Since the MM's are starting to return, I need to go ahead and finish my report so you guys can focus on other sides to the story.
Day 4, December 5th (Technically the LAST day)... I hang out with the ladies
... and DUFFY???
The PLAN:
8am: Head to MK/monorail for breakfast ADR
9:15am: Breakfast @ 1900 Park Fare
10am: Head to EPCOT by monorail (Tron-o-rail?)
10:30am - 4pm: Future World
4:20pm: Dinner @ Via Napoli
5:30pm - 9pm: World Showcase
9:30pm: Illuminations
The REALITY:
Our parents really are smart people. We woke up about 7am and I told Mom what the plans were for the day and she talked sense into me. It went something like this... "WHY are we going all the way to the MK, then around the monorail to the Grand Floridian to eat breakfast, just to take a monorail over to EPCOT, a place that you can see clearly from our 2nd window?" My response, "you know Mom... you're right as usual. Let's do Park Fare another time. Maybe we can stay at the Grand Floridian next year???" Mom's response was, "you TWIT." We ended up eating a pastry at the Yacht Club before we boarded Friendship IV for our now 10 minute travel to EPCOT.
When we got off the boat at the International Gateway, we went into the gift shop and the first thing I see??? Yep, Duffy the Disney Bear. I gave my mom a brief rundown on what exactly he is (basically spawn of Satan) and that she should expect to see him quite a bit while at EPCOT. We headed over to get a FastPass for Soarin' and gave Amy a quick call. She had mentioned that she would be there in the morning without her mom and that she could use someone to ride a couple of rides with. We rode the Land (my FIRST time) and made plans with Amy to meet her afterward at the Universe of Energy. Now the UoE probably wasn't what Amy meant by needing someone to ride things with, but she had already done TT and Mission Space and I knew my mom wasn't going on either one of those. While on the ride I realized that I am getting old. I used to hate almost everything about the ride as I thought it was dull and boring. However, I found myself laughing more than I expected even though I knew most of the script from listening to Subsonic. I love all the cheesy puns during the radio broadcast and Ellen's body language toward Bill Nye is priceless. I have now removed it from my "attractions to take a nap on" list.
After UoE, we met up with F1gment and went over to Club Cool... you know, because our mothers looked thirsty...
I have Amy's reaction to the Beverly and will have it on the other thread shortly. She has mine and I'm sure she will post it when she returns in what... like 3 weeks??? (Still jealous of her staying so long in WDW!)
Next on the agenda was Spaceship Earth as we knew we could all ride that together. I love SSE, even with the updated narration and the lack of Emerald City... and Tomorrow's Child. I still sing it on the descent even though it is gone (sorry if you were recording it Amy!)
After the ride we said our goodbyes to Amy and F1gment as we knew we would not see them again... on THIS trip anyway.
*** I want to pause for a second and mention that meeting Amy and her mother, F1gment, was a pleasure. Mouseoholic was right, F1gment is a doll and is just someone you want to be around. She has raised a wonderful daughter and we were so happy to get to meet them and hang out a little bit. I sincerely hope that we can meet again sometime (maybe next time in DL!).
Mom and I stopped at the Art of Animation store near the exit of SSE and traded some vinylmations. We managed to get a couple that my boys would like but nothing for my little girl. I forgot to mention that we were able to get 1 Toy Story vm from the MK the day before! We were able to do Soarin' thanks to the FastPass then we went over to NEMO. After that we decided to check out a "blast from the past"... Captain EO! Man, I still love that show! It may get me ridiculed on this site but I seemed to remember it all and I felt like I was 8 or 9 again for a few minutes. I'm glad they brought it back. But, along the same lines, I hope it doesn't stay long and that whatever replaces it blows me away like that film did when I was 8. We skipped the Imagination ride as I would have been upset to not see the Kodak kiosks offering free "enhanced" photos when you get off the ride.
