On Friday, April 20, we got to Animal Kingdom when it opened at 9am. We went on the Kilimanjaro Safari and took the Wildlife Express Train to Rafiki’s Planet Watch (Rafiki is the baboon in “The Lion King”). The kids and me "oohing and aching" over the animals.
We all sorts of awesome animals during the safari, e.g., rhinos, hippos, elephants, crocodiles, giraffes. The tigers and lions were napping so we could see a paw poking out of a rock or a flat looking tiger between two trees.
At the Planet Watch spot, Cleo got her face painted as a peacock and Sidney got his face painted as a cheetah. We were shocked because normally he never wants his face painted. He kept growling for effect. Kaelin got her face painted as a tiger.
Then we had lunch at the Rainforest Café. I had an awesome garbanzo bean veggie burger and roasted vegetables. Sidney ate his chicken nuggets. Cleo ate her pizza. Below are pictures of us wearing Cleo's princess Mickey ears and Sidney's Simba Mickey ears.
After lunch, we went to see the Festival of the Lion King. It was a great show. The kids really enjoyed it. I suspect it was a briefer version of what it must be like on Broadway.
After the Lion King show, it looked like it was going to rain so we headed back to the resort to rest and nap.
Around 8pm (and after taking off the kids’ face paint), we went to dinner at the resort cafeteria. I had avocado sushi, which was really good. Cleo had pizza. Sidney had chicken nuggets. Roger had a roast beef sandwich that he said was not so great. After dinner we went to our rooms.
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