Roar!

Wow, it has been a while.  Life gets so out of hand sometimes.  I will do a few posts.  First up is Sam's (and Zoey's) first Disney experience.  Good friends from Atlanta came down to do a few days at Disney and a cruise.  We tagged along on their wild adventure.  I had not been to animal kingdom in years, before everest even, and Nick had never been.  Their kids were getting over stuff, so we got to the park a bit before they did.  We took advantage of the FL resident 3-day passes that do not expire for 180 days.  We will do Magic Kingdom and Epcot soon.  I think Magic Kingdom between Thanksgiving and Christmas when it is decorated but not too crowded.

First up was getting her first visit button!

Then a rush back to the safari ride to see the animals when they are first out.  There was a baby elephant!

A friendly giraffe.

 Neat hippo shot.

And since I had the baby, Nick ran the camera.  A rare shot of me.

Then we met up with our friends and their friends and the moms rode Everest while the guys took the kids to the dino area.  Sam did not ride the kiddie with the others, so she, Zoey and I rode when we met up.

Then we saw the Finding Nemo show, which was a musical version of the movie with people and puppets.  Sam loved it, Nick and Zoey had to leave so she could nap in peace.  We brought out lunch, which was a great move and I was able to give out snacks while the dads were buying lunch.  We did some touring of animal areas and then saw the Lion King show, which was amazing.  It was Lion King meets Cirque du Soleil.  Nick and Zoey missed it as well for nap time.  Sam and Izzy played some in the dino area, but they did not look at the camera.

Here are just some cute shots!

Say roar!

They walked around holding hands.

We saw the parade.  This time Nick saw it and I stayed in the shade with Zoey.

High 5 from Chip.

After that we went through more animal areas and rode the safari again.  We hit the gift shop and then waited a long time to eat at Rainforest Cafe at AK to avoid the logistics of getting anywhere else.  Poor Sam fell backwards in her chair when the waiter moved, not sure what happened, maybe he leaned on her chair.  But she was fine and he gave her a witch figurine, which really made her feel better.  It was a super fin and super packed day.  Both kids fell asleep when we started driving and Sam was so tired that when I out her down to take off my shoes, she laid on the tile and went back to sleep.  Thanks Sally for including us!