Also, who comes home from their first Disney trip and immediately starts to schedule their second trip a year later? Yeah, I don't know either. (wink, wink...) All I know is, next October is looking pretty darn good for our next trip. So what if I've already planned out our entire trip already! Including an extra day at Epcot!
I have to say, this day was a little emotional for me. I knew it was our last day and it made me so sad to know that the fun was going to be over for Caroline. She had such a magical time down here that I spent my day knowing that this was it for our trip.
We started off the day eating breakfast at Chef Mickey's with Mickey and his pals. Another fantastic choice! Our character breakfasts were one of our most favorite experiences down there.
Caroline's turn at being the photographer. We need to work on getting the subject in the shot.
We drove to The Contemporary for breakfast but knew we couldn't park there for the entire day while we were at the park. So, after breakfast Caroline & I were going to ride the monorail over to Magic Kingdom and Wally & Anna drove the truck back to the resort and rode the bus back to the park. Only, the monorail wasn't working and Caroline & I had to walk all the way to the park. Ok, so it wasn't SO far to walk. But, sheesh, I walked enough already!
I actually enjoyed the one-on-one time with Caroline. I didn't get much one-on-one time with either girl during this trip so I welcomed any chance I got.
Since we hit most, if not all, of Fantasyland & Tomorrowland the day before, we planned to take on Frotnierland & Adventureland and whatever we wanted to ride again that we loved from yesterday.
As soon as we walked in, we went straight through the castle again and met up with Cinderella & Aurora. Then, scooted on over to Peter Pan's Flight and Mickey's PhilharMagic 3D show. At that point, Wally & Anna were back, riding the horses again.
Caroline, the Supervisor
I now have evidence that Caroline must know everything that's going on at all times. She has to make sure everything is done just right!
We made our way around to Adventureland and got to pal around with Chip & Dale for a little while. Once again, right when we got up to the front of the line, the attendant said "Chip & Dale are going for an acorn milkshake and will be right back." Ugh, thankfully, another set came right back out and we didn't have to wait for long!
At this point, my girls had not had their typical junky food they're so used to at home. (What?) Caroline may or may not have said a few times "I JUST want a corndog!" Well, we finally found a corndog!
That's some intense concentration right there!
Instead of going back to the room for naptime like we did the day before, we decided to hop onto the WDW Railroad and circle the park. Three times. 20 minutes a lap. On a wooden bench. Anna fell asleep almost immediately, but Caroline took a while. And Wally & I were SO SORE after we got off the train.
Did I mention it was hot?
Caroline rode another roller coaster - the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad! This one was more like a real roller coaster than the one from the day before. But, she enjoyed it equally as well. She wouldn't quit laughing! After that, we rode on the Magic Carpets, walked up and down the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House and rode on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
We ate a late lunch at Casey's Corner where the girls got another hot dog (what?) and I got some much needed nachos & cheese. Let's not forget about Anna falling out of her seat onto the concrete to get a good look at the ducks walking under us.
Since Adventureland & Frontierland didn't take us much time to walk through, we headed back over to Tomorrowland & Fantasyland to hit up our favorites and to try a new thing or two.
We rode the People Mover & Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin again, then Caroline wanted to try her hand at the Tomorrowland Speedway! We rode that twice almost in a row - she rode it once with Wally and once with me. Yet another ride she loved! The last show we hit up was the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor. Wally and I thought it was funny. It was mostly over Caroline's head, though.
Is it too much to ask for a smile?
What do you mean it's our last day?
On our way out, we had some snack credits to use up so we stopped by the Edy's Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street. I was a little hesitant to stop somewhere where I knew Anna couldn't have a snack, but lo & behold they actually had rice dream ice cream! (PS - they also tofu milk, iiiiiiick.) I have to give the entire outfit credit, though. All of the places we ate had soy milk as an alternative for cow's milk for Anna. I thought that was exceptional!
Well, I walked out of the park crying since I knew it was our last hurrah. The girls didn't understand, but Wally & I did. I even think he got a little teary eyed, too. We headed over to Downtown Disney for dinner. We had some gifts we had to pick up and wouldn't you know it rained all night there, too. Ugh, does it ever end?
Nothing left to play with but the drawers once we were all packed up.
Orange blanket? Check. Rosie? Check. Blankie? Check.
Let's hit the road!
We got on the road at about 830 that morning. And it felt like it took us 14 hours to get home. I think it was more like 10. But, when one child screams almost the whole way home, it can seem like an eternity. Any guesses on who is not an easy traveler?
