vacation catastrophie

There always has to be a major hiccup in every vacation (at least every one that I have had) and this year's is definitely the major camera disaster in the Pirates of the Caribbean. For a bit of background ... our 4 year old is mortally terrified of the dark, but loves, loves, loves Jack Sparrow (no, he hasn't seen the movie, but the brainwashers at Disney :-) managed to suck him in!!) So, the dilemma - do we stay (in the daylight) or do we go (to the darkside)...

Notice, I said "daylight" not "sunlight" ... the weather gods answered the question for us as the gloomy skies opened up and it started POURING just as we were entering Frontierland - so WE GO!!!

The little guy cried, laughed, giggled, cringed, screamed and wimpered through the whole ride. We got to the end and he was practically jumping out of the "boat" - I stood up to grab him, forgot my camera was sitting on my thigh, and heard "KER_PLUNK" as it fell straight over the side of the boat into the water - let's not discuss the size of my thighs!

Gone - my 3 year old awesome camera along with 427 pictures from our vacation. Probably stuck under the belts and in the water forever, or until the maintenance guys find it during cleaning some day.

Boo-hoo!