Tuesday, January 31, 2012

First Trip to Disney's Animal Kingdom

The weekend of January 14 & 15, Charles and I took the kids to their first official trip to Disney. My parents even came along for part of the trip, which was really nice for us! We stayed at the Animal Kingdom lodge which was just beautiful! We had a one-bedroom suite so Charles, myself and the kids stayed in the bedroom and my parents slept on the pull-out couch. We drove down Saturday & spent the day walking around downtown Disney. We ate lunch at the Rainforest Cafe which is such a neat place. Later that evening after giving the kids a bath, my parents stayed with the kids while Charles & I enjoyed a nice dinner out :)
Sunday we woke up & headed straight to the Animal Kingdom theme park & my parents headed home. I wasn't sure how long the kids would last, especially with Olivia in the stroller (and her only taking a 20 minute nap during the Lion King show) but they did great & really seemed to enjoy it. We were able to cover pretty much the whole park (at least what the kids could do, minus the big roller coasters) & left about 2:30 pm. The best part of the trip was Cameron getting to meet all the disney characters (& we didn't have to wait in a long line to see them!) All in all we really enjoyed it!

Olivia watching zoo keepers feed the animals at the Lodge


 Look at her crazy hair!


 My mom & Cameron at the Rainforest Cafe

Charles & Olivia at the Rainforest Cafe

Cameron riding the train at downtown Disney


Mickey! (That's Cameron smiling real big) So silly!

Goofy!

Giving King Louie a hug :) I still can't believe that Cameron wasn't scared of any of the characters!

 Pluto
(You can see Olivia trying to get as far away in the stroller as she can. She wanted nothing to do with King Louie or Pluto.)

Donald Duck

 Chip & Dale

 Thumper & ? not sure what the other bunnies name is

Minnie

Looking at all the fish. Olivia loved the animals, especially the birds & fish!

Cameron looking at a gorilla sleeping upside down

Playing the drums :)