Animal Kingdom with Trina & Angie Part 2

Continuing with the Kilimanjaro Safaris at The Animal Kingdom, here is an okapi. While resembling a zebra in its striping, the okapi is actually most closely related to a giraffe.

This rodent was NOT seen on safari.

The Pangani Forest Exploration Trail situated near the end of the Kilimanjaro Safari features gorillas, hippos, birds, fish, rodents and reptiles.

Next we took the Wildlife Express Train out to Rafiki's Planet Watch where we kept running into Rafiki. Here he is.

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Here's another happy consumer of an Animal Kingdom hot dog and refreshing Sprite.

Jiminy Cricket croons "When You Wish Upon a Star" as he poses with two humans.

It was 3:00 and time for Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade at Animal Kingdom.

There's Mickey!

Camels can survive a great while on the water contained in their hump.

There's our other Jammin' Jungle guide, Goofy!

Many of the floats in the Jammin' Jungle parade are walked along like this one or ridden along like a bicycle.

There's a big bird...not to be confused with Big Bird.

Here's a purple animal holding a set of drums being played by a human.

Here are three humans known to us and three humans not known to us on their very own Expedition Everest.

Mom, son and daughter take a moment for one last picture together in front of 199.5 foot tall Everest.

If your looking for a brief video of Mickey's Jammin' Jungle Parade, here it is.
For more pictures of our day, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/january/magic-kingdom-with-/ .

To be continued...

Animal Kingdom with Trina & Angie Part 1

Marlon's mom (Angie) and sister (Trina) arrived yesterday from St. Joseph, Missouri for a 10 day visit. We decided the first park we would take them to was Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.

Here's daughter and mother now.

Here are some egrets. Egrets are often also known as herons.

The Tree of Life is the focal point of The Animal Kingdom.

There are over three hundred carved images of animals on the exterior of The Tree of Life. How many can you find?

The 3-D film It's A Bug's Life is shown continuously inside The Tree of Life. If you get a chance to see it, be prepared for a few surprises.

After viewing The Tree of Life and It's A Bug's Life we headed for Dinoland.

While in Dinoland, be sure to ride Dinosaur! Dinosaur! takes you aboard a time traveling land rover to view several different species of dinosaurs. Hang on...it will be a bumpy ride!

We found this mother and daughter hanging around on our way to the Kilimanjaro Safaris. It might be mother and son or perhaps brother and sister.

And this guy was just lounging around.

And these guys were just standing around. Although these unique animals HAVE been taught to write their names in autograph books handed to them by little kids.

The Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction features common African animals such as antelope.

Zebras can usually be found taking in some sun.

It's neat to see all the animals, including this giraffe, roaming around together in the same area. Gee, like a safari!

This bird was holding up our Safari vehicle by slowly strolling in front of us down the road.

While riding the Wildlife Express Train later in the day, we learned that most of the animals, including this rhino, are led back to their cages at the end of every day. A few, such as the alligators and flying birds, are not removed from the attraction every evening.

The Kilimanjaro Safari and the rest of our visit to Animal Kingdom will continue in the following entry.

To be continued...

Pleasure Island

Tonight we decided to visit Walt Disney World's Pleasure Island in Downtown Disney.

Pleasure Island is a nighttime venue featuring several different themed nightclubs.

The first one we visited was Mannequins Dance Palace.

Mannequins hung from the walls and the rafters.

8 Trax is always a fun place with the hits of both the '70s and the '80s.

The Adventurers Club is part-nightclub part-comedy club and will prove to be a unique experience for everyone.

Outside The World of Disney Store, Marlon posed with this family made of Legos.

The Rock 'n Roll Beach Club is the Pleasure Island destination for live music. Unfortunately, it will be closing February 3, 2008 with no future plans for the location announced as of yet.

Here is a very brief video of the interior of Motion. Motion features a rotating dance floor.

BET SoundStage Club is a 2-story club featuring the lastest hip-hop and R&B.

The Comedy Warehouse is an improv club featuring several shows nightly. Along the lines of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, this club is known to have long lines waiting for the show.

To see more of Pleasure Island, go to http://public.fotki.com/Marlonfleenor/1/2008/january/pleasure-island/ .

To be continued...