We got up late and hung out by the pool for a few hours this morning until getting ready and out the door by noon to head off to Disney Animal Kingdom. Something we could all goto rather than separating and going in different directions. Also we only had 1 car.

The weather held out for us today and we were able to get to Animal Kingdom by 1.

Jake seemed like he wanted to stop at every booth and store to buy something and it was kind of tough to get him to look at any animals until we saw his first “giant creepy lizard” (Iguana).

I got super excited cause we stopped in Africa and saw this huge tank of African and Jack Dempsey cichlids. Very cool to see what they look like fully grown and in a huge tank. Then we saw this huge hippo in the water and Grandma was so excited. It was her first hippo sighting of the day. The thing was huge and Jake wanted once cause he said it was soooo cute.

We the grabbed and fast pass and headed over to the safari. I’ve been to Animal Kingdom a few times but never managed to get on this because it’s always been too much of a wait. Gotta love Fast pass.

One of the highlights of the day was seeing the Gorillas. We’ve seen them in a few parks but it’s just amazing seeing them up close and their so close to humans in their mannerisms.

We wrapped up the day after 6+ hours going to the Rain Forrest Cafe. It was much bigger than the one we usually go to in Burlington MA. Dino nuggets for Jake today. We drove home exhausted and releived that we got in at least one park this week.