(Click here for more pictures) After sleeping all night, we were at the bus stop by our room at 8:15 this morning and quickly caught the bus to Animal Kingdom. There seemed to be quite a crowd at the park this morning but we headed to the Festival of the Lion King first since it was still a little cold. The audience was barely full. The kids (including Graham) were spellbound and maybe a little frightened by all of the activity. Next we headed to the Safari where we saw many animals-a favorite was the hippos who were laying/rolling around soaking up the sun. We walked along the Pangani Exploration trail and then walked right into the Finding Nemo Musical. Robby and Graham stayed outside. The musical was good but Anderson fell asleep and everyone but Reagan had a quick nap during it. Anderson finished his nap while Reagan and Jason played in the Boneyard and Mom and Dad rode Dinosaur and Expedition Everest. We skipped out on the River Rapids since it was still cold (warming up though). Also the Tricera Top Spin was closed so the kids didn’t get to ride much at Animal Kingdom. We had a huge BBQ lunch at Flame Tree BBQ and then walked along a few trails around the Tree of Life. While leaving Animal Kingdom, a ton of characters were at the front. Reagan was in the bathroom so Anderson became the brave one to hug them. Soon, Reagan and Anderson were running to the characters. It was great and we can’t wait for them to meet Mickey (hopefully it goes well). We had to wait a few minutes for the bus this afternoon but the kids enjoyed swinging on the poles and while Nonna and Pops hung out on the bench. We made it back to the hotel and headed for a snack-Anderson really wants an apple each time but decided on strawberries today. Reagan chose a banana which Rob gladly bought for her. It was nearing 3 when we made it back to the room. Graham wasn’t happy so him and Robby went for a walk. Reagan finally went to sleep and Anderson sang and talked in his pack n play until Mom felt sorry for him and let him get up (after almost 2 hours).We thought we were leaving in enough time to make it to our dinner reservations at Wolfgang Pucks in Downtown Disney. But we soon started questioning ourselves when the people at the bus stop said that had been waiting on that bus for an hour. After a few minutes the bus did show up and we headed to Downtown Disney after stopping at each and every stop in this resort (which is huge and spread out-not really a good thing-but we do have an excellent spot) The bus was full when we got on and was packed by the time we neared Downtown Disney. We hopped off, not knowing there was a 2nd bus stop we should have taken, and walked to supper. We had to walk and walk but finally made it only 10 minutes late. We had reservations for 2 tables on the patio (all Tara could get). We were a little worried about eating on the patio but were delighted to see that it was enclosed. Our tables were together and were actually no where near the patio. Our supper was delicious-pecan crusted chicken for Tara and Robby. Carrot cake and key lime pie for dessert. Afterwards we were stuffed and needed to walk off our food. We looked through the Lego store and World of Disney store. Tara wanted to get the kids a souvenir and decided on the Build Your Own Mr. Potato Head. We stuffed 2 boxes with as many Mr. Potato Head parts as possible-hopefully we did good since we haven’t laid them out to see yet. Reagan enjoyed playing with the My Little Ponys but putting their clothes on and off is still too hard and Anderson said he liked bouncing the balls with Pops. Mom may have enjoyed the Potato Head more than anyone else. We walked through the Christmas Store but Tara didn’t see an ornament to buy. We didn’t have a change to look in the kitchen store but maybe Tara can find her Mickey Mouse cookie cutter later in the week. We were a little afraid of catching the bus back after waiting to get Downtown but we hopped right on the bus-after sprinting to catch it. On the bus, Reagan said her favorite part was sleeping-guess they are getting a little bit tired. The kids are still doing well and haven’t had too many meltdowns-but we have lots of bribes/candy in our bags! We unpacked and bathed everyone before climbing into bed. The boys are already asleep and Reagan is close behind them.
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