Ryan’s 40th Birthday Extravaganza November 13th-20th, 2019: Day 5

Sunday November 17th:
6am alarm. Breakfast bagels. Bus at 8am. Through security and on Main Street at 8:30am. So cold out with a feels like temp of 48*. Pics on Main Street. Checked shops for a specific shirt for Ryan but they didn’t have it. Rode Buzz with less than a 5 min wait. Met B&P at Jingle Cruise with a 15min wait. Then Pirates with a 5min wait. Snack of waffles and funnel cake at Sleepy Hollow. Ariel 15min wait but it jumped to 30 while in line. Space FP at 11:30am. People Mover next with a 20 min wait. Buzz FP at 12:35pm. SB for caffeine. We watched the Festival of Fantasy Parade from the bridge by Splash and it was the perfect spot because we saw the floats head on as soon as they came out from behind the scenes! We all rode Thunder with FP at 2:20pm. Lunch of chili cheese waffle fries and nuggets at Golden Outpost. Met Goofy and Donald in the circus tent. B&P got a cinnamon roll at Gaston’s. Met Mickey on Main Street. Posted 60 min but was really only 30 min. Super cute interaction with a little toddler in squeaky shoes! Mickey just couldn’t handle the cuteness! It was so sweet! He was rolling on the floor laughing at the squeaks! We wished Mickey a happy birthday a day early and said he looked fantastic. The Photopass person called him an old fart and Mickey put her in timeout! It was hilarious! Mickey thought we looked good for our ages too! We watched the Flag Retreat ceremony. Then over to Carousel of Progress. Then watched the castle lighting ceremony at 6:15pm. We then walked to the Contemporary to see their Gingerbread house. Then took the monorail to the TTC then to Epcot by 7:30pm. Food booths for dinner: China for dumplings and shrimp garlic noodles, Italy pizza window, Morocco Humus Fries, France for chocolate mousse. It was just before 9pm and we were going to try to get back to Germany for caramel and popcorn but we didn’t make it before they closed. We caught the new temporary show as we walked. Great music from old attractions and had jet skis with kites on them. We said goodbye to B&P because they fly home early in the morning. It was so much fun to spend time with them and show them WDW in just a few days. They had so much fun and were already planning their next trip. They went to the buses and we went to the Sky Liner. From when we got in line to board until we were dropped off at Pop it was just 36 minutes. Not bad for closing time. Lights out at 11:30pm.
Miles logged 13.6