Hollywood Studios and The Animal Kingdom

Our last day in Disney is one to remember! We did two parks starting with the special magic hour at Hollywood Studios. For some reason we chose to do the scariest ride in the park fist to torture the kids! The tower of terror!  In the middle of the ride Luke starts screaming “I hate this ride” over and over! Most of them seriously disliked it but we’re proud the did it. Next up was the Rockin Rollercoaster. It was FAST, smooth, and wild with upside down twirls and Aerosmith jams! The kids LOVEd it!  From there we saw the little Mermaid show, met some star ars storm troopers, and Sophia the first, then the highlight for Savannah was the Beauty and the Beast Musical. She was enthralled and who knew she knew ALL the lyrics!  She says she loves her because she doesn’t have magic she is who she is and loves to read! Of course the fact the Savannah could easily pass as Belle with hr brown hair and eyes doesn’t hurt to make her first place in Savannah’s mind!

Then we visited space with the Star Wars adventure ride! In all honesty it made me quest but Grant loved it as did the kids!  We grabbed a pretzel and a bus and made our way over to The Animal Kingdom!

We made our way to the tree of life for the bug’s life 3-d show which led you to believe critters were under your bum! This os one of my favorite shows for sensory experience.  We waited for the Dinosaur ride which was realistically scary for some of our littlest people in our group.  We came off the ride and found another thunderstorm found its way over Disney. This one stayed for a few hours and tried our patience the most but since it was our last day I really wanted Luke to see the animals! We got lucky enough to see the final Lion King Show of the day! It was spectacular! Acrobats and sing along songs, fire twirling, complete with Simba, Puma, Timon, and an elephant and giraffe! It was a memory maker show to remember for years to come!

We left there ate pizza and let the last of the storm pass and aroun 8pm we hopped on the Kilamanjaro Safari trek. All the animals were up and moving and playing in the cool weather about dusk. This open jeep ride let us see giraffes walking back and forth across the road, baby elephant playing, Nile crocodiles, hippos, antelopes, lions, ostrich eggs, pelicans, and a whole bunch more! It really was the perfect safari trip which was one of the highlights of the day!

The last Disney memory of our trip was something I have never seen before. The River of Life Light Show. We sat right by the lake and watched these lotus flowers floats, light up animal floats, and ships with dancers on them. The lotus flowers use fountains and lasers to shine and animal show on a water curtain made by water canons. It was amazing!

Disney was amazing!! We are so thankful for G and Bebe for this incredible vacation! So many great memories made with the people we love! Jack and Sophia were “best cousins” and ride partners the whole trip. Avery and Savannah made a great pairing with lots of great adventures. G was a trooper to hang with all these energetic kids for gheee days! Luke favorite memory is still the people mover he rode with G!  Bebe knew just about the same amount of Harry Potter knowledge as Avery and had a blast seeing it come to life.  Disney is where dreams come true but it’s not if you don’t experience with those you love!

The kids were sound asleep on the bus trip to the hotel. After a little sleep we packed up and headed for the beach! Ready to hunt crabs tonight!


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