Saturday, April 7, 2012

Disney Day 3 Animal Kingdom

We headed for Animal Kingdom on Wednesday. We used our FastPass to go on the Safari ride, rode the train to Rafiki's Island, walked through a trail, watched the parade and saw a super cool bird show. We also went to Dinosaur land and Lilly and I rode the dinosaur ride and played on the playscape with slides. Levi got sick shortly after the Safari ride so he didn't enjoy much at Animal Kingdom. I think whatever he had, Harper had on Friday after we came home. Just a stomach bug but no fun when you're vacationing.

Disney Day 2

On our second day at Disney we headed to Downtown Disney to do some shopping. We had dinner reservations at the restaurant in the Swan Hotel to eat with Goofy and Pluto (at least I thought we did. When we got there the lady couldn't find our reservations. She let us in anyway. When we got home I checked my email confirmation for the reservations and they were really for Wednesday night. Oops.). So we spent lots of time and money in Downtown Disney where there are more gift shops than you can imagine. Levi bought Lilly sunglasses before we went which Lilly managed to lose after about an hour. At least there is photographic evidence that she once owned them. No worries, the next day I picked up a cute pair someone had lost at the resort dining area. I consider it a sunglasses exchange.
For the record, Harper was terrified of Goofy and Pluto. And yes, these are the only characters we met. I didn't think standing in line to see characters was a worthwhile effort.

Disney Day 1

We stayed at the All Star Movies resort on Disney property. We got there late morning so we decided to eat lunch, swim and take naps. We ventured out to the Magic Kingdom late afternoon and stayed for the Electrical Parade, the light show and the fireworks. Levi and I both agree that the light show and fireworks were truly magical. Somehow Disney manages to hit your emotions through a light show and fireworks! We rode the classic rides: It's a small world, Dumbo, teacups, carousel, and then we watched the Laugh Floor comedy show (based on Monsters, Inc.) which we found was quite funny! The crowds were atrocious but other than that, we had a magical time!