Well here it is our last full day.....a moment of silence please for this sad moment........
Ok, well since no one guessed it I'll just have to tell you. We had one last meal planned and it was for Crystal Palace at MK. I was so sad when I woke up, I know I should be grateful that we had 8 days of fun especially since this was the longest vacation I had ever had, but I think it's always a little sad when we know we have to leave our happy place and return to the real world.
As I mentioned before we had near perfect weather all wekk long, it was amazing!! The first three days were actually coolish, the next two were hot, but managable, and the final two full days were so humid it was crazy, but hey it's Florida. This last morning when I woke up I could tell it was gray and dark out. Apparently from what I heard others saying we had had one heck of a storm during the night, but DH and I slept right through it and never knew anything of it. Thankfully it was only cloudy though and not raining anymore. We quickly showered, dressed, and finished the packing that we hadn't gotten done the night before. We went downstairs and left our luggage with the front desk and confirmed our ME pickup time. We then stopped by the gift shop one more time to exchange a shirt I had bought for a smaller size and then headed for the buses. The MK bus that day was really crowded, but the trip went by fast since I ran into a professor who taught at the college I went to. I'd never met her when I was there but since she was wearing a UofL shirt I just had to ask. We talked to her and her family all the way there which passed the time until just as we were pulling up to MK the heaven's opened up and what seemed like a mansoon started!!!
Oh great, a total downpour and no panchos or unbrella. We hid undercover as long as we could, but it was only about ten minutes until our ADR and it wasn't letting up so we made a run for it. It was only about 65 degrees and a VERY cold rain, but we finally made it. The reason I've told you all of this is so that you will understand when you see our pics that we do NOT normally look like that. Haha I call it our "drowned rat" looks! And why was it that CP had their air conditioning running full blast? bbrrrrrrrr!!!!
We checked in at the podium and they started to take us to a table, but then saw our buttons and ears which we were wearing one last time and asked if we were on our honeymoon and asked us to wait a moment. 5 minutes later then took us to a table that with a congratulations sign and a huge heart made out of mickey ear confetti. SO cute!! I swear I took a pic, but can't find it anywhere. I also scraped off the confetti and brought it home to put in my scrapbook.
I've heard good and bad things of CP....mostly good though, but I can definitely vouch for it that the food was excellent and the character interactions were fantastic!!! Tigger and Eeyore are my favorites and they even came by twice, Eeyore also gave me a kiss and a hug!
Again I warn you we were soaked to the bone that's why our hair looks this way. haha
Wow, DH was getting scruffy!! He never lets that happen at home, but insists shaving on vacation is not for him so he won that argument.
Geesh we look pathetic, lol I feel bad for showing thse, but we had such a great time who cares!!
Would you believe the minute we sat down the rain stopped and sun started coming out? After eating our plan was to walk around, get last minute pics, and do just one or two rides since we had about an hour to kill, but guess what happened just as we were leaving........the clouds opened up again and poured. What was going on? Was it just bad luck or were our dark moods adding to the weather? Either way we just ran through the rain and went straight to the bus instead and back to the AKL. We walked around, snapped a few pics, and crashed on the couch to watch some classic disney cartoons while we waited for ME.
I don't remember much about the ride to the airport since I believe I fell asleep. lol Our flight was delayed because of the weather, but only by an hour. Once we finally got going it was a smooth uneventful trip home. (just the way I like my flying to be!!
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It was official....we were back in Kentucky and hundreds of miles from Mickey. and....what was this.....it was FREEZING!!!!!!!
It never occured to me in packing to take warm clothes for the trip home. When we left FL it was around 75 degrees and humid from the rain, but here in KY it was 38!! Ouch!!! That will definitely snap you back into reality, lol.
Wwll, it was a fantastic honeymoon, my best disney trip ever (so far) and lots of great memories. thank you to all of you for sharing it will me!!!! And if you're interested and haven't already checked out my PTR feel free to pop on over as I plan our October trip. 58 more days!!
Thanks everyone and have a magical day!
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