Sleepless in Babyland: DISNEY! Day 1

June 4 at 4:53 am Lon and I pulled out of the driveway for a 5 day stay at Disney World! I worked all year to make this a magical trip.

I even got some Minnie Mouse nail decals for this trip. A cast member later came up to me and asked me if I thought Minnie had people on her nails under her gloves.

Lon took this photo as we arrived! It was a bit before noon. We made great time! They are still doing construction on I-4. I need to find a way that does not include I-4.
Our room was not ready but they would happily hold our luggage in a climate controlled room. They even deliver to the room!

Getting ready to go to Animal Kingdom. The trading pins are going on the lanyard!

Lon's favorite park!

Beauty shot

Looking out at the River

Lon thinks the cat at Pizzafari looks like Scout.

Pizzafari is one of Lon's top places to eat in all the parks

We both got pizza. I sort of ate the salad. sort of.

Even after all that a Mickey Ice Cream sandwich was enjoyed!

We got in line for the Kilimanjaro Safari ride. It said 35 minutes on my phone. The wait ended up being 75 minutes. We would have not done it then, it was HOT. I sent Lon out of line twice to get waters for us. Cast members let him back in without any problem.

Finally we were on the Safari Car! It was cooler once we started moving.

Spring Boks. I love this guys. They jump !! It is called Pronking.

Yes, this giraffe was that close. We could not reach out and touch him, but almost. Gorgeous.

Lon listens to the driver tell us a lot about the animals

Rhinos!

candy shop stop! Lon showed restraint and got the 18 inch tube of flavored sugar. They had a 9 inch and a 36 inch. The 3 foot tube of sugar was not going to happen.

We have no idea what Fichwa! means.

Lon is having a great time

Tusker House for dinner.
Lon did like the characters coming around.

Lon, the waiter Lee and Goofy were looking up something good on the phone. I have to ask Lon if he remembers what it was

I told Daisy that Lon was turning 13 and LOVED hugs and kisses.

Dinner was yummy and fun! But now it was time for more rides. At the end of the blog I will put in the Memory Maker Photos of the rides and the random pictures they took of us

Getting ready for Everest! Lon's favorite ride

Dinosaur Ride!

We got to our seats for the River of Light Show a little early. We saw this beautiful sunset.

As it got dark, the lights started to shine

These people came by and danced around to some soothing music

There were four of these, they changed colors and moved around.

Light on water spray projection. HOW COOL IS THIS ?? The pictures move and change it is truly magical.

For scale, there are people on the boat.

Some animals floated out too .

The lotus then opened up and started spraying water and somewhere the 5th one, the bigger one, appeared

Fire, water, music. It was amazing!

As we were heading out, we looked saw the Tree of Life all lit up. It reminded us that we had not yet seen Pandora! We still had some time. Night time is the better time to see it

It was amazing. I know I keep using that word, but it was beautiful. All the glowing pants. The walkways glowed!

As we walked by the Navi River Journey Ride, the cast member said Last Ride! Want to go? YES!
VERY short wait, less than 5 minutes

It was GORGEOUS!

The colors were intense and so beautiful

That was the end of our first day.

Animal Kingdom seems hotter than any other park. It might be all the plants making it even more humid. Once we got enough water on board, we were doing fine. So happy to be back at Disney

Now for the Memory Maker photos!

These are in no particular order.
Us on the Dinosaur Ride.

In front of Everest. Yes, we are soaked. We just got off the Kali River Raids. Lon picked the wettest seats for us to sit in on the ride. I had a wave got over my head. We put all our stuff in the free locker before we got in the line ride. So glad we did