Early Morning Adventures - Day 3

Early Morning Adventures – Day 3

How would you like to pose for pictures with a detailed, 13-foot tall, 40-foot long Tyrannosaurus Rex? Dating back 67 million years to the Late Cretaceous Period, Dino-Sue is the length of a 4-story building—and a fascinating sight to behold! The original Sue the dinosaur was discovered in South Dakota in 1990. The 67 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton is one of the most famous fossil finds of the 20th century.

We will have a chance to discover over 200 animals and birds, including zebras, giraffes, gazelles, kudu and flamingos, and learn more about African animals and ecosystems. It will be almost like an African safari!

We will experience the art of African cooking with Indian flavors, as exotic animals roam before us.

Today, we were at Animal Kingdom most of the day. Parts of it were blocked off for construction, so I felt like we kept getting lost. We began at the safari which had a pretty long wait even first thing in the morning. Today just started feeling too hot. Though yesterday was hot, too, today seemed worse. After a forty minute wait, we were glad to sit down for a long ride through the zoo.

Animal Kingdom has an Explorer scout program based on the character in Up. Ben, Maddie, and Jon tried getting some of the badges (stickers) by learning about different things: specific animal groups, geography, animal habitats, and more. On our way through the maze of construction detours, we found Pocahontas.

We enjoyed lunch at Sanaa which is at our resort and enjoyed the African-inspired cuisine. After a restful detour to our room and exploring the grounds of our hotel, we went back out for more fun. As we expected, Ben really liked the dinosaur models and ride.

One of the highlights for the boys was riding the big roller coaster with the Yeti and Mt. Everest theme. They LOVED it and I think they ended up on it three or more times. Maddie and Gramma sat out for all those rides, but the boys could not get enough.

We ended our time at Animal Kingdom on a really wet ride -- twice! After we got soaked, we thought we should stop for a picture.

While we attempted to dry off, we aimed for Magic Kingdom for the night parade and fireworks.