Before we left the Magic Kingdom, we wanted to make a stop over at City Hall to talk to a Guest Relations cast member about Brian's parents and other guests with special needs. Brian's dad has early-stage Alzheimer's disease and Brian's mother has some pretty serious mobility issues. They are obviously apprehensive about making the trip.
But, the way we see it, there's really no better place equipped to take care of them than Walt Disney World. Brian's dad is responding very well to medication and Brian's mom has had a couple of surgeries that have helped a LOT so, for now at least, they're on board!
The City Hall cast member was very helpful with advice. She was telling us to stop by and pick up Guest Access Cards for Brian's parents that will enable the cast members throughout Walt Disney World to know how best to accommodate their special needs. She also recommended that we NOT rent scooters from the parks, because they often run out of them early in the day. We told her that mom had found an offsite place that will deliver and pick up the
scooter from her resort, and the cast member agreed that is DEFINITELY the way to go. Speaking to the cast member REALLY helped put everyone's mind at ease. She assured us that they deal with these situations all the time and that she didn't forsee any problems based on what we told her.
Mom and Dad are flying on the airplane with us going TO Orlando, and MY Dad is going to book his flight such that he would be able to provide help to Brian's parents on the trip back home. They'll have other wedding guests nearby staying at the same resort if they need any help, and they're only going to the parks two days - for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and one day at Epcot World Showcase. We plan to give Brian's dad a cell phone to keep on him and take cell phone photos of what he's wearing each day, in case he wanders off (which he doesn't have a tendancy to do - he normally just kind of stands around in one place).
It's just about time to leave, but we had to stop for one last photo of "our castle":
Goodbye Magic Kingdom . . . see you in December!
We rode the monorail and decided to hop off at the Contemporary Resort, our December home. We had lunch at that new place - Contempo Cafe. It's really neat, you order your food on a kiosk and pick it up at a counter:
I really liked this place. Brian had a burger (he was in a "burger mood" that weekend, apparently) and I had a really tasty flatbread pizza.
Stock photo of Chef Mickeys:
We also took a photo of the California Grill check-in desk:
After a quick bus ride back to Pop Century, it was time for one LAST ice cream bar before the bus came. We had a pleasant ride back to the airport:
With our boarding passes provided to us, and our luggage long-gone, we headed straight over to the security line. We had just a little bit of a wait. It took a good 45 minutes or so to get through the line. And when we got to the podium, the TSA guy with a flashlight acted as if he'd NEVER seen a Magical Express boarding pass before. How ODD?! I would have thought he sees those ALL THE TIME! I did a quick look around and there were a LOT of people with Mickey's on their boarding passes. Anyway, he started to give me some static about it because it didn't say BOARDING PASS in big huge letters. But I showed him the sentence that says "This is your boarding pass issued by NW (Northwest) . . . " So the guy let me move on. Whew!
And the rest is pretty boring, really. Our plane was delayed by about 15 minutes or so. The ride home was kind of bumpy and the weather back home couldn't have been ANY more dreary. Rainy and dark!
So, I'll conclude my Trip Report with one final thought . . .
Is there ANYTHING they WON'T sell in an airport vending machine?!
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Things always work out in the end! Best to you both!! 
