Disney Day 7: Leaving

Even though our magic tickets will get us into any park today, and even though our flight out is not until dinner time, we decide to forego the commute to the parks. Instead we pack up and check out. We have a change of clothes in the bag we leave with the bell hop, and head back to the hotel dock. This time we rent a canoe, and in so doing, find our last hidden Mickey! It is an oar rack on the back of our dock's light house. We paddle around the lagoon a bit, and then walk back over the bridge to our hotel pool for a swim. We swim a little, sun a little, play some video games and walk the path around the lagoon for the last time to the "customs house" where we will catch our bus for the airport.
We arrive very early for our plain, early enough for dinner. After we pass through security, we notice on an airport map that our options for dinner are McDonald's and Outback Steakhouse. The latter is clearly superior, but requires an extra tram ride to our gate afterwards. We go for it, and the food is delicious to hungry travelers. Unfortunately, in the meantime an international flight has come in, and now we have to go BACK THROUGH SECURITY and take a tram to our gate for a flight that leaves in 30 minutes. We are panicked, but it all works out. Wuggie watches the map channel again, Mom reads some and watches part of "Pretty Woman" Dad got stuck in the back row of the plane, separated, but takes it in stride.

We drive home from Syracuse in the dark, and prepare for school and work the next morning. We flagrantly slept in until 9:00 am, and went tardy to school and work. The normal whirlwind of daily life swept us away, and it is only now that we have time to look back and reflect.

When asked for comment Wuggie Norple says, "I want to go back to Epcot so I can ride Mission Space as many times as I can." We resolve as a family to save up so someday once again our commander can lead us on his Mission to Mars.