Sunday, June 2 … Today is our last
day. And while it’s always sad to leave Disney, we’re content and got our Disney
fix this week. Some people might think we’re crazy to buy a five day park
hopper ticket for only two theme parks. But guess what? There were things we
didn’t see or do!
We did a lot of packing the night
before, so this morning we were able to sleep in a little compared to other
days. We had 9am breakfast reservations at the Storyteller’s Café Woodland
friends breakfast. It was nice being able to walk right downstairs, and have a
filling breakfast buffet. The service was good, the ambience was woodsy, the
food was yummy, and the characters were fun. Who can ask for more? The highlight
of the food was the omelet station – that chef knew what he was doing!
We met several woodlands characters
including Chip & Dale, Koda & Kenai from Brother Bear, and Meeka (Pocahontas).
Sean even invited Chip to sit down and join us for breakfast. They also did a
few camp songs led by Ranger Raeleen, and marched around the restaurant with
the kids. Sean gobbled it up!
This was a great way to soak up more
Disney magic on our last day without going into the parks.
After breakfast, we grabbed our bags
in our room and headed down to the lobby. They stored our bags for us,
including a few of our perishable items we had left in our fridge, and we
called a cab to take us to church.
We went to 11am mass at St. Boniface
which was a 10 minute drive. It was strange leaving the Disney bubble,
especially when you turn out of the driveway from the resort and you’re back in
a normal world. At WDW you would have to drive at least 10 minutes to get out
of the bubble. Mass was good, and we’re glad we went. A perfect way to thank
God for the blessing of being able to enjoy such a fabulous vacation.
After mass we called the cab company
again, and they came back to pick us up. We gathered our bags from bell
services, and munched on our leftover perishables for lunch in the lobby. I
took an excursion to Downtown Disney to pick up some last minute souvenirs, and
then our shuttle arrived at 1:30ish to take us to the airport.
Can you believe we almost went to the
wrong airport? A Super Shuttle arrived and we didn’t check the sign in the
window (that said it was headed to John Wayne airport). And the driver didn’t
check our names. He packed our bags in the back, and then we were jostling for
seats since the van was nearly packed and Sean had to sit in his booster seat.
As we were jostling another guest showed up and asked the driver if he was
heading to John Wayne airport, and he said yes. My eyes got as big as saucers
and said, “we’re going to LAX!”. So we untangled ourselves and our bags from
this van, and waited about 5 minutes for the RIGHT shuttle to arrive. This time
we double and triple-checked we were in the right van! This van was empty which
was nice – no jostling for position. The downside is we picked up several
passengers from other hotels who had been at a conference. A multi-level
marketing conference. Ugh! So for 45 minutes we had to hear a sales pitch. Not
so fun.
Our flight was at 4pm, and between
checking our bags, security, potty breaks, and grabbing a sandwich for the
flight we didn’t have to wait much for boarding. The flight itself was
uneventful. The downside of flying back from the west coast is you lose 2
hours, so we didn’t get home until midnight.
And then the next day I received a
call at 10:30 reminding me I had a 10:30 appointment for Sean’s Kindergarten
assessment. I completely forgot about it.
Welcome back to the real world!
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