Abigail – Breakfast was great. Goofy was the best ’cause at the next table he drew on each page. I got a unicorn painted on my face and we rode on the animal ride and saw lots of animals. I took pictures of giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, cows with big horns, and elephants. I didn’t take pictures of the zebras or lions. Then we did dinosaur park, and we played a game. Mom and Dad weren’t very good at it. When I played the ball throwing game with Grams, I wasn’t very good but on my last throw in this game I got it in yellow and won a jumbo purple turtle.
At night we did the parade and I saw all the characters and my favorite was Ariel. I got hit by fireworks and got to stay up late. I rode the Dumbo and got to steer. I danced with Dad in line, and it was fun. At the end we went to the music show, and it was funny when the water squirted us. I thought that the guitar would come over and hit me, but it was 3-D. That was about it.
Jon – Today started early as we had breakfast reservations at 8:30 AM. We took the bus to Animal Kingdom and got there at about 8. We headed back to Dinosaur land and the restaurant. While we were waiting, we met a nice couple that were on their honeymoon. Abigail had a very nice conversation with them and then we were called in for breakfast. They had it arranged so that a group of about 20 would go in, get seated and grab food and then the characters would arrive and visit each table. When the characters were done so were the first group and the next group was seated in a different part of the restaurant and eating. We saw Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, and Donald.
After breakfast we headed up to the Safari ride and got a Fastpass ticket. Fastpass is something that only guests of a Disney resort can get, and it basically puts you at the head of the line with no waiting. It was very cool. While we were waiting for the Safari, we went to a shop with African artifacts and merchandise and looked at some very neat stuff.
Outside of the shop was a face painter and Abigail got her face painted with a unicorn. She was so excited, and it looked really cool. There was also a vendor selling cameras who traded a pin with Abigail and sold Abigail her camera for the Safari. Across the street was a very strange tree with large hanging seed pods. I got a very nice picture of it. I also bought my first pins a few steps from the strange tree. We then headed up to the Safari and waited about five minutes before going on the ride. It was awesome and we saw very cool animals. Abigail got some nice pictures of the animals, and I got a very nice picture of a giraffe.
After the Safari we headed over to Dinosaur land. There were some carnival games and Abigail wanted to play. We tried the Woolly Mammoth race and lost, then we tried the Whack-A-Dinosaur and lost, and finally we did the ball toss. Kathy and I missed but on her last throw Abigail won a giant turtle. After letting Abigail play in the Boneyard, we headed to the front of the park to get some autographs. We started with Stitch and Lilo. While in line we met a nice family from Chicago and Abigail played with one of the little girls. From there it was over to Chip and Dale, where we saw the family from Chicago again. After that we headed into Camp Minnie and Mickey but didn’t see anything we wanted to do. We stopped at the Rainforest Cafe for lunch and then headed to the lodge for a rest.
After our rest it was time to head to the Magic Kingdom and Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. We grabbed something to eat and got our hot chocolate and cookie before finding our spot for the parade. Abigail really liked the parade and afterward we watched the fireworks next to the castle and in the fallout zone. We got hit with some debris and took a piece for the scrapbook. Following the fireworks we went to Fantasyland and rode Dumbo and Mickey’s Philharmagic. Abigail and I really enjoyed this one. It was a 3-D show and it really felt like things were right in front of your face. After the Philharmagic we headed back to the room.
