Today we were off to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Who would have thought a place covered by so many trees would be so hot?? It was asweltering jungle for sure. Our tour guide on the safari later would clue us in that the vegetation actually makes this place 5 degrees hotter than the other parks. Evie didn't quite make it past lunch before she had to change out of her non-breathing Rapunzel dress. Mommy had watched the stylist do her hair yesterday so she could copy it and make Evie a princess for a second bonus princess day :).
We checked out a couple animal exhibits, and snapped a couple pictures likethis one of everyone posing as flamingos by the flamingo cage. It didn't take us long to find out what flamingos smell like in 95 degree weather.
Lilo and Stitch are definitely some of our favorite characters. The kids' autographs are filling up quite quickly. After standing in line for this shot we met Mamaw and Papaw for the Lion King show. The kids loved sitting in the lion section and getting to sing and clap along while watching the acrobats do their thing.
Chase got to experience another thrilling coaster at Animal Kingdom. In fact, he experienced it 3 times! Expedition Everest was the ride he'd been looking forward to the whole time we were at Disney. He had watched the You Tube video online and was so excited he was finally going to be able to ride it. Mommy, Daddy and Mamaw loved it too, although Mamaw wasn't sure she would ever ride it again. But she did. The next time, Mommy and Chase sat in the front row seat and Mamaw sat behind us, while Daddy, Evie and Papaw went to catch the afternoon parade (surprisingly not rained out today). The front row is WAY better! At the top you can see all the Disney Parks.
After pizza back at the resort, we headed back to Magic Kingdom that night to watch the nighttime parade. It's the Main Street Electrical Parade and all the floats are lit up with lights. There were tons of people there to see it, and storms were on their way. We fought the crowd to get back to Mission Space so Chase could ride it again. This time Mommy and Chase rode it in the front seat, while everyone else headed toward the Snow White ride. But when Mommy and Chase were done, we found out they had never made it all the way back to Fantasy Land, because the crowd was just too thick around the firework show at Cinderella's Castle. The Graham Fam caught the Laugh Floor Show again, per Evie's demand. She was sooooo sad that her joke wasn't used this time, but I think we were a little late. But Daddy got to be a part of the show, so that was pretty cool. Mamaw and Papaw were tired again, and headed back early. So were we, but the kids insisted on a few more rides. We went to get in line at the Snow White ride after all, but after seeing a picture of the evil witch, Evie changed her mind. We stopped at the Christmas shop to buy some pretty ornaments and Chase, Daddy and Evie went to ride Thunder Mountain one more time before heading back to catch some zs.
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