I reread my previous post and it does sound like an attack. Didn't mean it that way at all. I am sensitive to getting hopes up that are very likely to lead to disappointment. What I meant to say is that the best way to not get your hopes up is to not dwell on the unlikelies. I have been known to be disappointed myself when my own expectations weren't met - even though I knew in my head that what I wanted wasn't likely - I still dreamed. I didn't like to admit it but when my room was one of the worst of the standard view rooms (but what we had paid for, after all), I was disappointed. Hoping for an upgrade sometimes just means even less happiness with some of the not so good rooms that occur in every category. And, sometimes, we all end up in one of those - at least as often as we get upgraded.
Nowadays, I assume that I am getting the worst room in whatever level I book. That way, I am content with whatever comes around. That works for me, perhaps not for you.
I don't know if this makes any sense, but I try to dream of the things that I can make happen like eating at Boma, swimming in the beautiful pool at night, breakfast in the outside tables by Mara, the first walk along Main street in the MK - fullfillable dreams that won't lead to a vague feeling of disappointment
Sorry if I offended anyone with my last post. There is no excuse for the sharp tone that i used (I don't understand it myself). I apologize.
. It is just an innocent curiosity is all. Isn't that partly why we are all here? 
