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#DisneySportsFestival Day 2 Part 2

August 5, 2013 | Disney, family, fitness, Travel

We left off with my last sports festival post talking about taking team or individual athlete photos in front of the awesome green screen. After saying bye to goofy, we moved on to discuss the Welcome Center.

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The Welcome Center is where anyone can go to get information about things going on at the complex, or where teams can go to get information on their specific group package, park tickets, etc. They can answer questions from where a field is located to where they can snag dining reservations at the Magic Kingdom.

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Keep in mind that a lot of teams, especially ones traveling internationally, have never been to Walt Disney World before. The great team at the Welcome Center can help point groups in the right direction.

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We also had the opportunity to walk out and see some of the awesome fields. But first they gave us a treat to cool us off as we walked outside.

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me and Meghann with our frozen treats

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Jen and I Checking out the soccer fields

We also had the opportunity to check out the New Balance Track & Field Complex.

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Some of the great folks from New Balance came out to tell us a little about the field, and about some of their awesome shoes (they gave us all a pair!)

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It was time for lunch, so we headed to Champion Stadium to the Braves conference room.

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We had the same food that you can order as a boxed lunch for your team while they are playing at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. It tasted great!

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While we ate, we learned about youth sports trends from the folks at Sports Travel Magazine, and it was so interesting! Did you know that when a family is traveling for sport’s for a girl, it is likely they will spend more money overall than if traveling with a boy’s sports team?

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Live tweeting during the presentation

It was quite the full morning, but I learned so much about this hidden gym on Disney property. If your child plays youth sports, I highly recommended trying to get them into a training camp or tournament here!

QOTD: Did you know Disney offered all of these things?

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  1. meranda @fairytalesandfitness says

    August 5, 2013 at 5:57 am

    Do you feel that Disney offered you lots of useful information, or was it a lot of statistics? Just wondering cus i have been reading other posts of people who have been reporting on the sports festival and they seem to be giving lots of statistics (much like the one you mention about people spending more money while traveling with girls teams vs boys). Regardless, it’s nice that you were able to go and report back!

    • Heather says

      August 5, 2013 at 9:27 am

      What kind of information do you mean? I have given info on photos, welcome center, making the custom shirts, etc. anything specific you are looking for?

      • meranda @fairytalesandfitness says

        August 7, 2013 at 6:58 am

        The information you have given is great!

  2. Frank@The Fat Runner says

    August 5, 2013 at 5:41 am

    A lot of new info for me! You know, you’re standing right next to the Puerto Rico flag in one of those pics.

    • Heather says

      August 5, 2013 at 9:26 am

      too funny!

  3. Mindy @ Road Runner Girl says

    August 5, 2013 at 7:17 am

    Wow! I had no idea Disney offered all of this! So amazing!

    • Heather says

      August 5, 2013 at 9:28 am

      Your boys would love it!

  4. Karen :0) says

    August 5, 2013 at 6:27 am

    Interesting that families spend more with girls teams than with boys teams! The complex is beautiful! :0)

    • Heather says

      August 5, 2013 at 9:27 am

      I thought it was so strange!

  5. Jen says

    August 5, 2013 at 8:10 am

    Such a fun day! I’m still amazed by everything Disney offers for traveling teams.

  6. Kelly says

    August 5, 2013 at 10:34 am

    It’s awesome that they showed you guys around the complex. However, it was weird to be scrolling down and see my old desk (where all the Braves stuff is, RIGHT by the conference room. So, so odd haha

    • Heather says

      August 5, 2013 at 10:59 am

      That’s too funny!

  7. Kristen @ The Smith Summary says

    August 5, 2013 at 11:55 am

    My daughter plays soccer and I know she would LOVE the camp down there! Just gotta talk dad into it 🙂

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  1. runningwithsass says:
    August 5, 2013 at 1:17 am

    #DisneySportsFestival Day 2 Part 2

    We left off with my last sports festival post talking about taking team or individual athlete photos

  2. Universal Studios July 2013 | Through Heather's Looking Glass says:
    August 9, 2013 at 1:58 am

    […] I was on my trip in July for the #DisneySportsFestival, I also spent one night at the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal […]

  3. #DisneySportsFestival Day 3 | Through Heather's Looking Glass says:
    August 12, 2013 at 1:04 am

    […] I last talked about the end of day two at the #DisneySportsFestival, and today we will pick up with our last day. Our final day of the sports festival, we woke up and headed back to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex after the runDisney fun run that I already blogged about. […]

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