Peyton Manning And Phil Simms Spotted Filming At Disney World

NFL legends Peyton Manning and Phil Simms were spotted hanging out with Mickey Mouse at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, seemingly filming something for Manning's show "Peyton's Places" on ESPN+.

Manning and Simms were spotted by Park goers when watching the parade on Main Street, U.S.A.

One Magic Kingdom Guest spotted the NFL legends on a parade float and snapped some photos of the two laughing and having a great time alongside Mickey Mouse.

Manning was seen wearing his Colts jersey while Simms wore his Giants jersey.

"My parents are at the Magic Kingdom today at Walt Disney World... And Phil Simms and Peyton Manning are there in the parade today?!," they wrote on Twitter alongside photos of the two retired football stars. "Can't find any reason why they're there, but my dad was excited regardless!"

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Many users responded to the Tweet, suggesting the two sports stars were there filing for Peyton Manning's ESPN+ show, "Peyton's Places".

"Peyton Manning has a show on ESPN+ called “Peyton’s Places” where he covers certain important topics in pro football history. Must be filming an episode about the history of the “I'm going to Disney World” commercial, which was first done by Phil Simms," one social media user said in response to the original Tweet.

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The first of the iconic “I’m going to Disney World!” Super Bowl commercial aired on January 25, 1987, after Super Bowl XXI, and starred Phil Simms, who was the quarterback for the New York Giants.

Regardless of the reason, Magic Kingdom Guests could not get enough after being surprised by the two NFL stars yesterday.

Peyton Manning currently has a documentary series on ESPN+ called "Peyton's Places", which is hosted by the legendary quarterback. There are currently 30 episodes of the series, which highlight sentimental moments of Manning's career while featuring other former players and coaches.

“No doubt, it’s a football show and telling the history of it,” Manning told USA Today. “But the idea was to try to do it in an entertaining way, so it’s not a boring lecture or documentary. A guy who likes football, a fan or a guy who covers it, would certainly enjoy it. But maybe a 22-year-old who doesn’t know much about football, or a 35-year-old whose husband likes football but she doesn’t know much about it … we wanted to appeal to them, too.”

Manning visited 23 cities and 52 locations for the series during the last football season. “It hasn’t been about just going to the same players,” Manning said. “I wanted to tell stories of different people that have been a part of it. Pearson was great. That was one of my favorites.”

In one of the episodes, Manning visited Green Bay and met up with Brett Favre, where the two visited Lombardi’s old home.

“That was one of the coolest things we did,” Manning said. “The basement is the exact same as when he lived there. He used to watch film in there. There’s some clips of him in there after the Ice Bowl, with his little bar in there, talking about the Ice Bowl. So, anytime you go to a place like that, you can kind of feel Lombardi’s presence. So, to do it with Favre, that was pretty neat.”

"Peyton's Places" is currently streaming on ESPN+.