Animal Kingdom is still the Best!

On the fourth day of our trip, we went to the Animal Kingdom. As much as I love the "magic" of the Magic Kingdom and all that Epcot has to offer, I would have to say that the Animal Kingdom is my favorite park for my family right now. Eli and Sean both love the zoo exhibits. Sean especially is a big fan of all the shady trails and all the water. There are creeks, ponds and waterfalls everywhere. It also has some of our favorite big rides in Kilimanjaro Safari, Expedition Everest and the Kali River Rapids. And our favorite place to grab a bite to eat, Flametree BBQ.

We took video at the Animal Kingdom this trip so I don't have very many photos. Our good computers are already packed up so I can't cut clips right now. I will tell you that our safari rides were amazing as always and we got to see the gorillas on the African trail being particularly active and playful.

Sean is now 39 inches tall which is one of the cutoff heights for some of the bigger Disney rides. So this time around, he rode the Kali River Rapids, once with me and once with Jonathan. He was by far the smallest kid we saw on the ride. He was very brave. The first time through he was pretty scared by the big drops and surprised when he got splashed but there were no real tears. Since he loves getting wet, I thought he might like the ride the second time around when he wouldn't be so surprised. He got back on with Jonathan with some hesitation, and all was well until they hit the big drop. They ended up in the "unlucky" seat and got plastered by a huge wall of water. They were completely soaked from head to toe. Sean was not happy with us! But it was the last thing we did that day so no harm done. We stopped a Disney photographer on the way out to commemorate the moment.