{"id":13550,"date":"2011-01-11T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T23:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momstraveltales.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2014-08-26T20:11:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T01:11:52","slug":"seeing-at-all-at-disneys-animal-kingdom-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/seeing-at-all-at-disneys-animal-kingdom-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing at all at Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s539.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff360\/Momstoolbox\/?action=view&amp;current=56512c7f.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/56512c7f.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photobucket\" width=\"367\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day before Thanksgiving, our family visited <a href=\"http:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/parks\/animal-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom Park<\/a>, along with what felt like millions of our new &#8216;closest&#8217; friends. Like so many others, our kids were out of school that week.<\/p>\n<p>We wanted to maximize our time and get ahead of the crowds as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>I chatted about the trip with <a href=\"http:\/\/samicone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sami Cone<\/a> a month before at the <a href=\"http:\/\/therelevantconference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Relevant Conference<\/a> and she suggested 4 must-see attractions and how I should fit them in:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go to Kilamanjaro Safaris and either ride it then or get a Fast Pass.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watch the Festival of the Lion King show.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Go to Expedition Everest and either ride it then or get a Fast Pass.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Watch the Finding Nemo- The Musical.<\/p>\n<p>We followed her advice, made a few minor adjustments and really had a blast.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of our adventure, we experienced the Kilamanjaro Safaris with no wait, enjoyed a high energy performance of the Festival of the Lion King, shot through Expedition Everest, got totally soaked on Kali River Rapids, ate lunch at Yak &amp; Yeti, loved Finding Nemo- The Musical, explored The Boneyard, a fantastic playground with best sand pit we&#8217;ve ever seen (no sticky sand!!), were amazed by birds in Flights of Wonder, waved to some of our favorite characters Mickey&#8217;s Jungle Jungle Parade, took the Wildlife Express Train to visit Affection Section (a petting zoo) and Conservation Station (and bumped into some neighbors from home!!) enjoyed a barbecue dinner, pretended to be bugs while watching &#8220;It&#8217;s Tough to be a Bug,&#8221; twirled through Primeval Whirl, played carnival-style games and rode TriceraTop Spin\u00a0 in Dino-Land, and conquered Expedition Everest one more time (this time in the dark!!) before making our way &#8216;home&#8217; for the night.<\/p>\n<p>We had a little extra time in the park due to Extra Magic Hours just for resort guests, but that didn&#8217;t kick in until after dinner. Even without the extra time, we still got to see even more than was on our must-see list.<\/p>\n<p>How did we do it? Check back tomorrow for our tips on fitting in the best of a day at the Disney parks. My tips will help you get the most out of any Disney Park, especially during the busier times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day before Thanksgiving, our family visited Disney&#8217;s Animal Kingdom Park, along with what felt like millions of our new &#8216;closest&#8217; friends. Like so many others, our kids were out of school that week. We wanted to maximize our time and get ahead of the crowds as much as possible. I chatted about the trip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[659,477],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-world","category-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13860,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions\/13860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}