Farrell Family: VACATION!! - (Part Two!) Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios!

On day two of our vacation we went to Animal Kingdom.

It was MUCH less crowded! The first thing we did was head to the safari- which was awesome! Because we got there as soon as it opened, the line wasn't too long of a wait- about 20 minutes. However, as soon as we got to the front, Lylah had to go potty, so Zach had to wait at the side for about 15 minutes while I took her potty- way far away! Then, I had to 'cut' everyone to get back to the front of the line. I felt like I was in the highschool lunch line. (although, I was a good-girl and never cut anyone!)

So, I'll try to keep it light on the enormous amount of pictures I took there of the animals, but it'll be hard! I love all animals! I'll try to post just some of my favorites!
Hippos

Crocs- or Alligators - I never can remember the difference...

I love this tree! The tourguide says they call it an 'upside down tree'.

I know this pic is of his rear-end, but the span of his horns is almost 5 feet!

Elephants!

More rear-ends! (But, can you see the baby by his momma!)

Flamingos - picture for mom!

Rhinos lounging in the shade

Cool Rock- and on the back side of it...

Was the lioness stretching out for a good nap!

A warthog- the boys liked him because of Pumbaa from Lion King!

The sign to the right says "Attention Parents, leave misbehaving children here for animal food."

Beautiful!

And, just to the right of the falls, I captured one of my favorite pictures:

Pondering something important...

I love his different facial expressions!

Here's another gorilla laying on her back, using her arm to cover her face. (I do the same thing in the mornings when I don't want to be bothered either!)

A view from the bottom

I told Nathan this was a Time-Out crate parents could use. hehe - He didn't fall for it.

I thought it was interesting how long this little guy's beak is compared to his little body!

Here's a Meerkat the boys liked- it reminded them of Timon from Lion King. (In case you're unaware, Timon and Pumbaa -the warthog- were best friends.)

Another beautiful view!

Being silly!

On our way to Camp Minnie-Mickey to see more characters!

Carter and Flick (from "Bugs Life")

Carter and Turk (from "Tarzan")

Lilo and Stitch

Goofy and Donald Duck

Again, Lylah did not want to see the characters!

Next we decided to head over to see the Bugs Life 3D show. Zach told me to hurry, but he got distracted at this station where the kids put their hands in the log and tried to guess what animal things were in each hole. Some of the things were a turtle shell, deer antlers, and skeleton bones!

We got a bit wet on the rapids! Lylah couldn't ride, so the first time the boys rode with my while Zach kept Ly. Then we switched. The boys got soaked when they rode with Zach!

Lylah had fun playing in the water too!

Nathan was excited to see the Giant Bats. (you can't tell from the picture, but their faces are actually pretty cute!)

Zach's favorite-- The Tigers!

'Quit taking my picture!'

(This is the stance I take when I'm peeing in the pool too...)

Sad Face:

Happy Face: (Carter's idea)

So- this is a story you'll want to read! We were waiting in line to visit Goofy and Pluto. Lylah has a baby Pluto stuffed doll, so 'says' she likes Pluto, so she agreed to wait in line. Well, about every 15-20 minutes, the characters are lead away to go switch with another set that have been breaking in the cool. Lylah did not see them walk away behind us while we were in line. But... she happended to turn to see the new set walking back. Imagine being not even 3 years old yet, and seeing this HUGE Goofy trotting up toward you. Lylah was terrified! She started to run away from Goofy! But, because he's so big he obviously didn't see her and she ended up getting under his feet in a collision! She ended up on the ground and Goofy tripped and almost fell too! Fortunately, nobody was hurt - or sued! lol

Here we're on the tram back to the van to head over to Hollywood Studios. Nathan took off his shoes to dry out his wet feet! He wouldn't let me get a better picture- but he totally had old-man prune-feet!

Hollywood Studios!! (aka MGM)

Playing at the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" set

Riding 'Anty'.

We got in line to see Woody and "Buzz-Light" (according to Lylah). It was nice the line went throughout their house and there were things for the kids to do and picture opps along the way.

"Stinky Pete"

By this point, Lylah had built her confidence to meet Woody and Buzz Light Year!

She didn't get too close- or give hugs, but she didn't scream, cry and run away! Finally she made some progress...at the last characters we met! hehe

"Bye-bye Buzz-Light" (finally bravery built)

Lylah wanted to take a picture of me!

Mommy's turn to take one of her! (I was trying to keep her busy until the final show of the night started!)

It was an excellent show, where they used water, lights, and film projected onto water sprayed up to make like a 'screen', all during a live-action show with different characters. It was really great!