Day 63 - March 15, 2009

First day at the parks!! Woohoo! So we woke up the next morning and realized Leah and Pierre were still asleep. Turns out, the never got off of central time haha. We woke them up and we all ate breakfast and packed our sandwiches for the day. We went to Animal Kingdom first and immediately got fastpasses for Everest. Then we went and watched the 3d show It's Tough to be a Bug which everyone thouroughly enjoyed. After the show we went to ride Roxy's safari! We got thru the line quickly, ate our sandwiches, then waited for Roxy's truck to arrive. We saw so many animals that day. Hippos, bongos, giraffes, cheetas, flamingos, ocapi cattle, rhinos of 2 varieties, lots of elephants! It was alot of fun! After the safari we went and looked at the gorillias and saw them fighting!! It was really scarry but cool at the same time! They were running and grunting and it was amazing. Next we went on Kali River Rapids where Leah and Pierre were absolutely soaked. It was funny how wet they got. To dry off, we went on Expedition Everest which everyone enjoyed. We all had alot of fun. After all that we went and watched the Festival of the Lion King! It was cool, but a little long. After doing all that at Animal Kingdom, which was alot!, we headed to Hollywood Studios. It just so happened that my roommate Courtney was standing outside of Tower of Terror and gave us fast passes to Rock'n'rollercoaster! So we rode that and everyone said it was their favorite ride! Next we went over to Tower, but Courtney went on a break....but luckily out of thin air, this guy handed Jon 4 fastpasses!! So we didnt have to wait in line for EITHER ride!! It was amazing!! Those were the only 2 things we wanted to do at Hollywood Studios so we decided to head to Epcot! Right after we walked thru the gate a photopass guy told us that the shuttle launch was in 23 minutes!! We had NO idea!! So we headed over to the attraction Mission:Space and sat on a grassy hill and waited for the shuttle launch. It was REALLY cool. You could even hear the shuttle!!! It was amazing to see the trail over the ride. We took lots of pictures. Right after we saw the boosters separate and couldnt see anything else of the shuttle, we rode the ride! We got to feel a fraction of what it felt like! AMAZING!! That was Pierre's favorite part of the trip I think. After we finished all of that we walked to China and ate dinner, which was REALLY good. Right as we finished our meal, the fireworks started! We had a wonderful, serendipitous Disney Day! After we finished Disney for the day we had to go to Walmart to pick up more lunch supplies then we went to bed.