Our last day! So sad.
We were slow waking up, wanting to spend as much time in our room as possible before we had to leave.
But eventually we finished packing. I couldn't figure out what to do with my rose from Victoria & Albert's so eventually I cut off most of the stem and stuck it in my bag...I didn't want to just throw it away! We dropped our bags off with the resort airline check in. I really like that service--drop our bags at the Boardwalk and not see them again until the luggage carousel at home. Awesome!
After dropping our bags, we went down to the Boardwalk for breakfast.
We got breakfast at the Boardwalk Bakery (chocolate croissant and cheese danish for the win!), and hopped on the boat heading to Hollywood Studios.
We got there pretty soon after it opened, about 9:15 am or so, and decided to split up. I'd booked a Rock n Roller Coaster fastpass and a Tower of Terror fastpass at 9 am, and so I stole one of his extra bands and headed down Sunset Boulevard to ride them, while he headed over to Star Tours to check on the standby line there.
The line was super short at Rock N Roller Coaster, and so they weren't running the pre-show. You just walked on through to the car. This picture is one of my favorite ride photos.
From there it was off to Tower of Terror, which had lots of fog and such in the line, which made it pretty spooky. Or would have, if it weren't 9:30 in the morning! No idea if they do that on purpose or how, but it was cool.
Meanwhile, Trevor did a quick ride on Star Tours, and then decided that rather than ride it again, he'd look around in the Star Wars launch bay (a giant Star Wars thing, with exhibits and characters to meet and of course a gift shop). He saw the Stormtroopers and had fun looking at all the cool displays in there.
Once I was done with my rides I texted Trevor and we met up in Toy Story Land for our 10 am Slinky Dog fastpass! Had to get one last ride on it.
Trevor was telling me about hanging out in the Launch Bay, and so after Slinky, we decided to head back there to meet Chewie! He had a short wait and Trevor kind of wanted to meet him, and we didn't have anything really planned, so off we went.
The wait really was only 5 minutes, so that was cool! I again didn't bring the pictures I was having characters sign, but oh well.
Chewie liked my button: it was a picture of Princess Leia with the caption "My favorite Disney princess". (and yes I know she's a General, but still )
After meeting Chewie we got suckered into the gift shop where Trevor got a Boba Fett hat and key chain, 'cause I'm an enabler.
And then we headed off to Star Tours! I'd moved up our 11 am fastpass (cause there was tons of immediate availability), so we hopped right on. We got Hoth and Naboo (boooooooooo), and then rode again, but got pod racing and then Coruscant! And Princess Leia was the hologram message saying "deliver the rebel spy", which I'd never seen before, so that was neat. Also, the queue for Star Tours (the outdoor portion) doesn't get nearly enough love. Look at this cool Ewok hut!
At that point, we wandered around some more, taking pictures and looking in gift shops. We got a picture in front of the Galaxy's Edge facade, which was neat.
Essentially we were killing time until the 12 noon Indiana Jones show. We were going to try and be extras again! None of the workers there at the front seemed to know what we were talking about, but eventually the casting director made her way up to the little wardrobe tent and she was all "yep, jump on in!"
So we got our costumes on and got to finally see/be in the entire show. It was really neat, seeing all up close and personal. I wish we could have watched it again without being extras, just to see what it looks like from the audience, but since we only had time for one more show, being in it was definitely the way to go. At one point they pick one extra to do a dramatic death scene, and this time Trevor got picked--he did really well! No pictures, since I was up there as an extra too, but he did great. He did mention to me beforehand that he hoped he wouldn't be picked for that (which inevitably ensured he would be picked) since he's a bit afraid of being in front of crowds, etc. But he was super dramatic and did great.
It was a fantastic experience, and a great last attraction to end our trip on.
At that point, we were heading out of the park, but I realized that we hadn't tried the cookies n cream funnel cake! And I know it was 12:30 and we had a lunch reservation at 1:50, but we had to try this. It was TOTALLY worth it. It looked huge but we ate pretty much all of it. The coolness and creaminess of the ice cream with the crispy crunchiness of the funnel cake...just yum. Highly recommend.
We grabbed were in a rush to get back to the Boardwalk, so we grabbed an uber. While heading down to ride Tower of Terror and Rockin Roller Coaster, I passed the Toy Story store and realized the other night when we'd bought the Toy Story land ornament and the alien sipper cups and had them sent back to the hotel--we never picked them up!! So we had to get back to the Boardwalk and pick them up. Thus, rather than wait for a boat, we grabbed an uber and headed right to the store there to pick them up. Phew! Glad I remembered!
