Adequately jostled, we went on to Dinosaur, an energetic indoor ride that whisks you from room to room amid aggressive animatronic dinos. There was a 30-minute wait, but the line moved with a steady pace and was mostly indoors.

The last ride we took was Primeval Whirl, the delightful wild mouse coaster. It zigzags back and forth through hairpin turns, then the cars start to spin as they move along the track. Because the ride is constantly loading and has two tracks, the wait to board was less than 10 minutes. With that, we were done with Animal Kingdom.

1 p.m.

Next up was Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which includes my favorite Disney park ride, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. We drove there rather than take Disney World transport so we would have the car with us at the end. (You can pay once for parking and use that receipt to park all day at the other parks.) We found a spot, got our tickets scanned and headed in. (The swift admission is one of the advantages of the park hopper ticket.)

We took the Tower of Terror ride, essentially a crazy haunted elevator that drops and rises at random intervals, brilliantly done and very popular. The wait was a punishing 45 minutes, though.

To make up time, we grabbed a quick lunch on the way to Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, the indoor ride that features music by Aerosmith. This time, we waited less than 20 minutes to get on because of the single-rider line. This attraction is meant to simulate a crazy limo ride along with Aerosmith, and it begins by launching the train at high speeds into a series of loops and hills.

We could have gone on to Star Tours, the energetic simulated 3-D “Star Wars” ride. But given the 30-minute wait, we thought that our time would best be spent elsewhere, like a similar simulated ride at Epcot, Mission: Space.