It was a very hot Florida day when we visited Animal Kingdom. We weren't quite sure what to expect from this park but it was very big and we had to come back several times to be able to see everything. The big tree in the centre of the park is called the "Tree of Life" and has dozens of animals carved into it. This park also had an area called "Pandora" which is the planet from the movie Avatar.
Check out the video below for some of the sights we saw. Stay tuned till the end where there is footage of Mum and Emma going on the 'Expedition Everest' rollercoaster! (Click here if you can't see the video)
Below are some of the photos from Pandora. If you haven't seen Avatar, Pandora is an alien planet with lots of weird plants, animals and floating islands.
Before we start, there's one thing I need to fix up. There was a very special photo that unfortunately did not make it into the photobook, so here it is!
Now on with the rest of the blog...
We're back to Magic Kingdom again! Because this park is so big we had to spend several days there. This time we were there for our very hard to get dining reservations at Be Our Guest restaurant which is located within the Beast's castle. We also went on a few more rides and saw the spectacular daily fireworks show (although we had to stand in the rain!)
Here's the video of some more of our time at the park (click here if you can't see it):
In between our park visits we decided on a change of pace with a special breakfast and some shopping. This video sums up the day (click here if you can't see video)
We started the day with a character breakfast at Disney's Polynesian Resort. This was a special breakfast where many of the Disney characters come around to visit you while you eat!
After a big breakfast our first stop was at the Orlando International Premium Outlets. We all found some good bargains. Jack even managed to find a Toys R Us to explore.
After the outlet mall we decided to visit Disney Springs for a look around and something to eat. Disney Springs is considered the shopping district of Disney World and there were a lot of things to see.
We ate some good American food.
We visited the Coca Cola shop. Who would've thought they could fill a 3 storey store full of Coca Cola products? We also went to the rooftop to try the tasting boards full of soft drinks from all over the world.
Disney Springs also had its own huge Lego shop (yes that dragon is Lego!) and we did a little bit more shopping before heading back to the resort.
We returned to the Magic Kingdom for a special halloween party. With treat stations setup all over the park, we did our best to bring in a big haul of lollies. Tim and Emma ventured all over the park until midnight! We also saw the special 'Boo to You' parade and the halloween fireworks. Here's the video of the night (click here if you can't see the video) And here are the photos!
After all that trick-or-treating this is how much candy we got!
After accidently sleeping in and being woken by room service, we hopped onto a Disney bus to visit the Magic Kingdom.
This is one of the most popular parks in the USA and it showed - there were a lot of people! Luckily we had fast passes booked and got to go on several rides including the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. You can see that a lot of the park is decorated for halloween, even the Mickey heads are pumpkins.
We visited this park several times so stay tuned for more!
Here is a video of some of what we saw (if you can't see the video click here).
Some photos of our time at the park. Fortunately there are Disney photographers all over the park so there was always an opportunity for all of us to be in photos!
