We hadn't planned much for Day 7. It was the day that (as the title says, but hey I'm big on stating the obvious, hence my superhero moniker "Stating the Obvious Girl") the Grandma's were both departing, the day we switched to Wilderness Lodge AND the night that we were attending Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. No. That's not much.
One thing I forgot to add in the 9/29 report: That night I went to the POR gift shop and bought each Grandma a picture frame, putting in the photo that we got from our Royal Table Breakfast the day before as a thank you gift.
It was agreed that after breakfast we'd split up. My Mom and I would spend some time alone with Mimi at Downtown Disney (my Mom didn't have a park ticket for this day) while Dave and his Mom would head over to Magic Kingdom with Roo.
Kind of.
Since we were switching resorts, the day went down like this:
EARLY morning: wake up and finish frantic packing. Dave calls bell services for us and for the Grandmas. They pick up the luggage. Meet for breakfast. Roo is getting burned out on the over-stimulation and freaks out on everyone at the table. Dave's MIL has a freaky out panic attack because she doesn't have enough room in her suitcase for the photo frame (Dave told me he thought that her freak out was strange because she bought herself two shirts that afternoon which she magically fit into her suitcase.
). Dave is a grumpy mess because he wants to check in at WL and for some unknown panicy reason, is afraid they will give away our room if he doesn't check in at 8 am (check-in time is 11 am
) so HE has a weird freak-out with all the other weird freak outs. My Mom and I were anxious to get away from the people doing the freaking out. Dave, Rita and Roo took a cab to WL after breakfast to check in. The room was ready. They took a boat to MK. My Mom, Mimi and I took the boat at POR to DTD for SHOPPING MANIA (sorry, Molly... no Earl of Sandwich was involved
).
I get overwhelmed easily at World of Disney. I love to shop there, but I get over-stimulated and it only takes about 35 minutes before the claustrophobia kicks in. But I handled myself well... I actually managed to be in the store for an hour before I literally had to get out or suffer what felt like brain hemmoraging. I bought a lot of stuff, and had it all shipped to Wilderness Lodge! Woo hoo! Love that package shipping nonsense.
After shopping, we let Mimi out of the stroller to run free. She liked the dancing fountain, but was intimidated by the big boys who were rough housing in them. Two of the boys disappeared after the big one pushed the little down. Their Mommy wasn't too happy:
Mimi takes tentative steps:
After a pretzel, some juice and a little playtime for the girl, we went back to the dock to board the POR boat. Mimi had to have her princesses opened immediately:
They sparkled! She couldn't decide which one she liked most of all:
We went back to POR and Mom got her luggage. We said teary goodbyes, and I got a cab to go to WL while Mom caught the DME back to MCO and Detroit Metro. Mimi and I were exhausted when we checked in and got our room key, so we just went right to the room and napped. We were so tired, she just snuggled next to me on the bed and we fell asleep together.
We woke up when the boys came back. I found out that they rode Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, Carousel of Progress, Tomorrowland Speedway and Stitch's Great Escape, and had Casey's hot dogs. NO PICTURES!
We had dinner ressies at Whispering Canyon Cafe at dinner opening, 5 p.m. After exploring every nook and cranny of our room, we spent some time in the Wilderness Lodge GIFT SHOP! Woo hoo! GIFT SHOP! Here is Mimi. Move over, Heidi Klum:
EVERYTHING YOU CAN DO, I CAN DO BETTER:
We walked away with an itemized list of all the souvies we wanted. It was a long list. Then off we went to wait in the lobby for the WCC dinner service. Roo made a little friend. Well, that is... until the little friend decided he wanted to play with Roo's cars without asking:
Some of you are wondering why Mimi is dressed the way she is. Yes. Those are napping clothes. She was wearing a pretty dress earlier and I didn't want her to sleep in it so I changed her into napping clothes. Since we were getting dressed for MNSSHP right after supper, I figured... you know... it was more work than it was worth:
Roo playing with his favorite toys:
Dave taping Mimi's antics:
Roo has no idea what is going on around him other than who is beating who is the race of the century:
STOP TAKING MY PICTURE! I AM HUNGRY! I WANT KETCHUP!
Staaaaaaa-ooooooooooo-op iiiiiiiiiiiit:
The only family member in a good mood:
We're goin' to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party! WOO HOO!!!! PS. I haven't been able to locate the shirt I'm wearing in this picture since our return from the parks.
I imagine it had to make room for Rita's picture frame.
Hummmm... to ride the pony or not to ride the pony.
That is the question:
In our next feature: Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party aka. Why Alice BLOWS.