Last update!
On the way back to our site, we saw people at the sooper sekrit fishing spot.
I thought the mirror was interesting.
And I bet most of you have seen this before:
Meadow/Meadows:
This guy almost fell on DH's head while we were packing up the car:
We were running close on time, so we packed up the tent first, just to make sure it was empty if they came to take it down, then went to shower and change. With our wet-from-swimming towels. Tsk.
We were still at the site a little after 11am, and I think checked out at 11:30am, but no one said anything to us about it.
If we could've stayed another night, I would've tried to talk DH into it.
I didn't want to leave.
After checkout, which took less than 30 seconds, I think, we went back to Epcot for some more Food & Wine fun. I was a little hungry so I grabbed some empanadas from La Catina de San Angel. The outside seating was full, so they were seating people in the Hacienda.
Those chips are delicious. I think in the future I'd pick the nachos over the empanadas. The empanadas just seem to be thickly pressed corn tortillas with mozzarella cheese inside, sealed and fried.
DH got the Lobster & Scallolp Fisherman's Pie from Ireland and Chicken Souvlaki from Greece. The pie was his favorite thing of the four he sampled, the souvlaki his second.
After strolling the World Showcase for a while, next up was Whispering Canyon Cafe for dinner. We actually spent a while just hanging out at Wilderness Lodge. We saw 10+ deer near the entrance. It was crazy. I spent some time knitting, and DH caught up on sports things on his phone.
At dinner time, I was pretty full still, so I didn't eat much. We shared a skillet (I ate a piece of corn and some mashed potatoes), I got my own gluten free cornbread, and ordered sheriff's shakes. Everyone sung Happy Birthday, which was
embarrassing. But cute. I had the fruit plate for dessert, but I just ate a couple pieces off of it.
The shakes were great.
The cornbread was awesome.
DH loved the ribs.
Otherwise it was just okay.
After dinner it was time to rush over to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.
This didn't go as well as I'd hoped. But it was still a good time.
The crowds were pretty awful. It hadn't rained so it was really hot. And, did I mention it was really crowded? I had made my costume and it had been pretty much demolished by the crowds before we even got through the gate.
We watched the first parade:
The parade was awesome. I loved the grave diggers. Pretty much none of our pictures came out. But the song still gets stuck in my head sometimes when I'm least expecting it!
I had a good spot for fireworks, but DH wanted to move up to here where we basically couldn't see much. I'm glad we'd seen them from the Poly the week before.
The castle effects were pretty good from where we were.
We got some candy. We met some characters.
And then it was time to go home.
We will probably do
MNSSHP again next year. On a day when we are just driving over. At around 2pm. Well rested. Wearing costumes involving fewer layers.
Of course, my favorite part of everything was the Fort. And we didn't get to do enough there. At all. So we have tentatively planned another trip for the 22nd-28th of October for next year!!
DH has said it was okay with him as long as he could get the time off from work.
Oh, wait. That's how long again?
Sigh.
Thanks for reading along if you made it this far. It has been great being able to relive things like this. I hope it was at least somewhat enjoyable as I have enjoyed reading so many trip reports here.
. I am SO going to show this to my DH. He thought his wife was the only one who packs needles and yarn for vacation. 
Yay - FANTASTIC trip report!!! Woweekazowee, you guys did a LOT in just two days, I'm amazed.
