Saturday, February 18, 2012

Roaring Wild Saturday

Saturday was the day Jeff had been waiting for…. we headed to the bus stop early that morning

and found the line for animal kingdom!

“what you talking bout Willis?”

And we made it!

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Once in the park we spotted the tree of life! Iconic Animal Kingdom for sure

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and we took advantage of the moment for a family pic or 2 or 3

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Matt got a picture of the map and dad and brother while we waited for the rope to drop

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Then it was on to Africa for breakfast!

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We ate at the Tusker house!

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It was a yummy buffet set like an african village and building and better yet we got to meet some wonderful disney characters!!

We met Safari Donald Duck outside then it was Safari Mickey Mouse!

Safari Daisy Duck

Safari Goofy

Matt even participated in the african music parade around the place

Our attempt at a picture that didnt work out so well! LOL

Breakfast is over and we are off!

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First ride was the Safari ride!

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waiting patiently in line

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And off we go on our adventureIMG_54100302

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rickety old bridge

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ostrich eggs

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After the safari we found some gorillasIMG_55060302

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I love this one because you can see Matthew’s reflection as he takes the picture of the fish

this is the hippo underwater viewing area… see the hippo in there?

Matt found some drums to play

another photo op in front of Expedition Everest

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Hold on Matt!

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Expedition Everest!

We made our way to Dinoland

After Matt and dad rode a couple rides we left Silas with granny and pappy and us 3 went to ride Dinosaur!

It was a kind of scary dino ride back in time but was super fun!

Back to Aisa to explore some more

Check out these huge bats! How cool!!

Matt and Dad went to ride the river raft ride and from where we hung out waiting we could peek through the brush and saw them getting on the raft

and they came back soaked and thrilled!

We had a fastpass from earlier so we went back for one last safari rideIMG_55410302

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hippos were out good this timeIMG_55600302

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and the bull elephant even turned around for usIMG_55920302

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the male and female lions were both sunningIMG_56200302

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and some little passenger fell asleep!IMG_56260302

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A trip around the tree of life was really coolIMG_53740302

And why not catch the parade before heading out!

We rushed off for dinner that night, back to Ohanas. It was super yummy again! Matthew fell asleep on way there and even slept thru dinner! Poor guy was wore out for sure!