dizneeat
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Day 29, September 8
Its time to go home - Part 2
We were getting close to the time to leave, but we still had one more ride we wanted to ride, the Peoplemover.
Thankfully it very rarely has a line and we were able to just walk on. So there we sat, sad that our trip was very shortly coming to an end, still enjoying the sights and sounds of the Magic Kingdom,
but we both had one thing to look forward to, we already knew when we would be coming back and it was only a little over 5 months until then. The Peoplemover loop came to an end and we had to get off. We slowly walked towards the exit, turned around at the end of Main Street to wave goodbye to the castle
and then left the park.
We walked over to the Contemporary and up to the Contempo Café, where we got a drink and the ceremonial last Mickey Bar of the trip.
It was nice to just sit there, enjoy the ice-cream without it melting in a flash and reliving some of the most fun experiences of this trip. Once we had finished our treat, we headed to the parking lot to pick up our car.
We stopped at Old Key West to pick up our luggage and get changed, waved goodbye to this beautiful resort and drove over to Downtown Disney. One other tradition we just cant let go is to have a very late lunch at Wolfgang Pucks Express.
We usually have pizza, but this time we chose something lighter. Or so we thought. We ordered our Diet Cokes and soon after we had sat down our food arrived. We had ordered two sandwiches to share, the
Pesto Chicken Salad Sandwich, romaine, red onions and plum tomatoes and the
Chicken Aioli, mozzarella, romaine, tomatoes, red onions and cilantro aioli. Both were huge and came with herbed fries. It didnt help much that we had just eaten an ice-cream bar, but we attacked the sandwiches as good as we could, but were highly unsuccessful in polishing them off. Once we could not take one more bite we wobbled outside to our car
and off we went to the airport. We drove out of the Downtown Disney parking lot and hit the traffic jam.
It took quite a while for us to make it to the highway but once we were on it, it was slow but smooth sailing. Once we had turned towards the airport the traffic became very light and in no time we turned into the rental car return. We unloaded all our stuff, Tom went to get a cart and off we went to find the Lufthansa counter. It was really close nearby and we checked in our three pieces of luggage, paying for the one that was now extra. We had done online check in, so everything was already settled, all we needed were paper tickets and off we went again. There was still time left to stroll through the stores, pay a visit to the Earport and buy a few more things before we made our way over to security.
The lines were fairly long but a lot of lines were open, so it moved at a steady pace. Once we had passed security we headed for the fake monorail and were finally sitting in the departure lounge. While waiting we used the airports free internet to say goodbye to our DISboard friends and a little later boarding had finally begun. We got on board, stowed away our carry ons and settled into our seats.
The plane took off on time and once we were at cruising altitude, the flight attendants came around and handed out little bags of snacks and offered drinks. I stuck with water,
while Tom got some beer
and a little later we were handed hot/cold towels to refresh ourselves before dinner was served.
There was a small salad
and some
Caesar dressing, a cold, slightly stale
whole grain dinner roll, some sesame crackers and some slightly overcooked
Fusilli pasta with tomato sauce. For dessert we got some
Tiramisu. It had been four hours since our Wolfgang Pucks Express lunch, so we nibbled a bit before we both took some sleeping aid, waited for the trays to be removed, pushed back our seats and closed our eyes.
Being tired, combined with some sleeping aid really did the trick. We drifted off to sleep and while we woke up numerous times during the flight it was a blessing to be able to go right back to sleep.
To be continued ............
Its time to go home - Part 2
We were getting close to the time to leave, but we still had one more ride we wanted to ride, the Peoplemover.
Thankfully it very rarely has a line and we were able to just walk on. So there we sat, sad that our trip was very shortly coming to an end, still enjoying the sights and sounds of the Magic Kingdom,
but we both had one thing to look forward to, we already knew when we would be coming back and it was only a little over 5 months until then. The Peoplemover loop came to an end and we had to get off. We slowly walked towards the exit, turned around at the end of Main Street to wave goodbye to the castle
and then left the park.
We walked over to the Contemporary and up to the Contempo Café, where we got a drink and the ceremonial last Mickey Bar of the trip.
It was nice to just sit there, enjoy the ice-cream without it melting in a flash and reliving some of the most fun experiences of this trip. Once we had finished our treat, we headed to the parking lot to pick up our car.
We stopped at Old Key West to pick up our luggage and get changed, waved goodbye to this beautiful resort and drove over to Downtown Disney. One other tradition we just cant let go is to have a very late lunch at Wolfgang Pucks Express.
We usually have pizza, but this time we chose something lighter. Or so we thought. We ordered our Diet Cokes and soon after we had sat down our food arrived. We had ordered two sandwiches to share, the
Pesto Chicken Salad Sandwich, romaine, red onions and plum tomatoes and the
Chicken Aioli, mozzarella, romaine, tomatoes, red onions and cilantro aioli. Both were huge and came with herbed fries. It didnt help much that we had just eaten an ice-cream bar, but we attacked the sandwiches as good as we could, but were highly unsuccessful in polishing them off. Once we could not take one more bite we wobbled outside to our car
and off we went to the airport. We drove out of the Downtown Disney parking lot and hit the traffic jam.
It took quite a while for us to make it to the highway but once we were on it, it was slow but smooth sailing. Once we had turned towards the airport the traffic became very light and in no time we turned into the rental car return. We unloaded all our stuff, Tom went to get a cart and off we went to find the Lufthansa counter. It was really close nearby and we checked in our three pieces of luggage, paying for the one that was now extra. We had done online check in, so everything was already settled, all we needed were paper tickets and off we went again. There was still time left to stroll through the stores, pay a visit to the Earport and buy a few more things before we made our way over to security.
The lines were fairly long but a lot of lines were open, so it moved at a steady pace. Once we had passed security we headed for the fake monorail and were finally sitting in the departure lounge. While waiting we used the airports free internet to say goodbye to our DISboard friends and a little later boarding had finally begun. We got on board, stowed away our carry ons and settled into our seats.
The plane took off on time and once we were at cruising altitude, the flight attendants came around and handed out little bags of snacks and offered drinks. I stuck with water,
while Tom got some beer
and a little later we were handed hot/cold towels to refresh ourselves before dinner was served.
There was a small salad
and some
Caesar dressing, a cold, slightly stale
whole grain dinner roll, some sesame crackers and some slightly overcooked
Fusilli pasta with tomato sauce. For dessert we got some
Tiramisu. It had been four hours since our Wolfgang Pucks Express lunch, so we nibbled a bit before we both took some sleeping aid, waited for the trays to be removed, pushed back our seats and closed our eyes.
Being tired, combined with some sleeping aid really did the trick. We drifted off to sleep and while we woke up numerous times during the flight it was a blessing to be able to go right back to sleep.
To be continued ............
Wow! First you rode TOT five times, and then BTMRR a bunch of times, too!
You are amazing Uber riders! 
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