We started off early, arriving at the park about 20 minutes after it opened at 9. Dave rushed back to get our fastpasses for the Safari ride. We learned last year that the train ride around the outside of the park SUCKS. So we didn't bother. I found the Minnie ears that I have been looking for:
Meanwhile Monkey and I got in line to see the Lion King. The show started off well with Monkey (in his Mickey ears) getting selected to lead something for the whole group.
Sadly, after 40 minutes in line, and being 4th in line, the show lasted about 4 minutes then they cancelled it for technical difficulties-booooo!!Not letting that get us down the boys went outside to see Mickey Mouse. They ended up playing a recycling game and winning a free certificate and pin. With pins come lanyard so they got two blue ones to go with the pins.
Then we went on the safari ride
and it was awesome!!! We saw too many animals to name. 
We grabbed lunch at the flame tree bbq and ate by the water.Big C was pretty done so we went to Dinoland and he grabbed a nap in his stroller
while Monkey and daddy went on the dinoland version
of the dumbo ride 
and then on to a ride called something like Dinosaurs and other scary stuff. 
Monkey hated it. At the end an enormous dinosaur tries to eat the roller coaster and he was not at all happy about it. Dave lost some flesh off of his thighs and apparently so did the woman next to Monkey on the other side!We were not sure if he would be up for Everest (and mommy was fine to sit it out after hearing that part of the trip is backwards) but he was up for it and mommy was the first vicctim to go up with him. I have to say that I LOVED it!! Best roller coaster ever! It was the right mix of everything. Monkey wasn't too sure about going again but when we announced that Daddy was going alone Monkey was good enough to keep him company. He loved it!
We enjoyed some fruit popcicles in the glorious sunshine and daddy even ate an ice cream bar shaped like Mickey Mouse's head.
Big C had not yet had a chance to ride anything since his nap so we all went on a water floating white water rafting thing.
Monkey and daddy got SOAKED 
but big C and I came out of it okay. 
We went and saw Tigger,
Eyore
and Pooh
while daddy tried to stand in any wind
and sun he could find to dry off.We watched the parade, which rocks! And the boys loved seeing all of the characters
on the floats. 
There was lots of waving and big C was very excited to see Chip and Dale,
our asexual rodent friends. We went for our dinner at Tuckers. It was actually surprisingly mediocre. The staff are indifferent but the food was okay. I can't tell you how excited Dave was to find out from a fellow Liverpool fan that Liverpool beat Man U at Manchester's own stadium yesterday.We went to see the "It's a Bugs life" 3D show and it was really neat.
Smoke and mist (pretend bug spray) come out into the audience while the lights are off (bige will hate this one) and stuff from your seat pokes you. Monkey was terrified but loved it.After that it was time to catch the bus back to the hotel since animal kingdom closes at 6. We came home and big C was instantly naked and looking for his swim trunks. We all went down to the pool and threw the kids and a beach ball around. Big C got THAT face on and Dave rushed him up to our room for some potty success. Yay!!!
We got cleaned up and then went and let the boys pick out their morning cerial from the cafeteria.
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