Sept 25, 2009-Animal Kingdom Hotel/Hollywood Studios Park

We had to pack up our stuff and get checked into the “Animal Kingdom” hotel, so needless to say we had a busy morning. When we got into our room, we had a giraffe roaming through the pasture- it was a very cool site. The rooms were ok and pretty far from the lobby/elevator area, but overall it was a nice stay. We had to go all the way back to Epcot to get our passes, and then jump back on the bus to go to Hollywood Studios. It was another hot day. Since we had so much to do that morning, we really didn’t have but a few hours to hang out at the park. As soon as we got there, we were all pretty hungry, so we went and grabbed some grub at the cafeteria.
We watched another parade before heading to the Ariel show. Next was the Beauty and the Best show- it was basically a musically telling the story. I enjoyed it, but Kelson wasn’t really interested? So after that, Lucy and Mom took the kids to go see the “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” show- they loved it. Keri, Keith, Belle, Jason, and I went to check out the Tower of Terror. I couldn’t believe that Belle was brave enough to do it, but she was all about it. Keri videotaped her during the ride. She liked it, but she was also pretty scared by the end of it. She did very well for a 3 year old. Jason and I were going to ride the Aerosmith ride but the line was way too long and it’s just an ok ride, so we went back to meet up with everyone. The other thing I wanted to check out was the “American Idol Experience” – which we didn’t get to really see- it’s a long process thing, so we didn’t get to see the whole thing, just a couple of acts at the end and I have to say I was impressed at how good they were. If we had a whole day without kids I would have jumped on it, but since that wasn’t the case, maybe some other time. We wanted to check out the Toy Story ride before leaving but the wait was over 45 min and the park was about to close. Kelson (sleeping), Jason, Lucy, and I went to the Narnia attraction before leaving. It was cool- just some parts and props from the movie. It had been a long day, so we headed back to the Animal Kingdom hotel to get rested up for ONE more day at the parks.