Goodbye Disney, we'll miss you!

On our last day at Disney, we were sure to be there early. We got to Epcot just as the gates were opening, and that meant that we really didn't have a lot of crowds to contend with there. Our first stop was the Kodak picture stop in front of the big sphere, then we went straight to Mission to Mars. G, Grandpa, Ralph and I went on a "Green" training mission (less intense), and it was a really cool simulation! Then the four of us went to the GM Test Track, which was also lots of fun. It was very fun to see G get so totally immersed in all of the make-believe...and really believe it all :-) From there, we went to half of the Innoventions Pavilion. We did a fun waste management interactive challenge, made some paper, and then avoided the other half, which had a bunch of video games (we knew better than to set ourselves up for a big problem getting out of there). After that, we went to the World Showcase area of Epcot. We went on the rides in the Mexico and Norway areas, had lunch in the China area, and then found our way to the Nemo Ride.

The evening before, we had plotted out (with G) all the attractions we wanted to see in Epcot, and all of the attractions we wanted to see again (or for the first time) back at Magic Kingdom. So, we boarded the tram and went to Magic Kingdom for Round 2. We went on a few new rides (Aladin's flying carpets, The Jungle Cruise, and Thunder Mountain roller coaster), and went back to favourites (Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear, Pirates of the Carribean, and so on). We made sure we got a chance to see the castle close up, and we even walked through it. We were ready to leave just as the parade was starting, so we saw both parades at Magic Kingdom.

After a late supper, we swam for about an hour (we promised the kids a late bedtime on our last night), did some laundry and got packed up, so that we could swim again in the morning before we needed to leave. It was so nice having Grandma and Grandpa with us, having an awesome heated pool, and having so much space to hang out in together.