Animal Kingdom's Kidani Village

The lodge we stayed at in Animal Kingdom was one of the coolest things I have ever experienced. Truly a once in a lifetime experience for this little family. 

We stayed in Kidani Village. We were able to use our fast pass wrist bands to get in and out of our hotel, as well as in and out of the parks. The kids thought that was pretty awesome and fought over who got to open the doors. 

Our room was amazing, a little apartment/condo. Kitchen, two bedrooms, balcony all across the back connecting all of the rooms. Incredibly beautiful! I felt right at home there, which means I probably have expensive taste, but let's just say it's because it's cozy and inviting. 

Shawn and I agreed that our favorite day of the entire 10 day trip was the day it rained all day, with lightening and thunder, and we sat on the balcony with mugs of coffee watching the zebra get scared and run around after each lightening strike. That's what made this truly incredible to experience. 

It's amazing to see those animals up close to begin with, but add the elements of nature and I was completely in awe. 

The hotel had a lot to offer, and only being there two nights with our day in the middle being only rain it was a little hard to experience everything. The pool area was totally awesome, but we didn't get to swim in it with all of the lightening. Instead we did a cool Hidden Mickey scavenger hunt where we walked all over the hotel to find all of their hidden Mickey Mouse heads, and several of them were in the pool area so even though we didn't swim we did get wet, explore a little waterfall, and almost squish several little lizards that were darting under our feet. 

There was also the game room when we all got bored enough, as well as an arcade, but we skipped that part in favor of going out to dinner with everyone. 

The view from our room. 

Being educated on an Ostrich egg. 

They each made cute crafts to bring home.