Florida Road Trip 3: WDW Day 2 Animal Kingdom

Up even earlier today for the bus over to the Animal Kingdom which was opening an hour earlier at 8am. We were booked in for a character breakfast at 8am at Tusker House Restaurant. Excellent choices of quality food in a range of market stalls (buffet style) and highlighted by visits from Mickey, Donald, Daisy and Goofy. Each character visited each table to sign autographs (our kids were with the autograph program by now!) and have the obligatory photos taken. The kids loved it and this breakfast was also one of the highlights of our Disney experience.

Today was intended as a bit easier day, breaking the two days in the Magic Kingdom, so we didn't totally follow the guidebook's plan today:

• Rode Kilimanjaro Safaris (vehicle safari around African animals)
• Walked Pangani Forest Exploration Trail (where Olivia learned all about naked mole-rats and was given a certification for her scientific interest)
• Watched Flights of Wonder bird show
• Rode TriceraTop Spin
• Watched Festival of the Lion King (a big stage production)
• Watched Pocahontas and her Forest Friends (a smaller stage production but with real animals coming on and off the stage as part of the show)
• Watched It's Tough to Be a Bug! (where Kieren again decided we couldn't see that show again as it was too scary, especially when the bugs came out in the 3D / 4D parts of the show including when the humans were sprayed with insect spray in the dark!)
• The kids had a play in The Boneyard, including digging out a woolly mammoth skeleton.

We had a late dinner at the Roaring Fork restaurant back at the Wilderness Lodge after the kids had a swim in the pool. Food was very disappointed, quantity substituting for quality and a fairly limited choice. Kids got a kick when every kid in the place brought crayons over to them when Olivia asked the waitress for some more colours!

Malcolm