Day 7, Sept 16, 2006

I woke up this morning and packed, which meant just throwing everything into my luggage and drop off the luggage at pop century luggage center.

I checked out, which goes fast. Everything was paid for and didn’t accumulate any other expenses. My father returns the ECV and hangs out at the hotel while my mother and I head to Magic Kingdom. While on the bus, I realize my parents didn’t officially check out, but a phone call later, this is taken care of.

We went to Tomorrowland to locate a Skippy doll from the old Alien Encounter ride for a friend, but I couldn’t find any.

We then walked over to Adventureland and go on Tiki Room. Even though the attraction says it opens at 10, it seems to have just opened now at 11. This is the first time I watched the pre-show since they changed it years ago.

This was about the only thing we had time for, as my mother need to be back at the hotel for Magic Express pickup and myself for Sunray to drive me to the train station.

I bought myself a couple of souvenirs at Pop Century gift shop, pressed coin book, viewmaster with 50 th anniversary reels and a 50 th anniversary truck for my train layout. 

We used the last quick service credit for lunch and my parents bought some things to use up their snack credits.

While waiting for the train, I met a nice couple who would be opposite from my room on the train. They will be traveling all the way on the train with me to Penn Station in New York, then connect to another train going to Rhode Island. Interesting fact about their travel, their checked luggage will arrive a day later after they get home.

While talking to the gentlemen, turns out he is a Mets fan. He is a large gentleman who originally thought he had a larger room then he did have. He asked the porter if there was a larger one available, but wasn’t.

When the porter asked if there was anything he could do for her, she said yes, get her away from this 'skankie fan'. You see I was wearing my Yankee cap to the train. Turns out the porter is also a RSN member and starts telling her how he saw this ball cap being sold, it looks like a Yankee ball cap, but instead of the interlocking NY, it had interlocking HY, H as in hate. Boy, was I in trouble ;( It was only later I could only wonder what that household was like in 1986.

The trip back north was long and boring and we pulled into NY Penn Station about an hour late.

So a subway ride later, I am home.