Animal Kingdom was the one day we went into the park that it rained.

Which was a bummer.

Or was it…

Normally we just get to watch the Lion King Show (our favorite section to sit in is the Lion Section).

But not this year.

This year we got to participate.

Twice.

Emery, Fletcher, and Greyden got to teach everybody how to put their paws into the air and roar like a lion:

And then everyone got to dance around the guy on stilts during the grand finale:

We were so lucky special! (The rain and the lack of people and the fact that we were the only ones in matching shirts so we were really obvious had absolutely nothing to do with us being chosen. Of course not.)

Here are the only other pictures I have of any of the children from the entire time we were at Animal Kingdom:

Notice that the older children are conspicuously absent. Know why? Because they rode the Expedition Everest roller coaster six times! Which is another good part about being in the park on a rainy day. Multiple, multiple roller coaster rides.

And time to get your picture taken with Turk and Baloo.

Being wet was worth the sacrifice!