Day 2: Animal Kingdom

There's been a big delay between posts because we moved. :) We're temporarily at my parents' house until we sell ours or give up and rent it. Then we'll get a rental here and be all set for the next three years while Dan does his residency.

On with Disney:

We had skipped coming to Animal Kingdom when we came to Disney World for our honeymoon in 2002. I am so glad that we came this time. We had a great day! Here are some highlights:

The Kilimanjaro Sarafi ride was a lot of fun and we were able to see animals up close. Afterwards we took a train to the conservation center.

At the train station:

At the conservation center, Elena met Pocahontas. She was so sweet and (in case you can't tell from the picture) absolutely, unbelievably gorgeous. I wanted to tell her so, but I didn't want to creep her out. haha The vet took an xray of a spiny-tailed lizard. He was swollen/puffy. They ended up doing a little lizard enema to help him out. Elena (who wants to be a doctor when she grows up) was fascinated. We got to watch through the glass.
E and K had so much fun at this random play area. There were fountains for the kids to get wet in. At one point there were about 10 kids in bathing suits enjoying the water.
While Kevin slept in the stroller (napping is the one way that Kevin is an easy child), we walked on a nature trail and saw bats, tigers, alligators, and birds. The whole park is beautiful and thankfully shady. It must have been 100 degrees!
The Lion King show was amazing! There were acrobats, a fire dancer, stilt walkers, singers, and more. Kevin clapped and laughed most of the time. Elena was scared - especially at the beginning, but what else is new? :) The Nemo show was also really great.
There is a dinosaur section of Animal Kingdom which is fantastic. We ate a nice lunch there and then went exploring. This is all of us on one of the rides (like Dumbo with a Triceratop).

Goofy and Pluto:

The had a fossil dig with a Mastodon fossil under all of this big sand/small gravel. You can see how hot and tired they are by this point.

An archeologist themed playground to run around in: