Five Little Ones Take the Adults - The End - Day 16, Downtown Disney & the 'Sad Bus' to MCO and Home

[Lisa29]

The previous day can be found HERE

Disclaimer, as it is the last day, there aren’t as many photos so there will be more writing and less pictures.

Thursday 10 October 2013

Today was the day we all dread, the horrible going home day.

I had set the alarm for 6.15am and after not sleeping well all night, really didn’t want to have to get up! I had a shower and got dressed and sorted through a few bits. Phil and the girls got up at 6.45am. Phil gave them a bath and got them dressed while I finished the last of the packing. I managed to get everything in, hooray!

The walkway outside our villa

We were the first ones ready to go by 8am (which is not at all surprising!) so we loaded the car with all our cases and hand luggage and my Dad took Phil and Madison in the car to DTD while Kaley and I walked. He then drove back to bring whoever was ready next.

We got to DTD Virgin check in around 8.15am and they weren’t open yet and there were quite a few in line in front of us.

I didn’t write the time they opened down but I had thought they opened at 8am but I think the sign said 8.15am. Either way, they were late as it was quite a few minutes after we arrived when they opened.

Soon enough, they started serving people. There was a family in front (with grown up kids) whose cases were over and they had to move items from one case to another!

It got me a bit worried as I knew our heaviest was very close to the 23kg. Luckily, all the cases were fine and we were checked in and given four seats in the middle on row 42 and on our way back to SSR by 8.55am.

At $10 each, I was happy to pay this as there was no worry of the Magical Express not picking us up early enough and no worry of having to check in at the airport.

I am sure they didn’t need to see our hand luggage which was annoying having to lug my handbag, my piece of hand luggage with spare clothes, pj’s for the girls, etc., Phil’s extremely full and heavy bag with cameras, etc. in, two trunki’s, one pushchair and two girls back with us!

We got back and my Dad was still waiting for someone else to be ready!

I have to say, this really annoyed me as we had had to drag/carry all our heavy hand luggage back when Dad could have waited for us with the car. Dad and I made the decision to put all the seats down in the car, load up all the cases and then everyone could walk to DTD rather than taking multiple trips in the car.

Phil and I took the girls up to our villa then started taking all of the cases that were packed down to load up the car. After many, many trips up and down, all the cases were finally in the car and everyone was ready to go and check in. They all left and we went back to the villa to wait with the girls.

The girls’ balloons

Madison didn’t want her photo taken to start with!

But then was a bit happier

Kaley was more than happy to pose!

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