Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow for Wishydoo On Day 6 @ WDW

[Wishydoo]

Well, the time has come to begin to pack for the trip home. As promised, DH took DD for EE @ the Magic Kingdom. DS decided to stay behind with me to help pack. Thank you DS , lol. By the end of our trip, he was only interested in purchasing pins for his collection..geez..that kid! It didn't take me as long as I thought it would to pack, so he and I went down to the Food & Fun Center for a little breakfast. We went to the concourse for a bit of last minute shopping...a few more pins for him, and some surprise gifts for DD. I sat for a few moments looking at the view from the Tower and thought about how much I wished I had a day to myself @ WDW. My day will come, hehe. We took our purchases back to the room, packed them away and decided we had time for a monorail ride before the others were to meet us back at the room at noonish. I had gotten permission from the front desk to check out at 12:30. We had a lunch PS at the Concourse Steakhouse @ 12:45 and Transtar Towncar was picking us up to take us to the airport @ 2:30.
So anyway, DS and I hopped on the monorail. When we got to the Polynesian, we decided to check it out. Very nice!! We really liked the looks of the lobby and pool area and decided we must stay there sometime. It was almost noon, so we headed back to our room to meet DH and DD.
They had a great time. DD was so happy to have the opportunity to do more rides at MK before we left. She loved the gift we got her, and she also had a gift for me! What a coincidence that it was exactly what I was thinking of purchasing at the Poly gift shop, but thought I should restrain myself!! LOL..it was perfect!
Bell services arrived at 12:30 to take our luggage to storage, and we headed over to lunch.
I must say that the Concourse Steakhouse was a very pleasant surprise. It looked kind of plain from the outside, but was very nice and relaxing once we were seated. They had a very nice menu and our waitress CM was my favorite of our entire stay. She was a most pleasant young lady and gave us excellent service. We enjoyed that meal alot as we sat there discussing a future trip to WDW!
We calculated that we still had enough time for one last monorail ride, and since DS raved about the Polynesian to DH, we headed over there. DH and DD were as impressed as we were.
We got back to the Contemp. just in time to get our bags and find our towncar driver waiting out front for us.
Our flight almost didn't leave on time due to lightening and a storm that seemed to be brewing, but at the last minute, it was given the go ahead.
We were sad leaving the World...but once on the plane..we were anxious to get home.

 

[Krissalee]

I have a feeling ...

I think I know where you and your family will be staying next trip ...

the Poly? LOL

Thanks for the reports! I enjoyed them so much that I read all of them in one sitting!

Krissalee

 

[Saffron]

I only have one last report to go. I've been running for the plane with you, riding around the lagoon on the boat with you, crying over the lizard, whizzing around test track with you, sweating at the Animal Kingdom with you, swimming in the pool with you and looking for the surprise present for your DDwith you, so ......... now I'm feeling sad but anxious to get home too! LOL Great reports!

I just have to know one thing though, what did your DD get for you?!

 

[Wishydoo]

Exhausting, isn't it Saffron? hehe. I'm still feeling out of it!

The gift my daughter got me was a little 3 inch ceramic figurine of Donald Duck.
My son had pointed it out to me at a Poly gift shop and I fell in love with it. It reminded me of the Donald Duck clippie I had been using here on the DIS. The coloring is exactly the same and even the gesture looked like that clippie to me. I just thought it was the cutest thing! I must have picked it up and put it down about 10 times before deciding that I already had so many souveniers that I would feel guilty if I bought one more thing! I was really stunned when DD handed me the box, and inside..I found that exact same figurine!!
I am so glad I didn't buy it! I didn't feel guilty about receiving it as a gift, and if I had bought it for myself, it would have ruined DD's fun in giving it to me! I tell ya, luck was with me right up to our last moments @ the World!!

One other thing I forgot to mention in my reports was FOOTWEAR. A few months ago we had all purchased new walking shoes and good sandals. I took mine with me on our trip to DC last month to try them out. They were comfortable, but my feet got hot. I didn't bother to take them to WDW with me. I figured it would just be extra weight that would never get used. My kids ended up wearing their usual favorite sandals except for the plane ride. I wore dollar flip flops the whole time!! I was very comfortable in them. My feet could breathe! We all wore sneakers on the plane. I brought about 6 pairs of flip flops in different colors, but ended up wearing the white ones most of the time. The kids sandals got soaked on Kali River ride and weren't dry the next day so they wore their spares. They both were on the verge of getting a blister then. My daughter said she could live til we got back to the resort. I swapped my flip flops with my son for his. He was comfortable then and his didn't bother me. That night when we went out, they wore their sneakers, and by the next day, their favorite sandals were dry. My DH wore sneakers and socks the whole time and was fine.
I was really concerned about my feet before we left. It kills me that I spent money on "good" footwear and ended up wearing my little flip flops!! lol. But hey, it's all good.