Our Walt Disney Adventure - Day 4 Animal Kingdom

When I was a small child my family took me to Disney World and we were able to see Magic Kingdom and Epcot.  I'm not sure they had Animal Kingdom at that time so this was a first experience for me as well as my husband and our kids.  This park was absolutely spectacular.  We started by a long walk from the entrance to the safari.  We jumped into a truck and took a safari tour to see many live animals.  It was so cool to see.  The kids seemed to really enjoy it.

I had heard so much about the tree at Animal Kingdom, which is equivalent to the castle at Magic Kingdom or the ball in Epcot.  When I told my husband about the tree and how we needed to take some pictures in front of it he thought I was crazy.  "A tree?"  Then he saw what I was talking about.

If you see the tree up close you'll notice a ton of animals carved throughout.  So beautiful.

 Then we walked around and took in the sights.  We saw more live animals and even found a play area for the kids.

And monkeys that were walking right above our heads.

We had a lunch reservation at The Tusker House.  It was a buffet style meal and the food was delicious.  My husband seemed to enjoy the food the most.  It was also a character meal so we were able to see Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy and Mickey Mouse.

The Tusker House had the most delicious coffee.  I drink coffee but I'm not much for the taste.  This coffee, however, was amazing.  I wanted so badly to just sit there forever and drink it.  But unfortunately I couldn't.

We had a fast pass for the dinosaur ride, which was so cool.  We rode around in a jeep and these animatronic dinosaurs  looked like they were going to jump at us.  It was scary but fun.

We also had a fast pass for Flight of Avatar ride and that was absolutely amazing.  This ride was the last we went on and the best way to end our trip.  It was located in a beautiful place called Pandora.  The scenery and the ride was based off of the movie Avatar.  The ride was a 3d virtual reality ride which made us feel like we were flying around on the back of a dragon.  It started off rough and scary but then suddenly it was absolutely breathtaking.  This ride took away all of my stress and made me feel so relaxed.  I recommend this ride to everyone.  I would even stand in line for 3 hours to ride it again if I could.

Oh, and the weather that day was hot and beautiful.  We were finally able to wear shorts! 

We left Animal Kingdom early that evening and ate dinner at the hotel and my husband watched the kids finally have a chance to swim in the pool while I went to the room to pack up everything.