Last Day at Disney

Today was our last day at Disney and we made the most of it.  The boys were at Animal Kingdom well before the 7:30 early morning hours started.  By the time Doug and I packed our room, took the luggage to bell services and met them at the park, Brett and Cameron had already ridden Avatar, Expedition Everest (twice) and dinosaur.  We were impressed and were thankful that they waited to ride the safari ride with us.  Since we rode it in the morning the animals were extremely active which made for some awesome pictures.  We also enjoyed the aviary on the Gorilla Falls trail.

After the rides we took in three shows.  The first was Flights of Wonder, a bird show, that Doug and I had watched on our last trip.  The boys liked it as much as we did.  The next was a new show to Animal Kingdom, Kite Tails.  It had gotten a lot of attention on Tik Tok and I really wanted to see it.  There were no kite crashes today, but it was definitely worth experiencing.  The boys really liked it and Doug found it "interesting."  I was just glad to get it on video for Meg.  Nothing beats a high flying King Louie.  The last show of the morning was "It's Tough to be a Bug."  Cameron had missed it on his last trip in 2020 as he had to leave early due to a cancelled/rescheduled flight home.  It was as fun as he remembered and we were glad to have watched it with him.

We mobile ordered lunch from Harambe marketplace and enjoyed the different dishes we tried.  Our last stop of the trip was a ride on the Na'vi River Journey.  Cameron and I both really wanted to ride it and for awhile it looked like we would have to save it for another Disney trip.  Park goers using the new paid  Lightening Lanes made the standby line twice as long as usual.  The cast member in charge of the queues was only letting in one group from our line for each fifty people in the new fast pass replacement line.  Thankfully, someone else took over and we got on a little over an hour after we had joined the line giving us plenty of time to get back to Saratoga Springs to catch our Magical Express.

Our time in the Orlando airport and flight home all went very well.  I watched Ratatouille, Brett read, Cameron finished the Power and the Glory for Michael's class and Doug slept.  We still had a two and a half hour drive home once we arrived, but it wasn't too bad especially since we saved over $500 each by flying in and out of Cincinnati instead of Indianapolis.  Meg waited up for Cameron, which we appreciated.  No one stayed up late, but at least long enough to unpack the Pilot and grab a snack before heading to bed.