March 11, 2010
Animal Kingdom--Orlando, FL
Oh the rain!! After 2 absolutely gorgeous days at Disney, we arrived to the Animal Kingdom and were literally soaked before we even got from our car to the entrance! We got on the tram and rode to the entrance in a huge deluge...Jeff had forgotten his camera, so he helped us take cover and took the tram back to get it. While he was gone I noticed that one of the workers was from Venezuela, so I struck up a conversation in Spanish and he ended up giving us a free Disney poncho--for which we were super greatful!
To our surprise, the rain stopped for the rest of the morning...allowing us to do all the rides we wanted to do without getting soaking wet! We did the Safari, which Sophia loved, and then headed off to Asia to do Expedition Everest. Oh my goodness, I think this ride trumps Space Mountain in my book...it was a BLAST!!! We ended up riding it twice because there was such a little wait--it was one of our highlights of the day! Then we went to Dinoland and walked around a bit, letting the kids use their allowance to shop. We really wanted to see the afternoon show of The Lion King, so we headed in that direction...and wouldn't you know it...it started raining right as we were going into the show. Sophia clapped ALL through the show and bounced up and down...she LOVED it!! It really was impressive, and by the time it ended, we were ready to call it quits and head home. It worked out great that we were done because it was raining cats and dogs when we left the show and it didn't let up, not even a little. Most people were headed out of the park anyhow since the park closes at 5pm and it was pouring.
I think we had a GREAT 3 days at Disney, it was such a blessing to have been able to do this, and we are SOO thankful for Bob & Carol's generosity in getting us passes to take the kids. Sophia won't remember her time here, but we were able to get a few pictures with the characters and get some autographs in her pink Disney Princess book.
That night when we got home, we showered to warm up, dried off, and had a great dinner with Bob, Carol, Nikki and Camdyn. Camdyn had a blast with the boys, and we really enjoyed kicking back with a glass of wine and chatting with everyone else. Thank you Bob & Carol, we love you!!!!!
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