We left for Animal Kingdom this morning early as it was open before the rest of the parks. We really enjoy going to this park, but it definitely is only a half day experience for us. Besides our favorite rides - Dinosaur, Expedition Everest, A Bug's Life, and Kilimanjaro Safaris we decided to give Festival of the Lion King a try. We had not seen it in several years as they changed the venue and just reopened it. It was as good as we remembered and left us ready for our last adventure - Kali River Rapid Ride. For the first time in forever I joined in the fun. Meg kept telling me that whoever sits with Cameron will get soaked. I claimed that I wouldn't be the one and agreed to sit beside him. I would love to say that Meg was wrong, but she was absolutely correct. As the first drop started it looked like we would be in the clear, but a quick turn and we went down backwards and took the brunt of the wall of water that hit our boat. We rode back to the Boardwalk soaked, but full of some great stories.
We stopped by the Innkeepers Club for snacks after we changed and then headed to EPCOT. We have found that touring the countries for lunch is the best time to be there as the crowds are a lot smaller. Once again we all found some delicious food to try although we skipped the Mexico ride this time as the line for that was the longest I have ever seen. After lunch we wanted to rest at the hotel before our big adventure of the night. Meg and Cam used the time to swim at the Luna Pool. It is not as big as Storm-A-Long Bay, but it is a very nice pool and they enjoy the clown slide.
Tonight we had tickets for the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. It had been at least ten years since we have attended. Cam wore his Obi-Wan-Kenobi outfit and we were impressed with how many people young and old were dressed in their favorite Disney or Star Wars characters. We rode several of our favorite rides while we were there, but for the most part we focused on the Halloween events. We were able to trick or treat all over the park and eventually stopped as our bags were full. The Halloween show was a bit hit of the evening. It starred the women of Hocus Pocus and at first we weren't sure if we would like it, but once the Shadowman arrived we all knew it would be a great night. Brett's favorite character, Oogie Boogie was the next to arrive and started off a list of villains that we all liked.
Once the show was over we made way to the parade. Once again it was a wonderful event albeit a little slow moving. The villains were a bit part of the parade as well as many other Disney characters. I talked everyone into going to the Haunted Mansion after the parade. It was as creepy as ever and afterward we took a family picture complete with ghosts.
As we walked through the park we ran into a long line for Sally and Jack Skeleton. Cam didn't want to wait to meet them, but Brett did. We knew it would be about an hour, so we split up and Cam and Meg rode Goofy's Barnstormer before we went on a one way treat trail to Tomorrowland. They rode Space Mountain and then met Buzz Lightyear. Cam was excited to get another signature on his hat. From there we met back up with Brett. He was thrilled to have met two of his favorite characters. Meg and Brett split up from us and went to Big Thunder Mountain. Cam then had his best character experience of the night. He got to meet Cruella deVille. She was my favorite of the evening as she was funny, flamboyant and larger than life. Cam had a great time with her as well.
We met backup with Meg and Brett in Adventureland. Before the night was over we also had pictures with the Genie and Jasmine. The Genie is supposed to be one of the hardest characters in Disney to find. We walked through the shops on the way out thrilled with our experiences of the night and happy that we made the decision to return to the party.
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