Florida, Day 5. Last day at the parks.

Since we had Four Day Park Hopper passes, and we had hit all four parks at this point, we decided to use Day Four wisely.  We went back to Magic Kingdom and Epcot to hit a few things we had missed, and to re-ride some of our favorites.  We also wanted to end the park adventure with the Epcot Illuminations Reflections of Earth lights and fireworks show.

But first, a dip in the hot tub at our rental house.

As I'm typing this, I'm realizing I should have started out with the first vacation post being all about the first part of our vacation adventure - the Amtrak Auto Train.   I'll do another post about that at the end, because it was quite an adventure and I think I have some good tips for anyone ever thinking about doing it. 

But, back to the parks.

As we took the ferry boat into Magic Kingdom, we couldn't resist the chance to hug Pluto one more time.  I do think he's my very favorite. 

Then we hightailed it over to Adventureland, a whole section of the park we missed on the first day (which we spent most of in Tomorrowland).  The Jungle Cruise was completely packed, so we opted to skip that and instead got in line for the Pirates of the Carribbean. 

The boys also wanted another visit to the Frontierland Shooting Arcade.

Next, there was a huge line for Its a Small World, but I really wanted to take Logan on it.  Dylan and Andrew hightailed it over to ride Space Mountain again while Logan and I waited and waited to board the Small World boat.   I remember going on it as a kid, but now as an adult, all those dolls are actually kind of creepy. And seriously, once you get that song stuck in your head you're done.

A few more family photos...

And then we were done, and off to Epcot for the last half of the day.

Except first there was a little excitement on the Epcot parking lot tram.  Dylan was eating a Jolly Rancher and his tooth (a back molar which apparently had been loose but I had no idea) got stuck and came out.  Mouth full of blood, holding the sticky green candy in his hand and a big molar stuck to it.  The security guards were super nice and directed us to First Aid, where a super nice lady let him wash up and gave the boys tons of Mickey Mouse stickers.  After the trauma died down, he was pretty stoked the Tooth Fairy would be coming to visit him on vacation (and along with cash, left him a stuffed Mickey Mouse).

The boys wanted to go on this ride again, and during the course of learning about the creation of the universe and space travel, we got to create a personalized plan for our future on a screen in our moving vehicle.

The boys insisted on going the Mission Space ride again.  I absolutely hated this ride with every fiber of my being.  You are locked into this four person space ship, its very close quarters.  The whole experience tosses you while you're screen showing giant meteors (and other things I can't tell you because my eyes were closed the whole time we went on it on Sunday), you crash and land on Mars and all kinds of stuff, there are lights and buzzers going on and I seriously thought about barfing and praying, in that order. 

However, the boys LOVED it.  We had done the more subdued version of the ride the first time.  The boys wanted the FULL experience this next time.  I opted out, thankful to warm a park bench while the three of them got their 'space' on.

After that, we met up with our group again and headed towards the World Showcase to grab some dinner and eventually see the awesome fireworks show.  But not before a stop into Club Cool for a taste of sodas from around the world.  Logan particularly loved this, of course, since he's our sugar-aholic.

We ended up somehow snagging a table for ten in the United Kingdom (it was very crowded), and settled in for some Bangors and Mash, Fish and Chips, pints of cider and Yorkshire pudding.

A great way to finish out our days in the parks. 

We still had one more full day left of vacation, I'll post about that soon.