Day four has been fun and we’re back in the hotel early tonight after a long day. We started our Thursday in Animal Kingdom, going straight for the Kilimanjaro Safaris. For those who haven’t had the opportunity, this ride takes you on a twenty minute “safari” through the “African Savannah.” We had the chance to get up close, within five feet, of giraffes, rhinos and some cow like thing I can’t remember but I’m sure would taste great with some Senator Libous steak sauce.
From there, we hit breakfast with Mickey. I’m not sure I understand the indoctrination of Mickey completely but kudos to Walt for figuring this out. If you stop to think about it, if you were walking down the street and you saw a seven foot tall mouse, you’d most likely run very fast. I realize many of my friends from New York City would likely call it a subway rat but I digress. Anyway, the breakfast was great…..ly over priced but we enjoyed it and Ryan seemed to be thrilled with his chance to meet Mickey. |
| Yes, that’s Ryan under the hand dryer |
After our third safari of the day, we hit Rafiki’s Island Adventure. The interesting thing to note here is that there is only one way to get to this island and that’s by train. So, you fight long lines to wait for this train to pick you up and bring you to what is essentially a petting zoo. This was a big let down because they only had goats to pet. Ummm, this might be some big thing for southerners, I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure there are better petting zoos in my shed. So, in exchange for this railroad excursion, we delayed monsieur crabby pants’ nap too long and he fell asleep in the park. We were able to keep him asleep through the ride back to the hotel but once back, he popped up and was ready for the day. We went swimming in the afternoon and generally tried to keep him occupied. It worked and we went back to the park tonight to enjoy the Finding Nemo musical.
Ry and Coop Dot Com 