Mouse Extra

So we have made it to the final day of our trip, and it is a short one.  Our plane leaves at 2:30pm, and that means we need to be back at the hotel by 11:30am.  Because of this, we decided to not try and get to a theme park and back and instead go to Downtown Disney for something to eat, some much needed pictures for this site, and some shopping. 

But the day started off a bit strange.  On your last day, Magical Express usually leaves a packet of information for you, detailing when the bus will be there and other such things.  Today, there was no packet.  So I went down to the bell services desk who called Magical Express.  After waiting for 20 minutes to figure out what was going on, I was told everything was okay.  But I didn’t trust it, so we decided not to check our bags with them and instead check them ourselves at the airport.

After this distraction, we made our way over to the not-yet-open West Side and Pleasure Island areas so I can get some pictures without navigating the crowds.  After finishing up we went to the Marketplace and finished my shopping list of things people back home asked me to buy.  (Am I the only one that gets such a list?  Or is this normal?)  My wife pointed out how I was now carrying giant bags full of stuff on to a bus, through two airports and stuffing into a plane…and none of it was mine!  She had a point, but when you have a Disney addicted niece and nephew, that’s the cost of being the uncle who goes to Disney World a lot.  And I’m glad to do it.

At about 10:30 we decided to have an extremely early lunch.  It’s a far better choice than eating the garbage in the airport.  I had never been to the Earl of Sandwich before so that was our choice.  My reaction was “Where has this place been my whole life?”  The glowing review is coming soon.

Well, that’s it.  After eating we headed back over to the Saratoga Springs and waited for our bus.  It’s tough to leave, but we’ll be back in October.