Okay, our last day
I am already missing it so much... as you can see, I put a new ticker, I am thinking early December 2012 when all the DCA stuff has been done for a bit...
Sunday morning was again a 7 am MM, which there was no chance we would make it to. I had mostly packed everything the night before, so I finished up my packing before waking dd and getting her dressed so I could pack the jammies & toothbrushes etc...
Did I mention that each morning DD woke up to something from Tink?? 3 mornings it was a cute tee (as evidenced in all the photos) and the 1st morning was her Rapunzel costume. She thinks it is very cool and perfectly normal that Tink would leave her presents every night while she is sleeping.
Anyhow... after we were finished dressing and packing, I hauled everything down to the bell boys to hang on to for us until 5 pm. Then, around 7:30 we started in toward DL, for 8 am ressies at Minnie and Friends.
We had a good breakfast (the food is my least favorite here, but the quantity of characters can not be beat!) The only issue was the large group in the front room (the one with all the windows?) Anyhow, they were harassing the characters the second they came into view--typically as they were coming to our table. They had at least 5 kids in the group... so it was picture with A, B, C, D & E... sign A, B, C, D & E's book... now picture with A & B, and C & D... and so on... killing me.
Finally, when Pinocchio and Geppetto came out, they mobbed them, and we patiently waited again, and it was finally our turn, a pre-teen from their group came over, and was standing at my elbow while I was taking pics of DD... I had enough... I looked at her and told her to wait her turn... thankfully she scooted back to our group. In our experience, this character meal has the least respectful attendees... Ariels is the best, with Chip & Dale's a close second.
Okay, enough complaining. We did get to see: Minnie, Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore, Fairy Godmother, Geppetto, Pinocchio, Capt. Hook, Rafiki, & Chip & Dale. Quite the character haul!
After breakfast it was time to ride what we wanted to one last time... Did I mention it felt like it was already 90 degrees? Yikes.
We headed for HM, grabbed FPs... then tried to go to Tiki Room, it wasn't open yet... so we back tracked to Jungle Cruise and had a 10 minute wait there. Then we did Pirates (I teased DD that we were just going to ride boats all morning!) and then our HM FPs were ready, so off we went to HM. Then we backtacked to Tiki Room, used the wonderfully clean and not crowded potties inside the lobby area, and bought a Dole Whip to share!
and then sang along to the birds and flowers for a bit!
When we got out Aladdin and Jasmine had just gotten to the Oasis... so we hopped in for a pic with them.
After that we cruised through Fantasyland and took a final ride on Snow White (dd's favorite!) before starting to head toward the monorail. On the way there we saw the Evil Queen at the villains area--and she hardly had a line!! So we jumped into line. Sure enough, she decided to go change into something more comfortable 1 person before we got up there, and we got Jafar instead.
After that we headed for the monorail--it was 11:45 am, and we had noon ressies at Rainforest Cafe. This is DD's favorite place to eat, and we do not have one anywhere near us. So, it is a must when we are at DL. Lunch was good, only disappointment is we weren't seated next to a noisy animal--DD likes the animals!
After lunch it was off to DCA. DD really wanted to ride Symphony Swings again. So that was the 1st place we went. By now it was really 90 degrees, didn't just feel like it, and we were dying. The Swings were fun of course, and yes, we grabbed Soarin FPs on the way to them.
Now it was time to finally go see Aladdin. Right as we walked up though, they were announcing that there was something wrong, and they may have to cancel the show. They would let us know at 2 pm. We found some shade on a cm only pathway... and sat down to wait for a bit. At 2 we entered the mob to try and learn something. The cm's said they didn't know anything and that the show was not cancelled yet, but could be at anytime. Well, I was done... I needed to get out of the heat. So we went and bought some dibs and found more shade.
After the dibs, we went and talked to Crush, and learned how to draw Dale... and then we were starting to feel halfway cool again. It was about time to head out... so we hit Soarin and said goodbye to DCA.
I always make DD wait till the last day to buy a souvie. So, we headed into World of Disney... we wandered around for a bit, and she wasn't overly excited about anything. So, I suggested we go to the hotel and look at their gift shop. That worked for her, and at the hotel gift shop I got my Christmas ornament, and she got a baby Nala (or is it Simba?
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All was good... we got our bags, rearranged some things. Caught a cab ($50 on the nose) and went to the airport. The flight home was fairly uneventful, and we climbed into bed at 12:01 am.
So, that's it... all she wrote until next time... which DD and I wish was tomorrow...
Then, we got FPs for later, and walked toward Monster's Inc for that rope drop.
