On Thursday we went to Animal Kingdom. This was set to be our longest and hottest day of the whole week. We had no scheduled break because this park closes at 8pm and we had a dinner reservation in the park at 6pm. We arrived at 8:15 and had to wait on the park to open. Again we watched an opening show to open the park.
Jamie went to get us a fastpass for the Safari ride and the kids and I headed to Dinosaur Land. We rode the Triceratops Spin twice while we waited on him.
When Jamie came we all rode Dinosaur. This was the scariest ride that we rode all week, Jamie and I both were scared. The kids liked it though. After that we went and looked at some animals but it was so hot they were all sleeping.
(This picture was taken on the safari bus with no zoom of a giraffe eating right next to us, it was amazing)
We stopped and had a snack and tried to cool off. It was only 10:30 and we were already dripping wet. After our snack we went to the Nemo Musical Show. Luckily this was a 40 minute show inside an air conditioned building. After the show we had a nice BBQ lunch but we had to sit outside in the heat. After lunch we rode the safari and went to see a few characters with little wait.
We were getting very hot again so we went to the the Lion King, which is air conditioned. This is my favorite show from the whole week. Zachary had to pee right after we had waited in line for 20 minutes just to get into the show and we were determined not to get out of line, so we waited until we had seats and then Jamie left to take him. After that we went to a Pocahontas animal friends show, but it was outside and hot!!
Next we decided to go and ride Expedition Everest, but Zachary was not tall enough and Karson did not want to ride. Andrew and I rode it first, and Jamie went and rode next. At this time it was only 5 and we were ready to eat and go. We decided to try to get into our restaurant early and I was so glad that they were able to seat us immediately. The food was delicious, and we left and went to bed early tonight.
After that we headed over to try and meet the princesses. There is always such a long line to meet them that we were trying to arrive right when they opened. It was great because we only waited like 10 minutes and we got to see Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Belle. 
After we meet all the princesses we rode the Goofy rollercoaster and went to ride Peter Pan again. It was only about 10:30 and the kids were getting hungry so we took a few pictures in front of the castle and Jamie ran over to one of our favorite restaurants from last year to see if we could get in right at 11.
The had one reservation left right at 11 and your whole party had to be there, so the kids and I ran to meet him. We ate at the Plaza Restaurant which is a sandwich and milkshake type of place. While we were eating it came up a huge thunderstorm. I mean pouring down rain and thunder and lightning. The kids were terrified and we were thankful that we were safely inside. I have never seen so many people try and squeeze under a covered walkway in all my life. At one point Karson had to go to the restroom and the only one was outside, and I thought we would never get through all the people seeking shelter under the covered walkway. Anyway lunch was great and by the time we were done it had finished raining and the sun was coming out again. We were headed back to our hotel to swim and wash clothes. When we got outside of the restaurant to find our stroller we realized that it had gotten soaked and wet. We had to pour the water off of it the best we could and head for the bus stop. On our way out we stopped to meet Jimmey Cricket, I had never seen him before at Disney.
After our short rest we rode a boat to Downtown Disney for some shopping and dinner. For dinner we had Earl of Sandwich and it was delicious. While we were shopping in a huge toy store it came up another big thunderstorma and the store got so crowded that you couldn't even move. The boys made light sabers in the store and loved it.
