2016 ABD Dates are live on the Dreams Unlimited Travel Site inc. pricing

[DisneyKevin]

www.DreamsUnlimitedTravel

 

[Lawyer Mommy]

Thank you, Kevin. Can you please give your email address again? It will be helpful for those of us (like me) who want to book now that the new dates are out.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Kevin@DreamsUnlimitedTravel.com

Kelsie Johnson (Kelsie@DreamsUnlimitedTravel.com) will be covering for me beginning tomorrow.

With ABD historically releasing dates in May, we thought we were safe in booking an Alaskan cruise in June.

Well....that didn't work so well.

Please let me know what I can do to assist.

 

[OKW Lover]

Thank you, Kevin. Can you please give your email address again? It will be helpful for those of us (like me) who want to book now that the new dates are out.

I know he's really busy right now so he might not see this for a while. His address is kevin@dreamsunlimitedtravel.com

 

[DisneyKevin]

I'm here and available!

 

[canadakath]

Any idea why the Scotland ABD goes from 8 nights in 2015 down to 7 nights in 2016? A quick review of the two itineraries on DU website it looks like the Isle of Lewis is gone. That seems like a bit of a disappointment. Comments form anyone who has been on this adventure?

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

HI DisneyKevin,
I have a few questions about the China adventure:
(1) I don't see any guaranteed dates on the website--do you know those?
(2) The June 19th date is listed on dreams but the ABD website says "call for waitlist." What's that about?
(3) On the itinerary the only change I see is the first night activities and the new Beijing hotel? I'm surprised with Disney shanghai opening that there wouldn't be an evening there?
Thanks so much,
Monica

 

[alldiz]

Any idea why the Scotland ABD goes from 8 nights in 2015 down to 7 nights in 2016? A quick review of the two itineraries on DU website it looks like the Isle of Lewis is gone. That seems like a bit of a disappointment. Comments form anyone who has been on this adventure?

Wow. that is disappointing. I didn't notice the 1 less night(looked briefly) but I did notice it was more than 600 bucks more so that combined with 1 less night is terrible!!
Kerri

 

[canadakath]

Wow. that is disappointing. I didn't notice the 1 less night(looked briefly) but I did notice it was more than 600 bucks more so that combined with 1 less night is terrible!!
Kerri

Yes this is my dream ABD trip and it is really too hard to justify now. Going to the more out of the way destinations was what made this look like a great itinerary compared to what I could plan myself with a private guide. Sad to see this change.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Yes this is my dream ABD trip and it is really too hard to justify now. Going to the more out of the way destinations was what made this look like a great itinerary compared to what I could plan myself with a private guide. Sad to see this change.

Wow, what a huge ABD fail! They got rid of the entire day in Lewis with the private plane trip which is a major highlight of the trip and one of the justifications I gave people for the price! This is just what they did to the Alaska add-on years back: got rid of one of the most expensive parts of the itinerary and tried to keep the same price. Feels like an attempt to maximize profitability at the expense of what makes the trips special. Things like this really leave a bad taste in my mouth about the product, and reinforce my opinion that the best time to do a trip is the first year it's offered.

 

[alldiz]

Yes this is my dream ABD trip and it is really too hard to justify now. Going to the more out of the way destinations was what made this look like a great itinerary compared to what I could plan myself with a private guide. Sad to see this change.

Reading outlanders now which put Scotland at top of my list. Private plane was a really cool part of the trip to an out of the way place. Most disappointing!!

Wow, what a huge ABD fail! They got rid of the entire day in Lewis with the private plane trip which is a major highlight of the trip and one of the justifications I gave people for the price! This is just what they did to the Alaska add-on years back: got rid of one of the most expensive parts of the itinerary and tried to keep the same price. Feels like an attempt to maximize profitability at the expense of what makes the trips special. Things like this really leave a bad taste in my mouth about the product, and reinforce my opinion that the best time to do a trip is the first year it's offered.

Didn't even keep price the same looks to be more expensive :-(
Kerri

 

[tgeorge]

I'm reading Outlander also and doing so definitely had me interested in the Scotland trip in the future. Sad to hear about the changes. That really is too bad. Maybe by the time I get to go they will have rethought their choice about taking that day away. I can see how others are very disappointed

 

[DisneyKevin]

HI DisneyKevin,
I have a few questions about the China adventure:
(1) I don't see any guaranteed dates on the website--do you know those?
(2) The June 19th date is listed on dreams but the ABD website says "call for waitlist." What's that about?
(3) On the itinerary the only change I see is the first night activities and the new Beijing hotel? I'm surprised with Disney shanghai opening that there wouldn't be an evening there?
Thanks so much,
Monica

Sorry for the delay...been on the phone with ABD.

ABD has no dates guaranteed yet for any Adventure. This may possibly change tomorrow, but they are uncertain of when they will definitely have that info.

