After Wishes we headed back to CBR. I packed up all of our stuff with the exception of a bag to carry to DHS the next morning. At 7am the next morning, baggage services showed up to pick up our luggage. Our CM was Chris and he was great.
It was sad to turn over our stuff as reality started to set in that we were going home today.
DHS was having EMH this morning so we headed to the bus stop and caught a bus over. We got there about 20 minutes before 8am. This was the morning of the not-so-EMH. They didn't actually drop the rope until 8:20 and it was a madhouse. We quickly made our way over to TSM (yep we rode it 3 times). We parked the stroller and headed to the queue. Joe took this while inside:
We came out and it was coming a flood.
It was sunny when we got in line and I didn't cover the stroller. When we got to the stroller it was completely soaked.
Next we headed over to ToT. Joe and Lindsey rode then Lindsey and I rode. The ride broke down while we were on it so we got to go again. It was fun and extra scary the second time. Joe took this while we were inside.
After that we decided to go find some SW characters. Joe was really excited about this. He's a total SW nut so this was really cool to him. Here are some pics of the characters we met.
By now it was sunny and it was cooking the puddles of water that lay on the pavement. It got really hot. We decided to have a Mickey bar and get out of DHS because it was crazy crowded. Here is Josie enjoying her Mickey bar...check out the cool T-shirt we found for her a few days prior...it's perfect!
As we were leaving the SW parade had started. We could hardly move and that just made it more obvious that it was time to get out. We caught a bus back over to CBR and decided to let the girls have one more swim before we left. Here are some pics of our last few hours at CBR.
We had some drama at the pirate pool. Josie slid down one of the little slides and this boy came rushing down and knocked her off her feet. As she fell she bit her tongue. She had two huge holes in her tongue and her knee was bleeding too. The child nor the parent apologized.
We soaked a pool towel in blood. The lifeguard gave me a red biohazard bag and we discarded the towel. For the rest of this day and the next her tongue was swollen and she fussed that it hurt to eat. We decided this was a great time to shower change into our clothes and have some lunch.
We had a really late lunch at the food court at Port Royale and it was time to head over to catch the Magical Express. Joe took these at the airport waiting for our plane.
Next we would board the plane and be off. Unfortunately the flight back wasn't as smooth as the flight in. The pilot came on and told us that he wouldn't be turning off the seatbelt requirement until much later in the flight and to expect it to be bumpy. I almost instantly had tears in my eyes. After about an hour and 10 minutes the seatbelt requirement was lifted. Of course both of the girls had to go to the restroom. We took care of that and no sooner did we sit down and we had to put the seatbelts back on. We landed in Nashville with no issues.
We were all starving by now so we stopped at Olive Garden for some dinner. We gained an hour on the way back so it was about 7:30pm Nashville time and we were able to get a table with no wait. We ate and headed home. The girls didn't make it 10 miles from OG and they were passed out. We got home around 9:30pm. We unloaded our stuff and hit the sack.
Up next Final Thoughts
(I'm not biased or anything.) This time we MUST have cameras ready and must schedule at least one meet. We have more time to work out the details. 
It would be great if you could talk your parents into it. My Mom and Aunt went with the girls and I in 2007 and we had a really great time. It's kind of cool to see your parents get tickled over your children's happiness and excitement. I have Nov. 23 already blocked in my calendar so that I can make ADR's. It's been blocked for a few weekss now....
I think the longer you have the more slack you are about doing things. We made a point everyday of being back at the resort by 1230 at the latest to enjoy the pool, rest, shower and back out for our dinner ADR's. By the last week all I was thinking is, good god, we haven't done this and that and other stuff
you have your trip booked!! I hope you make it to the beach this time. Are you going to stay at Poly?
The picture we took she looks like a green blob so we won't share but here are a few pics of the fireworks. 
