After passing through Main Street, we veered right and went to Tomorrowland. There is a ride there called the Astro Orbiter that Munchkin was bound and determined to go on. It was a bunch of “rocket ships” that are lifted up in the air, then spin around. (It's like the Dumbo ride, but with rocket ships.) That was the first ride we went on. I say we, except Stewie and I just watched. If it spins, I'm not getting on it. It's better for everyone that way.
It was in Tomorrowland that we met Buzz Lightyear. He was the first character that we actually met, and Stewie was thrilled!! Beenie and I did Space Mountain. Although I had talked about riding it while wearing sunglasses, we didn't. Still, it was dark enough. Pitch black as a matter of fact.
We didn't do much else in Tomorrowland, except for the cars. Autopia is one of those tracks where you are actually driving the car, and steering. (Except for the track in the center of the lane to keep you on course.) Stewie and I went in one car, following Ellen and Munchkin, and just ahead of Beenie and Keke. Stewie was excited for the ride, but at the last second he decided that I should drive. Didn't help much as I kept stalling the car. The only way to keep it going was to floor it. I wouldn't normally do that in a car. Nope. Not me. Really. Prior to the ride we all got our official “drivers license”s, and they didn't take them away when we were done, so we must have been okay.
Tomorrowland is also the place where we got on our last ride and departed the park for this vacation – the Monorail. While I recognize that it isn't technically a “ride”, it's really transportation, I do remember it being one of my favorite things when I was a kid, and our kids really wanted to do it. It was a one way trip from Tomorrowland to Downtown Disney, so we left the park and walked back to the hotel on Tuesday night, saying goodby to Disney and the fireworks at the same time.
