I woke up early this morning and finished up any last loads of laundry. It was packing day as we had to move out of Give Kids the World. We were all sad that our stay at the village was over. We took our last walk past Old Elmer.. the snoring tree. Then we had our last meal at the Gingerbread House. Owen got to ride the carousel one last time and we headed back to the villa to load up.
We got to the House of Hearts about fifteen minutes after check out time. They gave us a CD full of our village pictures and Owen's village idol video. Then we got a passport to the world which will allow us to visit many themeparks in the nation for free over the next year. On our list is Six Flags, Magic Mountain, and Legoland California. It was very generous of them!!
I can't explain how sad we were to leave GKTW, but we will be back to visit in the future!! In a few years, I would love to bring the kids back. We can never stay at the village again, but we can visit anytime and enjoy the amenities.
We made arrangements with our rental car company to switch out the credit card on file to extend our van for the remainder of our stay. There is a car center at Disneyworld which made the transfer convienient.
We had the option to extend our Make A Wish trip, out of pocket, up to seven days. We took full advantage of this opportunity, which allowed us more down time during our trip. I booked a Disney package at Port Orleans French Quarter and the promo rate was a Free Disney Dining package for the entire family.
Our new hotel was so adorable. It was themed after New Orleans and Mardi Gras. There was a very animated man at the front door that would hand out coin tokens each day and they were always handing out Mardi Gras beads. It was so fun!!
We got checked in and they were so kind to upgrade us to a riverview room on the first floor of building 5. Building 5 is the closest to the lobby, restaurant and all the action. We had the best room in the entire hotel. There were cobblestone walkways, a man made river and a ferry that passed by every 20 minutes taking guests to the Port Orleans Riverside resort and Downtown Disney.
We got our oxygen tanks, luggage was brought down by the bellhop and we got settled into our room.
After a long rest, we headed to the Ferry dock to get a sunset ride to Downtown Disney.
This was our hotel on our way down the river.
The boat ride was long and relaxing.. Downtown Disney was not. It was a madhouse!! We were letting the kids buy their souvineers for the trip and we planned to grab some dinner.
The Lego Store did not disappoint. Owen is starting to get interested in Legos and so we had fun looking around at all the creations.
This giant dragon was made of Legos.. how cool is that??
After a stop at the World of Disney, we headed to Wolfgang Puck's restaurant. It was so yummy and we experienced our first free meal. :) Here is my attempt of getting a photo of Downtown Disney District on our way back to the hotel.
I was so glad to have a slower day like today. The theme parks are all fun, but it was so nice to have a few days to just relax.
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