Thanks for the replies all.
Yeah, I was suprised to see the lion up. ; I went on the ride when my son and I first got there and had a hard time seeing them. ; That is when I got the second shot. ; We then immediately jumped on the ride again and as we first started to get to the mound, I could see the male lion lifting his rear leg up in the air stratching before he got up. ; As we got around to the other side he was up posing for the first shot.