The Cruise is Over, It's Time to Call It WDW!!!

So the cruise ended. After a final day at Castaway Cay (Disney's private island) with some of the new enhancements open - in particular Pelican Plunge, a water slide out in the bay - we all made our way aboard and sailed overnight to Port Canaveral. After breakfast a private car was waiting for us and whisked us and two other cruisers directly to The Boardwalk Villas at WDW.

It was the first weekend of the Food and Wine Festival and we headed for Epcot World Marketplace. What a zoo! Note to self - Don't do this opening weekend again! We're off to the Magic Kingdom today for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party [MNSSHP] this evening, so will avoid Epcot until during the week, when we hope it will be a bit more manageable. Some of those people yesterday were a bit much for Disney. Obviously not 'real' Disney people.

Serendipity - Michael received a Facebook note from a friend from St. Louis made on an earlier Disney cruise who happened to be in WDW prior to a conference beginning this evening. Just joined each other for breakfast at Cat Cora's Kouzzina (nee Spoodles). It was delicious (particularly the sweet potato hash although the artichoke tepenade was good, too) and I think we were earlier than most - the restaurant became busier by the time we left. A great time catching up on everything that had been going on in our families and lives.

Still hoping to meet up with our friend from Long Island who also just happens to be in WDW this weekend.

In a bit, Michael and I will be heading out to Magic Kingdom, but as it will be a long night, we're resting up before we leave. Actually, I'm resting up; Michael is down at the pool. We planned dinner at the Magic Kingdom since we'll be there already: Liberty Tree Tavern is one of the few restaurants that provide sit-down meals. The Holiday Feast was actually pretty good, though I would have gladly traded the mac-and-cheese dish for some cranberry sauce. Guess they need to cater to a child's taste in food. The rest of the meal was surprisingly tasty.

Upon returning from MNSSHP we found an email sent in the afternoon about meeting up with friends from the TransAtlantic cruise, received - alas - after we had left for the Magic Kingdom. Sorry to have missed them!