After that we just went for a wander and ended up in Adventureland watching a heron try to catch some fish (he was unsuccessful) and then it was time to head out.
Charlotte and I redeemed the free drinks vouchers we got from our food at the bakery at Caseys and then we had a slow walk up Main Street through a few shops.
Then I saw a CM with a Kevin Jonas badge which I had to swap to give to our best friend due to a previous phase of ours we now affectionately refer to as the Jonas Brothers Years between 2007-2010!
Then, after a few photos, we headed for Earl of Sandwich for the final time. I had the BLT, which was nice and we shared a fruit pot which wasnt, but it was good for some nutrition!
Afterwards it was time to reluctantly head to the station. At first we thought that, for some reason, Disney Express hadnt opened yet so we sat down to wait.
Then Nan noticed a sign and we discovered that it was open, just further down the corridor, which was a little strange. It was about 4:15 by this time and check-in was due to open at 4:45 so we rearranged our hand luggage from what we had been carrying around to what we wanted on the train and then joined the queue because we wanted to try and secure a luggage spot actually in our own carriage!
Passport control and baggage check was fine, and then as we went round the corner we all had to line our bags up for a sniffer dog to check.
This was fine, but put a spanner in the works for our plan of trying to be the first in our carriage! We ended up having to wait quite a long while for others to put their bags down but eventually we were allowed (all at once!) to collect them and we headed down the escalator. This wasnt very easy because unfortunately, a little girl had just fallen down on them so they weren't moving. We were speaking to her Grandma, though, and she didnt seem very distressed so we dont think the girl was hurt.
Then we had to wait at the top of the next escalator to get down to the actual platform! However, luckily we managed to be quite near the front and made it to our carriage to load the luggage on without any further problems.
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We were then sat on the train for a while but that was fine, as was the rest of the journey. Pretty much as soon as we arrived back in England we noticed it was of course raining!
I think we arrived in St Pancras a little early so although we had booked a carriage near the front of the train so that we wouldnt miss our connection we didnt have a problem. However, it was very good because we were the first in to passport control and didnt have to queue at all. We had a nice chat with the man who checked our passports and had to laugh when he couldnt tell which passport belonged to Charlotte and I- despite the fact that he had our photos to guess with!
Then we had quite a long wait until our train home. Charlotte and I waited with the luggage whilst Nan went to enquire about us getting the earlier train but the answer was a definite no unless we wanted to pay.
It turned out that the wait was quite nice because we wandered in and out of a few shops before going to Pret a Manger (where Charlotte managed to put salt in her tea) and I had a tasty cheese and pesto toastie.
After that we went in to WH Smiths and then went to wait on a bench until our train arrived. We took advantage of the free Wifi to catch up with our friend who came to Disney with us last time.
When it was time, we went up to our platform and gave the tickets to the attendant (we had printed them off at home and thus far had had no luck at all trying to get the machines to register the codes on them..) and we probably could have gotten away with getting the earlier train because he barely looked at them.
Anyway, I mostly slept on the way home, and we received drinks and biscuits this time which was lovely.
Then we were picked up at the train station by our Pops (Grandad!) who met us on the platform and then after a chilly walk to the car we went back to their house for a good nights sleep!