Tales of Hearthwood: {a family vacation...disney world, day 1}

Walt Disney World

Tuesday morning we ate breakfast at our hotel and then hurried to get to the Animal Kingdom right when it opened. I really liked this area of the park. It was not as busy as I had imagined and it was really beautiful. We walked through some cool jungle paths and saw a HUGE tree that they carved animals in. Henry and I went on a water log ride that he absolutely loved! His favorite part was going down the waterfall. It ended up being his favorite ride overall. I think he is really going to like water rides like his mama. We then all went together on safari ride. We rode on a big all terrain truck and saw lots of really cool animals. Some of them were really close to our truck. We saw a cheetah on the prowl which hardly ever happens. The driver said we should probably not stop all the way. Both kids really enjoyed this. After the safari ride we went to The Festival of the Lion...I think:)...anyway it was fabulous! The kids did not move a muscle and their eyes were so big! It had all the characters of The Lion King and was full of cool dancers and singers and huge stage props, flying acrobats and more!:) The kids got to choose a treat after the show and they were so excited to pick out Mickey Mouse ice cream bars. We then decided to head back to the hotel for a nap. We thought maybe Henry would fall asleep, but he did not. We knew Eliza would take a nap, but she did not! At least they had some rest time and were out of the hot sun.

Henry wanted to take a picture of this huge leaf.

seriously...two peas in a pod.

Big Ostrich eggs.

Our truck...and Henry Boy.

Eliza was very excited to wear one of her favorite shirts today. We did wash at night and she ended up choosing it the next day too.

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In the afternoon we went to The Magic Kingdom.

I have to say I have a bit of a love hate relationship with this place. It was sooo busy and sooo hot and overwhelming to try and figure out where everything was and where the fast passes were and how to time it just right so we did not have to wait in line and not have too much time just killing time before the next ride. We had planned to stay for the parade and fireworks, but neither child napped and they were so done by dinner time. We just called it a day and went back to our hotel. The next day we would start in the morning and I was hoping that would be better and that we could figure things out a bit better!