Final update. I think I left off about mid-day yesterday (Christmas Day). We had an absolutely terrific Christmas dinner at WCC. Great turkey, pork loin, beef brisket and chicken. Also had mashed potatoes and dressing. Dessert was yule log. I loved it, DW loved it and DS loved it. DD is very, very picky and basically ate just the mashed potatoes. Go figure
. $33 for mashed potatoes. I held my tongue though. Once they are grown, there is not much you can do, right?
After fully stuffing ourselves (at least three of ourselves), we went back up to our unit. DW and myself decided to head over to MK to see the parade. It was fantastic. As the parade was finishing, DD showed up, so the three of us headed to Epcot. We called DS and told him our plans. He really could care less about CP, but is a big fan of Thursday night's narrator - Edward James Olmos. DS loves Battlestar Gallactica and he wanted to at least see him in person. We were planning on meeting up with him for the 6:30 CP, but at 6:15 he called and said he had just got on the bus at WL (something about falling asleep, etc.). So DW and I went in and saw American Adventure and DD went off on her own. When AA was over we met up with DS who was watching James Olmos. We all then headed back to VWL and then went by Roaring Forks for a late supper. I got the flat bread which I thought was great. DS got a burger and DW got chicken nuggets. I'm not sure DD ever ate, but then she was still full of all those mashed potatoes she had for dinner
. (Thank goodness DD knows nothing about these boards, she would kill me for writing all this about her).
So now here is when it really turns magical. If you remember back a few posts of mine, DW loves to collect dolls. She mainly collects Madame Alexander and a few American Girls. Well DD loves to collect dolls also - mainly porcelain Barbee type dolls. Well on Wednesday DW and DD bought three porcelain dolls at MK and had them shipped back to WL. Well we went to pickup the dolls last evening and the boxes were all bashed in. Now, if you know anything about collecting dolls that's a no-no. Just as soon as you taken them out of the box they loose all value and the box needs to be in great condition. Well DD didn't want to cause a ruckus and just went back and told the WL merchandise manager they should be more careful. Well you know what Dad's are for. I went back in and had a little chat with the manager and he was as nice as he could be. He said they would replace all three dolls. He asked what time we were leaving this morning and I said 9:00. He said he would try to get them over night and if not, they would mail them to us at no cost. When we woke up this morning, he had left a message a midnight last night. He said he had gotten two of the three dolls from MK and would stop by the World of Disney at DTD on his way in to work this morning and get the third doll. We went by the shop at 8:30 this morning and he had all three dolls in perfect condition. His name is Jose and he went way beyond the call of duty. What a perfect ending to our perfect Christmas at WDW. We plan on writing a letter of appreciation to him and send copies to as many people as we can at WDW to thank him.
Well that's about it. Today was a long drive, but traffic wasn't too bad. Only saw one accident, somewhere in South Carolina. I hope everyone has enjoyed my little trip report. We had a great trip, but I doubt we will go again Christmas week. DW and I've discussed it and we just like it better when it's just the two of us going in early December.
Merry Christmas 
