On our last full day in Florida we drove out to Crystal Prings to a spcial preserve to observe the manatees. This place had a bunch of manatees all floating around in a protected space. there was also an option to swim with them. People had snorkels and pool floats to swim near the manatees. It was interesting and a nice place to walk.
after visiting the manatees we drove to Ocala and had an early dinner at Harry’s which was a New Orleans themed place and the food was excellent. I got shrimp and grits and it was the best meal of the trip. We followed that up by going to the giant candy store next door to get a couple of things. This place had so many different candy options. It was huge!
when we got home we found out that the flight for tomorrow was cancelled. We were supposed to leave at 10:40am but then we got rescheduled to the 1:15pm flight. The problem was Baltimore. We were scheduled to fly through Baltimore but they were getting slammed with snow and that was messing everything up. So, instead I rescheduled us to the 7:00am non stop flight from Orlando to Providence. Ironically, this was the flight that Southwest had put us on when they switched our flights months back. I had no desire to get up and drive to the airport at 3:30am but that is what we’re’ going to end up doing tomorrow.
For our final day at Disney we went to The Magic Kingdom. Most of the family was going there and were going to take photos with the bride and groom near the castle but we did not end up doing that. We did, however go to The Haunted Mansion. Eva really wanted to go to that attraction. We also did It’s A Small World and several others. One of the attractions we went on was the Laugh Factory Floor which was a Monsters Inc themed attraction and I got singled out as “that guy”. Every time there was a punchline of a joke they’d put me on screen and say That Guy. It was pretty funny and the kids loved it.they were laughing like crazy. At the end of the show I was given a sticker that said, “I was That Guy at the Monsters Inc Laugh Floor”. So that was fun.
We caught up with The bride and groom at the end of the day and had lunch with them. Then we got a bus back tot he hotel and headed back to Dan and Marcia’s.
While we were in the park we found more shoulder pals for Andy. Andy wanted the Kronk angel and devil two pack of shoulder buddies. And then Andy had 3 shoulder buddies on their person.
I enjoyed the Magic Kingdom as a park best of all because it felt like things moved quicker and the attractions were more spread out. We even got to go on The Pirates of the Caribbean, The Enchanted Tiki room and Buzz Lightyear’s video game ride where I ended up maxing out the score, that must have been a glitch. It was a nice day with the family.
