So. After about a whole TWO YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS, I have finally made it to the end of my first trip report. Thanks to all of you that came along for the ride, whether you were a commenter or a lurker. This has been such a fun experience and I'm so glad to have stumbled onto this community last year. I have learned so much!
OK. So after meeting up with Merida, we went on our last ride of the trip, the teacups. We passed construction for the New Fantasyland and I just had to snap a pic of this crane thing that said "lull" for my friend Mitch back home.
You see, "lul" is how we spell "lol" to each other so it was an inside joke kind of thing that escalated over the years. You can learn all about it AND meet Mitch in my Disneyland trip report...just click the link in my signature!
While in line for the teacups, I played one last round of my favorite game.
Perry face!
After spinning ourselves silly, it was finally time to take that last trek back to Pop and get ready to board the Magical Express. *insert sad face* We had checked our bags previously that day, so all we had to do now was wait. We waited right outside the lobby doors. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. And waited.
In the meantime, we had an archery contest with my new bow and arrow set that helped passed the time. I also checked out our gift shop one last time in hopes of finding one of those rubber digital watches with the mickey head. I couldn't decide on a color though, so opted out of getting one since I didn't really need it anyway. #coolstory
Eventually, the waiting just got ridiculous. Did we miss the bus? Was it coming? Ummm...wasting valuable Disney time here!
We enquired about it with some CMs. Guess it was just late? I don't really remember. A bus finally pulled up a little down-ways from the lobby doors and I walked towards it along with a big group of classily-dressed people. Mmkay. It was a Cruise Line bus, but I thought nothing of it because that happens all the time. Turns out, it was a wedding party bus and I didn't realize until after I tried to get on and was stopped by a "Umm, this is a wedding party..." Whoops. #awkward
Eventually, our real bus came and we piled in. I wasn't quite as sad I was the last time that we were on our way back to MCO. Like I said, this trip just wasn't as special because of all of the fighting and whatnot. Plus, it had been LONG and I had hit a food wall so bad I couldn't wait to get back home just so I could eat normally again. I know, gasp!
As usual, we picked up people from what felt like 97 other resorts and I fell asleep, hard. When I woke up, I felt like I had been sleeping for years and we still weren't even done picking up people yet. These rides back to MCO always seem to take an eternity to me. Which is usually a good thing, but at this time I was so ready to be back home.
Finally, we made it to the airport. The Magical Express always drops you off hours before you need to be there, so of course we checked out the Disney stores there! Gotta squeeze in that last bit o' magic! I decided to see if they had the digital rubber watches here because I was having second thoughts and wanted one again.
On our last trip, both of our phones both broke and we had no way of knowing the time, which led us to picking up one of these cute watches. It was blue, rubber and had a small hidden mickey head design on it. Stupidly, I wore it at Blizzard Beach and it got water logged (duh) and it broke. So, I wanted another one to replace it.
I had been hesitant to buy another one all week, and now that we were off property, of course I was decided on getting one. I asked the CMs here if they had them and they didn't really know what I was talking about. Finally, we were able to find just one and it was pink. I didn't really want the pink one so I decided not to get it. I'm so silly and indecisive!
Anyway, we went to grab food next before heading to our gate so we went to Sbarro's. We got pizza and some type of greasy, garlicky bread product and regretted the decision immediately. We chowed down fast, and it was just so greasy and gross that we felt sick and disgusting all the way home. Oh well, ya live and learn. And that day I learned never to eat at Sbarro's again.
Our plane was finally boarding, and while we were waiting in line, I was eavesdropping on two young girls in front of me talking about Disney. The one girl was talking about how she had just finished the college program and had went on a character look a like audition and the other girl and her family were very interested (as was I).
The two girls started chatting about Disney and the DCP and other things and a few adults around were chiming in, too. I also really wanted to chime in, but felt nervous about it because I didn't want to seem rude. In the end, my curiosity and excitement won and I politely cut in and asked the one girl about which character she wanted to audition for. (I knew really nothing about auditions or the DCP at this time, but was very interested in learning. Of course now I know that you don't just audition for a specific character!)
My question got a very rude answer. The girl pretty much snapped at me with a dirty look and said "Umm, I can't say.", like it was the most obvious answer in the world and that I had offended her royally. Then some mom piped in and said, "They're not allowed to talk about what characters they audition for. And they don't audition just for one character, you audition for any". She was also pretty rude about it. I said "Oh, ok" and shut right up after that. AND Miss DCP continued to give me dirty looks when I passed her seat while going down the aisle of the plane. Ummmmm, okay. Sorry. Lol.
Well, that wraps it up! We landed sometime around midnight, and my mom picked us up and drove us home.
Actually being home again put me right back into Disney withdrawal the next day. Go figure. I immediately wanted to plan our next trip. This led me to finding Disboards for the first time. I stumbled on one of PrincessJess508's reports and just thought it was so amazing and inspiring! I was immediately addicted to the whole concept and wanted to join...so here we are today!
Thank you so much for sticking with me for this text heavy update! I'll be going back to the World in January so I'll be starting a brand new TR!
Bye for now! 
, but crane pics have became quite the thing lately. When I was there in September, cranes were everywhere, so consider yourself a trendsetter.
