It was our last day in WDW and although we're never happy to be leaving, we had somewhat of a stressful trip and were almost glad that things were winding down.
We got up and headed right to the bus stop at 8:45am. We had breakfast ressies at Ohana for 9:30 so we got in line for the MK bus.
The line was crazy long. There were two wheelchairs waiting to be loaded and a ton of people in front of us. We would never make it if we had to wait in that line, so we hopped on the nearly empty Epcot bus instead.
We arrived at Epcot, went through security, and got on the monorail to the TC. As soon as we got in line for the MK monorail, the monorail arrived! SWEET! The Poly was the first stop (even sweeter!) and we got there at 9:25am with NO LINE to wait in to check in! We were seated by 9:35am and our breakfast was quite yummy.
This was our view of the castle from our seats (sorry it's kinda blurry):
And Lumar enjoys the juice:
We didn't stay to wait for the characters to come around so right after eating we were back on the monorail to MK!
Our first stop was at Pirates. I took these pics on the way:
I think I took this one while we were waiting in line:
After Pirates, we headed through Frontierland to Liberty Square for a spin on HM.
Aww, someone put a flower on Master Gracey's headstone today:
At this point, I pretty much just stopped taking pictures until the Halloween Party, so here's some boring chatter about what else we did on our last day
We left HM and went to the Hall of Presidents 11:30 show. I didn't know they were changing the whole show when they added President Obama, but it's still fantastic and makes me want to cry.
We went to Cosmic Rays for lunch and both had cheeseburgers. Everytime we eat here, I just get more and more disappointed. Honestly, I had a better cheeseburger on the ferry to Port Jefferson, NY once. Seriously. When ferry food outranks WDW food...there's a problem. We sat outside to eat which was nice...the heat wasn't too unbearable at this point.
We went on the TTA and then BLSRS. I actually beat Lumar by like 4000 points! We headed to Frontierland and got FPs for Splash, rode the train all the around once then got on BTMRR for a spin before our return time to Splash.
We hit up HM once more then left MK around 10 after 4 to head back to Pop to change. We showered and put on our costumes. I had brought a little sewing kit with me that had the most useless pair of scissors I've ever encountered. They were made of aluminum or something because they bent completely in half and the little thumb things just fell right off.
For those of you wondering why I needed scissors....Lumar's costume was a body suit. We discovered a few days before we left that there was no way for him to use the bathroom while wearing it. So I tried to be creative and just cut a little hole in the seem for him. It didn't work. His costume was such a PITA - it took FOREVER to get it positioned the right way and then I had to safety pin the daylights out of it to hold it in place. I told him he'd have to hold it, unless he was taking the costume off for the night.
I went as Wonder Woman and Lumar was the Green Lantern. In my infinite wisdom, I opted for the boots with the 5 inch platform heels.
By the time I got off the bus, my feet hurt. By the time I reached Toontown, I was near tears. Thank all that is holy that I brought flip flops.
We beelined for the teacups because I really wanted to meet Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs. The line was already 2 hours long and it was literally 10 after 7. So we waited in line to meet the White Rabbit:
And then we headed over to Minnie's house. The plan was to meet both her and Mickey.
Lumar took a picture of my boots for me:
As soon as we were done with Minnie, the hair went up into a ponytail (BTW, I left the sweet headband that came with the costume at home), and the boots went into the backpack. I was sweating, I was in severe amounts of pain, and I was getting hungry.
We went and rode HM, and got in line to take pictures in front of the carriage. Of course, I blinked and my eyes were closed in the picture.
The ride itself was down. We went to Casey's and got some food and found a table to watch Hallowishes from. At this point, I changed completely into real clothes, as did Lumar.
We stopped and got Lumar a Dole Whip on our way to ride Pirates, then went back to see if HM was up and running, which it was. We finally headed to the bus around 11pm.
There were SO MANY PEOPLE at the party tonight it was INSANE. They were using 3 bus stops just for Pop Century. I took this picture while waiting in line. If you can see people, they are in line for a Pop bus.
We got home and I packed my hiney off then we went to bed (passed out) at 1am. Hooray for daylight savings which gave me an extra hour of sleep!
So that's the end of my TR. I'm sorry I was lacking on pictures and funny stories this time around. Lumar's mom being ill really just took a toll on us and we didn't quite realize it until the end of the trip. I can say now that I officially hate Pop Century, though no fault of it's own. I stayed at Mods two years in a row and going back to a Value just didn't cut it for me. I missed the coffee maker (I did participate in a swap but it was just a pain), I missed the little tram that would pick me up and bring me around, I missed the quiet cafeteria and the non-crowded buses. It just didn't work for me.
Oh and I did learn that if you make coffee in the room - it doesn't matter what brand of coffee you use if you use just regular tap water. Use bottled water to make your coffee - it makes all the difference in the world.
I did book our 2010 trip today though! I got a PIN code for 25% of a Moderate package so we'll be at Coronado from 10/19 - 10/29. I'm hoping my brother can come with us but we'll see. Right now it's just me and Lumar but that's OK with us. We need a bounce-back trip.