Thanks for the sympathy! Unfortunately, this turned out to be the one time my little guy just didn't bounce back - when he shot up to a 102 fever the next day, we made the call that he and my husband would just stay home, sigh. (His fever finally broke today, four days later!) It was honestly probably for the best - the two boys in our small house with one of them very sick would have been a recipe for disaster - but still sad for the little one! That said, it provides an excuse to plan a return trip sooner rather than later, right? And 10yo and I had a really good time with just the two of us - a very different trip than it would have been with the brothers each vying for Mom and Dad's attention!
Highlights: riding GotG (having been die-hard ToT fans) and immediately saying to each other, "Let's do that again" (and because we were in the park by 7:15 for EMH, we could!); enjoying "grown-up fancy meals" (his words!) at Blue Bayou and Lamplight Lounge; watching Fantasmic! from right at the railing, thanks to the Hungry Bear tickets; deciding it was DEFINITELY warm enough for Splash; doing both RSR and Incredicoaster at night (we stayed out way past 5yo's bedtime, after all!); and just generally enjoying mom-and-son conversation that wouldn't have been possible with a family of four.
Have written Guest Services to ask about the possibility of extending the expiration date on their tickets, which would make planning a return trip much easier - fingers crossed for some pixie dust!...