Final Day of Vacation:
I managed to drag myself out of bed at 8:10, I kept hitting the snooze button. I had woke up at 6:30 but mom was still asleep so I went back to sleep as well. When I finally woke up I went out to enjoy the animals. There was lots of activity. My lens kept fogging up, this wasnt a problem Id encountered before.
Mom finally came out and helped me fix the lens.
We did a last load of laundry while we packed up and took showers. Then sat down with fruit smoothies and watched the rest of Alice in Wonderland. Mom loved it. I knew she would. We finally left the room at 11:02. I remembered to leave the do not disturb sign so they wouldnt knock 5 million times. I hate when they knock the last morning. It stresses me out, leave me alone to enjoy the last minutes of my vacation! The sign did its job and nobody knocked. We finally headed out and went down the airline check-in.
We saw this bird and its mate every time we walked to the room, but never saw the eggs. It was too cool.
On the same savannah
I wanted to see if they could change our seats, they had checked us in but we didnt have seats together. Unfortunately wed have to ask at the airport. We left our bags and headed down to the pool. I thought wed go to AK the last morning, but mom didnt want to rush and just wanted to relax at the pool.
The fruit smoothie didnt fill me up and I needed something else to eat. We stopped in at the Mara, no surprise there, and got some lunch. This flatbread usually comes with chicken but we get it without the chicken. It has quite a spicy sauce and is much more filling than the veggie flatbread. You can see how much cheese is on there.
We had about four hours before our DME pick up and made the most of it. After enjoying our delicious lunch we found some loungers by the pool and soaked up some rays. We went in the pool a few times, it was nice and hot. We also read books and I caught up on the Dis. It was a fabulous afternoon.
When it was time we headed out and changed in the bathrooms by the pool. I had no idea there was such a nice bathroom by the pool. I had always gone inside to the one by the restaurants. Mom had found the one that has changing room and showers. We went out to wait for the bus and our driver was about ten minutes late. Then when we were all boarded he left us without a word and went into the resort. Turns out he was waiting for a large group of people that finally showed up another ten minutes later in a taxi. They had tons of shopping bags with them. To say I was irritated would be an understatement. Neither the driver nor the late comers apologized. Needless to say he did NOT get a tip.
We had a smooth ride to the airport and after the usual obligatory stop in the
Disney store we headed to security. We chose the left side because the line was shorter, problem was we were behind the most annoying child. He talked nonstop the whole time in line and was very mean to his little brother. Finally through security and away from him and his family we made our way to our gate. We prayed we were not on the same plan with that annoying child, what could be the chances.
At the gate they tried to change our seats but it wasnt possible, the plane was full. She was able to get us right behind each other, but not next to each other. At some point I went to the bathroom and when I came back mom pointed out some new additions to our waiting area. Yes, the utterly annoying child with his family. What were the chances! I went and got us some drinks and snacks before we boarded and quickly they called the boarding zones. Mom went in first and when I finally got in there, who would you believe was sitting right behind mom was the annoying child and his father. How could this possible be!? I offered to switch spots with her but she refused. Ok, when I say annoying, I mean really annoying. I think this child must have had some mental problem. ADD or something like that. He would start screaming for no reason. His dad would lean forward to talk to someone and the child would say, sit back, SIT BACK! It was so awful. This child had absolutely no limits put on him, he would say and do whatever he wanted, loudly. All this before we even left the gate. We were late leaving, they were overbooked, and they offered two free flights for each person who would give up their seat. I tried to convince mom, but when she finally agreed they had found three people to switch. To say it was the worst flight Ive ever been on would be accurate, same for mom, and weve both flown a lot. The boy kept up with his yelling and overall horribleness the whole flight. Our nerves were absolutely frazzled by the time we landed. We really should have taken the two free flights and gone the next day. We finally landed and even though we were at the gate we couldnt get out of the plane for a good twenty minutes. What an ending to such a fabulous trip.
Thanks to everyone for reading along. Despite the horrible ending this was really a magical trip. It had a totally different feeling than the rest of the trips weve done. Totally a go with the flow and relaxed trip, no pressure at all. We loved the water parks, and will incorporate them in future trips when the weather is hot enough. Im still over the moon about my purchase of the VGF points, and will be doing a short trip, 5 days, there in December. Mom is able to join me and we are both really looking forward to it.