Day 7 at Disney was a short day, as a matter of fact, I am very confident that it was the shortest day ever. When we originally planned the trip (almost a year ago), we planned to have something in Houston on the 4th, and leave immediately after. We were planning to stay at Disney until the 11th. Since that time, we learned that our event in Houston was actually on the 11th. Our new plan was to leave Disney on the 10th around midday and drive all the way back to Houston, for arrival before 5 am on the 11th. Since we had done almost everything we wanted to at Magic Kingdom on the trip, we contemplated leaving first thing in the morning on the 10th, but the kids did not like the idea. They wanted one more day in the park. We decided that we would go for early magic hour, try to get first in the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train line, then see a few characters before leaving.
How did the day actually go? Not exactly as planned!! We arrived early for magic hours. By 7:20, there were already large crowds of people waiting for the opening show. The good news for us is that many wait in front of the train station to see the show. We go around all those people and get behind the others that are waiting to rush into the park and be first on the Mine Train. At park opening, Tanner and his friend managed to be the 3rd and forth person in the Mine Train line. The others in line were nice enough to let us move up to the front to join them. This is where the plans ended. Upon arriving at the Mine Train, they immediately announced that the ride was down, and they had no idea when it would be fixed. While we waited in line, Michell took the youngest two on Winnie the Pooh. While waiting in line, there was a diaper blow out. I got a phone call to get out of line to help with the disaster. Michell and the kids had to start over in the Pooh line, while I was able to return to the front of the Mine Train. After 30 minutes, we gave up on the Mine Train. I went over to help Michell and found out that Mason was more interested in playing with the bumble bees in the Pooh line and they were not actually in line. Everyone was passing them up. 30 minutes into our day and we had done nothing. We checked lines for many of the rides, and they were all growing pretty rapidly (that would be at 8:30 on a magic hour day, wow.)
We went to take a picture with Chip and Dale, then decided to let the kids do some pin trading and check out the gift shops. Although the kids rarely desire souvenirs anymore, they each wanted a small souvenir on this trip.
It was definitely not a glamorous day, and I definitely wish we would have not gone to the park on the last day, but the trip was still a great one (as are all Disney trips.) We left the park at 10:00 and packed up our car and left the resort at 11. Arrived in Houston at 3:30am Saturday morning after taking a short stop pin New Orleans with family. After arriving in Houston, we had a few things to take care of before finally getting to bed at 5:15, only to wake again at 5:45 for my 6:30 check in for my event in Houston. Definitely a crazy day (or two), but for those that know the Westerns well, it is quite normal for us.
Last day of pin trading :
Stay tuned in the next couple of days for some more reviews from the trip.
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