Today would be our last day in Walt Disney World. As usual, I chose to wrap up our week with a visit to Epcot, but I also had other designs in mind.
Good morning. So many walls to navigate. First stop is France for le petit dejuener. The sweets here are gorgeous!Care for an toddler sized croissant?Why yes! And add some egg and cheese, please. The crowds were quite spare this morning. On our way around World Showcase, we ran into the raised bridge. This is for the fireworks barge to pass through. We grabbed a beer for the waiting. Is it past 11:00? Never you mind!The flower and garden festival planting were just being planted. I made one fastpass reservation for Soarin’. I liked the old one better. Debate me.Our main goal was to check out the new Disney Skyliner! This has different routes that run from the resorts and parks. We did a bit of a crawl starting from the International Gateway. We got our own private car. No hanky panky.
Here we go! The launch gives your stomach a dip.Brand new views!…And a view of the France construction. Nice work, boys. There is no air conditioning in these cabs. That was a big concern, but the breeze flows right through. No worries, unless you get stuck up there. We won’t talk about that.We landed at the Caribbean Beach Resort. One we’ve never stayed at or even visited before.This way to the bar!Lovely areas to lounge.The waterways were surprisingly swampy. We made it to our destination, sort of. Sebastian’s was my intention, but they were closed for lunch. No worries, we slipped on over to the Banana Cabana. These steel drums were nearly impossible to play.When in Rome….Back to the sky!
We took the loop around on the Skyliner. I loved this new transportation addition. If we had more time, we surely would have made all the rounds. Sadly, time was getting on. We needed one more good meal before leaving for the airport.
This will do. Burgers and ice cream. We got a up close view of the Sundae production!This guy.Save room for the Kitchen Sink.Action shot!I should have gotten the tots. We didn’t have quite enough room for a whole gallon of ice cream, but I got a kiddie peanut butter sundae. Perfection!One last song before we go.
We arranged this February 2020 trip as a quick getaway after a hectic fall and winter. How could we have ever known that this may be the last Disney trip that we would take for many years or perhaps ever again? For those who are reading this post in the far, far, future, this was the very beginning of Covid-19. If things got back to normal and this event was just a faint blip of the past, move on, nothing to see here. Chances are though, no matter when you are reading this, things are somewhat different. The pictures of people enjoying each other unencumbered by masks and taped distances on the ground may seem quite strange. I hope not. I do hope that things are back to normal, not a “new normal”. As of this dateline, this Disney fanatic will not be returning to Disney or flying anywhere. Not because I’m afraid of getting sick, but because I simply don’t want to participate until we can truly be free. Until then, we’ll be hunkering down close to home, grateful for all the adventures we’ve had over these past ten years of Maybe Someday. Until then, my friends.
