So after packing, printing boarding passes & doing our tiny bit of shopping, we headed back in to
Disneyland.
These trees in Downtown Disney were really pretty.
We really didn't have any concrete plans of doing much but soaking up the atmosphere. We strolled down Main Street & went into the Penny Arcade & did some of the movies on the penny machines. Pretty cool.
I got a fortune from this lady.
Eric decided to check his weight.
We wanted some pizza since we hadn't had any all week, so we headed to Fantasyland to Pinocchio's to get pizza for dinner. We had changed our previous night's Steakhouse 55 reservation to tonight, but after a very big lunch at the Blue Bayou decided we didn't want a big heavy meal, so we cancelled that.
I had read about this sign there & was happy to have found it. Seems they didn't measure right & the exit sign ended up off center, so they came up with a cute way to work with it.
We had a salad & pizza. The pizza came with apple slices.
When we came out from eating dinner, we saw the parade was going through so we stopped & watched a bit.
We went out the of Fantasyland via the pathway from the Castle that is just past the Sleeping Beauty walkthough.
We found this really cool window that represents all the different princesses.
Eric can almost touch the decorations.
And I got a great shot of the castle's reflection.
And one that is kind of artsy shot through a tree
As we strolled back down Main Street we saw Santa in the parade.
Back of Santa's float
And of course, we stopped at the Firestation for one last "Thank you Walt" before we left. I had a very hard time leaving that night & I will admit that I was crying big old crocodile tears as we walked out the gate.
We were calling it an early night because we had to be up & downstairs by 5am for our pickup to get to LAX. We went out to see the front of the Grand which we had not done the entire time we were there since we first checked in.
A cool old car.
We went to the lobby & saw Santa Claus on our way to the Hearthstone Lounge.
We went into the lounge which has a warm, inviting atmosphere.
Eric had a glass of wine & I had a pomegranate martini. We just enjoyed sitting & sipping our drinks & talking about our trip.
Then we decided to head up to the room. We had decided to go back & try to watch the fireworks from our balcony. The fireworks had been cancelled both of the previous nights so we weren't sure if they would happen or not. We turned on the fireworks channel & waited.
Sure enough, we did get to see the fireworks---we were freezing but we pulled our chairs over opened the sliding glass door & put on our fleeces to watch.
So after that fitting ending to our trip, we got ready for bed & hit the sack early.
The next morning was uneventful, we got up & got ready. We drug our stuff downstairs & outside. Our towncar was there to get us. We were to LAX in 30-35minutes. We waited in a bit of a frustrating line just to drop our luggage off since we had checked in the night before, but we still had plenty of time to get breakfast & get to the gate. Before we knew it we were back home.
Up next.......what I did with the pins & final thoughts.
he probably was about to strangle me! ((mind you this was like the 22 or 23 of December, so I'm like chatting my head of while we sail through a crowd of TOO many people in the park)) hmm, I'm overdue for a park visit! I need some 
*magic*!!
I can't believe we have been home almost a month. I envy you that you can just pop to the park whenever you need a dose of magic.
DWFan......glad you decided to read along. At least joining at the end you don't have to wait for updates.
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I'm sorry your trip is over - I look forward to your next TR! I'll be waiting for your final thoughts!
