Day 8: Departures and More parks

On Day 8 the older Rifes and Engles left. It was a little quieter on our floor this particular day :(. They had a 10:00 shuttle to the airport so we hung out a bit in the morning before they left. We said our goodbyes and then it was off to the Magic Kingdom for us.
We met up with the Lovings at the MK. We had hot dogs on Main St and then took some pictures in front of the castle. We decided to go through some shops on Main St while we waited for the Zinks to arrive.

Next we headed to the Hall of Presidents and to Liberty Square so I could get a Disney Christmas ornament. We wanted to stay for the parade but thought it best get the boys back to the hotel for a short nap. The Lovings headed to the train so they could take a trip around the park one last time.

After naps, we headed to Epcot for the Food and Wine Festival. We met up with the Lovings and Zinks. The lines were terribly long and the service was extra slow. We thought it may have something to do with the fact that it was the first night of the Food and Wine Festival so maybe they didn't have all their "ducks in a row". Anyways, we lucked out when Jerod kept checking back with the Pub in the UK and we got a seat. Actually the Lovings were even luckier than us because they got a seat by the water and got to watch the fireworks during their meal!

The other thing we did at Epcot was stop through Italy. 7 years ago in Italy, Jerod proposed to me! So, it was fun going back to the little bench that he proposed at and to take some pictures with our kids now!

We ended our night and last day in the park with another character greeting. This was probably Isaac's favorite part of the trip so we figured we should do it again. So we met Mickey, Minnie, Stitch and Donald. He loved it and we got more pictures! By the end he was saying to me "give Mickey a big hug"...because that is what I'd say before he met each character "make sure you give them a big hug!"

The Lovings skipped the character greeting and went throught the Epcot ball a couple of times.

Day 8 was our last day in the parks. It was sad but we did feel like we got our fill of Disney so we were happy with our time! It's so hard to say goodbye to all that happiness!