Hakuna Matata Trip…8 Nights at AKL (Part1...Pre Trip)

SuAnne

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Some of you may remember our “Adventures With Cass and Noel” from last year at this time. At the end of our adventure we were bumped from our Air Canada flight on the way home and were given flight vouchers that needed to be used within a year. Well these things had been burning a hole in my pocket…where to go.... England? Mexico? Well you guessed it. We inevitably planned another trip to Disney.

Cass and Noel were already booked to go on an Alaskan cruise this summer, so the original plan had Hayley and I going with my Mom. We started out looking at Pop…nope…that wouldn’t do…let’s try Coronado Springs since we haven’t stayed there yet. We originally booked there for our 8 nights, then the August special came out and we were able to stay at AKL for slightly more than CSR was going to cost. Having stayed at AKL (courtesy of Cass) last summer, I knew that Mom would absolutely love it there so we booked a pool view room.

Well, sadly Mom was not able to come with us. We received news on the Friday before we were to leave that my aunt (Mom's sister) was gravely ill. So instead of coming with us to Disney, we put Mom on a flight on Saturday to Vancouver, but we knew that's were she needed to be and she was able to spend some time with my aunt before she passed away.

Air Canada was wonderful though and we were able to use Mom's ticket for my niece Alli who was able to come with us. Hayley was thrilled that Alli was now coming as they get along really well and it wouldn’t be just her and her boring “uncool” Mom

At that point I just threw out my trip plans except for my Priority Seatings for our dinners and decided it would be a “Hakuna Matata trip” with me and the girls, realizing how short life really is and we would just stop and smell the roses this time around.

We were thrilled to be going to be going to Disney again, but we departed on Monday, Aug. 23 with heavy hearts, knowing we were losing someone very dear to us.
 
SuAnne - sorry to hear about your aunt. Sounds like your are off to a great start staying at the AKL. That's where we hope to stay on our next trip. Looking forward to the next report. :)
 
So sorry about your Aunt, SuAnne.. and your Mom not being able to go to Disney... the only remedy to this is to start planning another trip for next year with Mom :D
 

Hi Kaylee,
I'm saving a Word copy of my trip report for my mom to read when she come home from Vancouver.

We have booked a family trip on Mariner of the Seas for Dec'05 so hopefully we can add some days at Disney before our cruise!
 
I can't remember who Cass and Noel were? Also, I'm sad your Mom couldn't go, but I'm sure your daughter would have loved to have been just with you also. Good reports!
 














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