Closing Ceremony

I'm not sure if I have one last day tradition anymore. It used to always bee shopping at DTD, but on recent trips I just haven't had the time to get there. I do always hit the resort gift shop and eat someplace wonderful, but it hasn't been the same place for many years.

We don't have any kind of "closing ceremony," other than taking one last look at whatever we're closest to last (for example, a backward look at the entrance sign).

I really don't have a closing ceremony but I think it is an amazing idea. I think this next trip I am going to come up with one and start a new tradition. Thanks RobNLyn2 for the great idea.

Our last night we always end with wishes, MK on our last full day. Like Kristen, our last day used to be DTD but we haven't bothered with it for a few years. We usually go to the airport with plenty of time and have a meal at outback, that's a tradition

get a pop corn from the hub and take a slow walk down main street, trying not to look back, get to the square at the end give in, turn around, take one last look at the castle, say "thank you" and walk out of the park.

in contrasted my first day tradition is get to magic kingdom, see the castle and say "I'm home" under my breath go to main street confectionary trap an un healthy snack and skip all the way to fantasy land

Well the past three trips I overdose on MCB in the morning..Last minute shopping at DTD...And a tearful farewell to MK ... (

My ritual is: check out, look at my bill, pass out and wake up on DME and quietly sob all the way to the airport.

we don't do anything special, usually just ride as many rides as we can before park closing then hide somewhere until they find us and drag us kicking and screaming out of the park (

Not so much as a closing ritual but when we're leaving the Magic Kingdom for the last time of the vacation we turn to face the castle and promise to "see you soon".

If we're in MK on first and last day, we do Peter Pan's Flight first and last to bookend our trip, but that won't be the case for this weekend or for Star Wars Weekend because of how we had to configure the schedule to get everything in.

Amen! This year, because of the days we are there and F&W we end up on our last day at Epcot ( I couldn't make it work any other way) so I have to sob missing my "castle fix" on the last day.

Actually I always find it hard to accept that it's over. I usually try to milk just a little more out of the trip, whether it be a walk around the Boardwalk or 10 minutes in the gift shop while waiting for DME.I'm consoled by the fact that I usually have my next trip planned or booked already, thanks to DVC.

We usually hit DTD before heading out. There is usually a tear or 2 and a promise to be back!

ps I love seeing so many people share the same passion!!!!

I often take one last spin around the WS. Leaving day is always hard, no matter how often I go. And yes, I always turn back to the castle and thank Walt one more time.

We always end in MK, riding the best attractions. That's how we traveled growing up visited WDW and it's something we've never changed. Our opening ceremony is traditionally, check in, unpack, dinner, DTD. If we fly, then it is a little different because we arrive earlier in the day.

I tend to do AK or HS on the last full day. My argument is that if I spend my last day in Epcot or the MK, I'll be even more down about having to leave!

Well I've only been once, but on our last day in the Parks we ended up closing out the night at Magic Kingdom (by accident!), then spent the next morning/early afternoon wandering Downtown Disney and eating at Earl of Sandwich before we drove back home.

This is exactly how I'm planning it on my next trip, too. I definitely want to end at MK park-wise (with Wishes as there are no EEMH that day), and then do DTD the next day so I can get my EoS fix for lunch and maybe get one to go for the ride home.

Not really. It's not something I've ever thought to do. I have a few must do trip traditions but nothing for the end of the trip.

On our recently concluded trip, I did indeed look over my shoulder on the ME for one last look at the entrance sign as we passed going out.

But I think I have a new opening ceremony. Twice in the weeks leading up to our trip this month, I had dreams (admit it, you've had them too) of being at WDW. Both times, I reached out a hand, touched the nearest wall, and said, "We're really here." And in the dream I really believed it. So on arrival night, as we were walking through the meandering entrance queue of POTC, I remembered the dreams, touch a wall, and said, "We're really here." And I think I'll do that every visit if I can remember to do it.