Animal Kingdom- Tuesday

Tuesday we headed over to Animal Kingdom.  After our visit to the Magic Kingdom on Monday, we quickly decided it would be best to take the Disney transportation from our resort instead of parking our own cars at the park. 

I loved this tree in the center of the park.  You can't tell as well in the picture, but there are tons of animals carved into the tree.  It was so beautiful. 

This picture was taken right before we went into the "It's not easy being a bug", 3D show.  We will probably never do a 3D show again!  It was cute, and I know Mom enjoyed it, but Meredith had a major panic attack.  I told her to take off the 3D glasses and she did, but she still freaked out.  She was so terrified we finally had to ask the attendant if we could get out of the show.  She led us by flashlight out of the theater and I think Meredith had never been more relieved.

Animal Kingdom was not one of our favorite parks, and some of the rides Meredith couldn't even go on because she wasn't tall enough.  We did find some great characters and got some autographs and pictures.

Tigger was Meredith's favorite.  She kept hugging him over and over again. 

We found the Kali River Rapids, and we all decided we were going to ride it together.  We had to persuade Mom into going with us, but she did decide to join us.  We waited for quite a while to ride it, but it was so worth it.  As we were waiting in line, we were able to see others come by that had been on the ride.  Many of them were drenched, and we started to wonder what we had gotten ourselves into.  Unfortunately, we couldn't get any pictures, because we had to store our items in a covered area on the raft.  I knew after that there was no turning back and we were definitely going to get wet.  It was so much fun, and I loved watching Meredith's eyes get wide and hear her scream.  Of course, I was screaming too!  I think if the line hadn't been so long we would have definitely done that one again. 

After having some lunch at the Flame Tree BBQ, we headed back to the resort for some rest and swimming. 

That night we decided to go to Downtown Disney.  One should always be prepared when taking a 4 year old to Downtown Disney...home of World of Disney, the largest Disney store I have ever seen in my life.  Meredith wanted to buy everything she saw.  We had several gift cards and she spent every bit, plus some on the many things she just had to have.  She had so much fun! 

Meredith wanted to ride the carousel while we were there and talked her Grandaddy into riding with her. 

Not sure who had more fun on the carousel, Meredith or Grandaddy.When we were leaving, Meredith found a statue of Mickey and Donald Duck and just had to have her picture made.