Downtown Disney & Magic Kingdom

In the afternoon we headed back to the hotel for showers and dinner, then spent some time at Downtown Disney. Susan and I shopped while the kids hit DisneyQuest, a huge indoor arcade with several large virtual rides. We met up with them later, but didn't hang out too long because, it being a Friday night, the lines for the rides were pretty long.

This morning we went to the Saratoga Springs Resort, where we toured models of the rooms for the Animal Kingdom Villas and Bay Lake Tower. After that we headed over to the Magic Kingdom. We took in a couple of attractions and had lunch, then watched the updated Hall of Presidents show. This new show seemed to put more emphasis on the Presidents than what I remember of the last show, which we saw in 2003. I especially like the way it stopped the slide show at the Civil War so that President Lincoln could give the Gettysburg Address, and then had President Washington give some remarks before President Obama wrapped it up. Nice touch.

It being the Saturday of MLK weekend, however, the park was pretty crowded, and most rides had fairly long waits. We decided to head out early, stopping to walk around the Contemporary Resort and the new Bay Lake Tower next door.