Animal Kingdom

The 3rd and final day at Disney was split between Animal Kingdom and Epcot.  We started our day at Animal Kingdom and headed for the Kilimanjaro Safari ride in Africa.  Cale really enjoyed the safari...because of all the animals but also, we got to travel in an open-air vehicle.  We saw around 34 different species of exotic African wildlife that were roaming "free".  Cale's favorite part was when the vehicle we were traveling in got stuck on a bridge...not only did it get stuck but the bridge started to fall.  It scared my mom...Cale thought it was awesome. 

After leaving Africa we took the Wildlife express train and spent some time learning about animal issues around the world.

After our train ride we headed to It's Tough to be a Bug.  This program is based on the movie, "A Bug's Life" and is a 4D adventure to experience life from a bug’s point of view.  During the show we had to dodge flying quills from a tarantula, felt “acid spray” from a soldier termite and inhaled the “defense stench” from a stink bug.  Cale's favorite parts were when the stink bug sprayed us (yes, it smelled terrible) and when they sprayed us with bug spray (we got wet).

Finally, before lunch, we went to the Festival of the Loin King show. As we sat down, the jungle literally surrounded us...giraffes, wart-hogs, elephants and lions.  Cale got into it..we were in the "lion" section so we had to roar during the show.  Timon (from the movie) was there...he lead us in singing Hakuna Matata and a bunch of other songs from the movie. The show ended with The Circle of Life.

We ate lunch at the Rainforest Cafe and Cale thought it was so cool when the forest (rain and thunder) and animals (singing birds, elephants, chest-pounding gorillas) came to life.