Monday, November 14, 2011

Day Three - Alligators and Trapeze Artists

On the third day of our Florida vacation, we split off from our group and made our own adventure for the day, taking a break from the parks.

First stop, Gatorland zoo to see and feed some gators close up.  Gatorland has been around since 1946, making it an older attraction than most others in Orlando.  Its 110 acres of reptiles, birds, and insects, and of course, a totally cheesy gift shop full of junk!  But the boys totally loved it, and we found their animal shows to be really funny.  It was a great way to spend a few hours, and we could have stayed longer but we needed to head to our next stop.

Baby Gators





My boy is fearless.










We then moved onto Downtown Disney, where we visited Cirque Du Soleil.  Andrew's college friend Rob is a trapeze artist there, and offered to give us a back stage tour and let us watch the trapeze artists practice.  It was super cool, and we were the only 'special visitors' there.   I wasn't allowed to take photos of the practice for obvious reasons, but I took a few 'behind the scenes' shots.












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