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If you drive from a long distance, I want to share with you how one company saved our trip! (WARNING: you may think what I talk about is gross, DS getting sick)
On Friday Nov. 19th, we started our road trip around 12:30pm. All was good. I had bought the movie Grownups for the kids to watch, and they started watching it about an hour into our drive. My 10yo DS was really enjoying it. He was laughing so hard at some parts. He is a very good traveler. He hardly sleeps, but he is usually very happy and excited when we take our long drive to WDW.
We left CT and crossed in NY, my 10yo started to whine a little. He asked if I could turn the AC on in the back because he was hot, he wanted to switch seats with his sister because his didn't recline back all the way and he wanted to lay down. I looked at him from the reaview mirror, and saw his face was not looking good. I told my DH I think he was getting car sick. Sure enough, he yells he is going to throw up. I pull over and we get him out of the car. DH took him to the edge of some woods, he coughed a bit, and really tried, but nothing would come up. Back in the van he went. He tried to sleep, but the poor kid was just so uncomfortable.
We are now in rush hour traffic in NYC, about a half hour later. There is absolutely NOWHERE to pull over. I hear my oldest DS yell "He's puking!". Yup...he just leaned right over and threw up on the floor and anything that was sitting on the floor. There was literally nothing I could do at the moment. It felt like forever when I finally could get off the highway to clean him and the van up. We took some plastic bags from the grocery pile in the back and told him if he needed to get sick again, to throw up in the bag. Problem? After the first episode when all of the solids came up, what is left is liquid. So, he throws again, but it is liquid, and the bag leaked. So I need to pull over again,(it took some time) while the bag is pouring out.
At this point you can imagine the stink in the car.
We manage to get to a rest stop in NJ and we were able to get a whole bunch of sturdy plastic bags. That is what the poor guy used for the rest of the night, because yes, he threw up all the way to WDW. He slept off and on, but pretty much every 30 minutes, something was trying to come up.
I know this is a gross story, but if you drive, you need to hear it, because I want to give you the name of a company that may come in handy for you someday.
Saturday morning, I called ahead to AKV where we were staying and asked if they knew of a car detail company that would come out to us and clean the carpet. She could not tell me off hand of any company, but she did google and came up with quite a few in the Orlando area. The 1st company I called quoted me $80. YIKES. I just wanted the carpet cleaned. I wasn't looking for a full detail. But yes, that was what it would cost for just the carpet.
I called the next company and I got a very nice man who said it would cost $25 for them to come out to AKV and clean the carpet. He was booked the rest of Saturday, but since we got it cleaned up, and we weren't going to use the van once it was parked, I told him Monday morning was fine. He called me at 7am Monday morning to tell me that 2 men were on their way to us. DH got up and met them with the van near the recreation area of Kidani Village. (tennis courts and basketball hoops.) I was thinking they would just clean the area DS was in, because in my mind all I cared about, was getting the stink out of the van. Later that day, we got in the van and I saw that the entire carpet had been cleaned! Front as well as back. DH said the boss even came out to check on them, and he was hounding them to scrub some old candy or something up. We bought the van used last year from a private seller and the carpet was pretty stained. I couldn't believe how clean the carpet was!!!! All for $25. DH tipped them $10. So for $35 we had a fresh, clean van with no throw up stink in it!!!!
I can't say enough about how this company saved our trip back home. I couldn't imagine driving back home with the stink in the van.
I also want to say how impressed I was with AKV. She not only helped me find a company to clean the van, but she made sure our room was ready when we arrived at 1PM. Poor DS needed a shower and a bed ASAP. She told me over the phone she could not check me in over the phone, but I needed to explain our situation to the person at the front desk, and if our room was not ready, to ask them to call housekeeping to put a "rush" on the room. I was hoping that would not be the case, because even with a rush, it would still take time, and poor DS just needed a solid bed. He had a fever at this point, so it was not car sickness. We arrived and checked in, and was told our room was ready! HALLELUAH!!! Doped DS up with tylenol, got him in the shower and he was sleeping by 2PM.
Anyway, the name of the company is called Car Finesse. PM me for their phone number. Anyone who travels and has a chance of car sickness or just a bug, you should have this number with you.