It was almost 2pm and we were pretty hungry so we decided to go to Egypt and see if we could find any good Mexican food... or a margarita:
On the way over I noticed the Duffy Meet and Greet and thought briefly about stopping and getting my picture taken with him. I figured I could always photo shop a dollar sign logo all over him or something but I was shocked to see three people in line. Unwilling to waste 3 minutes of my life on that bear I decided against it... but I did manage to get this before I left:
Now back in Egypt... I had remembered that the Mousekecouple had an ADR for 1pm at San Angel and I hoped that we might catch them. However, when we checked in I did not see them around anywhere. Of course, it is dark in there and we only waited up front for roughly 30 seconds before we were seated (with no reservation!). Towards the end of the meal we had a couple of visitors... yep, it was the Mouskecouple themselves! We thanked them again for everything they had done in arranging the meet-ups and all the behind-the-scenes work they put into the whole weekend. We said our goodbyes again.
*** Another side note... The Mouskecouple are good people. They seem to be the loyal friends that everyone wants to have. I really wish we could have had more time to spend with them as we really clicked like we had been friends for years. I hope I get the chance to meet you again and anytime you guys want to do something like this again, you just say the word and I will do everything I can to be there. If you need anything, just let me know. Thanks AGAIN.
After lunch we walked around towards the American Pavilion and I got a good shot of SSE:
I wanted to see the American Adventure as I have never seen it! But it didn't start for another 45 minutes and we really wanted to enjoy the pool at the Yacht Club (as it comes HIGHLY recommended), so we headed out. I'll get it on my next trip... I seem to be saying that a lot! Also, another sign that I am getting old... I was leaving a park for good at 3pm! That's sad!
We rode on Friendship VIII again and stopped at the concierge desk to see if we could somehow get the Yachtsman Steakhouse for dinner. No ressies to be had but they did get us in for a 5:30 ressie at the Captain's Grille.
Despite the low 50's temp outside we braved the pool anyway... just another stupid thing I got my mother to do on this trip! Needless to say, the spa was wonderful. Mom kept trying to get me to go on the slide but I told her that you spent too much time out of the water walking up to the top of it and that was too cold for me! Plus I saw a couple of crazy adults going down and they were just barely making it off of the slide as it was so slow. I wasn't going to attempt that one! haha...
We got dressed and went to see if the Yachtsman Steakhouse would take us anyway and guess what? Yep, got right in with no wait! I LOVE Disney. We had no problem all weekend getting in places to eat.
I had the Caesar salad which was not bad.
Mom got the Lobster Bisque which was outstanding!
I had the Porterhouse, medium rare (sorry Amy) and it was excellent!
Mom had the fillet, medium and it was... do you really think I would eat ANY of hers since I had a whole Porterhouse to myself??? ... it was excellent as well
No dessert this time and I couldn't talk mom into stopping at Beaches and Cream!
I got pictures but they were on my phone so they are too small to post, sorry.
We stayed around the lobby area and went into the gift shop for last minute souvenirs and more attempts to trade vm's. I got the Haunted Mansion clock that I wanted so I was pretty happy. I'll post any vm picks on that thread. We watched Illuminations from our balcony and I'll see if I can get some video of it up soon. We went ahead and packed up for we were leaving in the morning.
I took this shot of my treasure in my treasure box:
Yes, there was a rum left! B-dude didn't drink it all. There was an ornament that Amy and F1gment made and gave to the MM's who were there. Donald is a gift from mindflipper. Thank you to all for the great gifts! They were unexpected and SUPER-appreciated! I'm sorry I didn't bring anything except for my good looks and charm! haha...
Day 5, December 6th.... Leaving Home
For some odd reason I woke up about 6:30am (getting old I tell you) and decided to get pictures/video of the sunrise over the Boardwalk from our balcony:
I'll get the video up soon. It's very calming and peaceful...
We left about 9am and stopped in St. Augustine to spend a moment with my sister and brother in law. We arrived in Jacksonville about 1pm and I spent some time with my dad before my flight out. And, of course the flight was delayed... go figure.
That's more than you guys wanted to know, but I hope you enjoyed it all!
A special thank you to the Mousekecouple, the Boilers, Amy and F1gment and mindflipper! I enjoyed the limited time we had together and would do it again anytime!
and hope to meet some fellow MM's soon! 
