Rodgers soaks it all in at Disney

ORLANDO, Fla. - Aaron Rodgers' smile never faded as he rode on the back of a convertible pacing down a confetti-filled parade route through Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Monday afternoon.

The Super Bowl MVP was operating on only a few hours' sleep following Green Bay's 31-25 win over Pittsburgh Sunday. But even with a Florida afternoon storm threatening in the distance, it was clear nothing could cloud the Packer quarterback's spirit.

"It's a special day, it really is," Rodgers said afterward. "I didn't get a lot of sleep (Sunday) night, but it's great to be able to celebrate. This is a team that came together and accomplished something special."

Rodgers became the latest Super Bowl MVP to participate in Disney's "I'm going to Disney World" commercial series Sunday night, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms was the first to do it in 1987 following Super Bowl XXI. Rodgers flew to Orlando from Texas on Monday.

A California native, Rodgers said he had been to Disneyland in Anaheim, but never to Orlando's Disney World. Thousands of fans lined Main Street in the theme park Monday, many of them decked out in Packers' jerseys, T-shirts and cheesehead hats.

Rodgers posed for photos with the Disney characters and even took a bite of a specially-made block of cheese in the shape of the Packers' team emblem.

Back home in Green Bay, thousands of exhausted but euphoric Packers fans welcomed their cherished team home Monday.

Schools dismissed early and people took time off work to watch the team's motorcade travel from Austin Straubel International Airport to Lambeau Field along a route that included Lombardi Avenue, named