Denovagirl
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- Jun 25, 2013
I have been putting off this post because this is the day we finally say Farewell to our beloved Disney World. On top of that I am finding it difficult to remember all the details of that morning, because
#1 I was beginning my Disney depression
#2 All my notes got deleted!!!
But from what I do remember, I know the family got up around our usual time of 7ish, I got up a bit earlier to go throw our clothes in the laundry. Our flight was in the 11 oclock hour, so we had to be down to the ME around 9am.
My plan for this morning was to wash all our clothes and fold them and finish packing up, eat some breakfast in room, take back the stroller, check our bags, and then explore the Cars section of the resort that we STILL had not seen.
Well basically nothing went according to plan! I dont think I realized how much stuff wed acquired during our stay, and how spread out it was in our room!! I also didnt take into account that Id have to wait for a washer, boo.
So basically that half hour or so I lost on waiting for a washer threw me wayyyyy off! I did manage to get all our clothes washed/dryed/packed, and then we frantically managed the rest. We called for help on getting our bags to the luggage services because we had SO MANY!!!
The man that came to help with those was SO FUNNY! We had all this food wed not even opened or barely touched, and this must happen a lot, because he graciously took it all! He laughed it off, like it happens all the time, which I can see. I was just happy all our food and unused water bottles would not be wasted!
Anyway, by the time he came and wed packed up it was like 8:45 .I knew we were cutting it close to our ME arrival, but he assured me wed make it in time. Basically, I had like two second to say my goodbye to our lovely room and snap this quick photo before power walking the trek up to the luggage services building! Goodbye room! Goodbye little-towel-animals-I-didnt-know-you-were-allowed-to-take-home!!!
Once there, they skipped us ahead of the people waiting, citing an emergency that our bus was on the way, Chris ran to turn in our stroller, and I got everything taken care of with our luggage. We made out to the ME and waiting only a couple minutes before our bus pulled up
Goodbye AoA, well miss you!!
At the airport, it wasnt very crowded at all, and we had a lot of time, so what is one to do?? Check out the gift shops, of course!!!
We, obviously, had to spend some time at the Disney Store!
We had fun looking around in there and snapping photos before we meandered off to the Universal store. Surprisingly, we did end up making a rather large purchase in here!!
See, we didnt want to carry anything around at Universal, since it was just Chris and I that day, so we didnt buy any souvenirs, but Olivia had requested a Harry Potter broom. She literally had asked us for one months before our trip, and I basically scoffed at the idea of it, they had to be ridiculously expensive, right? So when it came to our day at the parks, Id noticed them but I didnt even LOOK at the price tag, just went right on by I mean, cmon, a robe was like almost $200! Well, low and behold, whats the FIRST thing she finds at the gift shop?? A flying broomstick, complete with fiber optic lights and guess the price?? $35! I was pretty shocked $35 seems reasonable to me, I mean tee shirts at Disney cost that much! And this was a full size ride on broom! So we let her get it, after speaking with the cashier, and having her confirm that it was allowed through security and could be carried on the plane. And that, my friends, is how we ended up lugging a FLYING BROOMSTICK around with us through the airport and on the plane! Haha we got many a remark regarding that!
Anywho, I do believe we ate some fast food in the airport and our flight was on time and went off without incident.
Soon enough we had landed back in San Antonio, and we were on our way home. It was bittersweet coming home to our pup. As I am sure most of you know all too well .
One fun thing about arriving home; getting to check out all your LOOT!!
So thats it, the end. No more.
But have no fears, Ill be back with a couple more posts on my final thoughts as a first timer in Disney, and as you probably already know, I now have the comfort of my current Pre-Trip report, Walk-ing Back to Disney, to keep me warm at night! Obviously, this means that we are now BOOKED and PAID and ready to go back to Disney Sept 29th-Oct 8th! Read all about it on my PTR!!
Up next, my Ultimate List of Likes/Dislikes!