Cary’s Adventures in the Magic Kingdom: Part 3: Animal Kingdom

ANIMALKINGDOMLOGOThe next day we relaxed at the Typhoon Lagoon water park, but I didn’t take any picture there. I didn’t even bring my camera because, you know, it’s a water park.  But the day after we went to Animal Kingdom, one of the newer Disney parks.  I’m not as big of a fan of Animal Kingdom, though.  Don’t get me wrong, I like animals and all, but there’s not as much to do at this park and it seems like there are less animals at this park and more people dressed up as animals.

My family really loves a roller coaster there called Expedition Everest, but I didn’t ride it because I don’t do too well with big roller coasters. Another area was dinosaur themed, with bright colors and a Midway fair-like feel.  We rode a neat dinosaur thrill ride there and I took a picture of a towering happy dino.

DINO

One neat thing I didn’t do, but would’ve done if I were a little kid was the Wilderness Explorer thing they had there. Wilderness Explorers was the fictional Boy Scout group in the movie Up, and that was one of my favorite PIXAR movies.  At the park, you could get a book and get stamps at various stations to become a Wilderness Explorer.  I thought that was a cute idea.

There were a bunch of nature trails and safari rides. We took a train to Rafiki’s Planet Watch, where there were lots of interactive educational events going on.  We even got to watch a medical checkup for one of the birds at the park.  My brother Caleb wants to be a veterinarian when he grows up, so I’m glad that we got to see that.

Speaking of safari rides, I did catch a few good pictures of some animals that I’ll share with you here. First up is a gorilla.  Luckily he didn’t throw barrels at us.

GORILLA

And next were some meerkats. One is even doing that classic stand-up meerkat pose!

MEERKAT

And here’s a giraffe eating.

GIRAFFE

And a zebra.

ZEBRA

We ate a late lunch at the Yak and Yeti restaurant, which served some pretty good Asian style food. We also saw a show called The Festival of the Lion King, which was like a circus with Lion King music and characters.  There was a Finding Nemo show I wanted to see, but we didn’t get a chance to go to it.  And that’s really all we did at Animal Kingdom.  Next time we’ll take a look at what I did at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!  –Cary

One Response to “Cary’s Adventures in the Magic Kingdom: Part 3: Animal Kingdom”

  1. That’s cool you got the meerkat pose captured. I want Asian food now.

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