Sarah's being a lazy turnip today so Alan's writing the blog again. Her comments are in blue. I'm not lazy, he made me write two in a row this week so it was his turn.
We arose early again this morning and headed off for Disney's Animal Kingdom. We had no idea what to expect of this place with the obvious exception that we might see some animals. It's basically an open range zoo with the odd ride thrown in for good measure.
Our first order of business after arriving was to go on the Kilimanjaro safari, where you are driven around a huge area of savannah/jungle in an open air tour vehicle. Many African animals roam freely within this area and could theoretically attack the bus at any time if they felt hungry enough. We were able to see lots of different animals in the wild including lions, hippos, crocodiles, rhinos - both black and white, giraffes, gazelles, zebras and elephants including a couple of adorable little baby elephants playing with each other. Unfortunately the bus never stops so getting a decent photo was difficult. Alan got some nice shots of the truck pole and the back of other people's heads.
After finishing our safari we walked to the Asian section where a bird show was just about to begin so we took our seats in the pavilion. It was really good and there was such birds as hawks, vultures, storks, parrots and a bald eagle. Next was a trip through the Maharajah Jungle Trek where we saw a komodo dragon, giant bats and 3 tigers, one of whom rolled over and showed us his tummy. He was just like a kitten; if only we could give it a rub.
After that was a ride on the Kali River Rapids, a trip on a white water river where we both got drenched. There's a huge fake tree in the middle of the park with lots of differet animals carved into its trunk. It looks great. Next up was the big one - Expedition Everest - a big roller coaster. I somehow managed to convince Sarah to come on it with me and I think she enjoyed it despite almost deafening me with her girly screams. It's fast, high and goes forward and backwards through some pitch black tunnels and unexpected drops. Just the sort of fun I like. Not the sort that I like but I had to go on one rollercoaster during the trip. I have now fulfilled my quota.
We then wandered around to DinoLand, a dinosaur themed area of the park and went on the Dinosaur ride. For those who have been to Disneyland in California, this ride is just like Indiana Jones except that it's dinosaur based of course and a whole heap rougher. We were really thrown around a lot so we decided not to go on that one again. Time for one more ride before we left and Sarah agreed to go on the coaster again. I think she really does enjoy them after all and only pretends to be a big nancy most of the time. I'm a nancy and proud of it. It was worse the second time. I think I preferred not knowing what was coming. What was coming after that ride was almost a revisit of breakfast.
We were ever so impressed with this park. It's very authentically done in the way it looks and they really make you feel like you're actually in Africa or Asia ...... or dinosaur country as the case may be.
Late this afternoon we were about to go across the road to play some mini golf when the rain started pouring down so that's been postponed once again. We couldn't really decide what we felt like for dinner this evening so we just took a drive and eventually came across a Thai restaurant the we thought we'd try. The place was really nice and the food was excellent but I suspect it may have been a front for a Thai brothel. When we came out of the restaurant, there was a car parked half in a parking spot and half in the driveway. He was either very drunk when he parked it or someone forgot to put on the brake.
After getting back to our hotel, the games room next to the lobby was deserted so we went in to check it out. There's video games and pinball machines in there and we got lucky in that we found a South Park pinball with a credit in it so we played that. We also found Maximum Force - a shoot the bad guys type thingy, and Galaga the classic from 1981 with credits on them so we played those too. Better than having to pay for them. We must remember to check every night for unused credits.
No tornado alerts tonight, by the way.
Trivia for the day: Television here is strange. No matter how long a movie may be, they manage to fit it into 2 hours. If it's too short they throw in a heap of commercials and if it's too long they just cut out chunks here and there.
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