:Connie
Becky,
thank you for all the wonderful updates and beautiful pictures
I am so glad you took the time to meet and greet all those characters and the rain did not overaly spoil all your fun! I just love the characters and especially when the kids are little it is so great to experience that wonderful magic!
Your pictures brought me back down memory lane of some of our favorite character experiences too...w/ many of those same fun guys too. And I really think your Wendy was the same one we saw in 2005. She is so pretty!
it is great how much fun Claire had too w/ Pooh and Friends. We loved that buffet too. Glad you could take your time and get some wonderful family shots too!
I love the family shots in front of the castle at night all up in pink...
sounds like you had a wonderful full day at MK! We rode the boat home once from MK too to the Poly...yes it was a long slow line, but it was a nice ride. it was probably best to take the sleeping girls on the monorail though as you get push a stroller on those small boats.
I understnad those last day tears...and it probably wans't just that it was the last night but all the wonderful memories you had made so far that week were just pouring out
Looking forward to hearing about the last park choice and what you did!
and that towel man was HUGE
J-
Becky, fabulous updates! I too can totally relate to the sadness and the range of emotions that you go through on that last full day! It's just over all too quick! And I'm sure with all that rain you guys had, you were lamenting a little on some of that as well!
Fabulous pictures and great stories to go along with them!
That's one FABULOUS towel animal!!!
Sara
What a great last day! It looks like we kept running in to you. That was some rain, wasn't it? We were stuck in the same giftshop as you, believe it or not.
You have some amazing priceless pictures. I love all the pictures from CP. Don't you just hate last nights? It really kicks in once you get home. I think I see my DH in your stroller picture.
Looks like the girls had a great halloween. I love your pink mickey and minnie jacket. Where did you get it? Ally and Claire are too cute in their costumes as well as their Ariel dresses.
Becky wonderful update!!! what a wonderful way to end your trip (even if it did rain) ya'll really hit the jackpot with the character sightings. CP looked like sooo much fun for the girls...and ALL the castle pics are FABULOUS!!!!!
CONGRATS!! ON THE BOOKING OF THE UPCOMING TRIP!!!
let the planning begin
Aaahhh, you booked your next Disney Vacation? Aaahhh,So, exciting!!!!!!!! I also love your last update. Sounds like a magical evening.
We're staying at the Polynesian again and will be there May 22-29th!!! Whoo hoo!! My parents and brother will be joining us this time!! My parents haven't been since '83 and my brother (27) has NEVER been!!! Our ADR date is Nov. 23rd!! This is what we have down for meals so far:
I am SO EXCITED for you Becky! I can't believe your Mom & Dad haven't been since the 80's and your brother has never been! This is going to be a GREAT trip! Can't wait for you to start you PTR!!
Loved Fantasmic...have you ever seen it? We really like it and the boys did too, we've taken them twice and always do it on our last night.....just cause i feel like it's too sad to do MK the last night and it's a way to go out with a bang cause you get to see all the characters one last time....
Yay Becky!! So happy that you guys are going back!! Can't wait till you start your PTR
As far as your updates go, LOVE your MK day so far!! So great that all of the characters you set out to see were there! We had to skip Ariel's grotto last time, so I know it will be one of our first stops in January! Looks great.
I wanted to ask you about the Snow White ride. Was it as scary as all the books say it is? That is another one we did not try in fear that it was. Your pics look pretty, though, so fill me in
I can also relate about crying when it is coming to an end. It is SUCH an emotional time...especially with your kids! I will miss your TR so much, but WOOHOO cant wait for your PTR! Hurry and start it
I bet you could find a video of the ride on YouTube and prepare your kiddos if you think that would help. We did that with the Dinosaur ride at AK for Ally and she rode it with no problem!!
Our plan was to head to Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekend!! There were EMH that morning so the park was opening at 8:00 which worked great for us since we'd have to leave to catch ME back to the airport (we had a 4:50 p.m. direct flight back to Memphis). Brent was excited about SWW--he is a HUGE Star Wars buff (it was the first movie he saw in the theater) and after doing girly princess stuff all week, this was going to be a treat for him!! 
It was a quiet trip back--no one was excited about leaving the happiest place on earth. We got to the airport, checked in, and grabbed some Starbucks. We waited at our gate for awhile and then it was time to board the plane back to Memphis. We made in back, grabbed our luggage, and headed home. This is what we saw before we even left the airport (the time stamp on my camera says it was 6:31 p.m.)!
