Let the Memories Begin--A Mother/Son Adventure of a Lifetime!-update 8/6-17 the end!

[DisMomAmy]

Yay! You found some time to finish off this TR! And you are writing another one soon!! Thanks for sharing this special trip - I would LOVE to take solo trips with each of my boys, I'm just not sure how that would work with two of them. They'd both feel bad when the other got to go without them.

I'm so glad to hear your arm is feeing better.

Can't wait for the new report!!

 

[eandesmom]

Very impressive that you made it on flights of wonder, given your fears. And got a couple of very cool pictures to boot!

I have no pictures from this night but I do have a cute story to tell. Jeremy knew I was wanting a Mickey Mouse scarf I had seen at Mousegears. His daddy had sent money with him to do my Christmas shopping so he asked for some alone time shopping in Mousegears. Now, I will tell you I kept a distant eye on him. That place is too big even for a child his age. I noticed he was at the counter for a long time. With shopping done, we went back to the room to pack. I was trying to fit all I could in the big suitcase when he brings me his purchases to pack. He had a bag with a box. He had asked the sales lady for a box to wrap his mom's gift. Too sweet! And, to my surprise, on Christmas morning there was my Mickey scarf and that green bracelet I had been looking at earlier in the trip at DHS. He had remembered and saw it at Mousegears. What a sweet little boy I have!!!

So cute! Can he train my family???

Until then, here are a few spoilers.

DH finally realizes he is married to a Disney Dork!!!

What makes me cry and where?

Will I survive this ride?

Oh no, is it bed bugs or sand fleas?

What goes ding at Kidani Village?

a little spoiler from San Francisco... what character is at the Walt Disney Family museum that has my whole family excited?

Ok I really want to know about the last 2! the bug one freaks me out.

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

Yay! You found some time to finish off this TR! And you are writing another one soon!! Thanks for sharing this special trip - I would LOVE to take solo trips with each of my boys, I'm just not sure how that would work with two of them. They'd both feel bad when the other got to go without them.

I'm so glad to hear your arm is feeing better.

Can't wait for the new report!!

You would have so much fun with each boy--plus you would get 2 trips!!!! I loved every minute of this trip with Jeremy.

Hope to get new report up today!

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

Very impressive that you made it on flights of wonder, given your fears. And got a couple of very cool pictures to boot!



So cute! Can he train my family???



Ok I really want to know about the last 2! the bug one freaks me out.

I am really glad we did the balloon, even though it scared me! It was lots of fun. Hate that it is gone.

I should have warned you before you went to AKL. I love both resorts but we have no luck with the sleeper sofas!!! More to come in the new report.

 

[eandesmom]

I am really glad we did the balloon, even though it scared me! It was lots of fun. Hate that it is gone.

I should have warned you before you went to AKL. I love both resorts but we have no luck with the sleeper sofas!!! More to come in the new report.

Ugh! Do you inspect all the beds when you get there including the sofas? I had a number of bug encounters on our trip but they were definitely a combo of skeeters and no see ums.

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

Ugh! Do you inspect all the beds when you get there including the sofas? I had a number of bug encounters on our trip but they were definitely a combo of skeeters and no see ums.

Yep, I am bad at looking for the brown stains that are left by bed bugs. We were in San Franciso and we found a sock under the bed sheets. DH was so frustrated he made them come and change the sheets.

With that said, I never inspect the sofa beds and really should. I will go ahead and tell you it was not bed bugs but sand fleas. Not sure how you would ever detect them. They were actually in the sofa bed part and not the outer part of the actual sofa in Kidani. We complained to management but nothing got done before we left. It was actually a cast member in the gift shop that told Tom they were having problems with sand fleas at the resort. I really thought Jeremy was getting them from the pool water or something like that. I had sand fleas when I was a child and got them in the ocean. He didn't require medical care-just benadryl. Very annoying for him. He was constantly scratching and complaining about them.

 

[eandesmom]

Yep, I am bad at looking for the brown stains that are left by bed bugs. We were in San Franciso and we found a sock under the bed sheets. DH was so frustrated he made them come and change the sheets.

With that said, I never inspect the sofa beds and really should. I will go ahead and tell you it was not bed bugs but sand fleas. Not sure how you would ever detect them. They were actually in the sofa bed part and not the outer part of the actual sofa in Kidani. We complained to management but nothing got done before we left. It was actually a cast member in the gift shop that told Tom they were having problems with sand fleas at the resort. I really thought Jeremy was getting them from the pool water or something like that. I had sand fleas when I was a child and got them in the ocean. He didn't require medical care-just benadryl. Very annoying for him. He was constantly scratching and complaining about them.

Unfortunately they are so small, bites are really the only way you'd know and it would be a process of elimination I think to realize that they were in the room or bedding. I got a ridiculous amount of no see um bites on my feet, in Vero, while walking back and forth one night, not in sand, in the rain! But I got bitten everywhere we went, which is normal for me. No fun though and made for one bad sleeping night and a few uncomfortable moments.