Day Sixteen: In Which They Force Us Off The Boat and We Retreat To Disneyworld.

Disembarkation is always a pain. You have to get up at the crack of dawn, stuff all your belongings from the night before into your carry-on, and face the unenviable prospect of going back to paying for food again. In general, the air is one of misery, as the children who you heard every morning laughing and giggling down the corridors for the whole cruise are now carted off sobbing and wailing. Breakfast is at the same location that you ate at the night before, so we head off to Artist's Palette again.

On our way there, we find the lobby completely jammed full of people waiting to get off, and the overhead announcements seem to indicate that the ship's clearance to let people out has been delayed. Consequently, all the folk trying desperately to get to the airport to meet their flights are a little peeved. We make our way cautiously around them.

Breakfast is corned beef hash, and hash browns. So, sort of a hash-heavy meal. While we dawdle around, they finally let people off the boat, and the hordes of people depart. We say a last goodbye to Sailor Mickey, and head out through customs with our enormous amounts of luggage with only minimal problems/hernias. After dragging everything onto the shuttle bus, we pick up our car at Thrifty and are off to our room at the Pop. Actually, it's not really that uncomplicated, as I have a huge logistical problem getting our many large bags stuffed inside the compact car (which is the crappiest car in CrappyTown. Manual locks and windows? Thanks Thrifty!) and it is sometime and several gallons of sweat later that we get it sorted and are away.

After checking in, we succumb to the need for a nap, after the early rising and the subsequent game of Luggage Tetris. When we finally, groggily awake, we go to MGM as they're having Extra Magic Hours that evening.

We wander around hoping that Toy Story's line will drop below 90 minutes, and drop into Muppetvision 3-D and Voyage of the Little Mermaid.

Finally, the line gets to 70 minutes right before closing, so we go for it. It is a long line, however the gameplay is great fun, and even Mom enjoys it. She particularly likes how it's easier to aim than the guns in Buzz Lightyear. I beat her handily.

Tomorrow: A Day in the Magic Kingdom.