On our last day at Disney World we got up bright and early to start celebrating Rich’s birthday!  We had an early breakfast reservation at the Tusker House in Animal Kingdom.  Rich still didn’t feel good from the day before- and on our last day he was running a fever.  I told him we should just cancel our breakfast reservation so he could sleep in.  He wouldn’t hear anything about that- took a bunch of Motrin and was ready to go.  We got to Animal Kingdom before it even opened and had to give our names for our breakfast reservation to get in.  It was the perfect way to do it!

Posing for our picture at the Tusker House.

Hailey dancing and celebrating all of the birthdays with Mickey Mouse.

Rich with his birthday card and birthday cup cake.  Happy 35th birthday Rich!

Hailey being silly with Donald Duck.

Getting Mickey’s autograph.

Hailey getting Daisey’s autograph.

Posing for a picture with Goofy.

After breakfast Hailey had to go and meet up with a friend she had met before we ate.  While we were waiting to get called to our table for breakfast Hailey made an impression on one of the Disney workers.  So she told us to come and find her after we ate our breakfast because she would have a treat for us.

Hailey and her new friend.  Hailey’s friend took us to the Kilimanjaro Safari ride (which had a 40 minute wait) and took us to the front of the fast pass line.  We were so excited to get to ride without having to wait at all!

After the Kilimanjaro Safari ride we went to see if we could find a few more characters.

Hailey was sooooo excited to meet Chip and Dale.  She thought that they were so funny!

Then she got to meet Koda.

Hailey wanted to stop for one more visit with Goofy.

And one more visit with Minnie.

After we did everything we wanted to do again at Animal Kingdom we went back to our hotel to take a nap.  We all had a great nap!  Then we were off to Downtown Disney to do some shopping.  Disney gives you a gift on your birthday- and since it was Rich’s birthday he got to pick what he wanted.  Normally you get a free day at one of the theme parks, but since we bought park tickets as park of our vacation package Rich got to pick something else.  He decided to have spending money equal to the amount of a park ticket ($80 I think??).  So, we had a bit of extra spending money

When we arrived at Downtown Disney Hailey had to play in the water for a while.

So much fun!!

After some fun in the water we did some shopping and then we spent some time at the Lego store.

Hailey posing with the Lego family.

Rich and Hailey work on building a car for a Lego car race.

Watching to see if their car would win.  (It didn’t.)

After we finished up at Downtown Disney we headed over to Epcot to spend our last evening there.  We did all of our favorite things again.

Hailey loved the Nemo Ride and I think we went on it like 3 times.  She’s waiting here for the seagulls to say “Mine! Mine! Mine!” and to get sprayed by the splashing water.

Rich, Me and Hailey on the Nemo ride.

Hailey and Rich posed for a picture inside Bruce’s mouth.

Epcot

When asked what her favorite park was- Hailey said it was Hollywood Studios.  When asked what her favorite ride was- Hailey said it was the Nemo ride (Seas With Nemo and Friends).  Her favorite character is Cinderella.  Rich’s favorite park is still Epcot and my favorite park is Magic Kingdom.

We had soooo much fun in Disney World- it’s definitely our favorite vacation destination!  We can’t wait to go back!!

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