If they hadn't had 6 suitcases, and WC with a migraine so she had to be carried, DD would have tried to schlep their luggage themselves and gotten out of that crazy line, but under the circumstances they had no choice but to use ME. When we finally got her luggage checked in, it was 12:30, so we went to the food court to get something to eat. We grabbed a quick burger and some chicken strips for the kids and tried to catch our breaths.
We went back to the TV room to relieve DSIL so he could go eat, and tried to get WC to eat a little. DSILs parents had been keeping him company, so they decided to head on to the airport and eat on the way. I DASHED back to the gift shop and literally grabbed the souvenirs.
Fortunately I had been looking around in the gift shop during the week so I had some ideas. We took a couple of pictures to end the day. (Note that we had planned to wear our matching polos this day. DH rebelled, but everyone else wore them.)
We had planned to take a picture earlier in the week of the fearless femmes but never did. This doesnt quite portray the spirit, but it was the best we could do on this day.
It was now time for DH and I to get our bags and go wait for ME to head back to the airport. DD and her family were leaving two hours later, so they had later ME reservations. She wanted to go ahead and go with us, but the busses were completely booked up so they had to wait for their scheduled time. It was really tough to leave them, especially when DD teared up.
She was just overwhelmed by this terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. And then it turned out that Dreamy didnt know they werent going to Disney Quest, and got very sad when he found out.
It did get better for them though, because after they went to the airport WC was feeling a little better and enjoyed watching the fish in the aquarium and holding her Marie, and Dreamy enjoyed posing for pictures at the
Disney Store.
All of which was good, because their flight had been delayed forty minutes or so.
This was going to make them get home really late. Even after they landed at the airport, they had another 45-60 minute drive home to the other side of town. At this point, they were just very grateful to get there and fall into bed. In the meantime, we visited with the in-laws in the airport, and then made it home pretty easily, even with the hour drive after the flight. (I just couldnt believe it was over for at least a year or two.)
We had time to unwind a bit before bed, but I didnt even try to unpack. Ill just dump the suitcase contents into the washing machine tomorrow! My mom was glad to see us return, and so were the cats!
I will post a final "My favorite things at Disney" in a day or two. I still have Dreamy here, and he got sick last night and needed a little extra TLC, and I have the other two grandsons coming tomorrow to spend the night, and then my brother and his family coming for a week. So I may not get the wrapup done
right away. Oh well, that drags it out a little more, doesn't it?!