Last Day - October 5

I was up at 7 but I let everyone sleep in so I could start getting a start on the packing. Awwwww! I put a pretty big dent in the piles and about that time the family started to stir. We had a lot of meal credits left due to Annabelle's illness so we wanted to use some of them for breakfast. We finally got moving toward Hollywood Studios around 10:30 and were hoping that would give us some time to enjoy a few of our favorite attractions before heading to Epcot for our 1:45 lunch reservation in Norway.

It was another hot day and we noticed the humidity was quite high. Nate and I were both glistening by the tme we hit the park entrance and not in the beautiful way that Edward Cullin does. We went straight toward Toy Story Mania but that had a huge wait and the Fast Passes were booked until 5 pm. We noticed we were by the Prince Caspian -Voyage to Narnia so we decided to check that out as we handn't yet. That was the lamest attraction ever. It was just a glorified movie trailer. Don't even waste your time on that one. We wanted to see the Little Mermaid show but one had just started and we didn't ant to wait for 30 minutes for the next one to begin. Our next stop was the Rock n Roller Coaster and that too had a lengthy wait so we grabbed fast passes for that but we couldn't get on it until 12:45. We headed over to the Tower of Terror and were able to enjoy that one twice in a row. There wasn't really any time to try and find something else to experience so we just sat in the shade by the R n R until we could use our passes. At this time the girls were eyeballing the temporary tattoo station so we indulged their wild fanatsies and let them get body art for our last day. We rode the rollercoaster and ralized that we had about 45 minutes to get from Hollywood Studios to Epcot. So we decided to take the fastest way possible........by boat.

We actually did arrive at Epcot at 1:40 so we ran like we did a few nights ago and made it to Akershus in Norway by 1:55. We were really sweaty and drippy by now as it had started to rain a tad. Nate found a beer stand, of course so quenched his thirst by grabbing a 20 ouncer.

A little back story on Akershus, it is a Princess Character meal, we didn't tell Nate this at all as the girls thought it would be really fun for their daddy to meet all of those beautiful princesses. Nate had no clue even though there ere little girls dressed up as Disney princesses as far as the eye could see. He even read the little banner in front of the place that said we'd e dining among royalty. It wasn't until he ordered his beer when the bartender said, "Say hi to the princesses for me." did he realize what he was in for. I didn't realize that they took our family's photo with Belle at the beginning and that picture is priceless as we are completely drenched in sweat and totally shiny. Nate got a huge kick out of the experience and the girls were thrilled to have gotten the autographs and photos of themselves with Belle, Aurora, Cinderella, Snow White and Ariel. The princesses were perfect ladies and we had fun conversations with them. Cinderella asked thegirls if they had any princes and if they didn't then losing a glass slipper usually helps. Ariel asked them which sea they came from. Snow White talked in her high pitched Snow White voice. It was great. The food was alright but the atmopshere and knowing we didn't have to stand in a long line for each of the princesses was so well worth the money we didn't pay because we were on the free Disney dining plan. We definitely recommend the place for sure.

After lunch we rode Maelstrom once again. Josie loved that ride! We then walked to Soarin' to get a fast pass then on to a few attractions we didn't get to while wating for Soarin'. It started to storm a bit but the rain was evaporating before it hit the ground. We finally did Soarin' and then made our wa to World Showcase for the rest of the evening until fireworks.

Epcot has a new interactive attraction featuring Kim Possible. It is glorified geocaching and we loved it! Each girl got a mission and a 'Kimmunicator' - like a cell phone- they had to follow the prompts and do what the thing told them. Annabelle's first mission was in Mexico and she had to follow clues on her phone. They would show her a picture and she would have to find out where that was in the land. When she got there she had to point the thing at something like a picture or a sculpture and then that thing would do something special. She also did a mission in Germany and that was fun because she went to this display case of beer steins and then they sang for her. Josie had a mission in Norway and she and Nate said that one took forever. It was great fun and like geocaching it was great in that you noticed things or went into shops that you otherwise would've looked over. After our mission Josie finally found a face painting stand. She's wanted to get her face painted for days now so we let her do that despite being 2 hours away from bedtime.
We found a spot to view the fireworks near Japan and waited for the show. Again, IllumiNatins is amazin. Nate and I got goosebumps it was so good. When the show was over we slowly left the park and took everything in.

We did stop at a gift shop to by souvenirs. Nothing like waiting for the last minute to do so. This was nice as the corwds had disappated and we were able to get an actual seat on the way "home." When we arived at our resort we checked out, arranged for luggage pick up and went back to the room to shower and pack the rest of the way. Nate and Josie went swimming one last time, grabbed dinner with the last of our meal credits and we were finally in bed by 12:30 am. We slept with the bathroom light on to treat our sleep as a nap because the alarm was going off at 2:30 am.

We are now in the airport and waiting to board our plane. Thinking about our vacation we ha some tense moments but the memories will lways be happy positive and full of Disney magic. We can't wait to go back!

ATTRACTIONS
Chronicles of Narnia - It's a crummy commercial
Tower of Terror X 2
Rock n Roller Coaster
Maelstrom
Test Track
Seas with Nemo and Friends
Living with the Land
Spaceship Earth
Ellen's Energy Adventure
Spaceship Earth
Soarin - We noticed that this wa our first attraction and our last
Kim Possible
Soarin'