BB: The thing between Minnie and I is far from over. We did talk a bit and agreed that Mickey is her number 1 man, but I am first in line if things should ever break down between the two of them.
horizons1: I am not forgetting to mention lunch at all. We tended to never get anything for lunch. The most we would get during the day would be a drink. Most mornings we would have the buffet breakfast and that was more than enough to hold us over until Dinner which was usually between 5:30 and 6:00. On most nights we did also have a late night snack. It was either a chocolate chip cookie, ice cream, or Planet Hollywood. We also had Mickey pretzels in the hotel room.
Well, Day 7 is ready to go and included is a hint to when I hope to have the pictures ready. I am also hoping to get the rest of the trip report typed up tonight and have it posted later.
Day 7: I can’t believe it’s almost over. However, there were still two full days of Disney left and a lot on the agenda. There was no time left to be depressed at all. This day would start out a bit different from the rest. We got up, ate breakfast, and headed straight to EPCOT. We figured we would be able to get some pool time in later in the afternoon.
We got to EPCOT and decided to hang around Future World as we needed to print our pictures from the Visa area from the previous day. We also wanted to do it again as you are allowed to go once every day. We still had time before that started so we headed off to Mission Space. We decided that we wanted to ride as a family, so that meant no orange team for dad and I. We acted like we were disappointed, but in reality we were glad to be taking it easy. I will say that after experiencing Orange, the Green really feels like nothing. However, if you are only experiencing Green than it could be seen as slightly thrilling. I will say that the Green team reminds me a lot of Body Wars. Speaking of which, I headed over to Wonders of Life and took a picture of that sad empty space.
By this time we were nearing time for the Visa area to open up so we headed to Innoventions. It appears that they work in shifts and that the trend seemed to be either Minnie and Goofy or Mickey and Pluto. We lucked out and got to see Mickey and Pluto! After that it was off to the camera store to print out our pictures.
We ended up leaving the park and headed back to our room. We unfortunately were running a tad late so we had to omit the pool in favor of some off property fun. We headed out to the Prime outlets to see what the Disney outlet over there was like. They pretty much have the same merchandise, except that it will vary depending on how well something sells in each store. I lucked out in finding a long sleeve shirt in my size, which I had liked at the Premium outlet store. The outlets were followed by a drive down International Drive. Dinner was scheduled to be off property on this night as we were using this night to continue a family tradition of eating at “Ming Court”. For those of you who are unfamiliar, it is this fantastic Chinese restaurant about 15 minutes off property and within walking distance of the Orange County Convention Center. As always the service was excellent and the food was fantastic. We have yet to find a Chinese restaurant that compares to them in New Jersey.
Following dinner, I fulfilled my promise to the board of proving that I can still fit inside the trunk of our rental, the Kia Amanti. We took pictures, which will be posted hopefully in the coming week or so, and headed back towards the property. We decided that we would head over to Magic Kingdom to accomplish parts of Fantasyland and see Toontown for the final time.
We managed to get back to the resort for 7:30 and were at the Magic Kingdom for 8:00. Our course of action was to dart over to Fantasyland and start getting on attractions. It was the perfect plan as most people were hanging around for the parade and fireworks. We were able to get through Dumbo, Philharmagic, Snow White, Pooh, and the Speedway all within an hour and fifteen minutes. I will say this was the first time we ever had a CM who interacted with the pre-recorded Minnie, Goofy, and Donald prior to the show beginning in Philharmagic. I found it to be excellent and really hope that it will be a thing that catches on. Following these attractions we decided to head over to Toontown. We quickly took care of Mickey and Minnie’s houses and realized that it was time for fireworks. We decided that it would be best to hang around in the back of the park and wait until it was getting close for the 11PM parade to start to make our exit. We found the Princess and Fairies meet and greet and saw they each had small wait times. We hit up the Princess line and got to meet Ariel (as a princess), Cinderella, and Belle. They were extremely personable and really made it a pleasant experience and something that I would consider doing again. After the Princesses we headed back in line to do the Fairies. It was a bit longer of a wait than we had originally hoped for, but it was short nonetheless. The fairies were really funny and had us fly from person to person. All in all, the Princesses and Fairies really surprised me. They were all extremely friendly and personable. They also spent a lot of time with us, which was surprising since it is a large meet and greet.
We headed out of the park and were stuck behind the MSEP 11PM crowds. We decided that we wanted to get a snack and ghirardelli was the place of choice. We took the monorail over to Contemporary and caught a bus to Downtown Disney.
All in all it was a long and exhausting day 7. The sadness and reality of going home was starting to begin. However, we had one more full day of Disney left and it was going to be magical. It called for a full day in the Magic Kingdom.
Day 7 Pictures:
http://s885.photobucket.com/albums/ac53 ... 20Day%207/
But I digress. Sounds like another fantabuloso vacation Len.
Top that, Len! 
But I can understand if he needs a break 
