... aren't they all?
We started our day in Animal Kingdom, where we had all kinds
of wild experiences. These included:
Reaffirmation that Grace will never be a paleontologist:
But Ian might:
And the realization that Miah is fearless (she rode most of
Expedition Everest with her hands up) and that Mama will panic on roller
coasters that are just too big for "the baby"... Miah is the first kid who I have ever seen
look for a reasonable way off the ride when it stops at the broken tracks
before going backwards. I now remember why
people have children in their 20s:
Our character greetings were ridiculous. Baloo was so funny, but he might have gotten
a little over excited when he chased Grace after she left the character
greeting area. I probably laughed far
too hard about this. As a side note, while waiting in line my kids informed me that only Caleb has seen The Jungle Book. I have no idea how this happened. It made little difference, because we are all TaleSpin fans:
And then there was Rafiki, whom Grace desperately wanted to
meet. The only problem was that we
didn't make it onto the Wildlife Express Train until the last train of the
evening, and we were informed that all of the characters had already left. This was seriously going to be a
disaster. I have never prayed for a
character to still be at a greeting spot before, but I did today. Well, believe it or not, Rafiki was somehow
hung up and Grace was able to sneak in for the last character greeting of the
day. Thank goodness, because I couldn't
figure out how to cram another trip to Animal Kingdom in over the next couple
of days:
Of course, we were so late getting out of there that they had to hold the train back for us... particularly because we needed to stop to take a picture with the elephants. It's family tradition. One does not go to Disney without getting a picture with the elephants:
Per normal, Finding Nemo,
the Musical, and Festival of the Lion
King were fabulous. Festival of the Lion King was made even
more so by Ian and Miah being chosen to participate in the show:
I have always loved Kilimanjaro Safari. The best quote of the day came from Miah who shouted, "Hey Dad! Look at that blade of grass!" Sometimes it's the little things...
The low point of our day was when we got a call from the
resort informing us that we would have to move cabins because of a maintenance
issue! I really thought I might cry over
this, because it is no easy task to pack up and move this much stuff and this
many people, but our pre-teen and teenager crew managed to get the job done in
about 90 minutes. I am struggling a
little bit with the fact that I am still awake at this hour, but at least we
are all set for the remainder of the trip.
A highlight of the day was heading over to Epcot one last
time (that makes four visits this time around) for dinner at Le Cellier. We have always wanted to eat there, but at
$50.00 a plate, there was just no way without the free dining plan! It was really good steak, but I know it
wasn't a good value, since we had to use so many table service credits. Undoubtedly, the funniest part was when Miah
was upset that the server kept taking our silverware after each course. This was particularly funny after she tried
to return the silverware she didn't need earlier in the trip. Again, keepin' it classy...
We are quickly approaching the end of this vacation and
continuing to try to capture every moment and memory. You don't get these times back...
L.
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