This is my first post here, I'll post an introduction somewhere later, but I had to ask this question first.

All the lucid dreaming sites that I've been on emphasize the ecstacy that arises when you gain lucidity, presumably because you are suddenly aware of the complete freedom you have, but I don't remember having ever experienced this. I haven't had many, but my best lucid dream is as follows:

I'm really into Japan. I've never been there but I'm crazy about the country and have been for a couple of years. It was about a year ago that I had this dream. About an hour before going to bed I'd been reading up on traditional Japanese hotels and fantasizing, but I didn't think anything of it when I went to bed.
In my dream, I found myself in one of these hotels. It was like a dream come true. I was walking around the place with my parents. I checked out my room, with the bed all laid out. I remember changing into slippers to walk around and thinking about what breakfast would be like the following morning. Then I took a walk outside in the garden. It was huge. There was a thin path surrounded by grass as high as my waist that led down to a hot spring. I saw some people bathing in it and was eyeing up the pretty girls. Then I walked back. I'd never felt at such peace. I never have since. It was like heaven. It felt like it was never going to end. I then realised my parents hadn't properly booked the room, so they did that and I waited in the reception area.
I remember the thoughts that came into my head. First I thought about going down town in the evening, then I thought "Wait a second....how did I get here?". I was confused. I tried to remember the flight over, then I realised I couldn't. There wasn't one. Then it hit me - this was a dream.

The disappointment! My God! My vision went blurry and I soon woke up. But it was horrible. It was like being taken away from paradise.

Has anyone else experienced something similar? Have the veterans here had more of that type of feeling or more feelings of ecstacy upon becoming lucid? Is there anything that can be done about it?

Thanks a lot for reading. I'm glad I found this site. It seems top quality.