A nice touch is that they give the kids crayons, but rather than draw on placemats, the tables themselves are covered in paper and the kids can draw on them. Unfortuantely I don't believe the kids can take the drawings...and probably don't want to after being covered with food...
We headed back to the room to get our bags to pack in the car for the trip back to the airport. Still no Art! So I asked where he might be, since we missed him our last trip as well. One of the managers said that Art had the week off so he could have a medical checkup - they want to make sure he stays well because so many people want to see him! Especially after his bout with pneumonia last December. He said he would tell Art that we had come by, and we said we'd make sure to stop by again next April.
From there we headed over to Epcot. Soarin' had only 20 minute standby time (shortest I had ever seen beyond rope drop), and Test Track had a 20 minute time posted, but it was more like 40 minutes.
After that we headed over to the World Showcase and grabbed a couple of Food and Wine items that DD#1 would eat again - the Quesadilla con Chorizo and the Brewat Roll. We also stopped in the Liberty Inn for smething a bit more substantial (burgers) and something for DD#2 (chicken nuggets). Along the way we stopped in for the boat ride in Mexico. I noticed that the tequila bar that was announced about a year before and even mentioned in early announcements of the Food and Wine Festival still has not appeared.
We still had a little more time to kill, so after a little picture taking around the world for DD#1's presentation she was going to make at school (they REALLY don't like us taking kids out of school for vacations around here now, so we are making it more educational), we went over to the Boardwalk again to stop in the bakery for some chocolate covered pretzels and klondike bars, and the candy store for some ear-popping plane ride supplies. We also checked out the Luna pool, as DD#1 always called it a "scary" pool because of the giant freaky clown face on the slide. It doesn't look as large in real life as it does in the videos.
We took our snacks back to the Beach Club and hung out in the lobby while eating on the round couch. Eventually, the manager had to ask us to move as they needed to take the couch apart to remove it to make room for something they were doing. Alas, it was time to leave anyways...
The drive back was typical - we dropped the car off at Payless, got right on the minibus to the terminal, and started the checkin process. It seems that they've made it more confusing at the JetBlue counter to check in now. It was completely unclear where we needed to go, since we had our itinerary and only needed to check in our bags. We finally figured it out after asking. They still only weigh the bags at the counter - you still need to drop them off at a roped-off area nearby where security takes them and runs them through scans before they get back to where they normally go. Apparently they can't fit the equipment behind the scenes yet.
Our plane this time was called "100% Blue" - but DD#2 insisted in calling it "Blueberry" again. She apparently liked the name from the trip down. This time our flight left on time and landed on time. And I even remembered where I left the car. :)