Knowing that I would be finishing the day at Epcot, that's where I parked in the morning. But before I went into Epcot, I first took the monorail to Magic Kingdom. When visiting MK earlier in the week, I hadn't been able to do all of my favorite attractions in Tomorrowland, so today I made a beeline for Space Mountain. After Space Mountain, I made another beeline for Alien Encounter. But then I got a little sidetracked, shopping all over Tomorrowland.
While walking around Tomorrowland, I caught a glimpse of the Contemporary Resort in the distance; this reminded me that I wanted to resort hop today, so I went back to the monorail station at the front of the park and rode around to each of the three monorail resorts in turn. I stopped at each resort, took pictures, browsed the gift shops, and explored the grounds.
After 2 or 3 hours, I woke up, splashed some cold water on my face, and returned to Epcot. I got a great parking space; late in the day, the spaces grabbed by early arrivals first thing in the morning are often vacated when those early arrivals run out of steam and can't finish the day. I stopped at the Electric Umbrella for a leisurely counter service dinner, and staked out a good spot in Canada to await Illuminations 2000.
Illuminations 2000 was a totally new version of the venerable Epcot fireworks show, using more fire and fewer laser effects than the original version. I enjoyed the show, even though I had to stand up the whole time, and I recorded it with my video camera, although I didn't think the tape turned out very good.
Before going back to my hotel that night, I had to stop at Walgreens to pick up my pictures, and while I was there, I picked up a new duffel bag to hold all the extra stuff I had bought on this trip!
I finished my day by packing for the trip home tomorrow, winding up in bed at about 11:30.
JOURNEY 7/AMAZE 34
Walk miles: 13.6
Drive miles: 308