Rain, Rain go away - we are trying to enjoy DISNEY!

Day 2 of Disney we met up with Rob and Jenna Miller - funny how we get to spend time together on the complete other side of the world!

We caught up with the Mildo's at Disney's Animal Kingdom; it was lovely to see them as they have been travelling for just over 10 weeks!

Little did we realise (until the end of the day) that this day was the HOTTEST day for the year so far at a whopping 105 degrees F (41 degree's C) and probably about 99% humidity! This place is not for the feint hearted (or the curly haired!) as we were sweating at 9am!

Tim, Rob and Jenna decided to ride the Mt Everest roller coaster (and again I was the designated picture taker!) Rob (who rode alone) was on and off the ride straight away, Tim and Jenna on the other hand... their ride BROKE DOWN and they were stuck on the ride in the hot sun being told off by cranky Americans, feeling claustrophobic and hot - apparently the ride was worth it!

 

We made our way straight to the very first water ride we could find which was a white water rafting ride. We waited for over an hour to get onto this ride, but it was well worth it when we left the ride soaking wet and managed to stay wet for at least an hour. Mind you with the heat, we were dry and hot very soon afterwards! After going on an African Safari tour (with real African animals and habitat) and seeing a celebration of the Lion King (an indoor show with acrobatics and phenomenal singing) we caught the park bus to Hollywood Studio's!

We managed to see a few things and ride the Star Wars simulated coaster (which was great), on our way up to the bigger rides being the Hollywood Hotel Tower of Terror and the Rocking-Coaster (feat Aerosmith) the clouds parted and starting pouring with rain, the largest rain drops I have ever seen in my life. The weather didn't let up for at least 2 hours, we were standing underneath a random umbrella in the middle of a random family’s lunch, absolutely drenched. We finally made a decision to make a run for it, and catch the next park bus back to Magic Kingdom to see if we could catch a few rides before the light parade and fireworks. The rain managed to stop before we got to the park. Most of the rides we wanted to ride had a minimum wait time of 60 - 75 minutes which sucked. So we waited in line for the Buzz Lighyear spinning ride. We found ourselves a spot on the Main St in preparation for the light parade, and 5 minutes before it was to begin it was cancelled on account of rain (sad) so we decided to walk in the rain back to the monorail to head back to the hotel. Better luck on Saturday I guess!