We were given the dates to enter into our system. The "waitlist" notification could mean many things. It could mean that a group has reserved the entire trip. It could mean that there are details that need to be finalized for that date. There could be any number of reasons.

#3 is not something I can address. It seems that Shanghai Disney would be a great addition, but it seems they have chosen to plan the trip without it.

Please let me know if I can assist.

 

[CaliforniaGirl09]

Sorry for the delay...been on the phone with ABD.

ABD has no dates guaranteed yet for any Adventure. This may possibly change tomorrow, but they are uncertain of when they will definitely have that info.

We were given the dates to enter into our system. The "waitlist" notification could mean many things. It could mean that a group has reserved the entire trip. It could mean that there are details that need to be finalized for that date. There could be any number of reasons.

#3 is not something I can address. It seems that Shanghai Disney would be a great addition, but it seems they have chosen to plan the trip without it.

Please let me know if I can assist.

Thanks so much for the answers/explanations, Kevin. It's frustrating that they wait all this time to release dates and still can't get it together (re guaranteed dates).

 

[Cousin Orville]

#3 is not something I can address. It seems that Shanghai Disney would be a great addition, but it seems they have chosen to plan the trip without it.

Not surprised, but it would have been cool to arrange something at Shanghai Disney. I'd definitely go there on my own the full day in Shanghai. Hopefully ABD will come up with something creative to tie in Shanghai Disney in the near future.

 

[Cousin Orville]

Wow, what a huge ABD fail! They got rid of the entire day in Lewis with the private plane trip which is a major highlight of the trip and one of the justifications I gave people for the price! This is just what they did to the Alaska add-on years back: got rid of one of the most expensive parts of the itinerary and tried to keep the same price. Feels like an attempt to maximize profitability at the expense of what makes the trips special. Things like this really leave a bad taste in my mouth about the product, and reinforce my opinion that the best time to do a trip is the first year it's offered.

I commented on this in the other thread with a lighter attitude, but now that I see I'm not the only one upset about this I'll get on my soapbox. Going out to the Isle of Lewis is an example of what makes ABD great. How the heck else are you going to easily take your children out to such remote, infrequently visited but awesome places. I know how annoying this comes across, but I have to say it - it's probably a deal breaker for me. It was a top contender for me today (still hadn't made up my mind) but it will be off the list for now.

Kind of reminds me of newly opened WDW restaurants that are awesome for the first few months, but then the bean counters suck the flavor out later on... So disappointing.

 

[sayhello]

Not surprised, but it would have been cool to arrange something at Shanghai Disney. I'd definitely go there on my own the full day in Shanghai. Hopefully ABD will come up with something creative to tie in Shanghai Disney in the near future.

My guess is that there's no 100% guarantee that Shanghai Disney will be open by next summer, and they wouldn't want to have to remove it from the itinerary. (Yes, I know it's scheduled to open in December 2015, but they would have had to make arrangements for 2016 quite some time ago). Hopefully it will get added on in 2017.

Any idea why the Scotland ABD goes from 8 nights in 2015 down to 7 nights in 2016? A quick review of the two itineraries on DU website it looks like the Isle of Lewis is gone. That seems like a bit of a disappointment. Comments form anyone who has been on this adventure?

That is a travesty! The trip to the Isle of Lewis is one of the highlights of the Scotland trip, and removing it definitely makes this a lesser trip. It still does some great things, but the Isle of Lewis was one of those special things you just couldn't arrange on your own. Such a sad decision!

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[alldiz]

I commented on this in the other thread with a lighter attitude, but now that I see I'm not the only one upset about this I'll get on my soapbox. Going out to the Isle of Lewis is an example of what makes ABD great. How the heck else are you going to easily take your children out to such remote, infrequently visited but awesome places. I know how annoying this comes across, but I have to say it - it's probably a deal breaker for me. It was a top contender for me today (still hadn't made up my mind) but it will be off the list for now.

Kind of reminds me of newly opened WDW restaurants that are awesome for the first few months, but then the bean counters suck the flavor out later on... So disappointing.

Yes it was in the top of my list and sadly it is no longer.
Only reason I would pay ABD prices is to do unique things at hard to get to places. Scotland IMO (could be wrong )probably attracts an older crowd normally so this unique agenda appealed greatly to me.
Venting my disappointment again!
Kerri

 

[WeLoveABD]

Yes it was in the top of my list and sadly it is no longer.
Only reason I would pay ABD prices is to do unique things at hard to get to places. Scotland IMO (could be wrong )probably attracts an older crowd normally so this unique agenda appealed greatly to me.
Venting my disappointment again!
Kerri

That was a great day so sad to see it gone. It would be nice to hear from ABD the reasons for the change...maybe airport issues?

 

[sayhello]

That was a great day so sad to see it gone. It would be nice to hear from ABD the reasons for the change...maybe airport issues?

Sayhello