Thanks kafitty and MEK! Re: the safari pics - I'm pretty happy myself; I've rarely had much luck getting shots that I like on it, the rain seemed to help.
On to the
last update! (Except for some shots from my wife's camera that I'll add soon, in a few days probably.)
We left Animal Kingdom and made our way (via another hotel) to Downtown Disney. We were getting pretty hungry and trying to decide between Wolfgang Puck Cafe and Earl of Sandwich. My first inclination was WPC but I would probably order something that I make at home fairly often anyway... plus we walked over the place as I somehow overlooked it. (I knew it was near the bus stop but then I started questioning myself...) long story short, by the time we found it, I talked myself into Earl of Sandwich. They have some really good stuff and it's relatively cheap, to boot. I ended up with an "All American" - "Roasted Turkey, Buttermilk Ranch, Cranberries, Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Lettuce & Tomato" according to their menu, mine was minus the tomato. It sounds a bit weird but it was very good!
By this time the rain had let up a little but it was still sprinkling a bit, but I left brave enough to mount my non-sealed 55mm macro on my camera, which I hadn't really used thus far on the trip. We stopped into a few stores, including the new "Tren-D". I'm not exactly the target audience but there are some interesting things to shoot in there. I'd have more shots but most of the time, I accidentally had the camera set to ISO 5000. Oops!
We spent some time at the
Lego Store... Jack is at the age where he loves Legos so he likes coming here.
Even Leila was having a good time.
We spent some time at Goofy's Candy Company, which for some reason, we usually skip most trips. Some of the treats there look like they'll put you right into a coffin!
My wife decided to get one of the custom-designed Rice Krispy treats. I'm not a big fan of RC treats so I skipped it. I might mention that it was some overwhelmingly sweet by the time that it was done that it is
still unfinished and the remainder will no doubt find itself in the trash pretty soon!
While all this was going on, the rest of us had fun wandering around and checking out the funhouse mirror. Hmm... Jay Leno or Bruce Campbell?
Using a manual focus lens means that sometimes the focus is a little off, but they still crack me up.
"They call me Heat Miser... whatever I touch..."
Next stop was Art of Disney as well as the neighboring stationary store to get some pencils for his daycare friends. Do you know how hard it is to find small, cheap souvenirs for ~15 small children? Your options are slim without going broke!
Anyway, I always like the Art of Disney stores and have fun shooting some of the art on display.
It was getting late, so he hopped on a bus back to Beach Club, wet and very sleepy! We did as much packing as we could before collapsing, and in the morning we finished packing and took our stuff down and left it with Bell Services. Either I'm missing a receipt or we had leftovers for breakfast, but anyway, we went to Magic Kingdom and had just a little over an hour available before we had to head back to catch the Magical Express bus. How much can you do in a little over an hour, you might ask? Well, does this give you any idea...
...or this?
Yes, it was practically
empty! We rode Snow White, Peter Pan, Haunted Mansion, and Buzz Lightyear -
twice! (Unfortunately, my scores were
lousy compared to my high score from the other night.) We stopped by the Main St Bakery for
one last cinnamon roll and some other goodies then got on the bus back to Beach Club... I think a little condensation from the humidity gave this shot a nice ethereal quality.
We got back to Beach Club with a few minutes to spare. The bad news is that we were just about out of anything to feed Leila and she was getting
very cranky... it felt like a
long ride back to the airport! Plus, turns out that they don't sell any baby formula in the airports at all... just applesauce. We did our best to keep Leila happy on the flight home but it was nonstop work! We were all happy to get her home and fed properly. The good news is that, just in almost two months since we were there, she tends to be much happier overall so hopefully she will take the next trip in stride. Plus she eats all sorts of stuff now, so it's much easier to keep her fed!
So, that was the trip! Overall, I'd have to say that it was a success... none of us got sick
which was a huge bonus after our previous trip. Really, the biggest headache was trying to keep Leila happy. It can be tough with an infant! We did just order a new stroller for our June trip which has room for both of them while still being small and easy to maneuver, so hopefully that will help. (A Joovy Caboose Ultralight for those who are into strollers!) The weather was pretty decent most of the time and crowd levels were low. We never got a chance to go swimming (a shame when staying at the Beach Club!) and I didn't really get any late nights at the parks (which I enjoy) and hence got very few tripod shots. My new R-Strap worked well, which has since been replaced to fix a dodgy screwlock issue and we have acquired a second R-Strap for my wife's camera.
I hope everyone has enjoyed the trip report! Let me know if you did.
I have started to go through the pictures from my wife's camera (which I used a couple times) so I'll be adding a few more "bonus" shots soon.
Maybe in the future I'll make a label to stick onto the tag that has our name/phone number in case anything falls out again...
I'm going to split up our day at AK and then I'll put the evening (at Downtown Disney) and the final morning together, then some shots from my wife's camera.
Count on me being there until closing on at least one night, if not both! It ended up working out pretty well - plane tickets were all of $145 roundtrip for JetBlue nonstops, Billy Dee Williams and Ray Park will be there that weekend, plus we'll be there for the first running on Main Street Electrical Parade! 
