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I feel various things but being pushed around isn't one of them.And that reinforces the idea that Disney can push you around.
I feel various things but being pushed around isn't one of them.And that reinforces the idea that Disney can push you around.
That’s not possible today. They’ve locked down everything. Fortunately, I got most of mine done before today. Just a couple left I have to call on.
No kids yet?Right now, the plan is to go. We aren't too concerned about the changes. Me and my wife were discussing how it will be different, but then we realized that WDW has been 'different' for a few years now. WDW is always changing....sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. I don't think we will ever capture that feeling that we had on our first trip, and that is OK. We are keeping an eye on the trends of the virus and how re-opening affects that, but if all goes well, then we are going at the end of August.
Does anyone else think like me, that this is exactly what Disney's goal is, for people to stay away. They could be concerned about large crowds and their ability to handle them safely. They will do the best they can until Sept 2021 and hopfully will be able to start the 50th Anniversary Oct 1 and run it through 2022. My family wants to go back November 2021 but I'm thinking maybe we should wait until 2022.
Agreed.But they're botching it badly ...
No kids yet?
Does anyone else think like me, that this is exactly what Disney's goal is, for people to stay away. They could be concerned about large crowds and their ability to handle them safely. They will do the best they can until Sept 2021 and hopfully will be able to start the 50th Anniversary Oct 1 and run it through 2022. My family wants to go back November 2021 but I'm thinking maybe we should wait until 2022.
Totally agree and look at Shanghai... We're not all just guessing...we're using actual facts and past experience (I know what they do to compensate for lower attendance; I've seen it with my own eyes.) We're not naysayers, we're just not living in lala land and being a servant of an increasingly greedy company. If you want to live ignorantly in bliss that's on you...but others well we prefer realistic facts.I can assure you, there is not one single negative comment I've made that I enjoyed. That's really, really insulting to those of us who have been sitting here since March, believing Disney would do the right thing, changing reservations, changing vacation time, trying to adjust flights, accepting paying more because they refused *and are still refusing* to honor previously booked discounts, dealing with disappointed children and rolling with every punch only to find out that Disney knew for a long time what their intent was, but wanted our money enough they were willing to be deceptive about it and keep people hanging on.
What you call naysayers, I call realistic. The day I have to "stick a smile" on my face to go to WDW, instead of that smile coming naturally and coming because it's such an amazing experience, is the day I don't go.
If you did a bounceback or military discount etc. you can't cancel or modify online unfortunately.For those canceling, I was able to cancel my reservation on-line yesterday under My Disney Experience. I got the email confirmations almost right away. No need to wait on hold.
Was on hold for 40 mins and cancelled - (July 14-28)I guess yesterdays news takes our cancel chances from 99 to100. We will be cancelling as soon as we can get through on the phone lines. Losing our free dining bounce back was really the last straw.
I am surprised not everyone is cancelling. Seems like a lot of money for a reduced experience
My wife and I were just having this discussion over breakfast. I honestly believe they want people to cancel at this point for crowd control purposes.
Cm I spoke with this morning said they are getting ton of cancellations (and she didn't blame me at all)
Someone in another thread hinted that Disney may be trying to make going to WDW so miserable to start with that people cancel their trips on their own. Obviously they are succeeding based on your anecdotal response from the CM you spoke to when you cancelled your trip.
I would think it would be hard to be a "happy" CM right now as there really isn't much to be happy about. I would NOT want to be working reservations as a CM at the moment, it's not their decision to ruin so many people's vacations but I'm sure they are getting an earful from angry customers sadly.