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calypso726 · Jul 17, 2016

lildreamer101 said:
I wonder if the price is that much because of the hotel chosen? Isn't the Polynesian expensive? Hmm.

Probably. I wish there was an option for a DVC member to just use their own points for accommodations only that would bring down the cost.

CaliforniaGirl09 · Jul 17, 2016

aggiedog said:
There was one posted a couple days ago, but it got disappeared. I'm not sure why.

I read it, too. It was by a travel agent though so that might be why it was taken off.

tgeorge · Jul 17, 2016

I saw that and was wondering why it

CaliforniaGirl09 said:
I read it, too. It was buy a travel agent though so that might be why it was taken off.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones who read it too. That is exactly what I thought. She did a great synopsis and made it actually sound quite nice. But, she was also trying to further her business.

aggiedog · Jul 17, 2016

That makes sense. Some of the verbiage was a bit brochure-like. How would I have known it was a TA? Or are y'all just familiar with the poster?

Rapunzellover · Jul 17, 2016

aggiedog--. The poster gave an email address for her business. It was obviously a TA.

aggiedog · Jul 17, 2016

Thanks, I missed that. I was quick skimming posts at work.

sayhello · Jul 17, 2016

Rapunzellover said:
aggiedog--. The poster gave an email address for her business. It was obviously a TA.

Well, that would explain why it disappeared. That's not allowed on the DIS. It *is* sponsored by a Travel Agency.

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tgeorge · Jul 17, 2016

It is unfortunate that there couldn't have been a deletion of her email address while leaving the review. It was pretty informative and it sounds like she really enjoyed it.

CaliforniaGirl09 · Jul 17, 2016

aggiedog said:
That makes sense. Some of the verbiage was a bit brochure-like. How would I have known it was a TA? Or are y'all just familiar with the poster?

Too funny! That was exactly what I thought, too.

Tikitoi · Jul 17, 2016

CaliforniaGirl09 said:
I read it, too. It was by a travel agent though so that might be why it was taken off.

I got to read it too. It was a great report.

tink1970 · Jul 17, 2016

I thought it was good too, but my first thought was "how long will this stay up since she mentioned her business and listed her email?" I wish I could remember better what it said but the upshot was she enjoyed herself and felt it was a good Adventure.

carpenta · Jul 17, 2016

I asked a question on if she had paid full fare or been "compt" for the review? It is good to know where the post is coming from and if there was influence in any way financial. Plus it was a bold advertisement for her T.A.. ( a travel agency sponsors this great web site so I fully understand).

Cinderella's Slipper 2015 · Jul 18, 2016

lildreamer101 said:
I wonder if the price is that much because of the hotel chosen? Isn't the Polynesian expensive? Hmm.

2017 trips stay at the Yacht Club now, not the Poly.

BluesTraveler · Jul 18, 2016

I read it as well and while it gave some good information, it definitely came across as sell, sell, sell and was a clear push for folks to book through her. I'm not surprised it was deleted.

lildreamer101 · Jul 18, 2016

Cinderella's Slipper 2015 said:
2017 trips stay at the Yacht Club now, not the Poly.

It's still the same price. EEK!

Cinderella's Slipper 2015 · Jul 18, 2016

lildreamer101 said:
It's still the same price. EEK!

That's standard operating procedure with ABD these days. Downgrade certain elements of the trip or drop them all together but charge the same as before. They dropped an entire day off the Scotland trip but didn't adjust the trip price to reflect the change.

lildreamer101 · Jul 18, 2016

Cinderella's Slipper 2015 said:
That's standard operating procedure with ABD these days. Downgrade certain elements of the trip or drop them all together but charge the same as before. They dropped an entire day off the Scotland trip but didn't adjust the trip price to reflect the change.

WHAT?! That's crazy! Makes me wonder if I should ever use ABD...

Cinderella's Slipper 2015 · Jul 18, 2016

lildreamer101 said:
WHAT?! That's crazy! Makes me wonder if I should ever use ABD...

If you've never done a guided tour before then it's a good way to be introduced to that type of touring. That's what we did. We did the Backstage Magic trip to DL and we are doing Central Europe with ABD. After Central Europe in September though we are switching tour companies. We will consider ABD in future but the trip will have to be pretty amazing.

lildreamer101 · Jul 23, 2016

I wonder what ABD I will take. Hmm. I was hoping a WDW ABD trip report will become available.

ConstanceHatchaway · Aug 25, 2016

Here I am, waltzing into this thread way late.

We'll be doing the October 2nd through October 8th adult exclusive of this trip. We were scheduled for dates in November but it appears that all of these trips were cancelled except two - the one we're going on and the non-adult-exclusive happening October 30th through November 5th. Last week when I checked there were 2017 dates on the ABD Web site for this trip but tonight as I review it appears that there are not?

The only reason we didn't cancel is because we're going on the original itinerary at the Polynesian. We would have opted out if it was the new Yacht Club itinerary.

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