HooKooDooKu
<font color=orange>Only thing that beats a trip to
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Just returned from spending a week at Disney. It was a lot tougher taking a 4yo and a 4mo than I though it would be.
But the worst part of it was loosing our backpack of stuff on the first full day. We rode the bus from POP to EPCOT. I got distracted dealing with a pair of strollers that I didn't realize that I had NOT picked up my backpack from the bus seat until after the bus had pulled away... it was never seen again.
I started talking to another bus driver about trying to contact the bus and retrieving the backpack before our bus was out of the Epcot parking lot. The driver took my name and a phone number. He indicated that he should be able to call up the bus driver and get the backpack back and ready to pickup at the bus station by the time we're done with our day at EPCOT.
That was the last of the backpack. I checked back at EPCOT, EPCOT lost and found, POP lost and found, and Disney's general lost and found (where EVERYTHING lost and found from anywhere in WDW should eventually get sent). I checked everyday and even went to lost-and-found in person where the CM was very patient and checked everywhere for any sort of pack that even MIGHT match mine.
But in the end... nothing.
The incident colored our trip for several days. Fortunately I was "wearing" our primary camera, DW and I each had our wallets and cell phones one us, and we NEVER keep all of our vacation cash in one place. So it could have been a lot worst.
But still there are several items that have just vanished, and they can't be easily replaced:
Believe it or not, the thing I hate loosing the most is the 1st Aid Kit I had in there. It was a very through yet very compact kit. The bag itself isn't available for purchase anymore.
The other thing was the back-pack itself. It was about 10 years old with tons of life left in it. But again, the age makes a similar replacement difficult to impossible.
The last thing was my secondary camera setup. I was only "wearing" my vacation camera. This 2nd camera was a complete setup for taking really nice shots - external flash, flash mounting bracket, etc. Bran-new the setup would have cost something like $600. But I had spent time looking for quality USED stuff off Ebay and gotten it all over time for less than $250. It was old technology (only a 4MB camera), but with the full setup, I can take some great portraits compared to the 7MB point-n-shot with it's red-eye 7ft max distance flash that I also spent about $250 for just it earlier this year.
OK, %!$#&*^~ session over.
But the worst part of it was loosing our backpack of stuff on the first full day. We rode the bus from POP to EPCOT. I got distracted dealing with a pair of strollers that I didn't realize that I had NOT picked up my backpack from the bus seat until after the bus had pulled away... it was never seen again.
I started talking to another bus driver about trying to contact the bus and retrieving the backpack before our bus was out of the Epcot parking lot. The driver took my name and a phone number. He indicated that he should be able to call up the bus driver and get the backpack back and ready to pickup at the bus station by the time we're done with our day at EPCOT.
That was the last of the backpack. I checked back at EPCOT, EPCOT lost and found, POP lost and found, and Disney's general lost and found (where EVERYTHING lost and found from anywhere in WDW should eventually get sent). I checked everyday and even went to lost-and-found in person where the CM was very patient and checked everywhere for any sort of pack that even MIGHT match mine.
But in the end... nothing.
The incident colored our trip for several days. Fortunately I was "wearing" our primary camera, DW and I each had our wallets and cell phones one us, and we NEVER keep all of our vacation cash in one place. So it could have been a lot worst.
But still there are several items that have just vanished, and they can't be easily replaced:
Believe it or not, the thing I hate loosing the most is the 1st Aid Kit I had in there. It was a very through yet very compact kit. The bag itself isn't available for purchase anymore.
The other thing was the back-pack itself. It was about 10 years old with tons of life left in it. But again, the age makes a similar replacement difficult to impossible.
The last thing was my secondary camera setup. I was only "wearing" my vacation camera. This 2nd camera was a complete setup for taking really nice shots - external flash, flash mounting bracket, etc. Bran-new the setup would have cost something like $600. But I had spent time looking for quality USED stuff off Ebay and gotten it all over time for less than $250. It was old technology (only a 4MB camera), but with the full setup, I can take some great portraits compared to the 7MB point-n-shot with it's red-eye 7ft max distance flash that I also spent about $250 for just it earlier this year.
OK, %!$#&*^~ session over.
They did tell us, though, that sometimes it can take a long time to make it to the central Lost and Found. Good luck!
I was panicked when I got home and realized what I had done. Thankfully our housekeeper at POFQ (I can't remember her name for the life of me) turned in every single item. 
I did have to be persistent with calling as I kept getting directed to supervisors who were not fully aware of the situation. Once we figured out the logistics my items were sent quickly. I am so grateful for the honesty of our dear housekeeper. 
I was generous with the tips simply hoping for washcloth bunnies and recieved so much more. I've also learned that bringing too much bling on vacation is just plain dumb!!!
