Africa

 

After leaving Asia, we hiked on to Africa. Our first stop was to see “King Louie”.

That was a nice surprise to thee kids. From there Andy and Rachel went over to the Safari Ride and got us Fast Passes. While we waited for our time to come we went over to catch the train to Conservation Station. The only way to and from there is the train. At Conservation Station we got to pet animals at the petting zoo. Learn what we can do to help with keeping our earth safe for our animals. Then we got to see some more characters. Our battery died on us, so I will share the couple photo’s we got right before this…

Sage was so happy to see her! She didn’t want to let go.

We also saw couple others but our camera died as we were about to get the pictures. After going back to Africa we went over and went on the Safari. We saw a wide varitey of animals, including a Giraffe…which completely made Hunter HAPPY! :)

Our last stop of the day was at the Gorilla trial. We went through, and saw the gorilla’s. We stopped to see some Hippo’s. Then we stopped at the last Kid Discovery Station, were they learned how to track by tracks and poop. Hunter found it pretty interesting. The girls just giggled.

We had a great day. Lots of laughs, smiles, and memory making.

Asia

 

Can you believe we traveled all the way to Asia on Sunday??? Ok, so the dream would be wonderful, but for now we will have to settle for our trip around Asia, at Disney.

Our biggest adventure around Disney was going through one of the trails, were we got to see lots of cool animals. Rachel at first wanted no part of this cause she didn’t dare to see the Tigers. After I let Hunter and Andy go ahead of us and see them she changed her mind, and thought they were really cool. Here are so of the animals we saw along the way.

Here is a Komodo Dragon. Hunter thought he was fun to watch.

A very big snake. Notice Hunter’s reflection in the glass! LOL! I’m not a big fan of snakes, but I don’t make a big deal of them so my kids aren’t afraid. Sometimes hard for me to do!

Isn’t it beautiful? I just find them gorgeous. We got many shots, but I like this one the best. Hope you enjoyed our tour of Asia.

Dino-land

 

We didn’t really got to spend as much time in Dino-land that we would have liked to, since the place was really mobbed. We did get to check it out though, stopped at our Kid Discovery Station, and grabbed a quick snack. The kids wanted to go on the Dinosaur ride, but the line was really long, and we knew they couldn’t handle waiting 30 minutes or longer.

Above is the picture of the ride they wanted to go on. After we explained the line was really long, we got them to move on to the really big Boneyard Playground. The place is huge, with lots of slides, and things to climb on. Here are a few shots of them playing…

Rachel almost landed on her butt coming done this slide! Laugh did she laugh. After so much fun there, we decided to move on to Asia…..

The Lion King

After stopping by to see Koda. My FIL got us front row seats to see the Loin King Show. We have been there before, but it truly is an amazing show. If you ever go to Disney be sure you see this show. I want to share a couple shots of the show…it was dark in there so I only got a few good photo’s.

We sat in the Giraffe section which made Hunter happy as he loves those Giraffe’s.

The dancers in this show are just amazing! They really get in the spirit, and are wonderful.

This last picture is of Hunter joining in the show. He was chosen along with his sisters, but they were to chicken to go. To shake maracas around the center stage while they were singing. He was completely amazed, and excited. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of his face, it was so priceless! All and all the kids really loved this show, and we can’t wait to see it again another time.

Camp Minnie Mickey!

The kids were very excited to head to Camp Minnie Mickey… Here they have a spot where four characters are out all day for signing and pictures. We didn’t actually go see them, but we did stop and see the sites. We had to get a picture of Daisy, being Sage’s favorite!

Then we stopped to see Koda. We got his autograph…and a few pictures.

So fun! :)

Kids Discovery

 

All through Animal Kingdom there are Kids Discovery Stations, where kids get to participate in activities, and learn about Wildlife Conservation. Which is really awesome, and doing this got Hunter his Wildlife Belt loop and pin for Cub Scouts! A plus for our day out….

Here are a few things we got to learn and see at these stations.

 This is the Tarantula we saw…. did you know these are not poisonous? They might bite, but not dangerous. Hunter thought it was cool, the girls not so much!

This is a tiger paw print. The tiger who made this print was only 3 yrs old, can you imagine? Sage tired to compare it to her hand…. she thought it was funny!

There were a few other stations which I was not able to get pictures of. One of them was a log, where they stuck their hands in and had to guess what they were feeling. Then they had to look for bugs on a list they were given that you might find in your backyard. Our last one we found, that was interesting was about tracking animals. They were officially learning about animal poop! For this they actually looked at Elephant poop, that had a glaze over it. Gross! I know… and yes I made the kids sanitize after! LOL!

So there you have our kids discovery stops. It was really cool, and the kids thought of it as an adventure!

Animal Kingdom

 

Sunday we spent the day in Disney! Andy finally had a day off from work on the weekend for the first time in weeks. Plus Nana & Papa had the day off, we were all excited to spend the day together. We arrived at the Animal Kingdom at a few minutes after 9am.  Our first stop was to see Timon! Sage was so funny with her need to hug them tight and not let go. Once inside the gates, we were at a loss as were to go.  To many directions, and so much to see! We started with a few trails in the front to see some animals.

 A Black Swan

One of my favorite things about the Animal Kingdom is all the different animals you can see, and get close too. Its amazing! Hunter is also a huge animal fan, so for him and I this is our favorite Disney Park. You can learn so much in a day here as well.  Next along the trail we saw some McCaw’s and an Anteater.

A multi colored McCaw

The Anteater, sleeping…so I couldn’t get his face.

I thought the Anteater was neat. They blend really well with things around them, it took us awhile to see it. I thought they resemble a skunk in color.

We traveled through these trails for awhile, seeing lots of birds and ducks. We were hoping to catch a glimpse of the Kangaroo but it wouldn’t come out of hiding. Rachel was very sad about this.  From there, we headed to the Tree of life, to see the “Tough to be a bug” show.

 You can’t take pictures inside the show, so I have a few from the line on the way in to share.

 

 

The tough to be a bug show is a 3-d show. The girls were completely freaked out by it. Its cute, but a bit to real for the younger crowd I think. Sage was scared a bit, but just hid her head in my shoulder. Rachel on the other hand was crying! Not to worry it didn’t traumatize her or anything, she was fine at the end. Hunter thought it was the coolest thing ever!

I don’t want the post to get to long, so I’m going to break our day up in sections. Stay tuned for Kid Discovery, Camp Minnie & Mickey, Dinoland, Asia, and Africa.