Animal Kingdom Honeymoon Day 6 :)

On the last day of our honeymoon we were going to tackle Disney's animal Kingdom! I was really excited about going to this park because I love animals! Unfortunately the two of us were incredibly exhausted from the last few days and we ALMOST didn't go to Animal Kingdom. I knew I'd be kicking myself if we didn't go and at the last minute (after a nice late morning) we decided to go! I AM SO GLAD we did! I think Animal Kingdom might have been our favorite park..and that's saying a LOT because we LOVED the other 3 parks!!
The first thing we wanted to see was the Tree of Life. Walking in, we felt like we were in a tropical jungle..and then..THIS emerged!



Totally gorgeous! We actually went inside the tree down under the ground and saw "It's tough to be a bug!" Such a cute 3D show..it even had smells and bugs crawling under your seat..very cute :)
Next we headed over to Asia to ride Mission Everest. The details as usual in Disney were amazing but the town in the Himalayan Mountains was awesome! Mission Everest is now one of my favorite new Disney rides! So many unexpected twists and turns..and the ride itself is soooo long for a roller coaster! Backwards, forwards, darkness..so much fun!



After coming in extremely close contact with the Yeti, we headed over to Kali River Rapids, which was a good thing because it felt like the hottest day yet!



I was seriously getting light-headed. I felt a million times better after getting SOAKED and I DO MEAN SOAKED on the rapids! We then went to watch the Finding Nemo Show! Another Disney MUST SEE! This was one of my favorite shows! I loved the music and the actors and actresses were incredible considering they had to act, dance, sing, and puppeteer all at the same time!
Next, we headed to Dinoland! We rode "Dinosaur" and "prime-evil whirl!" Dinosaur was pretty incredible...a pretty rough ride though, I probably wouldn't take my little children on there due to the roughness and scary factor!
Next, we wanted our chance to tackle the Kilamanjaro Safari! We asked for directions and were told we'd basically have to run because they were shutting everything down for the parade and there would be no way to get there. We literally RAN through the park to make it to the entrance of the Safari ride! We totally lucked out because at the entrance of the ride was where the parade started. We got to stand in the perfect spot where all the characters came out and greeted us for the start of the parade! It also benefited us, due to the fact that no one could make their way to the ride because of the parade, so as soon as it was over we went straight into the ride with no wait and were the first one's on. This is a bonus considering this ride usually has the longest wait time and usually requires fast-pass! We saw so many amazing animals in the safari.





You really felt like you were out in the Savanna! It was totally perfect! We decided to head home shortly after, but first we had to stop and get some of these!



We'd been eyeballing them since our first day in the Magic Kingdom and decided it was time to treat ourselves! They were Oh so yummy! Animal Kingdom is the park that closes the earliest. They close at 5PM daily so the five hours we were there was just enough time to see all the best attractions!
It was bittersweet. We almost cried on our way back to the car because we knew our honeymoon was coming to an end but so happy that we were going to be spending the rest of our lives loving each other and starting our life as husband and wife!

We flew back to Roanoke the following day. My dad picked us up from the airport and took us to a nice dinner. We went back to his house and spent the evening opening our wedding gifts and eating wedding cake! It was wonderful :) I'm so grateful that we had the opportunity to share this honeymoon together, although not relaxing, it was so incredibly fun and we canNOT WAIT to go back to Disney again!! More importantly we are so very in love and are looking forward to the many adventures we have waiting for us!!

Animal Kingdom Stats:

Mickey Sightings: 1
Hidden Mickeys.. blah blah blah
Extinct animal sightings: 2-as well as several species of dinosaur..
Number of almost heat strokes: 1
Number of heat strokes witnessed: 1--we did actually witness this
Contact with the yeti: 1
MPH of Mission Everest: 55
Shows: 1
Parades: 1
Chocolate covered rice Krispy Mickey Mouse Head of Goodness: 2
Pouted lips leaving the park: 2
Hours waiting to get through security at Orlando International Airport: 2
Presents waiting for us when we arrived home: 33
Wedding cake: 2 MUCH!