Chapter 14
Our last night at Disney!! 
So we arrived back at Pop after a very busy afternoon at Blizzard Beach, ready for a little rest! We filled up our mugs with frozen coke, and grabbed some more cheese popcorn (seriously, I love that stuff!), then headed back to our room. We watched a bit of tv, ate our popcorn, drank our frozen cokes, then did the saddest thing at Disney you can do
We packed our suitcases. Booooo.
We were heading to Savannah, Georgia the next morning, and for some reason when we were planning our trip, we thought it might be fun to catch the train to Savannah. Because Savannah is cute and old-fashioned, so we thought catching a train might be a cute and old-fashioned thing to do too! Heee. It made sense at the time. But anyway, we wanted to start packing our suitcases because we were going to MGM that night, and knew we wouldnt feel like doing it late when we got home from MGM.
Anyway, after packing our suitcases and feeling pretty miserable, we headed off to MGM, for our last official Disney evening! We had an early ADR dinner at 50s Prime Time for 5.25. Thats early for us, anyway! We made it early because we wanted to see Fantasmic at 8.30, and then play at MGM for a while afterwards, since it was open until 11.30pm, with Magic Hours. Yay!!
So we caught the Pop bus to MGM. Since this was our second time at this park, I think we both felt much more relaxed and at home! I know that might sound silly, but really, we hadnt been to the same place twice (except for our hotel rooms) in weeks!! Everything was new, which was exciting, but sometimes its nice to say, Ahhh, yes. I know this place! You know what I mean!? That was our feeling when we walked into MGM. Nice!
Plus, we really love MGM. I think its our favourite Disney park!! Followed closely by Magic Kingdom. They both have a great vibe and lots and lots of fun stuff to do! I think EPCOT is my next favourite, followed by Animal Kingdom. Which is weird, because before I went to Disney, I thought the order would be opposite to that! I thought I would love Animal Kingdom and EPCOT! And I did enjoy them, but not as much as MGM or Magic Kingdom. Anyway, moving right along
We headed straight to our ADR at 50s Prime Time, and had a 5 minute wait on the old couches before our names were called. Wed been really excited going to this restaurant. Along with Sci-Fi and Boma, it was one of the first restaurants we knew we really wanted to try. It just looked fun!! That afternoon though, we were both feeling a bit tired and a bit sad to be leaving, and as DF said, I hope they dont tell me to go sit in the corner, or I might swear at them. Basically, we just werent really in the mood!! Nevertheless, were always in the mood for good food, so to our table we went!
We were in luck, because our server wasnt over the top with the whole role-playing thing at all. She told me to get me elbows off the table a couple of times, and she growled at me for not eating my Southern greens, but when I said to her, Actually, I dont really like them! we had a sensible chat about them and she was really quite nice. Phew!
The restaurant itself was really cute and kitschy, except
because Id seen so many photos on the DIS boards, I felt like Id seen it all before! Wah! Its really the only time in our trip that I wished I hadnt done so much research!
So the food. The food really wasnt that great. At first I thought it was a fun idea to eat the food they used to cook in the 1950s, but after eating there, I remembered why most people dont cook it any more. It was all kinda bland and yeucky!
I had the fried herb cheese, which was actually delicious the best part of our meal! Except that the toast they serve it with was hard as a rock. Seriously, I banged it on the table a few times and it broke the table in half. Hehee, okay, not really, but it was hard!
For my main, I had the fried chicken, which was oily and fatty, and just not very nice. Plus, it came served with southern greens, which Im sure a lot of people like, but ew! I thought they smelt like cigarettes! Do they normally?! Or was the chef smoking while he cooked my dinner? The smell made me feel a bit sick actually, which is why I couldnt eat them, or most of my chicken! Ew!!
And for dessert, I had Smores, which were okay, but just not what I was really imagining! I couldnt work out how to eat it was I meant to pick it up with my hands? I ended up trying to break it with a fork, but it took a lot of work! Here they are
DF had the Caesar salad for his starter, which was really just lettuce and parmesan cheese, then the meatloaf for his main, which he said was pretty dry and pretty ordinary! He was so full afterward that he just had a chocolate milkshake for dessert, which I think was the best part of his meal. Heh. I dont have a photo of his milkshake though, sorry!
