Animal Kingdom - 17th Jan

Today we got up super early (like 8am - I know not really early but we didn't get to bed until about 2:30am) because we were excited becauseeeeeee...... today we were going to our first park at Disney World - Animal Kingdom! Now personally I would have loved to have gone to Magic Kingdom however here in America it is Mutrin Luther King Public holiday long weekend so it would have been so busy today! So we decided to go to the next best thing! And we are so glad we di - it was a fantastic day! 

After a few bus rides we were finally up and out at Animal Kingdom all 'bright eyed and bushy tailed', as they say! By the time we got into the park it was about 12pm - so naturally it was lunch time! Haha. I got a sandwich and it either came with a packet of chips or a packet of carrots. Because I was trying to be healthy I went with the carrots as 

After lunch we went on a ride in Dinoland and then WE GOT TO MEET PLUTO AND GOOFY!! It was my first time meeting a character and I could not have been more thrilled! 

Me, Laura and Hannah (my Roomates!)

It was the greatest - we all had a blast! And then after that we waited in line for Expedition Everest!

Yep thats right - Disney has re-created Mt. Everest and when your waiting in line it feels like you're actually in Nepal. It is great, Disney knows how to make even a boring wait time interesting! Considering its one of the biggest rides at AK we only had to wait about half an hour! We absolutely loved it and had a ball so we jumped back into a single rider line (for about 10 minutes) and rode it separately again! 

After Everest we wanted to ride the River Rapids not thinking  anything of it until we were on the ride. YOU ACTUALLY GET DRENCHED! We were all in jeans and jumpers and we got so wet it was hilarious! 

Probably the next most exciting thing for me that day was the fact that I bought Animal Kingdom Mickey Ears!!

I love them so much! I bought them so that every time I go back to Animal Kingdom (will definitely be a regular occurrence as I loved it!) I can wear my Giraffe Ears! Yippee!

When we got home we all made dinner and for the first time since arriving here in the U.S I was able to Skype my family! It was a great way to end a great day at Animal Kingdom!