Day 4 - January 26th 2010

Again we woke up on our own, no alarm which is magical all by itself. We got ready to go and we knew today was going to be cooler and most of Animal Kingdom is shaded so we wore jeans and sweatshirts. We headed to Animal Kingdom; the bus stop was empty and only a few people on the AK bus. Every bus we got on we had a seat and it was not crowded at all. Love Caribbean Beach!

First characters of the day were off to the side of the enterance:
Brer Bear & Brer Rabbit

We headed straight to the back of the park to get on Expedition Everest. We love this coaster; it is such a huge thrill. When we were in line we seen the kids that my mom babysits for, we knew that they were coming to Disney the same time we were but I did not know what their schedule was it was a huge surprise to see them. After we got off the ride we waited to see how the kids liked it and the youngest said it was not good. I did forget to mention that there was no line for Everest at all. We just walked right on so we thought since this was now wait that we would head to Dinosaur and hopefully it would be the same way. It was!! When I rode this ride the last time, I screamed so loud at the last dinosaur so I planned to keep quiet this time and I remembered that once I seen the flash (from the picture they take during the ride) I would be in the clear. I seen the flash and took a deep breath and then there he was – the huge conatouraus at the end of the ride and again I SCREAMED…Kirk just kept teasing me.

Nemo the Musical was starting soon so we headed in that direction and we sat real close to the stage. It’s not the best place to sit. It’s better to sit above the main entrance because you can see all the action. It is still an awesome show, very Broadway style.

We ate lunch at the Restaurantsaurs (not sure it is spelled right). We had some very messy burgers. They were very good too. We decided to do a little character hunting and it was to our advantage. We had seen these characters:

Devine

Miss Bunny – Thumpers Girlfriend from Bambi

Flik from Bugs Life

Terk from Tarzan

Baloo & King Louie from Jungle Book


Then we walked over to the Flights of Wonder show. I have always skipped this because I was under the impression it was boring. Boy was I wrong. This was a first for both of us and it was amazing. The birds came out of the building and flew right over our heads. The bald eagle was breathtaking. Kirk said his favorite was the eagle also.

We were close to Kilimanjaro Safari so we again – WALKED RIGHT ON. We have ridden this dozens of times and it is never the same. This time an Ostrich was walking down the center of the road and would not move so we just followed it, very slowly. Finally it stepped off the path and then we encountered a White Rhino in our path. They stopped the truck and just waited for it to move and it turned around and walked very close to the truck, honestly I was a little nervous that it might charge us. Unfortunately, my camera battery died so I have nothing...

Pangani Forest Trail was next, and I was bumming about my camera battery but I figured – I have taken tons of photos while walking this trail before so no big deal , right? Wrong! We walked to the Hippo viewing area and a hippo swam right in front of the glass and was doing belly rolls. Like it was showing off. Very awesome to see, they are so weightless in the water. The Gorillas were very active and very close too. It was bumming.
We walked back towards the Tree of Life and got our pictures with a photopass photographer.

The It’s Tough to Be a Bug show was our next stop. I have always loved this show, I do know enough not to let myself get stung in the back but I still love all the other interaction.

We figured we would catch the parade before our dining reservation at Rainforest Café and we picked a spot. Well, it was not a good spot – it was at the end of the parade route and we realized that if we waited for the parade we would miss our reservation so we walked up to Rainforest Café.

We love Rainforest because it is not as accessible at home, we would have to drive about 3 hours to get to one so we always eat here. Kirk got steak and I got coconut shrimp. We have both ate these before so we knew that it would be great and it was. But towards the end of my meal I felt really weird. My face was on fire and I felt clammy. I went to the bathroom because I thought I might get sick but I started to feel faint and like I could not breathe. I came out and I seen a waitress so I told her that I was not feeling well. I thought it was an allergic reaction to something I ate. They called the paramedics and grabbed my husband from the table. I had dipped my shrimp in a mango sauce so I was thinking it could have been that. The paramedics took my blood pressure and it was very high and they wanted to put me on an IV of Benadryl and take me to the ER but I did not want to go to the ER – I was on vacation. The only other option was to get me some Benadryl from the hotel store and see how I felt. I said I would do that. I felt extremely sick going to the bus but they took me to Caribbean Beach first thing (the park was closed so only a couple of buses were out front). Kirk went to get me Benadryl and I lay down. I took the meds and went to sleep.