Heartbroken

[MgoBlue]

I just returned from my very 1st trip to WDW only to find that I LOST the memory card which holds the pictures from the first half of our 4 day trip. On the 2nd day my daughter had lunch with the princesses, so now the pictures are gone... I have called the central lost and found twice and nobody has turned the disk in yet.

I know it seems silly that I'd be this upset over something like this and there are so many other things that could have gone wrong, but I can't get over this loss...

Any ideas on anyone else I might contact?

Thanks!

 

[cherylp3]

I'd try the orlando craigslist lost and found

 

[luvmy2sams]

Yikes! Hope someone sprinkles some pixie dust over you and you recover your memory card. Did you have identifying information on it (name, address, etc.)? Those things are so tiny that I can't imagine it, unless it was lost when in the case.

If it makes you feel any better, it's happened to the best of us. While waiting for the parade halfway through our 2002 trip, I was looking at our pictures. It had been a great morning...breakfast with the princesses and our 4-year-old...and the disc also contained pictures from a Gifts of a Lifetime surprise DH did for me on my birthday. Over 500 pictures that looked great until the card displayed an error message. We ended up losing 3/4 of the pictures because of this error and had to spring for a new memory card at the MK. It felt awful at the time.

 

[MgoBlue]

The memory card was in it's case, so that may help. I took the prior suggestion and also posted on the Orlando Craig's List Lost and Found. I had not thought of that and any way I can get the word out increases my chances that I might get this disk back. (Although I am realistic about my chances...)

Thanks for the Pixie Dust. Here's hoping the year of a million dreams comes though for me! (crossing fingers)

 

[N&B'smom]

I don't think it's silly at all, I'd be upset too! I hope someone finds it and it gets returned to you!!!

Shelby

 

[4nana]

Oh sweetie, I am sorry . I know this disappointment and wish you the best in a good samaritan returning it . I am the queen of somehow accidently dunking my beloved video camera in the ocean and another time my digital camera in lemonade and losing all my precious photos . So I know how you're feeling.

 

[Barb D]

After our last trip we got home to discover that the lens didn't open all the way on many of the pictures, including the princess lunch. Fortunately, we do have the 8x10 that was included with the lunch.

I hope you find your card! Maybe it's in a shorts pocket, or loose in a suitcase, or inside something else in your purse (checkbook? PDA case?)

 

[Scornelius]

I'm so sorry you lost your pictures!!! I've been there, and it truly is devestating. I know it sounds kinda silly to say that, but when I lost my card I was sooo sad. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you!!!

 

[abdullahkurdi]

I hope you can find it.

 

[MgoBlue]

I am over the moon with joy!!

My dh went out to his truck to retrieve a toy for dd and guess what he found under the seat?

How it got there, I don't know...but...he found my disk!! I have our pictures and couldn't be happier!! Yay!!

Thank you to everyone who sent pixie dust and positive thoughts. It worked!!

 

[Dakota_Lynn]

I am SO happy you found it. I would have been overcome with sadness too. I value pictures of my loved ones above any other material object. If anything happened to them I would be crying like a baby.

Anyway, that is awesome that you have them! Enjoy the memories! And welcome to the DIS! I hope you hang around and get to know everybody.

 

[LadyyRedd]

I don't blame you at all!!!!

2 years ago, my sister, a friend of ours, and I went to California and DL for the first time. We did the whole Hollywood thing, etc.

About halfway through the trip, we're walking back to our room from the car, along the hotel next to room windows and my sister drops her digital camera. The batteries pop out. We find them, put them back in, she's PO'd that it's now scratched. I tell her as long as it's not broken, be happy.

The next day we go to Goofy's Kitchen for breakfast. At one point, I'm using her camera to take her picture with one of the characters and ask her "How come it says No Memory Card on here?" She says I don't know, I guess it always says that. (Can you see where this is going?)

After that, we go into Hollywood, Walk of Fame, etc. We're taking pictures and doing our thing. After a while, she wants to go back and look at one of her pictures to make sure it came out and when she tries, she screams! Her memory card is gone! So we realize it must've fallen out the night before. She is SO UPSET. She tells us to keep doing what we're doing and don't mind her. After a while, I KNOW she really wants to go back and see if we can find it, maybe under a car or something. She is not very hopeful, but can't rest until we do. So we say ok, and head back.

We go to the place where it was dropped and look around and can't find anything. SHe's heartbroken and pretty upset and we're trying to console her by saying we have our other 2 cameras (though not digitals). She's so upset.

We turn to walk to our room and she sees something on the window ledge outside one of the rooms. She picks it up and screams. It's her memory card!!!! We can't believe that someone found it and put it on a window ledge instead of taking it (this was not at a DL hotel, but an offsite). I have never seen someone so happy in my life.

Kimya

ETA: I didn't read your found post before I posted....I guess you know how my sister felt! Congrats!

 

[ilisao]

It's not silly at all to be upset about that. That was important stuff. I remember when my computer crashed and I lost 4 years worth of pictures, including DS first trip to Disney and a family trip to Spain. It can be devastating.

Congrats on finding it!