Animal Kingdom Adventures

We took the kids to Animal Kingdom in Orlando on Friday. We went with Jonny and Jenny and their three biddlies. It was a great day, perfect weather, lunch from home, and well-behaved little ones--ALL DAY! It was truly amazing! They enjoyed everything very much. We started off on a safari ride over rickety bridges, through muddy water, and up CLOSE to the animals. The ostrich was literally sitting two feet from the jeep. The rhinoceros was maybe ten feet at the most. Even William knew it was cool, he stood on Shawn's lap for most of the trip!


Sarah, Savannah, and Katy enjoy the birds and fish of the rainforest. This is just before we all got SOAKED on the Kali River Rapids Ride. Katy and I endured the worst of it, Shawn managed to con his way into a poncho from a guy getting off the ride before us. He says he offered it to me, but really we were already strapped in and there was no chance for that. Fifteen seconds later, the first "douser" hit and BOOM, soaking wet Momma. We squealed like little piggies and had a great time, Katy laughed hysterically when we went down a large hill and water poured in the opposite side of the boat. The poor guy sitting there was not one bit dry, and quite a bit chilled, I'm afraid.

This is Mr. Rhinoceros who came over to the jeep to see "Wassup?"

A kids Discovery Club leader helps the kids "track" a rhino in the wilderness

Izzy checks out the baby gorilla picking bugs off himself and eating them. She was amazed by how he tucked the hair on his arm under his chin to keep good access to those pesky buggies.