Disney’s Animal Kingdom - November 10, 2012

This is our last “vacation” day in Florida and we headed out on the early shuttle to Animal Kingdom. It had been over 12 years since Tobey and I had been to Animal Kingdom and there were lots of changes. We enjoyed the 3-D “It’s Tough to be a Bug” show and sang along (I did, anyway) to the music at the Festival of the Lion King.

The Kilimanjaro Safari ride though an African-style savanna was wonderful. It was funny to hear the couple behind us on the truck comment that the animals were real! Even though we had a fast pass the line was still quite long – about 30 minutes - because the rhinos had been in the middle of the road and refused to move, so several of the trucks were held up!



Since we broke Ann and Gary into the roller coaster circuit with Space Mountain, we all decided to try the “Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain".

It was awesome – so awesome that when we finished the ride with our fast pass, we jumped back into line and did it again! It goes backwards part of the way, inside the mountain in the dark.

We also enjoyed the Flights of Wonder bird show and the Maharajah Jungle Trek where we saw Komodo dragons, tigers, giant fruit bats, and monkeys. Disney is doing an incredible job with education and talking about conservation in many of the programs.

We ended the day early so we could go back to Bruno’s Restaurant for dinner and dessert, before relaxing in the hot tub. It was a great way to end our week in Florida!