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So as in other places of visit, the first thing was to get the map of the theme park so that we could know what attractions to attempt first with the least amount of time. In no particular order, these are the attractions we made it through in the amount of time we had. There was a simulation attraction called soarin' Basically it was just sitting in seat strapped and then your seat is elevated maybe six or seven feet and then you are taken through a screen where you feel like you are high up in the sky with scenes of oceans and buildings, it was like hand gliding. For me I felt like I was up in the sky until the ride ended and then I realized that I was just feet away from ground and I felt very stupid and dumb to think that I was flying high, but that was the sort of effects that they had created. It was time for us to take a break and get some liquid inside our system and what better way to get that is to go to Starbucks® and have some coffee. It felt so good to have that coffee and the prices were reasonable not that expensive as compared to outside prices. The next stop was called the advanced training lab; it was about being put in a space lab and be allowed to have a moon landing. There were two entrances once was for the smooth landing and one was the hard one. And since we did not have the stomach for the hard one, we decided to try the smooth one.

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We saw many exotic animals native to Africa and the surroundings and atmosphere in the safari looked almost the same as in a real safari if you happen to go on one. After that ride, eating our lunch in between our last leg of the tour was the Asian part of the park, where you can see old Indian artifacts and music. After see the ride Expedition Everest-Legend of Forbidden Kingdom® visible from where we were standing, we decided that we should take a pass on it and went on our last ride called Kali River rapids. It was the most fun ride all, as you sit in a raft and then the water drifts that raft to slowly and sometimes fast but the biggest splash comes when it goes down a rapid clip from a small fall and then you become wet with all the water splashed on the raft. Since it was our last ride, we decided to go for another one and luckily since there was no line, the attendant let us go through it again and again we got splashed with hot on a hot day. It had started to get chilly and my daughter was soaked so we bought her a towel and went back to the bus stand. As you know that most unfunny part of the trip is packing and unpacking so the packing part came and we packed but I had a feeling that bag was heavy so the next day I weighed the bag at the resort area weighing area and it was overweight by 58 pounds (as mostly it should be the maximum 50 pounds) so we had to do some creative moving stuff so that it is under 50 pounds. After that clearing our bills and then we put our bag in the car and went to the airport, returned our rental car and boarded our flight which was this time thankfully peaceful and we landed in the afternoon on Friday.

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Then we went to the show called Finding Nemo- The musical. If you have seen the movie Finding Nemo, you would get the idea too, as it is similar to the movie with human characters included. Another show was called Its tough to be a bug® and it was in 3D with some live and some cartoon characters involved. It was cool to watch them and experience it. There was also a ride called Primeval Whirl ® which was I think was more of the movement of how the mouse runs but it was designed like a dinosaur with its slow and not so fast ups and downs but as I had already experienced the Space mountain ride, I was okay with it but still felt glad that it was not that torturous and heart pounding and also it was in the open. After this ride, there was the craving for Ice cream and on to a nearby store we went to get our daily fix on the vacation. Animal kingdom has many divisions and two of the divisions are called Africa and Asia. First we decided to go to the African side and once you enter it you would notice African Music and African made goods and also the African atmosphere that permeates the whole surrounding. The best thing to do is to take around half an hour of safari ride on one of the old buses in a tour called Kilimanjaro Safaris®. The tour buses as you can imagine were made exactly as we were going on a safari and there were hardly any paved roads so the ride was bumpy at times.

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After we went back to our room, a debate started whether we should go to the Disney's Animal kingdom or go to Universal Studio' tour. I and my daughter wanted to see the Universal Studios which we did not have tickets for and my wife wanted to see this newest attraction which we had tickets for. So after a long debate and after checking prices of Universal Studios, we decided it would be useless to waste tickets for Animal Kingdom and go there while the tour of Universal Studios was hopefully relegated to another time where we would not have to be really in the Disney Resort and whenever we come the only place we may go will be Disney's' Magic Kingdom. The next day was a hot day as compared to New York weather (we were blessed with nice weather all throughout our trip) and after eating our breakfast ventured to the bus stand to take us to the Animal Kingdom. The rush was usual but not that much if you would have gone in summer and after checking our bags, we went to the stand where the maps were located to chart out our strategy to go on which rides or attractions first. The first one was the wildlife express train, which as everybody by now knows love to travel on these trains in the theme parks. The train was made just like a safari train in yesteryears would be like with empty boxes and dilapidated but workable trains and wooden seats with no amenities. It was a small but fun ride which led us to conservation station where you were supposed to get out and check out how animals are being helped by humans for conservation purposes.