diswedwish
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Sorry about the brief delay. Andre took me to my first "normal" concert - meaning non-classical music - last night. It was interesting. The "gentleman" behind us urinated on our feet. Only me, yes, only me. 
We did end up getting him escorted out and if there was anyone else I could have chosen to share the whole experience with it would have been Andre. Yes, folks, that's true love right there 
I did inform him that at the Met. (oh, and Disney too) things like public urination aren't the norm 
So where was I... Yes, our last full Disney day.
Did it have to end? Couldn't we stay forever? Couldn't we book our next Disney trip now? No wait, we had to spend all of our $ to savor the moment and take it home with us 
Anyway, we woke up early again to Stitch and Mickey. We headed for the front desk and asked politely if we could speak with the head of housekeeping (or housekeeping manager or whatever the title was). She arrived and we asked about the status of our previous room. She said she didn't know, but would inform us as soon as she knew. I asked if she could please call my cell phone as I would have that on me all the time.
We left for breakfast at the Mara. Blech, I was getting pretty sick of the Mara by this point. I was very surprised that my cell phone rang and it was a Disney number. I was very annoyed that as soon as I answered they hung up. And when we made a quick stop at the room, guess what? She'd left a message there. Guess she didn't want to talk to me. She said she couldn't reach my cell phone. Yep. She said that they were unable to find anything in the previous room. And if I had any further questions to feel free to contact her.
At this point my mother was not too happy. I was happy that it wasn't officially bed bugs. That way I knew we wouldn't be bringing critters home with us. Or would we? Would Disney lie? Again, having no internet access really was no fun at all. If we just *knew* what the darn bites looked like it would've helped so much. Henceforth my mother referred to AKL as an "expensive Motel 6". Ouch... The fact that the day before we had been given washcloths with holes in them didn't help. I think she'd expected much more plushness in a Deluxe resort than what we'd gotten. Oh well. I couldn't help that.
The important thing I guess was that since the room change I hadn't had the bites. I know someone had mentioned the blisters - I didn't get blisters. They were just bites, they didn't itch, didn't change, didn't hurt, just red bites that gradually faded. It took about a week then they were gone. Very similar to mosquito bites except they didn't get any bigger or itch at all. I never had anything like them before. Probably just some freak thing, that just coincided with those 2 nights we were in that room. Hopefully it will never happen again.
So after all of that, we headed for AK. I had seen the Disney Kiss poster there on Monday night and decided that I *had* to have that. And my mother *had* to come with me so that I could 1) use her AP to get a FP for EE and 2) lug my poster back to the room with her so I could run around AK with greater ease. Yes, I am definitely a spoiled
My mother also had an objective. She wanted to go to Rafiki's Planet Watch and see if they could aid her search for pictures of bed bug bites. I thought I was stubborn 
She was on a quest...
I took off for EE and dumped, er, left her in the store that sold the poster. When I got back she told me that they didn't have it
But the very nice CM had called around for her and a store in Epcot did have it and they had set it aside for her. So she intended to go to Rafiki's, then over to Epcot. She would meet me back in the room at 3. 
Eeek, could my mother be trusted to find all these places alone unassisted?! I guess I'd have to see if she really was all grown up 
.
So I wished her good luck and thanked her for going on my poster quest for me. And happily headed off to explore and enjoy AK (and the heat) on my own without stopping every 40 min. for a cigarette.
It was fun. I wandered through Maharajah and watched the fruit bats and tigers and birds. I went on Dinosaur. This one was funny because I was behind a grandmother and her grandson and she was a tad leery of going on this and was planning out the rest of their day in AK. We had a good time talking in line. Then I wandered around a bit more before having lunch at Flame Tree. This was nice, I watched EE in the background and enjoyed a leisurely lunch without worrying about my mom passing out from heatstroke.
I could get another FP, so I grabbed one for the Safari, then headed for EE. Very sad, my last 2 rides on EE
No, I want to go again!!!!!!!!!! Then I took my time on Pangani and watched the okapi for a long time and the gorillas for a while and sat in the aviary for a long time. AK is a good place to just soak in the atmosphere. Even if it is hot. I still had a long time until my FP, so I called my friend who had just been in Disney and talked to her for a good 45 min. That was funny since I was in the area where Baloo comes in and out of. The first 2 times he just waved. The 3rd time he made fun of me and mimed taking my phone away. But it was nice to talk with her and tell her about my trip and hear about her trip. And it was so nice and shady and out of the way where I was.
So I got a last ride in on the Safari and decided that it was waaaay too hot and crowded to be in AK anymore. Time to leave. Bye Tree of Life. Bye EE. Bye AK. Bye animals. I'll be back soon, I promise.
I hesitantly approached the room... Would my mother be there? Would I need to send out the SWAT team to find her? Nope, she was there. She'd even found her way to Mara for lunch! Will wonders never cease! The CMs at Rafiki's hadn't helped her in her search to find bed bug bite pictures. The CM at Epcot had set aside my poster for her though
And she didn't get lost either!
