Had our birthday card party, packed, had breakfast, then we rode the boat down to Disney Springs shopping center just for something to do.
Ate lunch at our hotel and just made time until it was time for me to leave at 2:10.
On the bus on the way to the airport I saw an ad for the Magic Mirror, where we could have gone, seen our image and virtually tried on all the princess costumes.
MISCELLANEOUS:
One of the guys who worked in our hotel - Rich - we went to him to straighten out a problem with our account - he fanned out a dozen credit cards - said he was a pirate - he doesn't steal, just borrows with no intention of returning. Told us a dirty joke - Why is Tigger always dirty? Because he hands around Pooh all day.
We told one princess that we are so old that they named the princesses after us.
We told others that we are what princesses look like when they get really old.
FUN FACTS I FOUND OUT
Covering nearly 40 square miles, DisneyWorld is about the size of San Francisco or two Manhattan Islands.One-third is designated as conservation land.
More than 70,000 cast members work there, making it the largest single site employer in the U.S.
Mickey has more than 136 outfits and Minnie has over 100.
If you washed one load of laundry every day for 52 years you would wash as much as they do in a single day. An average of 285,000 pounds are laundered and between 30,000 and 32,000 garments are dry cleaned each day.
Disney photographers take between 100,000 and 200,000 photos of guests each day.
75 million cokes and 13 million bottles of water are consumed each year.
Each year lost and found collect more than 6,000 cell phones, 3,500 cameras, 18,000 hats an 7,500 autograph books. The most unusual items turned in were a glass eye, a prosthetic leg and a potty trainer. They were all claimed but not by the same person.
Nearly 300 busses ferry guests around, making it the 3rd biggest bus fleet in Florida, after Miami and Jacksonville.
Since 1971, monorail trains have traveled the equivalent of more than 30 round trips to the moon.
More than 30 tons of fruits and veggies are grown at the Land Pavilion in Epcot and served at Disney restaurants.
The musical notes across the registration desk at Port Orleans French Quarter play out the first verse of "When the Saints Go Marching In".
Each year 450,000 mowing miles are traveled to mow all the grass - the equivalent of 18 trips around the world at the equator.
There are somewhere between 25,000 and 30,000 hotel rooms, depending on what website you read.
The Party Comes to an End
Friday, September 30, 2016
Orlando, Florida, United States
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