Mom and adult daughter's Xmas/Wedding Planning Trip ~ Day 4

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Day 4
Express Check Out
MGM
The flight home
Breakfast: Starring Rolls
Lunch: 50’s Prime Time Café w/ “Mom” Sue
Dinner: Burger King at the airport

Time to go already? Bummer. Well our flight isn’t till 7:30 PM, but the Mears shuttle will pick us up at 4 PM. We finish packing our stuff and call bell services to come get our bags. They will store them for the day so we can go to the parks. Since we have express check out, there’s no need to check out so we head to MGM.

We grab a quick breakfast (a cinnamon roll) at the Starring Rolls Bakery and decide that we want to ride Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror again. Since it’s Sunday, it’s a bit more crowded (but still slow for this time of year if that makes sense). So we ride those two rides and shop a bit. Then we decide to see if we can get into the 50’s Prime Time Café. We’re seated w/in 5 minutes with our server “Mom Sue”. Mom Sue tells us to set the table and to make sure we keep our elbows off the table. (This is a theme restaurant where all the waitresses are Mom’s from the 50’s and treat you as such). She gives us homework – come up with the 11 animated Disney movies w/ 1 word titles (and the counts as a word). Let’s see if I can remember
1. Dumbo
2. Aladdin
3. Hurcules
4. Dinosaur
5. Bambi
6. Tarzan
7. Cinderella
8. Pochahontas
9. Pinocchio
10. Fantasia
11. Mulan
It’s tougher than you think! We had some help from our “cousins” (people at the next table) and a few hints from Mom. Speaking of cousins, the women at the next table didn’t touch her green beans, so Mom fed her a forkful complete with airplane noises.

Mom and I both had the steak sandwich. Not bad, but the fried chicken which I had last time was MUCH yummier! Dessert ~ S’mores! I can’t rave enough about this one! But make sure you clean your plate or Mom won’t let you have dessert!!

We head off to the Back Lot tour with a short wait. Be warned that if you sit on the left side of the tram you may get wet!! We stopped at sound stage 1 where you can get your picture taken w/ Sorcerer Mickey (Mom’s favorite) and checked out the Walt Disney story (very interesting exhibit/movie – complete w/ models of some of the rides, architectural plans for the castle, etc).

Oh – when we saw Sorcerer Mickey, they let a honeymooning couple go to the front of the line. The cast member announced that they were on their honeymoon and “had better things to do (wink wink nudge nudge) than wait on line”

Time to get the bus back to the resort. We get our bags and Mears picks us up to hear to the airport. I’m not sure where the days went. Dinner was crummy Burger King at the airport.

I must say that I’m more impressed w/ the security at Orlando airport than at Newark. Orlando did all the same things as Newark PLUS they randomly patted down/metal detector wanted people at the gate and checked carry-ons randomly at the gate. Granted it's a smaller airport, so it's probably easier to have tighter security.

And of course, on the flight home I had a kid kicking the back of my seat the whoooole flight. I tolerated it for a while then nicely (well nicely considering how ticked off I was) asked the mom if she could please get her son to stop kicking my seat. Which he did – for all of 5 minutes. I didn’t bother asking again because I figured it’d do no good. Needless to say, by the end of the flight I was ready to break the kid’s legs off and beat him over the head with them. I don’t blame the kid, cuz he’s just a kid. But I do blame the parents. I was just bummin' cuz we were heading home (tho' I couldn't wait to see Kevin) and tired and that was not the way to end the trip. Oh well.

All in all - it was a blast! I kept thinking - next time I'll be here - I'm getting MARRIED!!!

Thanks for reading everyone!

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Sounds like you had a great time with your mom. The vacation days seem to go so fast don't they. Thanks for posting!

 

[susy]

Wonderful trip!!!!!!!!! Please keep us posted on the wedding plans!!! can't wait to see those photos!!!!

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

Great report. Can't wait till I read about the wedding.

That kid sitting behind you. He usually sits behind me!

 

[BeckyEsq]

Great report!

Be sure to post lots of pictures from your wedding! It sounds like it will be beautiful!

 

[swankybeth]

Thanks for taking the time to post your report, I enjoyed reading it.

 

[nativetxn]

You did a lot during your trip. I was patted down at MCO and my bag was searched, they are quite thorough.

I enjoyed reading about your wedding planning and your time in the parks. This was a fun trip report to read. Thanks for taking the time to post it for us.

Katholyn