Sunday, October 26, 2008

Animal Kingdom

We visited Animal Kingdom on Friday, but we didn't see as much as I would have liked to because it was raining. We did go on the Kilimanjaro Safari where we saw lots of animals, and did the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail and Maharajah Jungle Trek, which are both walking tours. We also went to the character trails at Camp Minnie-Mickey, but we didn't get to Rafiki's Planet Watch or to DinoLand U.S.A. which had attractions that Tanek might have enjoyed. It wasn't all a waste of time, though (depending on which one of us you ask)... Tanek did get to visit with Minnie and Mickey... and Goofy and Donald. He even talked to them and had hugs for them!
This is the Tree of Life located in the center of the park. It is huge and looks very real.
The trunk has various animals carved into it. Pretty cool, huh?

We were able to see a group of meerkats on the Pangani Forest Trail. This one was acting as a sentry for the group. Below is one of several gorillas we saw on the trail.

Here are the characters enjoying a little fishing.
We had lunch at the Yak & Yeti Restaurant. This was probably the best meal we had during our trip! Even Ricky was impressed, so you know it had to be good! Tanek was even learning how to pick up his goldfish with chopsticks! He really did this by himself.

2 comments:

Nana said...

Great pictures. I can't wait to o with you next time. Meme Anita was SO excited that you got a season pass. She is sitting on ready. He is doing good with those chopsticks.

Florida Girl said...

That azmazing that he is so good with the chopsticks. Sounds like Nana's Cafe will need to offer those each day at lunchtime. :)