I never told Grumpy what I'd seen. Alex must have suddenly felt better, or something like that.
The next morning Grumpy & I were up bright and early. We had chosen a late flight to Ft Lauderdale on purpose, so we could enjoy one more morning in WDW. We asked the girls (who were awake, but not up or ready by 9am) which one they wanted to go to.
"A park ? Oh no, we're not going to a park. We're just going to stay around the hotel since we don't have much time."
It was 9am. The DME bus was picking us up at 1.15pm ! There was PLENTY of time to go to a park.
I told Grumpy I wanted to go to MGM because it was close and I wanted to try and ride Tower of Terror. Grumpy said no way she was going on ToT but she'd go to MGM with me and do Great Movie Ride. Our other park of choice would have been Epcot, but since it was past opening time already,we'd never get a chance to ride Soarin'.
The girls got ready quick, brought their luggage to our room, and we called Bell Services. Someone came to get all our stuff and gave us a ride to El Centro, where we stored all of our bags. Then, the girls headed to Pepper Market for breakfast while Grumpy & I took the bus to MGM.
It was the only time we had to stand on a CSR bus, but the ride is so short it didn't matter.
I have no pics of this morning because my camera was in my carry-on in storage. Moron me forgot to take it out. I even forgot my AP and had to go to Guest Services to get a new one.
Between the luggage thing and me forgetting my pass, it was 10.30 by the time we entered the park. I went straight to the times board to check wait time for ToT : 50mns. Grumpy said she wasn't going to wait that long for me to chicken out on a ride, so we went to Great Movie Ride instead, which was a no man's land.
After GMR, I insisted on doing Little Mermaid. You know how much Grumpy loves princesses,and she fought tooth and nail, but ended up going with me anyway when I threatened her with ToT. We had 10mns to wait for the next show though so we went to get ourselves a pretzel to share. That's when High School Musical started stalking us.
It had been going on when we first entered the park and we literally ran away from it. And there it was again ! I HATE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL !!!! Grumpy loathes it too. We gobbled down our pretzel and went to seek refuge with Ariel.
This show is so cute ! Grumpy didn't quite care for it. She started pinching me about 2mns into the show when she realized it was a musical.
"
It's SINGING! You didn't tell me that ! Is
it going to sing for the whole show?? Get me out!!"
"
It" would be Ariel in this case. I tried to explain to her that Ariel is just an honorary princess, and therefore she doesn't have to hate her guts as much as she hates Cinderella and Aurora, but she didn't buy it.
Truth is, she's just jealous because she doesn't have her own castle.
We then went on One Man's Dream, and that one Grumpy enjoyed. She took her time looking at all the exhibits, and we both loved the movie.
It was around noon when we were done with One Man's Dream, and I wanted to make a run for it and go on Stars Tours, but Grumpy said we had to go back to CSR
"I guess you're right, we may have to wake them up or something."
High School Musical was coming up again and we ran away from it!
Miracles happen, the girls were where we had told them to meet us, at the fountain in the lobby of CSR. They had presents for us : a Stitch pin for me, and a Princess necklace for Grumpy. I felt awkward getting a present from them, since I was about ready to sell them both to the circus at that point. But we thanked them anyway. It WAS nice of them to buy us something, since they had so little money, but I couldn't help but think it was too little, too late. I hadn't wanted presents. I had wanted to show my sister and her friend how fun Disney World was. And I had failed
Then it was over. We got our luggage, checked for our flight (for once we were able to use the airline check in system) and boarded the DME bus.
At the airport, we had time to kill so we had lunch at the food court. On the way there I noticed a Crocs store and wanted to buy myself a new pair of Athens, because I can't ever find the purple ones online. Jessi was still complaining of her feet hurting so I dragged her there with me. We'd been begging her all week to let us buy her some Crocs and she had refused.
I picked my Athens and helped her select some Crocs. She liked the camo looking ones and picked up a pair that looked like they'd fit the Yeti at Everest.
"You know it's supposed to be a shoe, not a boat."
"I'm size 13!"
"No you're not."
Seriously, she can't be. I wear women's 8, she may have slightly bigger feet but NOT a size 13 MEN !!!! I made her try a women's 10, and they fit just right. No wonder she'd been uncomfortable if she had been wearing shoes 4 sizes too big this whole time !!!
While we were at it we picked up a pair of Athens for Alex too. Grumpy hates the way Crocs look, athough she borrows mine all the time at home, she refuses to get some for herself.
The guy minding the store was too busy talking on the phone to help us while we were picking our shoes, and ignored us when we went to the register.
"Sir, do we mind if we pay for our purchases ? Believe it or not we have a plane to catch."
He groaned, took our money and grumbled again as he almost threw the change at us. I thanked myself for my business and we got back to Grumpy & Alex.
Then it was the usual, security, etc... Alex sighing heavily because she had to take her hiking boots off again (that's why they invented Velcro, ya kno??). Grumpy was giving me killer looks.
"If she sighs like that again I AM GOING TO LOSE IT!"
I guess that's part of their problem. Every little bump in the road is like a huge inconvenience.
Grumpy & I slept on the plane but Jess and Alex didn't, they say. Of course. When they're in Disney World, you can't get them out of bed, but a 45mns plane ride is SO much more exciting !!!!!
We had booked a 1-bedroom apartment in a motel in Ft Lauderdale, which meant we'd have to share a bedroom and bathroom.
That was
so not gonna happen.
When we reached our motel, we sat Jessi & Alex outside while Grumpy and I went to check in. Right away, I said
"My sister and her friend are sick, and we'd really like to NOT catch whatever they have. By any chance, would you have 2 smaller rooms available instead of the apartment ?"
Thank goodness, they had. We got an "efficiency" room for ourselves, with a small kitchen, and a regular room for them. I was so relieved. If we'd had to share a room I think I would have killed one of them before the end of the night.
We went to our rooms and immediately they started saying their room was bad, the bed wasn't firm enough, etc... Okay, so it was a cheap motel, but I've gone in much, much cheaper places and survived just fine. Grumpy had had enough.
"You live in a house where it rains on your BED four months a year ! It's still an improvement, no ??"
Jessi sulked. Alex said nothing. Grumpy & I went to pick up a few drinks and breakfast stuff at Walgreens, then we ordered Domino's pizza (our first-night tradition in Ft Lauderdale).
The rest of our Ft Lauderdale stay ?Let's see.... Grumpy and I shopped a lot, alone.Bon Jovi was "the bomb" - literally. And Jessica did not see the Everglades. Why ? She didn't wake up to catch the shuttle.
No comment.
When we landed in Paris, my sister said something that absolutely floored me.
"Next time, we should all stay a whole month!!!"
Ten minutes later, I got my cell phone and put her number on my blocked list.
You and I would have a great time! I love having fun at disney! I can sleep when I'm dead! You are a saint for putting up and PAYING for those lazy people!
Don't wanna scare any reader away!
Sheli
I feel motivated to write my own now 
Love it! Thank you for taking the time to entertain all of us. I think we've all been lost with you being away!
Seriously, what the in the world did you say when she said that??? I think I'd have decked her. 
after that trip. I'm with you on High School Musical, I'd want to run away from it too.
I agree with TwiddledeeTwiddledum,
