Friday morning we went to Hollywood Studios to try and get quickly on the Toy Story ride again and hopefully get to see Lightning McQueen up close. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans...they don't always turn out for the best! We were in the parking lot at 8:55 (park opened at 9:00) and, by using our AAA Diamond parking, we knew we could park close and just walk in. Well, they had all special parking blocked off and routed us to the back of the lot with no explanation. We had to wait (in the rain) for the next tram and finally made it through the gates by 9:20. By the time I made it to Toy Story to get a Fastpass, we pulled a 10:35 time. Oh well...we'll just walk around, have breakfast and then be done. We went to the HISTK playground again and Drew was able to do 2 things before the skies opened and it started pouring. We found some shelter, ate a snack, put on our rain coats and hightailed it to the Muppets 3D movie. Since Drew had enjoyed Mickey's Philharmagic, we thought we could convince him to watch this one. It worked out ok and we were able to spend 20 minutes in a nice dry place. After that was finished we went to see Lightning McQueen. Well, the rain had delayed his appearance and the line was forever long so we opted for Woody and Buzz instead (their line is indoors). Daddy went to get some breakfast and Drew and Mommy waited...for 30 minutes. Drew was a champ and was so patient. He didn't want to leave until we saw them so we waited. It worked out well and we were able to get straight on the Toy Story ride immediately after. Since the rain was so questionable, we thought we would go back to the hotel, do some packing, rest and see what happened. Drew would have nothing of it and demanded to go back to Magic Kingdom. So off we went!
We rode the train in the rain, got off at Mickey's, rode Goofy's roller coaster, and then had to duck into the big store to avoid the rain. We let Drew shop some and he picked out a small, dye cast monorail. Thinking that was a perfect toy to play with on such a rainy day, Daddy bought it, found a place to sit down, and opened the box...only to find that the monorail was attached to the box by SCREWS! Yep, not twist ties, not plastic clips...good, old fashioned philips head screws. You have got to be kidding... Of course, the store didn't have a screw driver so we convinced Drew that we would open it at the hotel. We were all starving so we got back on the train, rode to the front and went to Tony's Town Square for lunch. It was pretty good...over priced for what you get but when you have the Dining Plan for free it doesn't really matter! After our spaghetti and awesome desserts, we decided to go back to the hotel for naps. Daddy told Drew that if he went to sleep, he would get the monorail out. Well, the bribe worked and Drew napped hard. Patrick went to the front desk, found a screwdriver and got it out. When Drew woke up he didn't say a word. He just walked over to our bed and looked up at Patrick. We realized what he was doing...he had remembered Daddy's promise and was making sure he made good on it!
Since all the parks closed early for one reason or another (except Epcot), we went back to Downtown Disney for the night. Dinner was at Planet Hollywood (too loud, overpriced, slow service...oh well!) and then we walked to the shops. Drew and Daddy stopped back at the Lego store for more car racing and Mommy did some shopping for Jay's birthday. We then went to the train for Drew to ride again, this time in the engine. After that we went to the good toy store for Mommy to get some new Disney pieces for Mr. Potato Head (if you haven't stuffed a box at Once Upon a Toy, you haven't shopped for Potato Head pieces!) while Daddy and Drew found some cool trains and lots of Lightning McQueen stuff. Drew was really good about leaving it all in the store, although we did pick up a LM for his birthday. We went back to the hotel where we all crashed hard...our last day was upon us!
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