Disney Day 2

Our next stop was the Animal Kingdom.  This was our first time here and we didn't really know what to expect.  We arrived pretty much when the park opened and had our semi-plan for the day.

First was the safari!  This was another Daddy/Paige ride as they do not advise pregnant women to ride this.  I am not really sure why I couldn't do this one, but we respected Disney's warning. 

From here, I will let the pictures do the talking -

Checking out some neat fish

Rafiki from the Lion King - she actually wanted to go see him.

Enjoying a mid-morning snack

Fun train ride to the closed petting zoo.  We thought she would like the petting zoo and once we got there we found out it was closed.  Sad!

Playing on the Boneyard Playground

They have a neat picture place by the Lion King show where you can wait to see Mickey and friends.  Paige actually wanted to wait so we did.  I am glad we didn't push the characters since she wasn't sure about them, but I am glad she gradually warmed up to them.  She was too cute wanting to go see the characters and she waited pretty well in the lines.

Thumper!

So happy to finally see Goofy

Enjoying a lemonade slush with our paper straws.  Animal Kingdom only does paper straws.  I guessing this is so if the animals got a hold of one they could it eat and be ok.

Review of Animal Kingdom - not as great as I thought.  Not really the best place for kids under 2.  They had a few things to do but not many.  I think we were all pretty hot and tired by the time we left.  We did get to see the neat Lion King show (which I enjoyed). 

While all of our apps on the phone said this was a low crowd day, it sure didn't seem like it.  We decided the paths are narrower and there really aren't as many paths so you are crammed going anywhere, crowd or no crowd.  I think we will go back, but I think we will wait until Paige is tall enough to do the big-kid rides.

After resting we headed back to the Magic Kingdom and had another wonderful evening!  We pretty much let Paige run the show and let her tell us where she wanted to go.  We spent most of our time in FantasyLand and riding Buzz.  The crowds were so great - there were none!  We were able to walk right up to most of the rides and just hop on.

This what happens when you ask Paige to look at the camera...it just doesn't happen.