Animal Kingdom...here we come!!!

Monday Mom headed to Daytona Beach and we moved to the Sheraton and then to visit with Jeanette and Clancy. We visited all day, walked the grounds around the condo where they were staying and then ended our day with dinner at Fishbones...one of our faves. It was so nice to go slow and get caught up on family and what's going on in each others lives. Thanks for spending your day with us, we truly enjoyed it. We got a good nites rest and headed to Animal Kingdom Tues morning.

The weather was perfect...I had snagged us some fast passes, first one was for the Lion King Show.

Always a great show.....

Our next stop ...Safari Ride..not Africa, but still nice.

She was sitting on an egg...they are huge

Next we strolled through the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail and saw all kinds of cool things

 The Okapi and the yellow Backed Duikar

This is an Okapi...very cool

Interesting facts....

So many fish...he wished he had a pole...

Saw cool birds  as we walked through their area..

Cool...got to see a hippo underwater..he moved quickly, they are great swimmers

More monkeys...

Then it was time to go into the new area ...Pandora the world of Avatar...

The reality of the landscaping was awesome...true Disney style...

We waited to have lunch in the new area at Satu'li Canteen...this was delish and very different. You picked your meat, veggies, and flavor...then it all came in a bowl..YUM!!

We had a fast pass to the new Na'vi River Journey, very similar to "it's a small world" in the Magic Kingdom...but all about Avatar...pretty cool. I did not get fast passes to the new ride Avatar Flight of Passage..the wait was 2-3hrs...not worth it to us, will come back another day. We have been told it's a lot like Soarin' in EPCOT...something for next time.

We spent some time around the Tree of Life...never done that and it's so cool to really see all the carvings.

We took it slow, stopping to see things we'd not seen before or not in a long time...the pop up entertainment is always fun

Before we knew it, it was time for the River of Light show. This is new and they only have one a night. We got in line way ahead of time and then got lucky with a family giving away their VIP passes...their kids thought it was too cold to stay. It was chilly, but we weren't giving up. It was amazing... 

It all started with this woman dancing

In the distance, across the lake, you could see the Tree of Life changing colors as it was showing The Tree of Life Awakenings...

  This was just gorgeous..these floating flowers were awesome..

It was an awesome show...

It was a show like no other....we really enjoyed it...

It ended with a lots of water..

It was just lovely...as we left we stopped at The Tree of Life to watch...Awakenings..

It had been a great day...back the hotel to sleep...tomorrow Hollywood Studios...has been years since we've been there!!