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A car parked in the Disney Animal Kingdom parking lot
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Char sports her ear piece to listen to the instructor during the Disney YES (Youth Education Series) class
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Sarah has her ear piece on and is ready to learn at Disney
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The girls with their 'scorpion' group
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Lots of people lined up and ready to get into Animal Kingdom as it opens
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The girls observe some animals during the YES program at Disney's Animal Kingdom
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The girls listen to their teacher during their class
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Some nice scenery at Animal Kingdom
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A Komodo Dragon - we learned their saliva is poisonous
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A path through Animal Kingdom
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A few bats hanging upside down
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A tiger walks up to us at Animal Kingdom
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We learned that tigers poop in the water to avoid human detection
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Luckily their was glass between us and this nice tiger
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The class watching the tiger
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There were lots on interesting trees and plants in the park
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Walking through Animal Kingdom with the group
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The signature icon of Animal Kingdom - 'The Tree of Life'
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The girl walk during the 3 hour morning class
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Sarah gets to babysit 'C.C.' - the kids all took turns
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A sign we passed right after I gave Char a banana from our bag!
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A rhino we saw on the safari
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Seven hippos in the water - they sleep during the day and
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Some giraffes say hello on our safari ride
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There were a lot of elephants we spotted on the safari
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Another elephant we saw along the way
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A baby elephant with its mother
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Some pink flamingos spotted along the way
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A pretty waterfall we saw in the park
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Dad went with the girls for the early morning class
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The girls listen during the Animal Kingdom class
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Char during the end of the YES session at Disney
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'Pick me - Pick me!'
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Char pays attention during the end of the YES session at Disney
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Sept 25, 2012 - girls outside Animal Kingdom - ready to go get Mom and Alex
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Alex is ready to go to Disney!
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The kids enjoy some lunch before we headed to Animal Kingdom as a family
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Alex watches 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse' with his Mickey ears on
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Mom surprised the girls with these shirts when we got back from the morning class
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Alex's first time on his favorite ride, the tram (aka Trolley) took us from the parking lot to the main entrance
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Mom and Sarah sit back and enjoy the ride into Animal Kingdom
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The kids ready to go into Animal Kingdom (the 2nd time in the same day for the girls)
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Some pretty flowers inside the park
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One of many 'stroller parking lots' inside the park
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The Lion King show was a great time
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Everyone but Alex enjoyed the show (it was too loud for him)
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Some monkeys doing stunts during the Lion King show
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The show had lots of elaborate costumes and colorful characters
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The Lion King show at Disney's Animal Kingdom
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The singing was very good at the Lion King show
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Mom with the kids leaving the Africa part of Animal Kingdom
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Enjoying some special ice cream during a rest on a hot Florida Sept day
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Dad and Alex on a break at Animal Kingdom
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Good times at Disney
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Alex was happy with frozen lemonade since he can't have ice cream
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The start of an afternoon parade at Animal Kingdom
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Alex watches the parade with Mommy
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Mickey on a float during the parade at Animal Kingdom
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Another part of the parade
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Goofy during the parade
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One of many colorful and interesting parts of the parade
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Alex and Dad watch the parade
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Donald Duck in the parade at Animal Kingdom
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The wildlife reserve part of Animal Kingdom
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Mom and Alex join us on the safari ride
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A hippo going into the water
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Notice there is a giraffe under that tree in the distance
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The landscape on the reserve was very picturesque
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A number of giraffes eating
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An elephant on the reserve
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We had a great view of an elephant from our safari
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Forgot what animal this was but it came very close to our vehicle!
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His horns are still visible in the tall grass
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We got pretty close to some of the animals on our ride
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Mom looks out during the safari
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A number of elephants on the reserve
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Animals with some interesting horns
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A warthog!
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ostrich eggs they pointed out along the way
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The signature icon of Animal Kindgom - 'The Tree of Life'
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Our family in front of the 'The Tree of Life'
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A sign within the park
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We head to Dinoland, U.S.A within Animal Kingdom
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The kids are headed to Dinoland!
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Alex and Andy rode this ride a number of times
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A ride that Mom and the girls rode - Alex was too short
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Animal Kindom closed and we were on our way to the car
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We ate at the exotic restaurant called 'Outback' for dinner
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Mom and Sarah at dinner - Tues, Sept 25th
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Umm,,, I think something is wrong with the sign here...
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