To Infinity and Beyond

If you look very carefully at the window behind Buzz, you may be able to see Mel and me in the reflection. Just one of those things that I noticed when cropping the picture.

Today is our last day at Disney World so I write this with a heavy heart and tear in my eye. But as Buzz says, "To Infinity and Beyond" so we will set off tomorrow for...are you ready for this? Fort Lauderdale and the Everglades. Why? Because campgrounds to the northeast of Orlando are filled to capacity for the soon to run Daytona 500 and FEMA has taken over the public campgrounds, state and county, for hurricane disaster relief. Quite understandable but that and the weather are forcing us back south. I know-shed no tears for us. Another week in south Florida, poor babies.

We started our final day by boating to the Grand Floridian Hotel. We had planned to have lunch there, but the restaurant that we wanted to go to was having a children only function. Isn't that cute? I love Disney.

So we took the monorail to the Magic Kingdom and had sandwiches at the Plaza Cafe. Then we did Tomorrowland. We rode the Tomorrowland Transit Authority twice, the Carousel of Progress and Space Mountain. To our delight, the Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin was operating again. When we arrived here two weeks ago, it was closed for refurbishment. We were so happy it was open again that we rode it three times. I got my best score to date: Space Commander. Mel reached the same level, too. I know, I know, you all consider us Space Commanders all the time.

Then we took a slow walk from the park. I decided to use my Birthday/Christmas money to by myself a Mickey ring, a real one that won't turn green on me. Alas, they did not have my size.

On our last full day at Disney, we always have a special dinner so this time we picked Outback since neither the Grand Floridian nor the Castle were available. On our way to dinner, Mel pulled into Downtown Disney, his least favorite place on property-shopping. I asked him why we were there and he said that he wanted me to get my ring. Wasn't that sweet? Fortunately, the Jewelry section did have my size so I got to wear it right there and then. It goes with my Mickey tennis bracelet. We went on to have a lovely dinner, thus ending another delightful visit to Disney World.