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Great TR! Thank you for sharing! Im looking forward to more and hope that the bug passes quickly!
I will try to get more up soon. It has been a VERY busy week.
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Being sick during vacation is my worst fear too; especially for a kid. Unfortunately not much you can do to prevent it
Hopefully it only lasted a little while and he was able to enjoy his first day at WDW!
Hard to prevent sickness when he goes to school, this time of your someone usually has something.
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Poor Alex!!!! Not the way you want to start vacation. Hope things turn around quickly for him!!
No it wasn't how we wanted to start our vacation.
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Sorry Alex was sick!
Thank You.
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Oh Kristin, I'm so sorry about Alex, I'm feeling for you. I hope we hear it passed quickly.
Michelle
He's a tough little guy. Besides throwing up we never would have known he was sick.
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Poor little guy! Being sick on vacation is everyone's worst nightmare, sorry it happened to you!
Thank You.
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more please
Will try and get more out soon.
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Poor Alex! I am so sorry he was sick on your travel days!
Thank You
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Poor Alex!
Thank You.
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Poor Alex I hope he gets better!
Thank You
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I hope he's better soon! I know all about the getting sick in the car thing - not fun
No it is not fun. Luckily Alex was the only one.
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Poor Alex!!! Getting car sick stinks...hope he perks up soon!!!
Sorry the delay between updates. The end of the week was very busy and with Alex home from school for the weekend it is hard to get a chance to sit and collect my thoughts but we did get our photo pass cd yesterday so I will be able to include those in our TR. I hope to have an update up Monday. Have a great weekend everyone.
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After we passed the gate we got a little lost. Some of the roads were closed, which we found out later in the day were due to the last marathon being run that day. We finally found our way and drove down the road to Fort Wilderness. Now when we arrived I was a bit distracted by Alex being sick so I didn’t get to take pictures on the exact day. Most of these photos are from later in the trip and some I just took today.
The guard was very helpful and directed us to the Reception Outpost to check in.
It was about 8:30 when we got there and we went to the Online Check-in counter. I can’t remember the name of the woman that checked us in but she was very nice and we were happy to be told that our cabin was ready. She gave is our packet, parking pass, first visit buttons and Tom’s birthday button.
She explained to us how the keys work and how the dining plan worked. We were on the deluxe plan and were there 14 nights so we started out with 168 Meal Credits and 112 Snack Credits. I had never really done that math so I was surprised it was that many.
Since Alex was sick we had to get him to the cabin to rest so we kind of had to rush the rest of the check-in she also gave us directions to our cabin and we were on our way. Unfortunately I was only half listening to them and Tom had to go outside with Alex. I was so glad she drew out the directions as well cause when we all get back into the van I had no idea what she said.
We were on our way to the cabin and even though we had a map we still got lost. Tom stopped and looked at the map, he was able to figure it out and we found our loop and pulled up to our cabin.
Because Alex was sick we rushed inside and I didn’t get to get pictures of the cabin before we unpacked the van. I did however get some when we left.
We didn't a good one of the kitchen but it is very nice and perfect if you plan on cooking. I think I immediately fell in love with Fort Wilderness. The area is clean and cabins are nice. It is like having your own home in disney. (I will give a more detailed review at the end of my TR) As we were unpacking the van Tom called the company that we were getting our Golf Cart from and they delivered it in 20-30 minutes. We are pretty sure it was a brand new one too which we were happy with.
(The only picture I had of the Golf Cart lol)
Once we got Alex’s suitcase out we were able to take his temperature (I am soooo glad we thought to bring his thermometer) and found that he had a fever. Plus while we were unpacking he got sick acouple more times. So Tom and I hopped into the golf cart and found out way to Meadows Trading Post. Thankfully they had children’s Advil since I did forget to bring that. When we got back we gave his medicine and he got comfy and fell asleep.
We did some more organizing; I went through what were given and check-in and got myself more familiar with it. Then we all got freshened up from the drive. It felt so good to at least change clothes after that long drive. After about 2 hours or so Alex woke up and seemed to be feeling much better so we decided to sit down and figure out what we wanted to do.
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Finally joining in!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip! Sorry Alex was sick! Hope it didn't last too long. I got sick last year during our trip and it was not fun!!! How long was your drive? Our drive is 15+ hrs., but we stop going & coming as Peter was the only driver. The cabins look great-we had friends who were there while we were in WDW, so they were staying there while you where there.
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I really hope Alex can enjoy the rest of his trip without being sick! Waiting to read more!
Thank You! I am hoping to get more up tomorrow. Alex is actually home sick today. I wanted to and finish 1/8 but Alex needs mommy when he is sick. He seems to be getting sick a lot more this year but I think more kids in his class are coming to school sick too.
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just joined in....Im sorry Alex wasn't feeling well... I hope he got better fast! I can't wait read and see more!
Welcome!! More to come tomorrow!
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Finally joining in!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip! Sorry Alex was sick! Hope it didn't last too long. I got sick last year during our trip and it was not fun!!! How long was your drive? Our drive is 15+ hrs., but we stop going & coming as Peter was the only driver. The cabins look great-we had friends who were there while we were in WDW, so they were staying there while you where there.
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Welcome!! Our Drive is 22-24 hours depending on stops. Next time we are planning on stopping halfway cause doing that drive all at once is just too much. I loved the cabins they were really great. It was nice to get away from the crowds and not have shared walls. More to come tomorrow.
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