Friday, June 22, 2012

Here comes the rain

Tuesday we started at Animal Kingdom.  Again we got there about 1 hour before the park officially opened.  Once we were in about 1/2 the guest wanted to ride the safari and the other have wanted to ride Everest Expedition.  This morning we had the whole gang, Austin Wencks, Huntsville Choates and Memaw and Dodaddy.  Our gang headed to the Safari!!



























The safari was a great ride and we saw lots and lots of wonderful animals.   After the safari a few of us (Jack, Chris, Christian, Abby and Myself) headed over to Expedition Everest (Once of Disney's wilder rollercoasters).  The others rode the train and saw some more animals.

Christian said he was ready for a big kid roller coaster and boy was his right.  He says he liked it, but just didn't want to ride it again.   After that we all met up for lunch at Tusker house to meet more fun Disney Regulars and get some lunch and autographs.   Donald greeted us when we arrived.

 Daisy stopped by to say HI! too.
 After lunch we all headed over to the Lion King show.  It was just great.  We were the Giraffes!

 As much as Christian liked all things Star Wars at Hollywood Studios, Archer loved all things Lion King.  He was thrilled at the show.   Christian on the other hand could barely keep his eyes open, and then just fell asleep.


 Once we came out of the Lion King theater, the rain started.  We all put on our ponchos and went back to our cabins to find our babies in special places.

 After resting and letting some of the rain pass, we all headed over to the Magic Kingdom for the first time.  We were able to grab a spot out of a quick rain storm and eat some dinner.  Then it was off to explore an empty Magic Kingdom.  We started off the Pirates of the Caribbean, then Aladdin's carpet ride.  Then to its a small world...then about every other ride in Fantasy land and Tomorrow land.  The park was very empty and we didn't have to wait in long lines.  It was great.











 This is one of the castle with my cool fisheye lens
The Magic Kingdom has to be my favorite of all the parks.  It is just the true original and there is no other quite like it.  

Wednesday we got a later started and went to Epcot first.  This was the one day we didn't get up early and go to the parks and that was a mistake.  We weren't able to get fast passes to the best ride at Epcot and then almost as soon as we got there it started to rain and didn't let up.   Chris, Christian, Archer, Memaw and DoDaddy and I called it a day earlier than the Choates and headed back to the cabins for some take our and a restful evening at home.  I really don't think I have any pictures from the day at the parks.  Oh wait I found some from my iphone.  It was turtle talk with Crush.  The Nemo ride and turtle talk was fun, but that was our high light of Epcot.  We dodged the rain most of the time we were there and just didn't enjoy this park as much as we could have without the rain.

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