Disney's All-Star Sports Resort

A wild turkey staring at us...

...as we made our way to the car from the hotel room.

Once inside the park, we tried waiting for the Main Street Vehicles, in particular the omnibus. We didn't see any of them running, however, and figured that the heavy crowds today might have made running them difficult. We instead headed up Main Street, U.S.A. on foot, stopping in to a couple of the shops along the way.

We eventually made our way to Tomorrowland, where we headed to Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress, which we haven't viewed in quite some time. I probably felt the same today as I did after the last time I saw it - I love the show, but the final scene is in need of a major update!

After leaving the Carousel of Progress, we met up with Heather, Jason, and Colin. We had an 11:25am reservation for lunch at Tony's Town Square Restaurant, so we headed back to the front of Main Street. Once we were seated, we ordered the Tony's Garlic Bread For The Table (toasted ciabatta with roasted garlic butter and parmesan fonduta) and the Fried Mozzarella (which came with a spicy creamy tomato sauce) for our antipasta. After our last visit, I said I would order both of these again if I were given the chance, well - I did!. For dinner, Grandma Terry and Aunt Erica shared the Chicken Parmigiana (lightly breaded chicken breast baked in Tony's marinara sauce with mozzarella served with spaghetti) and I once again chose the Fettuccine Alfredo (fettuccine in a parmesan cream sauce). Once again, our meal was thoroughly enjoyable, though our bread was different than last time. Not bad, just different.

After lunch we decided that we would park-hop over to Disney's Hollywood Studios, but before leaving we wanted to hit the Emporium for some shopping. After we were done, Jason, Heather, and Colin headed off to the busses to ride to Hollywood Studios, while Grandma, Erica, and I climbed aboard the monorail to head back to the Transportation and Ticket Center, where we would transfer over to another monorail to Epcot!

Disney's Magic Kingdom

A view of Cinderella Castle from the ferry boat.

A couple looks at the Walt Disney World Railroad from outside of the park...

We took a turn on Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress for the first time in a while.

John from the Carousel of Progress explaining about life at the turn of the century...

...and a closer look at John in his rocker.

John from the Carousel of Progress explaining about life in the 1920's...

...and the 1940's...

...before finally arriving at the 21st century...

A look at Space Mountain from the Monorail.

Epcot

A couple shots of Spaceship Earth from the entrance of Epcot...

We then headed through Frontierland, heading towards Tiana's Bayou Adventure, though not to ride - too late at night to be walking around in wet clothes! It is definitely a pretty sight at night, however. We made our way into Adventureland to take a ride on two classics - Pirates of the Caribbean and the Jungle Cruise. The Jungle Cruise isn't my favorite ride on property, but I do like the nighttime vibe of it. Pirates of the Caribbean is one of my favorite smelling rides in all of the parks, though!

After our snacking and wandering and waiting for lines, we could tell we were nearing the end of our long day. We made our way to the front of the park, only to be steered to the backstage exit by Casey's Corner. We made a quick pit stop back into the Emporium when we reached the front of the park, as Grandma Terry purchased six plates for me as a house-warming gift!

We found our way to the monorail station, and took it to the Transportation and Ticket Center. We then managed to find the car before making our way back to the hotel to call it a night. Until tomorrow!