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Tuesday, December 16th, 2025              

After our ride on Peter Pan's Flight, we continued our stroll through the park. We picked up a few more of the free snacks, including at Storybook Circus in Fantasyland (another area of the park we tend to skip) and at Gaston's Tavern. We were still hungry, though, as we hadn't eaten since around noon at Disney's Hollywood Studios. We stopped into Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café for the free snacks, and ordered dinner while we were here. Because I had a hamburger at lunchtime, I opted for the chicken strips and fries tonight. Grandma Terry went the green route, ordering the Classic Ranch Salad (mixed greens with tomato, cucumber, croutons, shredded monterey jack, and house-made ranch dressing). Although not a gourmet meal by any stretch of the imagination, it was something to fill our bellies!

Feeling a little better after eating, we headed to Tomorrowland to take a ride on the lightcycles of TRON Lightcycle / Run. This ride is always cool to ride at night (extra cool tonight, with the low temperatures and all!), but I must say I was a little sad that they didn't have a Christmas them on it, with the canopy lit up in red and green instead of the usual blue, and the current occasional red for the Tron: Ares movie overlay. Oh well, the ride was a blast regardless, and one I look forward to in the future.

At this point in the night we were getting tired, and aside from the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, we had ridden pretty much everything that we wanted to. Since we were in Tomorrowland already, we decided to take a turn on the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover. We got some nice views of the park and some of the rides, but the long day was definitely getting to us.

After completing our ride on the the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, we decided to call it a night. My knee was hurting (more than usual) by this point of the night anyway, so we made our way towards the exit. We decided to take the monorail back to the Transportation and Ticket Center, and things were going smoothly. It was just before we pulled into the Transportation and Ticket Center that Grandma Terry remembered that we had the popcorn buckets back at the Magic Kingdom in the lockers. Doh!

We stayed on the monorail, taking it back to the Magic Kingdom station once again. We waited to get off, but the normal exit side doors never opened. We ended up getting off the monorail through the same doors that we entered through, and explained to the workers our situation. We made our way up to the park exit, and once again explained what we had did. They pointed to an entrance point (apparently you could still go in to the party after 11pm, who knew!) and we scanned through. The workers offered us the party Christmas ornament, and we managed to snag a couple extras. We were successful in getting the popcorn buckets out of the lockers, and headed back to the monorail one more time. When we finally made it to the car, we made the drive back to the All-Star Sports resort, where we promptly crashed for the night!

Hopefully I get the chance to do this again in the future, maybe even the Jollywood Nights at Disney's Hollywood Studios! I know the kids would love this one... Grandma Terry? Perhaps not so much. Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Disney's Magic Kingdom


 

The trees lit up in Fantasyland.

 
 

The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train looks very different at night.

 
 

Gaston's Tavern in Fantasyland.

 
 

A look at Space Mountain from across the park in Fantasyland.

 
 

The Under the Sea - Journey of The Little Mermaid building in Fantasyland.

 
 

Grandma Terry heading towards the entrance of Storybook Circus in Fantasyland.

 
 

A couple of polar bears were posing...

 
 

...for photos outside of Storybook Circus.

 
 

A couple of acrobats on a teeter totter in Storybook Circus.

 
 

The trees in Storybook Circus were looking great in red and green lights.

 
 

The Casey Jr. Circus Train on display in Storybook Circus.

 
 

Another view of Cinderella Castle, this time from Tomorrowland.

 
 

The Astro Orbiter lit up at night during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

 
 

A look at TRON Lightcycle / Run from the walkway towards the line entrance.

 
 

Spaceship Earth lit up in Christmas colors during the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

 
 

A set of lightcycles racing past on TRON Lightcycle / Run...

 
 

 

 
 

A view of Spaceship Earth between the TRON Lightcycle / Run canopies.

 
 

A view of the TRON Lightcycle / Run canopy lit up in blue (the usual colorway).

 
 

Another group of lightcycles racing past on TRON Lightcycle / Run...

 
 

 

 
 

A view of Cinderella Castle from the TRON Lightcycle / Run queue.

 
 

A view of the TRON Lightcycle / Run canopy lit up in red (the Tron: Ares colorway).

 
 

Another group of lightcycles racing past on TRON Lightcycle / Run...

 
 

...this time under the red canopy.

 
 

A view of Spaceship Earth from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

 
 

Cinderella Castle with smoke from the fireworks, as seen from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

 
 

A couple shots of Tomorrowland, including the Astro Orbiter from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover...

 
 

 

 
 

The Tomorrowland Speedway and TRON Lightcycle / Run...

 
 

 

 
 

...from aboard the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover.

 
 

Another view of the Astro Orbiter from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover...

 
 

...as well as a couple more shots of Cinderella Castle with the fireworks smoke visible...

 
 

 

 

 

Here are a couple of Disney PhotoPass pictures from our time at Disney's Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party... just too bad my face got cut off by the special effects!
 


 

Grandma Terry and Rodney posing for a couple of special photos...

 
 

...especially for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!

 

We spotted this bumper sticker on a car in the parking lot at Disney's All-Star Sports Resort...
 

Disney's All-Star Sports Resort


 

We spotted this bumper sticker in the parking lot at Disney's All-Star Sports Resort after returning from the park for the night.

 


 

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