The Sybah Shelstah
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Day 9 in Florida
1-1-02
Last day in Florida- we will head out this evening.
I had stayed up almost all night the night before - preparing to check out from the "townhouse" the next morning but also washing clothes, cleaning and preparing for the next day's plans also. We weren't sure what we would do because I certainly felt like we hadn't done enough WDW- but in the end the tickets made up our mind for us. We had 5 consecutive days to use on the US/IOA tickets which we'd only used 2 days and were leaving that day. So we hadn't really saved any money yet since you save after the 2nd day! And the WDW park hoppers the days are able to be used ANYTIME ever- and why waste that on a partial day? so we decided to go back to US/IOA.
No need to list everything we did there- we basically were a little more relaxed on that day only riding rides we really enjoyed (ofcourse Spiderman was top on that list- a few times LOL) and things we'd been unable to do the days before (like teranodons or whatever they are called. My son really wanted to do that but they don't have express on it and the lines were extremely long the days before- not too long that morning. That was the 2nd thing we did after spiderman ofcourse LOL) -oh and yes I had to do Hulk again- but DH didn't want to.
I did rent an ECV thing while there that day because with the blistered and tired feet, swollen knees, and even my back starting to ache (I have never had back/neck pain until after getting rearended July of 2001- but it does hurt now when I overexert myself and I guess walking nonstop for 9.5 days will do that to you. LOL) and it was okay. They only go walking speed so atleast I wasn't leaving my family constantly but I had to make my kids go behind me- then my husband with stroller.. single file (it was funny) to keep them from getting in front of me and stopping plus to get through the crowds. I didn't ride some of the rides also- I just stayed with my daughter in the stroller while the older two rode with DH on some rides. We had our most expensive meal while there-that day. Didn't bother either of us because it was our last day of vacation and we'd been pretty frugal up until that day. Plus I guess we knew we'd be eating fast food until we got home. It was delicious salad, turkey, chicken, ribs, roasted corn (yum!) and drink. We all shared and the turkey was the best. I can't remember the restaurant name though.
Kids had a lot of fun- but we had to head out around 4pm to get home at a decent time the next day so my husband could have a bit of downtime before returning to work on the 3rd. They were okay with this once reminded that once they got home they'd have more presents from us and we were sure Santa had visited also!
The drive home was not as good as the drive up there. Youngest was not in the mood to be in the carseat- even after her bedtime when she should have been asleep. Husband drove till nighttime but I never got any sleep because of the kids and so many stops/etc. -so I ended up driving all night REALLY tired. I had to do a lot of pinching, slapping myself and frequent stops to make sure I didn't get too tired. I even tried a Red Bull at a gas station because they recommended it saying the truck drivers use it all the time to stay awake. Didn't help me at all. I was really looking forward to DH taking over in the morning and I was able to sleep the last few hours until we got home. Took DH and the kids to McD's for lunch while I (ahem, santa LOL) put out all their presents under the tree and went to pick up the dog from boarding (he stayed at Pet Motel while we were gone LOL) and then they came home- opened presents -had a fun exhausting day riding new bikes, skates, etc and then we all crashed early- even me!
So tired.
Had a lot of fun... but maybe now you can see why I'm going back ...... so soon....... and alone.
LOL
I didn't get enough of WDW to suit my fancy. So WDW here I come!
The end.
Was it long enough for ya?
1-1-02
Last day in Florida- we will head out this evening.
I had stayed up almost all night the night before - preparing to check out from the "townhouse" the next morning but also washing clothes, cleaning and preparing for the next day's plans also. We weren't sure what we would do because I certainly felt like we hadn't done enough WDW- but in the end the tickets made up our mind for us. We had 5 consecutive days to use on the US/IOA tickets which we'd only used 2 days and were leaving that day. So we hadn't really saved any money yet since you save after the 2nd day! And the WDW park hoppers the days are able to be used ANYTIME ever- and why waste that on a partial day? so we decided to go back to US/IOA.
No need to list everything we did there- we basically were a little more relaxed on that day only riding rides we really enjoyed (ofcourse Spiderman was top on that list- a few times LOL) and things we'd been unable to do the days before (like teranodons or whatever they are called. My son really wanted to do that but they don't have express on it and the lines were extremely long the days before- not too long that morning. That was the 2nd thing we did after spiderman ofcourse LOL) -oh and yes I had to do Hulk again- but DH didn't want to.
I did rent an ECV thing while there that day because with the blistered and tired feet, swollen knees, and even my back starting to ache (I have never had back/neck pain until after getting rearended July of 2001- but it does hurt now when I overexert myself and I guess walking nonstop for 9.5 days will do that to you. LOL) and it was okay. They only go walking speed so atleast I wasn't leaving my family constantly but I had to make my kids go behind me- then my husband with stroller.. single file (it was funny) to keep them from getting in front of me and stopping plus to get through the crowds. I didn't ride some of the rides also- I just stayed with my daughter in the stroller while the older two rode with DH on some rides. We had our most expensive meal while there-that day. Didn't bother either of us because it was our last day of vacation and we'd been pretty frugal up until that day. Plus I guess we knew we'd be eating fast food until we got home. It was delicious salad, turkey, chicken, ribs, roasted corn (yum!) and drink. We all shared and the turkey was the best. I can't remember the restaurant name though.
Kids had a lot of fun- but we had to head out around 4pm to get home at a decent time the next day so my husband could have a bit of downtime before returning to work on the 3rd. They were okay with this once reminded that once they got home they'd have more presents from us and we were sure Santa had visited also!
The drive home was not as good as the drive up there. Youngest was not in the mood to be in the carseat- even after her bedtime when she should have been asleep. Husband drove till nighttime but I never got any sleep because of the kids and so many stops/etc. -so I ended up driving all night REALLY tired. I had to do a lot of pinching, slapping myself and frequent stops to make sure I didn't get too tired. I even tried a Red Bull at a gas station because they recommended it saying the truck drivers use it all the time to stay awake. Didn't help me at all. I was really looking forward to DH taking over in the morning and I was able to sleep the last few hours until we got home. Took DH and the kids to McD's for lunch while I (ahem, santa LOL) put out all their presents under the tree and went to pick up the dog from boarding (he stayed at Pet Motel while we were gone LOL) and then they came home- opened presents -had a fun exhausting day riding new bikes, skates, etc and then we all crashed early- even me!
So tired.
Had a lot of fun... but maybe now you can see why I'm going back ...... so soon....... and alone.
LOL
I didn't get enough of WDW to suit my fancy. So WDW here I come!
The end.
Was it long enough for ya?
Thanks for taking the time to post your report! It was a lot of fun to read. Have fun on your solo trip and try to catch Fantasmic at MGM. It's unbelievable.
