Disembarkation
Normally I am so sad on the morning that we have to leave the ship but I was really looking forward to going home to see my babes so I was OK with it
I don't eat in the morning on vacation so we both skipped breakfast and made our way down to the Atrium just before 8am. Got in the line to get off the ship and for about 10 minutes we didn't move an inch and the line got very long. Finally the line started moving and we were down in the luggage room about 6-7 minutes later.
The luggage room was ridiculously CROWDED!!! I have never seen it like that!!
We had to go all the way down to the right-front part to get our suitcase and then go all the way around the MASSIVE line of people to get to the back of the line!
There really must be a better way to do this! It wasn't so bad once we made our way through the throngs of people to find the end of the line but it was chaos and madness trying to get there.
5 minutes after getting in the line, I was directed to a separate line for non-US citizens (finally a Disney perk for being Canadian
) and was out of the terminal 5 minutes later with only 2 families in front of me for customs.
I was able to head outside and rearrange my suitcase while I waited for Michelle to join me. We hopped on the
DCL bus for the airport and 10 minutes later we left.
You really can't beat the convenience of taking the DCL buses if you are going straight to the airport!
About an hour later, we arrived at side B and made our separate ways to check-in.
Although my flight didn't leave until 5:45pm...I was REALLY hoping to catch an earlier flight home. My original flight didn't get me home until midnight my time and then I would have to grab my bags and go through CDN customs so I wouldn't have been home until about 2 am and wouldn't have been able to see my daughter, who would be sleeping, until the next morning.
Luckily, I spoke to a really nice agent and he was able to get me on the 10:30 flight to Denver, which would get me home at 6pm!!!
Since I was flying on a rewards certificate, he was able to just switch the flight and not charge me anything, so it worked out great! Now I just had to make it through security and to my gate in less than 25 minutes!!
The lines for security were REALLY long on both sides but luckily I picked a fast-moving line and made it with 5 minutes to spare
I didn't even have time to tell Rob about my early flight so as soon as we landed in Denver, I texted him and he was very excited
After almost 3 hours in Denver, I made my last flight into Calgary and landed just a little late. And after customs, my two babes were there waiting for me
It was soooooo good to see them!!! I really missed them, more than I even thought I would! I'm not the kind of person who needs to be away from their family in order to appreciate them...I tell both of them every single day just how much I love them and appreciate them and how lucky I am to have them so being away from them just made me appreciate them even more than I normally do!!
Here's some pics...
Snowy Denver...back to reality I guess LOL!
OK, well that's it for this report...when I have time I might post about my few days in WDW and also about the whole experience.
Also, when I get my video/s done, I will post a link in the Index
Thanks everyone for reading along, posting so that I know you are reading and being patient while I wrote this ridiculously-long report
Group Hug!!
We first sat close to the stage in those but after about 3 seconds, I had to move, they were ridiculously uncomfortable to me! Michelle didn't have any problems though but she has a good back 
