Moving westward (or is it east? Right-ward?)
...
Moving in the direction of Tomorrowland (that works!
), we stopped off at one of our favorites, the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor.
The show was funny as usual (I know that it's used over and over there, but one of my favorites is the "Ah! New Jersey! Home of the Eiffel Tower!" joke.)
I think you all can guess where we went after that:
The filled-with-thrills Tomorrowland Transit Authority!!
I'm kidding, I love the TTA! It's so lovely and breezy and the seats are padded!
(Seriously, that's what Wingnut and I discussed while on the ride. Why are there so few padded seats around the MK? The only other ones I can think of off the top of my head are the Carousel of Progress and the Hall of Presidents - neither of which we visited that day. Any others I've missed?)
Castle!! I see the castle!!
A pathetic attempt at taking a picture of Progress City.
Second attempt. I think this one's worse.
I think the Astro Orbiter looks really cool, but there's pretty much absolutely no way I'll get onto that ride. Too high, and Wingnut can't do spinning rides, so I'd have no accompaniment.
"We have lunch at Liberty Tree Tavern in a few minutes." I reminded Wingnut, while relaxing on padded cushion comfort.
"Okay."
I realized, though, that the one plate at Crystal Palace earlier that morning was much more filling than I had thought.
"Are you hungry?" I asked Wingnut.
"Not really. Are you?"
"No."
While I had been really looking forward to lunch at LTT (Fried cheese! Ooey Gooey Toffee Cake!), well, I was much less in the mood for a heavy meal than I had anticipated 180 days prior. Same with Wingnut. We decided to forego our ADR there (yes, I called Disney Dining and cancelled it), and seek out an intriguing snack instead.
Oh well, next trip we'll be sure to be hungrier!
While on the TTA, we noticed the crowds starting to get denser around the area. We decided to take a spin on Buzz Lightyear, and then head out of the park. Approaching Buzz, however, the line was starting to wrap around outside the building, and a large tour group was joining the queue.
Um, no. We'll come back for that one...
Making our way out of the park, I peeked in a few of the stores to check for the Beaker hat, but my search efforts at the moment were a bit half-hearted, as I was counting on the Muppets store at DHS to have my treasure.
We decided to go with our earlier plan to hop over to DHS from the MK. It was close to 1 at that point, and dinner that night was at Citricos, so we figured we'd hang out at DHS for a couple of hours, then go back to the Polynesian after to change for dinner. We chose the route of ferry to TTC to bus to DHS.
I enjoy the various watercraft modes of transportation around Disney, they're a nice break from the busses (although they don't seem to play destination-specific music like the busses do...).