We did end up getting him escorted out and if there was anyone else I could have chosen to share the whole experience with it would have been Andre. Yes, folks, that's true love right there I did inform him that at the Met. (oh, and Disney too) things like public urination aren't the norm So where was I... Yes, our last full Disney day.
Did it have to end? Couldn't we stay forever? Couldn't we book our next Disney trip now? No wait, we had to spend all of our $ to savor the moment and take it home with us Anyway, we woke up early again to Stitch and Mickey. We headed for the front desk and asked politely if we could speak with the head of housekeeping (or housekeeping manager or whatever the title was). She arrived and we asked about the status of our previous room. She said she didn't know, but would inform us as soon as she knew. I asked if she could please call my cell phone as I would have that on me all the time.
We left for breakfast at the Mara. Blech, I was getting pretty sick of the Mara by this point. I was very surprised that my cell phone rang and it was a Disney number. I was very annoyed that as soon as I answered they hung up. And when we made a quick stop at the room, guess what? She'd left a message there. Guess she didn't want to talk to me. She said she couldn't reach my cell phone. Yep. She said that they were unable to find anything in the previous room. And if I had any further questions to feel free to contact her.
At this point my mother was not too happy. I was happy that it wasn't officially bed bugs. That way I knew we wouldn't be bringing critters home with us. Or would we? Would Disney lie? Again, having no internet access really was no fun at all. If we just *knew* what the darn bites looked like it would've helped so much. Henceforth my mother referred to AKL as an "expensive Motel 6". Ouch... The fact that the day before we had been given washcloths with holes in them didn't help. I think she'd expected much more plushness in a Deluxe resort than what we'd gotten. Oh well. I couldn't help that.
The important thing I guess was that since the room change I hadn't had the bites. I know someone had mentioned the blisters - I didn't get blisters. They were just bites, they didn't itch, didn't change, didn't hurt, just red bites that gradually faded. It took about a week then they were gone. Very similar to mosquito bites except they didn't get any bigger or itch at all. I never had anything like them before. Probably just some freak thing, that just coincided with those 2 nights we were in that room. Hopefully it will never happen again.
So after all of that, we headed for AK. I had seen the Disney Kiss poster there on Monday night and decided that I *had* to have that. And my mother *had* to come with me so that I could 1) use her AP to get a FP for EE and 2) lug my poster back to the room with her so I could run around AK with greater ease. Yes, I am definitely a spoiled
My mother also had an objective. She wanted to go to Rafiki's Planet Watch and see if they could aid her search for pictures of bed bug bites. I thought I was stubborn She was on a quest... I took off for EE and dumped, er, left her in the store that sold the poster. When I got back she told me that they didn't have it
But the very nice CM had called around for her and a store in Epcot did have it and they had set it aside for her. So she intended to go to Rafiki's, then over to Epcot. She would meet me back in the room at 3. Eeek, could my mother be trusted to find all these places alone unassisted?! I guess I'd have to see if she really was all grown up .So I wished her good luck and thanked her for going on my poster quest for me. And happily headed off to explore and enjoy AK (and the heat) on my own without stopping every 40 min. for a cigarette.
It was fun. I wandered through Maharajah and watched the fruit bats and tigers and birds. I went on Dinosaur. This one was funny because I was behind a grandmother and her grandson and she was a tad leery of going on this and was planning out the rest of their day in AK. We had a good time talking in line. Then I wandered around a bit more before having lunch at Flame Tree. This was nice, I watched EE in the background and enjoyed a leisurely lunch without worrying about my mom passing out from heatstroke. I could get another FP, so I grabbed one for the Safari, then headed for EE. Very sad, my last 2 rides on EE
No, I want to go again!!!!!!!!!! Then I took my time on Pangani and watched the okapi for a long time and the gorillas for a while and sat in the aviary for a long time. AK is a good place to just soak in the atmosphere. Even if it is hot. I still had a long time until my FP, so I called my friend who had just been in Disney and talked to her for a good 45 min. That was funny since I was in the area where Baloo comes in and out of. The first 2 times he just waved. The 3rd time he made fun of me and mimed taking my phone away. But it was nice to talk with her and tell her about my trip and hear about her trip. And it was so nice and shady and out of the way where I was. So I got a last ride in on the Safari and decided that it was waaaay too hot and crowded to be in AK anymore. Time to leave. Bye Tree of Life. Bye EE. Bye AK. Bye animals. I'll be back soon, I promise.
I hesitantly approached the room... Would my mother be there? Would I need to send out the SWAT team to find her? Nope, she was there. She'd even found her way to Mara for lunch! Will wonders never cease! The CMs at Rafiki's hadn't helped her in her search to find bed bug bite pictures. The CM at Epcot had set aside my poster for her though
And she didn't get lost either!
My mom absolutely loved dinner here, it was worth every penny, and I was so happy I took the gamble to have dinner here on our last night 
Talks have begun about our next trip - most likely in early January '07. 
from this trip. 
Can't wait for your next trip.
