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But there was a bunch OTHER stuff that looked cool, too. I was hoping they might let us COMBINE activities so I could do everything before we had to go back home. I felt kind of bad for being so negative about this trip up until then, and I turned around to tell Mom and Dad I was sorry. But I wish I had just kept watching the video instead.

When we stepped off the bus at the resort, the staff greeted us and handed Mom and Dad frozen drinks. We gave our bags to these guys wearing white gloves, and they said they'd take them directly to our room, And I gotta say, I was IMPRESSED. We went to the front desk, and the lady there explained how everything worked. She said the resort was "all-inclusive," so we didn't need to use cash or credit cards.

The way we paid for stuff was with these plastic cards that doubled as our room keys. Mom and Dad told the receptionist they wanted to stay in the same building they'd stayed in for their honeymoon, but the lady said the resort had CHANGED since then. She said that now, the resort was split into two halves, the "Wild Side" and the "Mild Side." The place Mom and Dad had stayed was on the Wild Side, and kids aren't allowed over there. So she showed us where our building was on the map.

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I could tell Dad was disappointed by the changes, but Mom said it was BETTER this way. She said this was a FAMILY trip, and we didn't need to be around a bunch of young couples partying, anyway. I didn't really care WHICH side of the resort we were on, because it looked to me like both sides had the same basic stuff. What I really cared about was the ROOM. Usually when my family stays at a hotel, we all share a room, and I have to sleep on a cot or a sofabed. So I was pretty shocked to find out we were in a SUITE with PLENTY of space.

There were two rooms in the suite. We all had to share one bathroom, but me and Rodrick each had our own BED, which was the main thing. All I can say is, Mom and Dad must've dropped a LOT of money on this trip. There was a TV in the room I was sharing with Rodrick, but even better than that, there was a ROBE in the closet.