Hey, just so you know ... this post is now about 14 years and 7 months old. Please keep that in mind as it very well may contain broken links and/or outdated information.

This morning we ate breakfast over at the Contemporary and then headed out to enjoy some of the pools at the resorts. My daughter and I swam in the pool at the Contemporary for a bit while we waited for the water slide to open at 10am. Once the lifeguards arrived and the slide was on, my daughter went down that a few times. “That was awesome!” was her reaction. 🙂

With check-out approaching fast at 11am, we walked back over to Bay Lake Tower so my daughter could try the water slide at that pool (I went on it a few times myself).

Then it was back up to the room to quickly, shower, change, pack, and check out.

We drove over to the Downtown Disney area to do a little shopping and grab lunch. On the West Side they have this huge hot air balloon you can ride (for about $15) 400 feet straight up and probably get a good view of everything. I realized I actually saw this thing from the parks the other day … that’s how big it was:

My daughter wanted to buy a Lego set with some money she had saved up so we stopped by the LEGO Store. It was fun to watch her try and decide between Indiana Jones or Star Wars. I guess playing the Wii games and watching the movies has had an effect on her. 🙂 She finally decided on the Indiana Jones set since it had Indy, Marion, two bad guys, a boat, and a car (as opposed to Anakin’s Jedi starfighter with R2-D2).

We had lunch at Fulton’s Crab House (another first for us, and it was very good) and then hit the road back home. There was very little traffic again, which was nice, so we had time to unpack and unwind once we got home.

It was a great vacation, but it’s back to work tomorrow. All good things, right?