We stayed at the Great Neck Inn and befriended a soon to be plebe he was fine. I assure you there will be many a parent ready to "adopt" and look after your child. Our drop off was very fast that morning and we spent the rest of the day "stalking" to try to find a quick glimpse of our DS. All will be fine, I assure you. Get ready to sped countless hours looking for photos.
Oh stalking for photos- does that ever being back memories of last summer! I think I did productive work for 30 minutes/day and searched photos for the other 7 1/2! The whole time I kept marveling at how well I was coping. Looking back- it was the "lost summer" and I was a disaster!