Trip Report: Day 5

Tuesday, January 18th 2010. 0830. WDW, FL.

We all kind of woke up slowly, drank some coffee, and finished packing our stuff. By 1000 or so, we were ready to say goodbye to our little villa in Saratoga. But we'll be back! We grabbed all of our suitcases and carry-ons, and souvenir suitcases (yep..) and went up to the main building to check into our flights/check our baggage (Disney is awesome). Then we took one last boat ride over to Downtown Disney. Of course on this, our last day, the weather was sunny, 78 degrees, and just plain gorgeous. Bang head against wall now. We did NOT want to go home, where an ice storm had just caused a 2 hour delay for the Government and school closings in Fairfax County... We ate lunch at Earl of Sandwich, shopped around The World of Disney, and bought WAY too many souvenirs.

Tired Shoppers

Here's a list of what Joey and I bought, as far as I can remember:

-Light Up Cinderella Castle from the Christmas Store (I was not given a
choice as to whether I wanted this or not.)
-Disney boxers for Joey (it's a tradition!)
-Disney necktie for Joey (it's a pattern so you can only see the Mickeys
if you look closely! So sneaky!)
-Mickey-roni. Yep, Mickey shaped pasta.
-Kitchen towels
-Fluffy Princess Aurora pen. Be jeal, it writes in sparkly pink ink...
-Golf Jacket, Golf Shirt (Joey)
-Present for my BFF Steph who's expecting a little girl in June!
-Various other presents for some pals back home
-Commemorative/decorative Disney Plate for our chotchkey cabinet.

Ummmm... I'm sure there is more but that's all I can remember at the moment. We met up outside the store with A Love and Warner, who each had HUGE bags full of stuff as well. We walked down towards Pleasure Island, and stopped at Paradiso 37 for one last pitcher of beer. We sat outside and basked in the sunlight until it was time to get back on the boat to go catch the Magical Express.  

I'm On a Boat!

The trip back to the airport on Magical Express is SO DEPRESSING. All the characters come on the tv screen and sing really slowly, "Now it's time, to say goodbye...... to all our company. M-I-C, See ya real soon!, K-E-Y, Why, because we like you!, M-O-U-S-E".  SO. SAD.

No! You're going the wrong way!

We got to the airport super early and headed off to our gates to await the flight home to the bitter cold. When we landed at Dulles I could feel the cold air coming into the plane, and I decided it was time to change out of my flip flops.

We had such a great trip, with amazing friends. The best part about coming home from a Disney Vacation is that you get to immediately start planning the next one!!!!! And Disney offers so many more vacations and
destinations other than Orlando...

Where will we go next????? Taking suggestions!

Til next time,

SG