So after our unspectacular dinner, we went for a wander around MGM, and popped into a few shops on the way. We still had a little while before Fantasmic, so we went to see Walt Disneys One Mans Dream, which we both really enjoyed! It was a nice way to finish our time at Disney, and to spend some time with the guy who started it all. Good job, Walt!
By that stage it was about 7.30, so we decided to find a seat at Fantasmic and wait for an hour. Im not very good at waiting though, so at about 7.40, I decided to go buy us some drinks for the show. I think while I was away, I also swapped some pins, and enjoyed a little walk around that area of MGM. So when I eventually returned to our seats half an hour later, poor DF was so worried, and asked, Where were you!?! Apparently the lady behind him had asked if I was returning, and she offered to look after our seats while he went to look for me. Hehehee. Whoops!! She even patted me on the shoulder and said, Im glad you made it back safely! Eeek!
Another cute thing happened before Fantasmic started. There was a lady at the very front of the seats, waving her arms madly, trying to catch her husbands attention, who was right up the top of the seats, looking for her. This went on for a good few minutes, until the whole audience was watching her, so we started waving back at her instead. Funny! So FINALLY her husband spotted her, and ran down the stairs to her, and the whole audience erupted into applause! The poor couple gave each other an embarrassed kiss and waved to the audience. Hehee, cute!
Anyway, I LOVED Fantasmic! I sat there with a smile on my face the whole time, like a little kid! LOVED it!! I loved Wishes too, but not as much as Fantasmic! And IllumiNations just didnt even compare to either of them. Looking back, I was a bit underwhelmed with IllumiNations actually. But Fantasmic, I adored! DF liked it too, but his comment was, There was too much water. Ummm, okay! I think that was kinda the point. But anyway!
Heres some photos from Fantasmic. Theyre a bit blurry, sorry! But I still like the colours...
So it was only around 9pm, and MGM was open until 11.30. We waited for the Fantasmic crowd to subside a bit, and then decided to check out Tower of Terror and RocknRoller Coaster again but alas! They both had an hour wait! Ohh, dear. We loved them and contemplated waiting, but we were both so tired, so we decided to skip the rides and do some shopping instead.
We spent about 45 minutes looking around the Christmas shop, trying to choose what to buy.
I LOVE snow globes and wanted to buy one, but I just didnt have much room left in my suitcase, and I was scared it might break on one of the many flights we still had left. So instead, we finally chose a gorgeous little Mickey and Minnie Christmas tree decoration. When we got home to Australia, we put the decoration in a really safe spot, ready for Christmas-time, and guess what? It was such a good hiding spot, that neither of us can find it again! Christmas came and went, and spent so long hunting through the house, trying to find that ornament, but nope! Its still in its special hiding place! Very sad!
While walking around the park having one last explore, DF jumped on this Star Wars thing and posed for a photo. He wanted to do it the first time we were in MGM, but he was too embarrassed. But this time, in the dark when nobody else was around, he was brave enough to do it! Yayyy! Heres the photo
After that, we both sadly decided it was time to leave MGM, and head back to Pop for the last time. We were sleepy! And instead of feeling sad that our time at Disney was over, we were feeling happy because wed had such a nice, relaxing night at MGM! And as well as that, wed had a fantastic week! We had our ups and downs of course, but we had FUN!! So much fun!
And also
we still had so much more traveling to do! Savannah, Washington DC, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Dublin
wow!! Who could be sad with all that ahead of them, and such fabulous times behind them!?
Okay, we were a little bit sad, but at least we were trying to be positive!!
So sleepily, we jumped on our last Disney bus, and headed back to Pop. I bought a couple of last minute pins in the Pop store, and some more cheese popcorn, just because I could. Hehee. If we had have stayed for any longer, I fear I might have turned into a piece of cheese popcorn.
We still had a couple of counter service meals left on our free dining, as well as a few snacks, so we were planning on using those the next day over breakfast.
Back in our room, we did some last minute packing, watched some tellie, and went to sleep in our separate beds for the last time! What a fun, exhausting week wed had at Disney!!
Next up
Leaving Disney, and exploring Savannah!
and 
Hehe
I thought the burger we had was the best food we had ever eaten while at Disney. Under normal circumstances I probably wouldn't have touched it! 
I had recurring bouts of it for years but finally had my tonsils out 3 or 4 years ago and never looked back. Hope you're feeling better.
