Disney’s Animal Kingdom

When we sat down to plan our trip, we decided to spend six days visiting Disney parks.  Two days for Magic Kingdom, one for Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios, and one spare day to go back wherever we felt needed an extra day of exploring and fun.  Well…  that extra day ended up with us back at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.  We absolutely LOVED this park.

For those who have never been, Disney’s Animal Kingdom is like a zoo and an amusement park all rolled into one.  And as far as it’s zoo aspect goes, it’s one like no other.  While there are lots of areas where the animals have their own private enclosures, there are also a plethora of spaces where the animals are free to wander around with a multitude of species all sharing beautifully sculpted landscapes.  It really is quite impressive.  And while I promise to share lots of animal photos at a later date, here are a few of us just taking advantage of some cool photo-ops at the park:

These animals were sculpted into almost every available surface. It was pretty impressive.

Lily-Ann in “Asia”.

The great stone dragon (from Mulan for those who don’t recognize it or the reference).

Kid kid loved this sign and thought I should grab a snapshot of it. LOL

Playing around.

This performer was part of the Lion King show. He, and the rest of the cast, were very impressive!

Like me, the girl can’t resist a chance to get up and personal with animals. These pigs (I inquired about) are apparently natives of New Zealand, and are about eighteen months old now. I thought they were just darling!

Checking out an Ostrich egg in Rafiki’s wildlife center (where the many biologists and animal care specialists work).

We hung out with one of the animal scientists for a while, and he let the girl hold a REAL cheetah skull when no-one was looking. LOL She was very impressed!