is pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. They took this picture right at the big money moment. Some crazy, scary dinosaur pops out at you. I totally screamed. Loved it.
Then Andrew, Mom and I went on Mount Everest. That was crazy! I screamed on that too! Backwards roller coaster what??
It was then time to see the animals. Tommy was so excited to see the tigers! They actually prowled around for us. Amazing!
On the way to the safari, we saw King Louis and Baloo had a short line for pictures. Tommy recently started watching Jungle Book so he was excited. Baloo signed our book but King Louis had a little trouble with his incredibly long arms.
The safari ride was AWESOME. How did they get all those animals to come out when we passed by? Coincidence or Disney Magic? We saw tigers, antelopes, giraffes, I can't even remember. So cool.
Charlotte loved it. Nap time!
Tommy did too! But for real. :-)
We raced over to the Festival of the Lion King show quickly after our safari. It was pretty awesome. We've never seen the Broadway show but this is similar I guess. The monkeys were definitely our favorite part. They were hilarious!
This was probably Charlotte's favorite attraction of the week. She really enjoyed it.
We sat in the lions section right by Simba. Whoo hoo!
Tommy was scared to stand by him because he's so giant.
Until he waved at him directly. More Disney Magic!!
After that, it was time to leave the park.
The kids were kind of besides themselves but we still had plans to go to dinner that night. Yikes! We had called the Comtemporary Resort's restaurant, Chef Mickey's, the day before and got a reservation. Whoo hoo! We didn't think we could get in there.
We got to the Contemporary a little early so we played around in the hotel before our reservation.
Then it was time to eat and meet! GOOFY was first!
Pluto was next. These guys are old news. We met them at the swan in 2012. Haha!
Then it was time for Minnie. Minnie was the only one Charlotte was okay with. All the other characters freaked her out.
"Don't forget about me!" Donald says.
Then it was time for the big man himself. MICKEY! Tommy didn't even get to SEE Mickey at any of the parks the last time we went. So this was very exciting.
He even got to hug him!!
He was so excited meeting Mickey that he jumped into Andrew's arms for a huge hug afterwards. Adorable.
It was a long day that day so mama needed a drink. Tommy asked, "Mama, why is there salad in your drink?" I told him it was because I started looking at our credit card bill from Disney. Ha!
We got another professional picture after dinner. The kids were cashed out at this time.
Hence this picture...
For having such a busy day and very little to no naps during the day, the kids did really well. We had an awesome day on Thursday. Plus we got to MEET MICKEY. Are you kidding me???? Best Day Yet!
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