....OK not really a “fight” actually, just the opposite; more like many hours of swimming and relaxing.
8:00 AM - MY GOD THESE BEDS ARE COMFORTABLE. We have breakfast reservations for 9:30 so I will let the wife sleep in a bit more while I enjoy my last “Morning of Zen TM” for this trip. Given that is is Sunday, there is no activity at the construction sites, no pounding of hammers, so the Zen is of a much higher quality today. Depending on when we come back here, Downtown Disney is going to be either somewhat different, or TOTALLY different. Lots of shops have closed in preparation for new shops and the new hotel.
I go outside of the room for a minute, and there it is, hanging on our door: The White Envelope Of Dispair.
The folio.
We are, indeed, going to have to leave.
9:15 AM - We are ready, sort of, so we head down to our cabana to drop off our luggage and then to Storyteller’s cafe for dinner with Mickey and his buddies. This used to be Chip N Dale’s thing, with their critter friends (raccoons, bears, etc), but it now features Mickey, Minnie, Pluto and the Chipmunks, all dressed in their Adventurer’s outfits. The characters are always fun and engaging, but make no mistake, we come for the food. It is a top-notch breakfast buffet. I have said it before and I will say it again, they manage to find a way to keep the food tasting completely fresh even after it sits for a few minutes. Always delicious.
After breakfast, back to the cabana to meet our cabana host and get a key to the gates, since we have checked out our room keys will not get us into the pool after 11 AM. After we get that, we are off into DCA for one last ride: The Grizzly River Rapids. Dressed in our bathing suits, who gives a shit if we get totally drenched?
And we do, sort of. We have been wetter, but we are wet enough to be glad that we were wearing our bathing suits.
Out of the park for the last time this trip, and I am overwhelmed with melancholy, as I always am when these vacations are winding down.
Tracey points out, quite correctly, that this place should actually be called “The Saddest Place On Earth” - at least on the day you leave it.
We have a wonderful day at the pool and our cabana. What a difference a month makes, though. Last time we did this, which was just after Labour Day, 2015, we basically had the pool to ourselves. We joked it was our private pool, as there were no more than 6 people in the pool at any one time all day. This time, it was kid-a-palooza in OUR pool, for the entire day. This is Disneyland for chrissake, don’t these parents want to take their little monsters into the freaking parks or something??
I have become the “Get those kids off my lawn” guy, and I’m fine with that - but I don’t have a lawn, so THIS POOL is my lawn!
Anyway, it’s still a great day, a relaxing way to end a fantastic, but hectic, 5 days.
4:30 PM - We are waiting for our driver to pick us up and I check out the app to confirm everything is on time expected and I notice that the app has tracking, and he is about 2 minutes away. We grab our stuff and head outside, and arrive just as he is pulling up. Into the car and it’s off to SNA for our flight home.
Since we know we are only getting a snack on this flight, we stop at McDonald’s for a quick bite. Good thing we are not in a hurry, as they are so incompetent. They take forever to get our meal, then give mine to the guy behind me. Thankfully he had not yet left so we were able to switch, but if he had been a bit faster to leave the restaurant they would have had to re-do our order and we would probably still be there. Clowns. And not the “Ronald McDonald” type.
6:45 PM - Our flight takes off, right on time, and we settle in for the flight home. We were right to have a small snack, I think, as the meal choices are identical to what we had on the way down: a protein plate, or a moderately sized salad. Again, we choose one of each and will share.
The fragrant salty nuts arrive. MMMM I have to start warming my nuts.
Flight is underway and let’s assume (hopefully) there is nothing particularly newsworthy during the flight or the drive home, so I will upload this and call it a day. It will be after Midnight by the time we pull into the house so I will be heading right to bed, not updating the blog.
What a trip! Great food, great wine, new friends, and Disney. What could be better?
And although this trip was way too short and we can’t believe we are headed home already, we have to remember this is not our big vacation this year. Next up: November, Hawaii. One week at a resort and a Norwegian cruise around the Islands*. Can’t wait!
Thanks for reading and hope you had a chuckle or two!
* At least, the Islands that are not buried in lava by that point
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