We probably had enough time to wait for the bus, but it's me and I was anxious. So we picked them up and then meandered over to the Beach Club resort for our last reservation of the trip: Beaches and Cream! We were a bit early, but we checked in anyways. They seated us a minute or two later, at 1:33. They had a couple open tables...I guess a super late lunch like that isn't a popular choice.
Despite having eaten the ice cream funnel cake, we decided to go ahead and get some real food AND the ice cream here. Take advantage of our last few hours on vacation! I got the tomato soup and grilled cheese with grilled onions. This was really good! I only ate about half, cause I was a bit full from earlier, and also because the grilled onions added a weird flavor to the sandwich. But overall I was pleased.
Trevor got the French Fries topped with Cheese Sauce, Bacon, Red Onions, and Garlic-Peppercorn Ranch, which he really enjoyed. However, his favorite part was the soda with syrup! He loves adding vanilla syrup to his sodas, so he was pleasantly surprised to find it on the menu.
Despite being full, we couldn't leave without getting the ice cream! We decided to get the Fudge Mudslide with chocolate ice cream. Per the menu, A gooey, chewy Brownie covered with Hot Fudge, Three-scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream, Oreo Cookies, and Whipped Cream topped with Chocolate Syrup and a Cherry. Aside from the brownie being dry, and a bit of a weird texture, this was also delicious.
While this wasn't the best meal or dessert we had, it was still a solid meal. We'd probably go back, though I wouldn't make a special trip or anything. Certainly worth experiencing.
We finished eating at around 2:20, and the bus to the airport wasn't picking us up until 3:30. Trevor had passed through the arcade to use the restroom, and he noted that the (empty) arcade had skeeball! Since I love skeeball, we decided to play a few rounds.
Trevor beat me overall, but I had some good scores in there. And we had great fun playing for 10 minutes or so.
This is Trevor's "I got an awesome score!" dance.
We slowly strolled back to the Boardwalk, got our bags from Bell Services, and awaited the bus.
Trevor's too happy to be leaving. Though I am too in this picture I guess. This is better
We boarded at 3:30. I honestly can't remember if we stopped at any other resorts to pick people up, though my picture of us arriving at the airport is time stamped at 4:11, so it's probable that we did.
I don't know why Trevor is so happy to see this sign....I'm not!
Our flight didn't take off until 6:45, so arriving at 4:15 gave us some time to kill. We spent some time looking in the shops at the airport, buying a few pins and and a rice krispy treat at the Disney store there. I always want to try the chocolate covered mickey rice krispy treats that you can buy at Disney Springs, but haven't been able to yet, so this was a good substitute.
Going through security was mostly fine, though we had a bit of an issue with one of our souvenirs in particular. The small cast iron frying pan for Rapunzel and Flynn to sign was in my carry on, and the TSA guy saw it and started asking the other TSA people if they'd consider it a weapon. The answer he got back was "yep, it's a weapon, it's a blunt object!" And I was like "oooh, we got it signed! I didn't even think!" I think they took pity on me, 'cause despite the one TSA agent saying it was a blunt object, the first TSA agent let it through and didn't say anything about needing to open the bag or confiscate it, so I grabbed the suitcase and (figuratively) ran! Ironic, if they took a frying pan from me 'cause it's a weapon.
All went fine with our flight: boarded on time, no turbulence. It wasn't super crowded, and with the plane being small there were only two seats on each side so no middle seat! We decided we liked flying Jet Blue.
We touched down at 8:40 ish, and our bags came pretty promptly. We were in the Lyft (yes, Lyft, not uber--there was a $15 coupon from Jet Blue, so....why not?
) at 9:02 and home at 9:30. Our cat was very excited to see us! We were glad to be home, but sad our vacation was over.
We weren't as exhausted as we maybe expected to be, but we were still very happy that we had a day to rest before we had to go back to work. We unpacked a little bit, and fell into bed, happy to be back in our own bed.
Fun with Metrics:Steps Walked: 13,682 (5.5 miles)
Total AP Discount: $20.87
Ride Total (Tiffany): 6 (Rock n Roller Coaster, Tower of Terror, Slinky, Star Tours x2, Indiana Jones)
Ride Total (Trevor): 5 (Star Tours, Slinky, Star Tours x2, Indiana Jones)
