After our failed attempt at a nap and leisurely room snack, it was time to head out to the parks for the last time. We had 2 missions: 1) ice cream and 2) ride the monorail to MK so that Noodle would officially use all 4 forms of Disney World transportation on her very first trip. Would we accomplish both missions?
Noodle requested another boat ride, so even though the boat might take longer than walking, we caught a boat to Epcot. We were into the park around 4 and Noodle caught sight of Daisy so we hopped in line and were actually next up for hugs and pictures.
Noodle blew Daisy a kiss and said goodbye. This was her third time meeting Daisy this trip and Noodle was starting to feel like old friends.
We made our way towards Swirled Showcase to check out the ice cream and frozen treat offerings. They had bubblegum soft serve and 3 flavors of dole whip. The special offerings included a trio of dole whips topped with candy, or an Imagination Cone: bubblegum soft serve in a lavender waffle cone topped with “sparks” of imagination and white chocolate wings. Can you guess what Noodle chose? She asked for the imagination ice cream, and promptly made up a song all about said imagination ice cream, singing the entire time we were in line.
Noodle and I split this and it was surprisingly good! The bubblegum flavor wasn’t super overwhelming like I had feared when we ordered it. The lavender cone was really yummy. The sparks were nerds, one of Noodles favorite candies. Noodle was in heaven.
At this point I was itching to get to the front of the park and start making our way to Magic Kingdom, but Noodle had other ideas. She wanted to do the Moana garden again, so we did.
And once she saw the entrance to Nemo, we had to ride that again…
Finally, after our detour we were headed to the monorail! We caught monorail gold a few minutes before 5:30 and after a short delay transferred to monorail black. We were soon strolling into the park around 5:45!
And all the line times were AWFUL. No idea why, but almost nothing was under 30 minutes with most of the rides having wait times up over an hour. We settled on heading towards Adventureland and hopped in line to ride the magic carpets. The wait said 20 minutes but I think it was closer to 30. We ended up placing a mobile order for Pecos Bill while we were in line.
Derek and I split a plant based bowl along with some chips and queso. Noodle had a side of rice, which she demolished along with some apple sauce and a granola bar. There was some singing and dancing while she ate.
By the time we were done eating it was late enough that we really only had time for one more ride before fireworks. Noodle requested Small World, so that’s what we rode!
When we got off the ride, fireworks were just about to start and Noodle PANICKED at the thought of how loud they would be. So we told her we would leave and she could cover her ears while we walked out. We ended up having to take the bypass backstage to get to the front of the park and it was kind of fun! This bypass is not as nice as the one on the other side of the park, which we’ve taken before. Here they shuffle you as quickly as possible and welcome you back to Main Street with a big smile.
We were on a bus by 8:15 and Noodle actually loved watching some of the fireworks from INSIDE the bus while we sat there for a few minutes. This gives me hope that ear protection will solve our fireworks problem in the future.
Back in the room we snacked a little in our PJs before heading to bed around 9.
