The top right room was ours, and a fabulous location.
We managed to tear ourselves away from the animals, something it seems I made myself do many times this trip, and headed towards the pool.
some details around the resort
Heading into the pool area
I don't know if you can tell but it looked like a seed pod or flower was opening up in the middle of this plant.
Around 5:40 we found some lounge chairs in the sun and relaxed for an hour while waiting for our DME pickup. I caught up in my journal and we munched on some pringles we hadn't gotten to yet. My throat still wasn't hurting too bad, but every so often when I swallowed I had some pain so was worried I was coming down with something. At some point I went and got our bag from bell services where they absolutely would not take a tip from me. Apparently there are two different types of CMs, the ones that stay at the counter are not allowed to take tips but the ones who deliver your bags to your room are.
Around 6:45 we sadly headed up to the meeting point where George from Haiti showed up right on time at 7:05. We were the only ones on the bus until we picked up another family at All Star Movies. We had a very pleasant ride to the airport, but let me tell you, George was a chatter.
At the airport we stopped in the
Disney Store where we surprisingly didn't buy anything. I was steadily feeling worse and worse so stopped and purchased some Dayquil, which helped only a little. I very quickly took a turn for the worse and while waiting for our plane was very out of sorts. Chills, vertigo, very sore throat. It was not the best way to end the trip but I'm so glad it waited until that last evening to take full effect. It would have been doubly worse to lose the last day to sickness.
There were only 34 people on our flight so we were able to have a full row to ourselves which was very nice. Try as I might I was unable to sleep which made the flight seem very long since I was heading downhill fast. I managed to kill some time looking at all my photos which helped. I was actually sick for a good 10 days after getting home, so it probably wasn't mom's germs but some other ones I came across. Even so, it was an absolutely fabulous vacation. I can not express enough how much we enjoyed the cruise, it was above and beyond all my expectations. The Jambo House leg of the trip was fabulous as well but in a totally different way.
Thank you all so much for joining me on this journey. I really enjoyed sharing it and it really helped with the post Disney blues
I'll be back with some last thoughts and tips if anyone is interested.
I've only been there once...to eat dinner at Boma and walk around the lobby&gift shop ..but your photos certainly have me wanting to visit again. What a beautiful resort.
I couldn't have asked for anything more, and watched that beautiful hog until it was gone from view. I couldn't bear to leave until I couldn't see it any longer.
It's the exact itinerary as the cruise we just did, and as far as I can tell, it's the only double dip in 2013. ( 10/20/13 ) I could be wrong, but even so, I decided to go for it. I'm really excited to see the differences between the newer and older ships.
I also enjoyed the more intimate feeling of the Magic but I do love the Dream as well.
