Disney World Part 4: Animal Kingdom

We made reservations at 8:05 for breakfast at the Tusker House for a character meal.  We met Donald first and headed in to the buffet.  They really had a great selection of food and it all tasted great.

The Mickey waffles really are as good as I'd heard....and darling too.  That would be Evie's plate, she chose a waffle, sprinkle doughnut and cinnamon roll.  She did eat a few grapes, but Hey! It's vacation.

We also met Daisy but our picture didn't turn out (Yogi took it, maybe he needs camera classes too).
Next up we headed to ride the train.  By far, this was the worse experience of our trip.  Disney prides themselves on taking care of you and your family and making your trip as wonderful as possible.  So, when we arrived at the train and got in line we were told we'd have to fold up our strollers and carry them on.  No stroller parking...which was weird because it's everywhere in every park.  We couldn't get out of line and find a stroller parking far away because we were crammed in between everyone.  We waited 25 minutes for the train to come back for our turn.  They should have designed that sucker to have more than one train going.  Once our train arrived the attendant opened all the other gates first...even though ours was the first to fill up and we'd been waiting the longest.  We were told we'd "have to just find a spot for the strollers, but don't block the aisle".  By the time our gate opened the entire train was full.  The five in our family and another family of three didn't have a ride (and we were the first people in line).   A few choice words to the attendant and she just avoided us.  So...we left.   I was mad...we'd waited 45 minutes at that point with two little girls who have zero patience....to not even get on the train.  And the particular part of the park is only accessible by the train...so we never saw it.

Once we cooled down a bit we headed to Kilimanjaro Safaris.  We had FASTPASSED it before going to the train, so we hopped right on it.   It really was a great ride, as Yogi said nothing made up that day for they way we were treated at the train, but this helped a somewhat.

 It's so amazing at how close you get to the animals, it feels like you are truly in Africa on a safari.  The girls really enjoyed it.  Above your seat is a guide of all the animals.  Evie's main concern was seeing the animal and then finding it on the guide.  So technical.

Next we headed to Dinoland and the girls wanted to ride the Triceratops Spin.  They love them some stuff that goes round and round.  We didn't get to ride the little roller coaster because the girls weren't big enough.
So we then headed to the playground.  They played and played.  We'd thought we'd lost Evie for a moment and then found her in the boneyard digging and playing in the sand.

Finding Nemo the Musical was our next stop.  It lasts about 35 minutes, and we really enjoyed it.  Though Evie had to potty in the middle so Daddy took her out and they missed the end.

We packed our own sandwiches and chips for lunch and found a table to eat at.  Evie fell asleep, so she got to eat later.   While the little one napped Yogi, Gianna and Grandma went to the Lion King show.  I assumed she liked it because she sang the songs the whole way back to the hotel.

We snapped a few more pics on the way out.  We were in a hurry on the way in so I got the entrance on the way out.

That evening mom hung out with the girls and Yogi and I went back to Downtown Disney and ate dinner and went to the movies....alone.