Disneyknut Does Disney Day 5-Our final day" I want to make it last forever" About This Page:

[disneyknut]

Cast: The Smith Family, All Disney Fanatics & proud of it!
Myself, Ann, 39 & the self-proclaimed chicken of the group
DH, Jim, 32 ( yes, I robbed the cradle) Lover of everything Disney & nagger of above said chicken
Ds, Jamie, 9 - The Rock n Roller coaster king
DS, Brendan, 7.. kinda daring will try just about any ride
DD, Shelby, 3-3/4, now known as "the screamer" hates ALL rides except Tea Cups.

Our Final Day- " I want to make it last forever"
Our final day started with Mickeys wake up call but this time it just didn't seem as cheery ( or maybe it was OUR mood!)
We packed up all of our suitcases & put them in our car. Our plan was to visit all of the parks & go on our favorite rides one last time.
We opted to skip breakfast & just eat wherever we were at when we got hungry..
Decided to go to MGM.. Jim & Jamie rode their favorite ride~ RnR 3 more times ( making Jamie the RnR king!! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] ) While I was waiting for them in the gift shop I struck up a conversation with a CM who was a real sweetie.. she gave Bren & Shelby coloring pages to color while we waited ( to which Shelby promptly layed on the floor to color) I told her that I was afraid to ride & her advice was to simply close my eyes & I wouldn't know I was going upside down.. she still didn't convince me as *she* had never ridden it. Jamie bought himself a RnR shirt.
After RnR I wanted to go back for one more shot at Millionaire.. This was a GREAT show.. the lady who was in the hot seat was a teacher & luckily for her a lot of the questions had to do with music ( which she taught) she was so funny, she would answer the question before the 2nd generation Regis got to say all of the multiple choice answers. She had 3 questions to go to win it all when the buzzer went off.. they invited her back for the next show to finish.. no one else but me wanted to stick around to see how she did so now I'm left wondering..... [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] So, if anyone knows if Betty won on the second millionaire show of the day 10/26 please tell me [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
After MGM we hopped over to MK.. Upon entering MK we had our picture taken by the CM ( another tradition, at least 1 picture from the CM's AND we MUST buy all of the attraction photos!$$$$$$$$$)
There was a 45 minute stand by wait for Space Mountain so Jim, Jamie & Brendan got Fast passes & we went to get an Alien Encounter shirt for Jamie.. ( Our family is T-shirt nuts & must buy several on every vacation, anywhere!). We also went into the store by Space Mountain & got Brendan a Space Mountain T-shirt. After browsing the shops a little it was time for their FP so off they went & Shelby & I headed to *her* favorite ride~ Teacups ( the guys opted out of this ride~ we planned to meet in Toontown).. I took several cute pictures of Shelby on the teacups. After our Mom/daughter ride we headed over to teacups to meet the guys.. Jamie wanted to go on Barnstormer & Shelby immediately started to scream she didn't want to.. Well, I also was kinda scared ( I know BIG WIMP!!!!) so just the boys went on the ride & I went shopping.. I got both boys really nice navy WDW polo shirts . We have a dress code at our school of blue, white or gold polo shirts & blue or tan pants so this would be perfect for the boys to wear their first day back at school.
After their ride we toured Minnie & Mickeys house but the kids chose not to go to get the character autographs.
By this time it was 2:00pm & we were all hungry. Now, I have always wanted to try one of those huge turkey legs at WDW but never thought I'd like it.. one of my 'must-do's' this trip was to try one.. Jim & the kids headed to Pecos Bills ( another of our WDW traditions) & I would meet them there with my turkey leg.. I was pleasantly surprised to see the 'turkey' leg was actually HAM!!! I did enjoy it & even shared! ( I would have liked some ranch dressing to dip it in) We knew we were in a prime location for the parade so we decided to hang around Pecos Bills & watch the parade from there. After the parade we knew that it was time to go.. our flight was at 7:30 & we didn't want to cut it close with the bus ride back to PO & the drive to the airport.. We thought the best way to leave the park after the parade crowds would be to hop the train in Frontierland. Well, as soon as Shelby saw us walking down the ramp toward Splash Mountain she started to scream & thought we were going on there.. We tried to reassure her but to no avail.. she kept screaming even as we boarded ther train (attracting a lot of quizzical stares from the other passengers) She kept saying " I don't want to ride the Big railroad" finally Jim realized that she thought we were going back on BTMR.. when he told her it was different & it was very slow she calmed down once the ride started. On the train ride I got very sad knowing this was the last ride for our trip. Got back to PO & packed up my shopping 'stuff' in the suitcases in the car & headed toward the airport.. As soon as we got in the car I looked at Brendan & he had tears streaming down his face.. I asked what was wrong & he said he didn't want to leave , which of course made me cry too.. I assured him that we WOULD be back & we all yelled our traditional " See ya soon" as we exited Disney property.
The ride to the airport was uneventful & very smooth, as was dropping off our rental car.. Check in had a line & it took about 1/2 hr to get through.. We still were in the airport by 5:30... When we were on the way to the security check point Jim remarked that he was worried the talking Eeyore he bought would set the metal detectors off ( It was a talking stuffed Eeyore that is too cute says " Oops, I lost my tail..again", "Nice Day...probably rain" & other cute sayings) we stood in line laughing thinking that as soon as Eeyore went through the scanner it would say "Thanks for noticing me" .. It didn't do anything but it was a funny thought.
We had a lot of time to kill in the airport & did a little shop browsing ( yes, I'll admit it, I'm a shopaholic).. We also grabbed a snack. ( I didn't realize the limited food options once you went through the security check point)
Upon boarding our plane the Captain gave us the 'good' news ( as he put it) It was 30 degrees & snowing back in Pittsburgh!! We all voted to get off the plane right then & there & STAY!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] Jim had worn a tank top & shorts to the airport & forgot to pack pants & a jacket so he garnered a lot of strange looks from the other passengers.. Shelby promptly fell asleep again as soon as the plane took off. Flight was a bumpy one as we hit quite a bit of turbulence in South Carolina.. Got into Pittsburgh around 9:30 & shelby woke up ( again) as the plane was landing.When that cold blast of air hit us as we walked down the tunnel we all REALLY wanted to go back where we came from!!
Got our luggage & headed to the parking shuttle.. Jim by this point was freezing so as soon as we got off the bus & to our van he put on long pants & a jacket.
We decided we didn't want to go home just yet so we headed to Dennys ( we hadn't eaten anything except for the bag of trail miz on the plane since around 3:30)
Got home around 1:00am Everyone was kinda cranky so we headed straight to bed..
So, there you have it.. our trip...
In my next report I will write final thoughts on my trip & add some of my passporter notes...

[JoanneC]

Great report!! You are an excellent story teller!

[Elliot'sDragon]

Another excellent report.
Thanks!

[tigger536]

Great report! Thsnks for taking us all back to WDW with your memories [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] !

Jacquelyn