Disney Wish Day Four

 

And so here we are on the day to disembark.  Always a rather harsh day, given the fact that everyone has to get off the boat so quickly.  Being a part of the second seaters - the group that eats later - that meant we leave the boat later, and I do like that.  It means an extra hour of sleep.  We needed it, because last night was rough waters.  At one point I thought Mom was getting up to use the restroom, opening and shutting the door, and then again... and then I reached over, and she was in bed there with me.  And then I thought - for just a moment - that someone else was in the room opening that door!  But no, it was the motion of the ocean.  The waves were big last night.

But here we were in the morning, quiet and still, docked at Port Canaveral.  It's such a depressing moment, like the morning of January 1st when you know all the holidays are over and it's time to get back to work.  We peeked out and even at one point stepped out on the balcony to discover that it was in the low fifties and windy outside - cold! 

Maddie and Mom packed and got ready quickly though, as did Uncle George and Thip next door.  We did the walk around to make sure we got all our stuff.  Last night, the porters got our luggage, so all we had to do was collect a few things, and head down to Worlds of Marvel.

We said goodbye to room 6528.  It took me all weekend to remember that number, but here we are.  Anyway, we sat and we said our prayers, and then we stepped out of the door one last time, marching down the hall and down a few flights of stairs to Worlds of Marvel for breakfast.

We got to see our waiting staff one more time, and they were really nice people. We left them their tips last night, and also gave each a rose.  They were really super kind people and they took good care of Mom the entire journey.

Joey is posing in front of the screen that lets you know who can disembark the boat at this time.  Which is pretty much everyone.  Last time we were the Tinkerbell tags.  This time we were the Minnie Mouse tags - which of course is Captain Minnie!

So yeah, the next thing is getting off the boat.  It's a huge line - everyone is on line to get off the boat, and that line wraps around the hallways starting out in the Grand Hall, going down past the Bayou and Hyperspace Lounge, and then past the Walt Disney Theater, and then back towards the Grand Hall again where the gang plank is.

Ah, here's a dog with festive Mickey ears, ready to pounce on people transporting illegal stuff.  The last thing criminals see is a set of Mickey ears and sharp teeth jumping all over them!

Anyway, that was that.  We got back to the parking deck, and it was cold!  We said our goodbyes to Uncle George and Thip for the time being, and then hopped in the car, backing up and driving out, leaving Port Canaveral behind.  We had thought about going to a place there by the beach, but we were tired and perhaps even a tiny bit not well.  So we opted to just head home.

Of course we had to stop at Buc-ee's.  This is the one we hadn't stopped at yet, the one in Daytona.  It was a madhouse.  A MAAADHOUSE!  It took twenty-five minutes just to get off the interstate and get to the parking lot and then to a pump to stop the car.  The place was crawling with people, and there were lines to get into the massive bathrooms.  People were everywhere.  The Daytona 500 was this past weekend, so perhaps this wasn't the best time to stop here.  Still, I got a pressed penny and we all got snacks for the trip, and of course we filled up the gas tank here too.

Maddie got a few more pictures as well.  It was a day full of Buc-ee's again, as later on we'd stop at the location along I-75 in Georgia.  It was crowded too, but not as much as Daytona.  I got two Buc-ee's pressed pennies today, and something to drink and a few other edibles.  Mom and I like the small 50 cent chocolates they have up front.  

Oh yeah, here's another stop:  the Georgia Welcome Center.  There's a photo op there with a roller coaster. Maddie and I had to take advantage of that one!

Yeah, so it was a long, long day.  Of note is Henry County, which is still the worst place to drive ever.  Both directions we got stuck there in that miserable mess of traffic on the interstate.  I can't even express any more how much I don't like Henry County.  

But we got home eventually, and we unpacked the car quickly.  We were all pretty tired - sleep will come easy tonight, as we're back in our own beds.  But what an adventure we had this weekend!