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Fred, Wilma and Family do Disney Day 14 – A sad day indeed
Thursday 24th April
Today we were leaving – normally, I am absolutely heartbroken when I have to leave Disney World. Usually more so when, as was the case this time, I don’t have a future trip planned or booked. However, today, I wasn’t quite so sad. Whether it was because this particular holiday had been overshadowed by the in-laws and the little problems we’d had along the way or whether it was because I was ready to go home I wasn’t sure of. Either way, I wasn’t quite as upset as usual.
The same could not be said for Daniel – the poor little chap barely stopped crying from the moment he got up to the moment we stepped through the front door at home. He just didn’t want to leave – and, of course, I could sympathise because I knew that feeling all too well.
We checked out of Old Key West early and headed for Downtown Disney, to check in for our flight home. We had used the Downtown Disney check-in once before, on our very first trip, and it is great knowing that our luggage is gone, we’re all checked in and we can enjoy our last day.
We had decided to spend the day at Downtown Disney and do some last-minute shopping. Once we were all checked in, we took the car up to the Marketplace parking lot and went our separate ways, after arranging to meet up for an early dinner at 3:30pm.
Gary, Daniel and I explored World of Disney and Once Upon a Toy.
This was followed by an early lunch at Cooke’s of Dublin, where Daniel had mini sausages and chips and Gary and I shared fish and chips.
We then went for a good look around the Lego store and took some pictures outside.
Daniel really wanted to buy a Cargo plane set, which we had seen on a previous trip, but they didn’t have it. He was quite upset and this brought on a fresh round of tears, which started as disappointment over the Lego but ended up as another ‘I don’t want to go home’ rant.
After he’d calmed down, we went and got some drinks and sat down by the waterfront for a while, just chilling and looking out at the sights. Again, the benefit of hindsight would have been useful, when we realized we were actually getting a bit bored and would have much preferred to be at a park.
We had a look in some more shops, including one whose name escapes me where I saw this beautiful castle which was on sale at the bargain price of $37,500
It was almost 3 o’clock by now so we took one last look around the Art of Disney and took a picture of Daniel posing.
Then, it was off to meet the others at Wolfgang Puck Express for our early dinner. Sorry, no pictures here but think we mostly had basic food – chicken fingers, fries and pizza.
We trooped back to the car and set off for the airport. There followed the usual boring wait for the flight, which was completely uneventful but, suffice to say, better than the outbound as it was on time and the entertainment system was working.
We landed early on Friday morning, collected our luggage and said goodbyes to Chuck and Reeny, who promptly burst into tears and declared that they’d had a fantastic holiday. Well, I’m glad someone did
Seriously, we did enjoy ourselves but the girls both said they’d had a much better time when we’d gone on our own. Daniel, of course, didn’t know any different and was still adamant that he didn’t want to be ‘back in stupid England’.
We were home by lunchtime, having stopped to collect the cat en route, and the first thing I did was start pricing up another holiday – some things never change!!!
Thursday 24th April
Today we were leaving – normally, I am absolutely heartbroken when I have to leave Disney World. Usually more so when, as was the case this time, I don’t have a future trip planned or booked. However, today, I wasn’t quite so sad. Whether it was because this particular holiday had been overshadowed by the in-laws and the little problems we’d had along the way or whether it was because I was ready to go home I wasn’t sure of. Either way, I wasn’t quite as upset as usual.
The same could not be said for Daniel – the poor little chap barely stopped crying from the moment he got up to the moment we stepped through the front door at home. He just didn’t want to leave – and, of course, I could sympathise because I knew that feeling all too well.
We checked out of Old Key West early and headed for Downtown Disney, to check in for our flight home. We had used the Downtown Disney check-in once before, on our very first trip, and it is great knowing that our luggage is gone, we’re all checked in and we can enjoy our last day.
We had decided to spend the day at Downtown Disney and do some last-minute shopping. Once we were all checked in, we took the car up to the Marketplace parking lot and went our separate ways, after arranging to meet up for an early dinner at 3:30pm.
Gary, Daniel and I explored World of Disney and Once Upon a Toy.
This was followed by an early lunch at Cooke’s of Dublin, where Daniel had mini sausages and chips and Gary and I shared fish and chips.
We then went for a good look around the Lego store and took some pictures outside.
Daniel really wanted to buy a Cargo plane set, which we had seen on a previous trip, but they didn’t have it. He was quite upset and this brought on a fresh round of tears, which started as disappointment over the Lego but ended up as another ‘I don’t want to go home’ rant.
After he’d calmed down, we went and got some drinks and sat down by the waterfront for a while, just chilling and looking out at the sights. Again, the benefit of hindsight would have been useful, when we realized we were actually getting a bit bored and would have much preferred to be at a park.
We had a look in some more shops, including one whose name escapes me where I saw this beautiful castle which was on sale at the bargain price of $37,500
It was almost 3 o’clock by now so we took one last look around the Art of Disney and took a picture of Daniel posing.
Then, it was off to meet the others at Wolfgang Puck Express for our early dinner. Sorry, no pictures here but think we mostly had basic food – chicken fingers, fries and pizza.
We trooped back to the car and set off for the airport. There followed the usual boring wait for the flight, which was completely uneventful but, suffice to say, better than the outbound as it was on time and the entertainment system was working.
We landed early on Friday morning, collected our luggage and said goodbyes to Chuck and Reeny, who promptly burst into tears and declared that they’d had a fantastic holiday. Well, I’m glad someone did
Seriously, we did enjoy ourselves but the girls both said they’d had a much better time when we’d gone on our own. Daniel, of course, didn’t know any different and was still adamant that he didn’t want to be ‘back in stupid England’.We were home by lunchtime, having stopped to collect the cat en route, and the first thing I did was start pricing up another holiday – some things never change!!!
he would be mortified.
