Swart Life Continues: DisneyWorld 2017 - Post #7 - Magic Kingdom

Day 6 - Our Final Day at DisneyWorld - Magic Kingdom

Since we didn't get to bed til after midnight, we got up a little later Thursday morning and didn't arrive at Magic Kingdom till 11:45 a.m.

One more time -- family pictures with the Castle in the background

Andy, Carman and girls then went to "Enchanted Tales with Belle"

They got to interact with the story of Beauty and the Beast

And then got their picture with Belle (one of my personal favorite Princesses with two of my precious granddaughter princesses)😍

While they were doing that, Jeff, Shep and I once again rode "It's A Small World" and the carousel

Then all but Shep and I rode the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train a second time (Jeff in first car and Andy's family in second car)

The girls and Merida

Country Bear Jamboree -- such cute bear audio animatronics! The talked, sang, cracked jokes, etc!

We then did the Jungle Cruise -- what a "coincidence" to ride the Irma cruise boat (recent hurricane name!)

I think this is the only picture Jeff and I took of just the two of us. I had already sweated off all my makeup and the humidity did a number on my hair!

Then the crew rode the Thunder Mountain Railroad (except for Shep & I)

It was finally time for us to do the Haunted House!! This has always been one of the Swart's favorite rides at DisneyWorld.

Shep was sleeping in his stroller, so Andy said he would stay with him and the rest of us could go ride it.

DeDe made a major blunder!! While standing in line, I told the girls we would be seeing "ghosts" and "goblins." Well that scared Ellie! She had ridden every roller coaster she was allowed to ride and loved them, but was so scared of this ride. Carman said she hid her face in her lap the whole ride. And it's not a scary ride, I promise!

And wouldn't you know it -- as we are passing the "party" scene with the ghosts dancing, etc., our ride breaks down!! For over 15 minutes--most of that in TOTAL DARKNESS!!

I heard Carman call out, "Bathroom Emergency!!" No response......and poor Ellie couldn't hold it!

So as soon as we got off that ride, Carman and Ellie headed to the bathroom (and missed the pictures below)

Our hitchhiking ghost 😨

Ellie had soiled all her clothing. Andy & Carman went to Guest Services and was given a voucher to go and purchase new clothing from one of the Disney stores. So Ellie got the cutest little Disney dress, high top black tennis shoes with sparkly Mickey ears, panties, and socks!! (Over $130.00 all for free!) Third thumbs up for Disney Customer Service! 👍👍👍

However, much to DeDe and Papa's dismay, the Haunted House will NOT be one of Andy's family's favorite Disney rides 😢

(Ellie in her new outfit-picture above was taken after we got back to hotel room late that night)

Below - the girls with Rapunzel

and with Princess Tiana

While the girls were meeting the above princesses, Jeff, Shep and I rode the cute Winnie the Pooh ride.

Many of our family rode the Barnstormer

Then most of us rode Dumbo the Flying Elephant

Laine in front of Ellie and I and Andy and Shep in front of Laine

As our day was winding down, we were trying to get in the last few rides that we hadn't done during the week:

Carousel of Progress

I first got to do this ride at the World's Fair in New York City in 1964 when I was 11 years old. It will always be a special ride to me.

The audience seats move in a circle to different stages of mankind and how we have progressed. All the stages have the audio-animatronics. It is really cute! Even that dog moves and barks!