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What a cool coincidence that your DH was wearing his Ray Lewis shirt! If he hadn't been, the manager probably wouldn't have told you to stroll through the bar area. Way cool!
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How great that you got an extra day to play and avoided annoying flight delays. Love the looks of that hotel room. And a celebrity sighting, too! Looking forward to hearing about Splitsville.
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Mickey's so happy to see me back, he can barely contain himself!
What a cool coincidence that your DH was wearing his Ray Lewis shirt! If he hadn't been, the manager probably wouldn't have told you to stroll through the bar area. Way cool!
We wanted to go to his table so badly, but we knew it would be annoying . I'm sure he would have been ok with us stopping by if he wasn't eating with his family.
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Sounds like you made the best decision to stay another night!
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Glad you were able to get a car and room. BTW, the room is very nice! What a scare with DH wallet.
Oh yeah, that would've been really bad!
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How great that you got an extra day to play and avoided annoying flight delays. Love the looks of that hotel room. And a celebrity sighting, too! Looking forward to hearing about Splitsville.
The room was huge! It wasn't even anything special, just a standard room I think.
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The stars were aligned just right for you with the wallet being recovered and scoring the room for the night to avoid flight delays.
Oh yeah! It could've been a bad ending to a great vacation
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Friday the 13th, the last Last day
The next morning, we "slept in" until 8am . We packed up (again) and the kids had leftover Cheddar Bay biscuits from Red Lobster - really the reason Max likes going there, lol. For some reason, we were unable to check in online so we had to go all the way back to the airport to see what the problem was. Actually, it wasn't that far, so it was okay. After standing in line for a really long time we finally got to the counter and we were able to get "family boarding". The return leg of the trip was going to be through AirTran - night and day difference between them and Southwest. I don't know why AT is keeping it's old policies since SW bought them out. It was a straight up hassle dealing with them! (I left out all the gory, boring details )
We were hungry by then and we had a while before we had to board our flight, so we loaded back into the car and headed back to the DTD area for lunch. We went for off property again to save some bucks (Chick-fil-a) then went back into the bubble to bowl a couple of games at Splitsville. I had been waiting to bowl there since the spring, after eating lunch there and loving it.
I'm guessing we got there around 12:30, because my first photo was taken at 12:56. I think we paid for an hour and got our shoes (of course I had to buy socks!) Be warned, the time you pay for starts almost immediately, so don't dilly dally!
Me. Terrible form!
I loved all the signs on the walls:
I love these!
End of the first game, winner - me!
Winner of the 2nd game - me! (EXACT same score )
We only had time for a couple more balls...
Restroom
The "lobby"
That was so fun! It was only about 2pm, so we strolled for a bit, but it was a little hot - a perfect time for some Ghirardelli's
This was so refreshing and good!
Ice cream on a hot day. Life is good!
Getting some time in with Stitch. What a bad boy he is!
Last photo of the vacation. I think it's a good one to end with. We'll see you soon Mickey
We took our time heading back to the airport, as we didn't have any bags to check, just our carry ons. I love that you can just park your car and walk inside, instead of having to take a shuttle. The security line was short, and the flight home was uneventful. There was a little bit of a hitch when we got back to BWI, our luggage was amongst all the ones from the day before. We found them easily enough, except for one. It took a while, but eventually they found it in the back. Somehow, there was no flight sticker on it, only my brand new DCL luggage tag that I had attached to it. I'm so glad I put our name and address on it!
It was late when we got home, but after a nice long vacation, it was good to be
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Wow, you managed to turn around a day of hassles with the airlines into a great last dose of Disney at DTD. Splitsville looks like so much fun! Looking forward to your wrap-up.
Sounds like a perfect way to end your trip! Thank you for sharing the photos of Splitsville!!! I really need to make it there, looks like a lot of fun!
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Sounds like you had a nice last day. Splitsville looks cool. My mom was on a bowling league when I was a child so I spent a lot of time in bowling alleys and none were as fun as that looked! I'll have to check it out sometime. A nice way to end a vacation.
Glad you could get a room & car so quick and on points! That room was NICE! I had to go look it up online - might be a place to consider if we ever run out of points or just need it for a few nights. What a fun day at Splitsville! I'd like to try that more than Disney Quest I think.
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. We packed up (again) and the kids had leftover Cheddar Bay biscuits from Red Lobster - really the reason Max likes going there, lol. For some reason, we were unable to check in online so we had to go all the way back to the airport to see what the problem was. Actually, it wasn't that far, so it was okay. After standing in line for a really long time 
we finally got to the counter and we were able to get "family boarding". The return leg of the trip was going to be through AirTran - night and day difference between them and Southwest. I don't know why AT is keeping it's old policies since SW bought them out. It was a straight up hassle dealing with them! (I left out all the gory, boring details 
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