It's 5:30AM, and I'm walking around the Carribean Beach resort. Why, you ask? I have a very grumpy 2 year old that can't sleep and was keeping all 4 of us awake. Being the father, I load up Luke in the stroller and set out for a 2 hour stroll. We covered the entire resort and met everyone who was cleaning the pools, making breakfast, getting the boating area ready, a squirrel and a rabbit, and some ducks. Kinda lonely this early but Luke and I make the most of it. We head back to the room around 7:15 to get Celena and Seth up - early day today! :)
Wow, today is really humid at the park! The plants get misted every morning so they're healthy, but it doesn't work well with the heat. Anyway, we arrived at the Animal kingdom a little past 8am this morning and set right to work. First up was a fast pass to the Kilimanjaro Safari and off to Everest! "Child Swap" is a great idea. This is where one parent gets to go on a ride and leave a ticket with the other parent with the kids. Then, when the first parent is off, the other parent gets right to the front of the line (with up to 3 other passengers). So, you're able to preview a ride and go on your favorie rides and your spouse does too!
Everest was amazing! Forward, backward, in the dark, in the light - it was really a great coaster. After I went on it Celena took a turn. Seth wanted to go but also didn't because of the screaming he heard. He was a little worried while Celena was on the ride and was ready to call Buzz Lightyear to go save her if anything went wrong. :) After we finished Everest we took a ride on Dinosaur - Seth went with me and really liked it even though his eyes were closed most of the time.
We were ready to take a ride on the safari when Luke wanted us to stop so he could watch some street performaers - they were pretty neat to watch. They were a painting team and did some pretty amazing feats - balancing, juggling, tumbling, etc... Luke just loved it.
We all went on Kilimanjaro Safaris next. What a ride! we saw elephants, gazelles, giraffes (the baby giraffe was neat), rhinos, ostriches, even lions! Both Seth and Luke were excited to see all the animals. Luke's favorite were the alligators, at which point he started singing his alligator song (I'ts my alligator, teach him some manners, can you teach my alligator manners?). We got a good laugh out of that!
After the safari we had lunch and then we caught the "Festival of the Lion King" show. Boy was that something! Both Seth and Luke got a kick out of that one. The tumbling monkeys were quite impressive and their gymnastics were really good. Everyone was enjoying the park and after the show we were tired. We went back to the room to hang out and a storm hit. We took the opportunity to go to wal-mart to get more milk and some souvenir shirts and stuff (it's much cheaper at wal-mart near disney!). After wal-mart it was still raining to we decided not to head back to the magic kingdom and instead go to the pool at our resort. Now we're back, fed, and watching some really old disney cartoons before bed. Off I go - I'm beat!
