We woke up early, as we had to be at breakfast for 7:45. We said 8:20 in the last update...I guess I wasn't looking at my notes!
When we looked out the verandah, there was a depressing sight.
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Back at the terminal. Boo!
We had to collect all of our carry-on bags, and bring them down to breakfast. We had time for one last picture of the room.
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Bye room!
We arrived at the Enchanted Garden, and there were bags and suitcases all lined up along the walls outside of the restaurant. We left our carry-ons there, and were directed to our table.
2 of our tablemates didn't show up for breakfast. Maybe it was too early for them?
On this last morning, there was a menu, instead of the buffet. I ordered "Eggs for the Road". I chose scrambled, with bacon, and hash browns.
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They must have been trying to use up the bacon, because they gave us a TON! And I was hoping for hash brown potatoes, not the McDonald's type patty.
Meg got the "Chef's Farewell", which is an open-faced omlette with bbq chicken, onions, peppers, and swiss cheese.
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She really liked it, but I couldn't eat bbq chicken that early in the morning.
We were almost done eating and the huge table that Kruno had been dealing with for the 3 days just showed up. At that point, it was after 8:30! Really, they tell you 7:45, so I couldn't believe people would just show up that late! I mean, everyone has to get the ship ready for the next sailing!!! Poor Kruno! Again! And he had to go over and be nice to them. I really don't think I could do that job!
We gave him a hug, and thanked him for the great service, said good bye to Jen and Trevor, and headed out, sadly.
We picked up our carry-on bags, showed our KTTW cards to get off the ship and went into the terminal. All of the suitcases were there, arranged by tags. We had Tinker Bell. They were pretty easy to find actually. We brought everything over, handed a form and our IDs to the Customs guy, and we breezed right through. We were out of there and on a bus back to the airport by 9am! It was very organized and easy.
I slept off and on on the bus ride back to the airport. Meg kept trying to talk to me and waking me up. She HATES when I sleep and she is up.
We got off at the Delta terminal, as we had to figure out what to do about a flight home at this point. We got in there, I told Meg to sit on a bench near the Delta lines, and dropped all of the luggage there with her. I then had to stand in a line that went on forever. I think I was in line for 90 minutes! Lots of other people were trying to switch flights, and even coming over from other airline desks to see if Delta could get them out sooner. I was talking to one woman who had been on a Jet Blue flight. They told her they couldn't get her out until the following Sunday (a full week!) going back to New York. She was ready to leave and rent a car to drive home. No thanks!
After standing there for that long, the woman at the desk basically told me the same thing the person on the phone last night said. We couldn't get out until Wednesday! I asked her to check Boston, Providence, Hartford, Manchester, and even Albany. Nothing! Wow. We were stuck. I told her I guess we had to keep the Wednesday flight then, and walked back over to Meg.
Next, I called DVC to see if they had any rooms we could book on points. Luckily, they did! They had OKW, and SSR. I picked one, and told Meg we had 3 more nights, back at Disney World!
She was actually excited, even though she'd be missing the first 2 days of school at a new school. The CM also called ME for me, and let them know we were there, even though we had not arrived on a flight, and arranged for our transportation back to the resort.
We brought all of our bags to the ME desk, and we were all set. They told us which line to get in, and after dealing with a cranky old guy...
WE WERE HEADED BACK TO WDW!!!