Disney Trip 2012 Conclusion

Well, it finally arrived.

Our last day at the parks. Aidan and I were on our own for the morning until Ryan was finished and so we did our usual and headed to Magic Kingdom.

We walked past the line to meet Mickey and since the wait time was only 10 minutes, and we hand't been to meet him yet, we hopped right in line!

Aidan got the honor of holding onto the card that allows the "ride" workers to determine how long the wait is, so he got to wear it all the way up to the end of our wait and then he handed it over to a cast member. It's a pretty big deal when you're 2.

When we finally got to meet Mickey and Minnie, Aidan was of course thrilled and it made me so excited to realize how happy it made him!

Then as we were leaving we managed to catch a parade going down main street, which if course Aidan really didn't want much to do with even though we saw all his favorite characters in it.

Since we knew it was a chilly day we had worn 2 layers out to the park but it turned out to actually be a bit colder than we thought and since Aidan kept asking for his sweatshirt I ended up stopping at a shop on Main Street and buying him a WDW hoodie to warm him up. 

We went on a few quick rides before heading back to the hotel to meet up with Ryan and then we headed over to Hollywood Studios, skipping Aidan's nap time (which proved to be a bad idea)....

See? Tired boy.

He was pretty crabby and whiny so we got in line to see Mater and McQueen which kept him chipper for a bit but when he started to fade I decided to stop at the candy shoppe and get him a treat in the hopes it would help cheer him up.

OK, well I know the giant pieces of fudge that I got for Ryan and I helped cheer us up anyway :)

After our treats we headed over to a gallery where you can walk through some of the animators offices and see what they look like, which is very fun.

Then as our grand Hollywood Studios finale we decided to catch the Disney Jr. Live on Stage show, which Aidan was way too grumpy to appreciate. Boo.

Well, Ryan and I sang along to all the songs like 2 idiots anyway..... ;)

On our way out we saw Jake was signing autographs outside so we hopped in line and got a pic with him, which totally cheered Aidan up for a few more minutes.

We had no reservations for dinner that night and since we hadn't been to Downtown Disney yet on our trip we decided to head over there and decide what to do about dinner later.

We spent a large amount of time at World of Disney, which is the largest Disney store in the world. So basically for me? Heaven.

Ryan and I each got a sweatshirt as a souvenir (oh and to keep warm because once the sun went down we were fuh-reezing!), and then we headed over to Once Upon a Toy which has a giant Mr Potato Head accessory  display.

All the accessories are disney-themed, such as goofy's shoes, mickey's ears, buzz lightyear's space suit, etc. SO COOL.

We didn't buy one since we had just bought Aidan a Potato Head for Christmas, but we had lots of fun playing on the sample table.

After we had some fun we decided on a whim to actually wait for a table at Raglan Road, the authentic irish pub. Since the wait was a little over 30 mins we bellied up to an outdoor bar to wait for our table inside. We had some great convo with a nice bartender and Aidan ate granola bars while Ryan and I had a drink.

Once we got inside we were seated directly in front of a stage where every so often they had genuine Irish step dancers come and perform, and even though that was very cool we had a terrible viewpoint seeing as we were right below them. The food was amazing, service was good too, and my only complaint was that it was so ridiculously loud inside there that Ryan and I couldn't even hear each other across the table. And that was without the step dancers or band playing. There must be something about the acoustics in there....

When we were done with that we had to stop at a favorite place of mine and Ryan's. Goofy's Candy Co.

Yay for after dinner treats!

We all had cookies (Aidan had the mickey mouse man in the upper left corner), and then headed back to the hotel for our final night's sleep at the Contemporary.

The next morning we had some time to kill before leaving for the airport, so Daddy and Aidan made a hotel pillow fort...

Then we headed to the arcade for a bit as well. Aidan loved sitting on the racing games, even if he was too little to actually play them. He even tried Skeeball with Daddy but he wasn't so good at that one.

And finally...Aidan passed out on the Magical Express ride to the airport...guess it was a long week!!

We can't wait to go back in 3 more years when the conference is held there again!