Our first day at Disney!!

We decided to get there at rope drop in hopes of riding Pandora…when the park opened it had a 120 minute wait so we just decided not to. Instead we headed to the safari!

There were lots of animals out roaming it was so neat. When we returned and rode it later in the day not as many animals were out. It had gotten very hot then and I’m sure they were in the shade sleeping.

Next stop Starbucks! We could not go without fuel!

So yummy!!

Next up, Everest! Ryanna, Alan and my aunt talked me into doing…Bree stayed off with Uncle Craig and rode the Kavi Rapids!

I was terrified, but I did it, twice!!! The ride had been closed in the early morning and when it reopened we were nearby so we had a minimal wait, then we rode again with our fast pass, then the brave ones rode a third time with the other fast passes we weren’t using. This was Ryanna’s favorite ride.

After this we roamed the park riding everything but the two Pandora rides.

We switched out our shoes halfway through the day hoping to save them a little for the next few days. Everyone was so thankful for the switch out! Shout out to our friends the Bowmans who told us this tip!

Such a fun day! Even though the park was packed we rode everything we wanted to, some more than once and barely waited in lines. I’m so thankful to friends who helped me plan, hopefully the rest of the trip continues like this!

My end of day treat! 18,000 steps and 7.5 miles!

Our photographer said Animal Kingdom is the biggest of all the parks, in fact every Disney park in the world supposedly could fit inside of it! That’s a lot of walking!

Hakuna Matata!