The ABC's of a FALL Trip with Friends, Food, Wine, and a Conference- A BIT OF TRIP TRAGEDY (10/29)

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 4!!!
Conference/MK/DHS

​

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Loving all the sneak peeks

 

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 5!!!
AK/EPCOT

​

 

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 6!!!
DHS/EPCOT

@vamassey1 (Hi Danielle!)



​

 

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 7!!!
AK/REST/JIKO





​

 

[pkondz]

because planning mistakes

Mistakes??? You?!?!?!

I’m on my way. Having a drink in the Delta Sky lounge! See you tomorrow.
View attachment 1018110

The top picture’s what I’m starting to look like after I have been eating all of this great food!!

You found her!!!

 

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 8!!!
MK/DHS


​

 

[pkondz]

Sneak Peeks Day 8!!!
MK/DHS

View attachment 1019581​

Like that shot. It glows.

 

[Steppesister]

Sneak Peeks Day 9!!!
EPCOT/Travel Home

​

 

[pkondz]

View attachment 1019764
​

don’t know what that is but it looks good.

 

[Steppesister]

Well, hello Friends!

I'm back from a wonderful week of Disney fun, and I have so much to share. However...


Tragedy struck.



I had taken my laptop for the conference and had it transferred by Bell Services from Coronado Springs to Jambo House. Unfortunately, it was somehow destroyed. Whether they dropped it, loaded stuff on top of it... I don't know. But it's smooshed and no longer usable. At all. The corner where the charging port goes is bent so that I cannot charge it.

I now get the pleasure of finding my receipt from Dell, getting repair estimates, taking photos of the damage, etc... and getting it all sent in to their Claims Dept for a POSSIBLE reimbursement. It's going to take time. Possibly up to a month. Meantime, I will shop for a new laptop as I will need one whether Disney reimburses or not. On top of that, it's going to take a while to get my programs loaded and all of my files and data transferred over.

I DO have an OLD laptop that might work for getting a trip report chapter done, but.... even that may be a bit.

UGH.

 

[irene_dsc]

Well, that sucks! Wishing you good luck dealing with all of that.

 

[Wood Nymph]

That's terrible. I wonder how the damage occurred. Disney should definitely reimburse you for a new laptop, It sounds like it can't be repaired.

 

[pkondz]

Wow. Thats just not okay. I mean… it’s a laptop. Maybe don’t let the gorillas at AK handle the luggage transfers?

 

[luvpoohandcompany]

Crossing my fingers that things get sorted quickly for you. Such a passion that this happened.

 

[missjackiemcg]

Oh, you are kidding me!!!! That's just terrible. I'm so sorry that happened in the first place, but the extra headache of having to deal with all of that after the fact is even more frustrating! I hope Disney makes it right for you. And quickly!

 

[Steppesister]

A silver lining...

I went ahead and ordered a new laptop and it should be on the way within the next couple of days. It shouldn't take me too long to get it set up with Dell's IT helper-folks. Hopefully, I can get going on this (and my Africa TR) sooner than later. Meanwhile, I'll get the old laptop to a repair shop for them to give an estimate on repairs so I can make some headway on my claim with Disney.

More soon, hopefully!

 

[pkondz]

A silver lining...

I went ahead and ordered a new laptop and it should be on the way within the next couple of days. It shouldn't take me too long to get it set up with Dell's IT helper-folks. Hopefully, I can get going on this (and my Africa TR) sooner than later. Meanwhile, I'll get the old laptop to a repair shop for them to give an estimate on repairs so I can make some headway on my claim with Disney.

More soon, hopefully!

Congrats on the new laptop… although I imagine you wish you didn’t have to get it!

 

[buzzrelly]

I had taken my laptop for the conference and had it transferred by Bell Services from Coronado Springs to Jambo House. Unfortunately, it was somehow destroyed. Whether they dropped it, loaded stuff on top of it... I don't know. But it's smooshed and no longer usable. At all. The corner where the charging port goes is bent so that I cannot charge it.

Oh my gosh! How does that even happen?! I've always been comfortable (maybe a little too comfortable) having Disney handle our bags, but I will definitely rethink this in the future!

So sorry you have to deal with this but hopefully the new computer is up and running soon!

 

[Steppesister]

Well, that sucks! Wishing you good luck dealing with all of that.

Thanks, Irene. Kinda sucks but hopefully it'll all get taken care of one way or another.