Our last day at Disney we went to breakfast at Chef Mickey's & then packed up to begin the drive home.
Timothy saw the Mickey Mouse balloons as soon as he woke up & was so excited! He ran around the room with both of them for a while. After we got them up & ready, we headed to Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary.
Waiting for the characters to come visit.
Pluto spent the most time at our table. He seemed quite fond of Joshua.
I wanted a picture of the boys in the shirts I made for them. They wanted to look at the water.
One last family picture in the lobby before starting the long drive home. We had hotel reservations in Montgomery so we knew we had to make it that far! We wouldn't have driven so long in one day except that Joshua had a horse show the next morning with his horseback riding therapy & we wanted to be back in time for that. We ended up not getting to Montgomery until around 8:00 that night. John & I had not had dinner, though we had stopped at a rest area & given the boys some food that I had in the car for them. We stayed at the Renaissance & our room overlooked the river & the fountain, so the boys were thrilled & hard to get settled down for bed!
I think we really did have a great trip. We had not known what to expect from Joshua but he did really well. He even ate some foods that he would never eat before....a hot dog, french fries, chicken nuggets, pizza...not the healthiest but these were major things for Joshua. He basically lives on crackers, PB&J, and some fruits. For him to eat meat of any sort was amazing!
So, here is my two cents on the logistics of the trip: the Polynesian was worth every penny. If you are traveling with little kids (or kids of any age with special needs) I would highly recommend staying at either the Polynesian or Contemporary. Travel to the Magic Kingdom & Epcot are super easy & quick with the monorail right there. The Grand Floridian is also on the monorail but it looks fancier & I think I recall it being more expensive. John says he doesn't think we would do the deluxe dining plan again because there was so much food at every meal. However, if you want to do Chef Mickey's or California Grill (& maybe a few other places that we didn't go) it might be worth it because those places are pricey & no longer included on the basic dining plan. If you do the deluxe plan, make sure to use up all of your snacks! You eat so much during the day that you forget about snacks. We mostly used ours to get bottled water in the parks. John laughed at me but I would go by the gift shop every time & get a bottle of water. We took what we didn't drink there & drank it on the way home rather than stopping to buy some along the way. Also, make sure the cashiers apply it to your snack plan....otherwise you end up paying $2.50 for water (that happened to us twice). We did four character breakfasts (most table service meals at breakfast include characters). If we go again I think we will only do one but I think it was good that we did so many this time. Timothy cried at the first one when Mickey came up to him but by the last one he had gotten used to it & was excited to see the characters. If I had to choose one it would probably be Chef Mickey's because those were the classic characters, but if you want one that is included in the basic dining plan, Mickey was also at the Tusker House at Animal Kingdom & at O'Hana at the Polynesian. Also, we wish I had planned for breakfasts to be later. I forgot that I was scheduling on Eastern time & not Central. That meant we were having to drag the boys out of bed & were rushing to get to breakfast on time. Next time I will remember!
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