I had forgotten about this because I just don't post much on the Dis anymore. I do like that many have enjoyed this and I want to finish this up. I went and got my notes from my trip and have the last of the pictures to post. So here we go.
Friday the 8th was our last day at Universal and we all had a great time, but it was clear we all were ready to get back home. Our original plan was to go to Sea World, but my wife and I decided that it was better to just call it a pool day and relax around the resort. I had called down the front desk and asked for a later check out time and being a You First member, they gave me a 1pm check out time.
We then followed our same routine in the morning as we had all week and enjoyed the great breakfast buffet in the Islands dinning room. On my wife's suggestion, I took the boys to IOA to walk around a bit while she went back to the room to finish up the last minute packing. The bulk of it had been before breakfast by both of us, but she likes to do one final room sweep to make sure we didn't miss anything. She also wanted to do one small load of laundry so we had clean clothes for the ride home. I think the boys and I walked around for an hour or so and rode Spiderman and looked around in the different gift shops. My called on my phone and said she was ready and we headed back. We went back to the room got our swim stuff in one bag, called bell services to get our luggage and waited for them. Our limo was going to pick us up at 7pm, so we had about 5 hours of time to kill.
The bellman came up quick and gave us our claim ticket and we said good bye to the room and headed off to check out. I went up the desk and thanked them for the great stay and told the room was empty. There was no problems with the bill and I asked them about swimming and cleaning up later after. The front desk reassured me I could use the spa free of charge near the pool for cleaning up and changing. So that's what we did, but we first we got a small load of laundry going, which the laundry room is steps away from the pool. I took turns with my wife swimming with the boys and switching off to keep an eye on the dryer times. It worked out great and in no time the load was dry and put away and there was nothing left to do but relax by the pool. Later we had a snack by the pool and decided to get cleaned up and go to US for the last two hours before the limo came.
The spa was a fantastic place to shower and change, which is what we all did and then I packed up our remaining stuff and went to bell services to drop it off. We all then went over to US to see Shrek and walk around a bit. Bob our limo driver later called to confirm our time and then we headed back to our resort to wait for him. Pick up was flawless and on time and we left for the Hyatt inside the Orlando airport. Some of you may be wondering why we were checking into another hotel, especially inside the airport, so here's why.
We had a very early flight the next morning and would have to leave the RPH around 3am, and we got a room in the Hyatt, for the same rate I was paying at the RPH. Plus it I always wanted to stay there just once and what the hell, why not?
Next up our check in at the Hyatt and our flight home.