Disney Feb 14 – Family Trip! Part 3

Day 3 (4^th Feb)

Today we were off to the Animal Kingdom. The kids had another early start (around 6am) and I was keen to get to the park a little earlier today. We managed to arrive at around 10 and whilst the others took the tram Rob and I walked so that we could go to guest services to get fast passes.

We got them and then headed to get our FP+ sorted. (FP+ Safari 11.05 – 12.05, Dino 12.05 – 13.05, Everest 14.00 – 15.00)

We headed over to the Safari and had to wait a few minutes before we could enter the line. We had quite a nice show from the animals – a couple of the giraffes came really close to our truck and the lions were still out and visible!

 

Once we finished we went on to the trail and we picked up the Wilderness Explorers book for the kids. We managed to collect a few of the badges along the way.

We then started the gradual process of moving the group across to Dinosaur. We managed to get there in time for the start of our FP+ window and everyone except for Paul and Charlie rode this one. Leona wasn’t too keen on the darkness but so far seemed to be enjoying the bigger rides.

 

 

I had spotted Donald Duck in his new meet and greet spot and he seemed to have a really short line so we headed up to check it out. He went for a break but was back really quickly and there was one family in front of us.

I let Blake and Sharna meet him first and then went to get a photo. I have a Donald magicbandit and he noticed and was super excited. I got a fun series of photos where he is showcasing my magicband as if he were on a shopping channel!

 

 

 

 

We then went to get lunch at Restaurantosaurus which again catered for our less adventurous family members. It was quite busy though and we had to sit outside.

Afterward we sent Charlie, Paul, Sharna and Leona to Triceratop Spin whilst the rest of us braved Primeval Whirl. We used one of our paper fast passes as the line was longer than the 10 min wait for Triceratop Spin.

We got on pretty quickly and got thrown around as normal. We collected the rest and then started across towards Everest.

We took a ride using our FP+ reservations and then took a quick break to eat some soft serve ice creams.

 

 

Then across to Flights of Wonder for the last show of the day, it’s an entertaining show and the kids quite liked it.

Once it was over we found spots for the parade and waited for it to arrive. We hadn’t watched this parade before so it was new to all of us.

 

 

As it was warm we then decided to take a ride on the Kali River Rapids. Paul and Tracey stayed with Charlie and the rest of us took our chances. Unfortunately, Leona and I took the worst of it....we were completely soaked as a huge wave hit us. Luckily Leona was able to change into different clothes but I got to stay in my lovely wet outfit :(

 

 

It was getting close to park closing and we decided to try and get a last ride on Everest. We still had paper fastpasses and got there a few minutes before 5pm.

 

Kev stayed with Charlie so that Paul and Tracey could both ride this time and when we got off the line was still open so we sent Kev, Sharna, Leona and Blake back in for a final go. They just got into the line before they closed it!

A few minutes later and they were off and we headed back to the cars.

Tonight Kev, Sharna, Rob and I were going to dinner at Sanaa. Once back at the villa we had a rest and shower and change etc before getting back in the car to head to the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

 

We were a little early so we went to look for animals on the savannah with the night vision goggles.

Dinner was great as always (this was our 3^rd time at Sanaa), we had the bread service to share and then a mix of the slow cooked chicken and beef with rice.

The beef was a little different – I think I prefer the chicken but the beef was still good.

Finally we had the desserts, 3 of the group had the dessert trio and I had the seasonal kulfi which was orange and pomegranate again – yummy!

 

A fun evening over and we headed back to the villa. Paul and Tracey said the kids had been well behaved all evening!