On Friday Nov. 19th, we started our road trip around 12:30pm. All was good. I had bought the movie Grownups for the kids to watch, and they started watching it about an hour into our drive. My 10yo DS was really enjoying it. He was laughing so hard at some parts. He is a very good traveler. He hardly sleeps, but he is usually very happy and excited when we take our long drive to WDW.
We left CT and crossed in NY, my 10yo started to whine a little. He asked if I could turn the AC on in the back because he was hot, he wanted to switch seats with his sister because his didn't recline back all the way and he wanted to lay down. I looked at him from the reaview mirror, and saw his face was not looking good. I told my DH I think he was getting car sick. Sure enough, he yells he is going to throw up. I pull over and we get him out of the car. DH took him to the edge of some woods, he coughed a bit, and really tried, but nothing would come up. Back in the van he went. He tried to sleep, but the poor kid was just so uncomfortable.
We are now in rush hour traffic in NYC, about a half hour later. There is absolutely NOWHERE to pull over. I hear my oldest DS yell "He's puking!". Yup...he just leaned right over and threw up on the floor and anything that was sitting on the floor. There was literally nothing I could do at the moment. It felt like forever when I finally could get off the highway to clean him and the van up. We took some plastic bags from the grocery pile in the back and told him if he needed to get sick again, to throw up in the bag. Problem? After the first episode when all of the solids came up, what is left is liquid. So, he throws again, but it is liquid, and the bag leaked. So I need to pull over again,(it took some time) while the bag is pouring out.
At this point you can imagine the stink in the car.
We manage to get to a rest stop in NJ and we were able to get a whole bunch of sturdy plastic bags. That is what the poor guy used for the rest of the night, because yes, he threw up all the way to WDW. He slept off and on, but pretty much every 30 minutes, something was trying to come up.
I know this is a gross story, but if you drive, you need to hear it, because I want to give you the name of a company that may come in handy for you someday.
Saturday morning, I called ahead to AKV where we were staying and asked if they knew of a car detail company that would come out to us and clean the carpet. She could not tell me off hand of any company, but she did google and came up with quite a few in the Orlando area. The 1st company I called quoted me $80. YIKES. I just wanted the carpet cleaned. I wasn't looking for a full detail. But yes, that was what it would cost for just the carpet.
I called the next company and I got a very nice man who said it would cost $25 for them to come out to AKV and clean the carpet. He was booked the rest of Saturday, but since we got it cleaned up, and we weren't going to use the van once it was parked, I told him Monday morning was fine. He called me at 7am Monday morning to tell me that 2 men were on their way to us. DH got up and met them with the van near the recreation area of Kidani Village. (tennis courts and basketball hoops.) I was thinking they would just clean the area DS was in, because in my mind all I cared about, was getting the stink out of the van. Later that day, we got in the van and I saw that the entire carpet had been cleaned! Front as well as back. DH said the boss even came out to check on them, and he was hounding them to scrub some old candy or something up. We bought the van used last year from a private seller and the carpet was pretty stained. I couldn't believe how clean the carpet was!!!! All for $25. DH tipped them $10. So for $35 we had a fresh, clean van with no throw up stink in it!!!!
I can't say enough about how this company saved our trip back home. I couldn't imagine driving back home with the stink in the van.
I also want to say how impressed I was with AKV. She not only helped me find a company to clean the van, but she made sure our room was ready when we arrived at 1PM. Poor DS needed a shower and a bed ASAP. She told me over the phone she could not check me in over the phone, but I needed to explain our situation to the person at the front desk, and if our room was not ready, to ask them to call housekeeping to put a "rush" on the room. I was hoping that would not be the case, because even with a rush, it would still take time, and poor DS just needed a solid bed. He had a fever at this point, so it was not car sickness. We arrived and checked in, and was told our room was ready! HALLELUAH!!! Doped DS up with tylenol, got him in the shower and he was sleeping by 2PM.
Anyway, the name of the company is called Car Finesse. PM me for their phone number. Anyone who travels and has a chance of car sickness or just a bug, you should have this number with you.
