Saturday, June 23, 2007

The Adventure Begins ...at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Taryn described this park as "amazing". It is the largest of the four theme parks - five times the size of the Magic Kingdom. The space is divided into seven unique "lands".

Our favorites:

Expedition Everest - a high speed roller coaster train ride. Ever gone backwards on a roller coaster before? It's a kick!

Flights of Wonder - where exceedingly beautiful birds fly unbelievably close to your head...but don't duck cause they'll just fly lower. Wow! BTW Dave Black has a twin who is a comedic character in this show, and we can prove it!

Festival of the Lion King - a very fine live action show. It features great music, elaborate sets, color costuming and it's just plain fun to watch and sing along with - if you saw the movie.

Kilimanjaro Safari - traveling in a busmobile thing you journey across 110 acres of rolling savanna filled with seemingly freely roaming animals. The ride was great but we all agreed the story line they attempt to weave thru the 20 minute tour was hokey and unnecessary.

It's Tough to be a Bug and Flights of Wonder are two rides taken from Disneyland and given new names here in Florida. We did enjoy them again.

We skipped all the environmental wacko stuff we could identify. Our one disappointment was that the Finding Nemo Musical experienced technical difficulties and closed before we could see it.

This was the most humid day I have experienced in my life. It was cruelly uncomfortable and I was never more thankful for the luxury of a shower, dry clothes and the air conditioning of our bbow!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's tough to be a bug opened at animal Kingdom long before DCA had even completed construction!