ABD cancelations

[disneytraveler]

My September 11th Fairtale Adventures trip has been cancelled. Now looking into the 25th as date for Germany.

 

[DoxiMom]

I was just wondering if you were able to rebook for the 9/25 trip. My husband and I are booked on this date and have not heard anything about a cancellation.

Good luck!

 

[1whooper]

I was booked on the Sept. 19th Adults Only Tour. Today it was cancelled and I have rebooked for the Sept. 25th tour. Who else is going on this tour? There are 3 of us, DH, DD(25) and myself.

 

[redzinner]

I was booked on the Sept. 19th Adults Only Tour. Today it was cancelled and I have rebooked for the Sept. 25th tour. Who else is going on this tour? There are 3 of us, DH, DD(25) and myself.

I guess you aren't too upset 1whooper since you were able to rebook. Glad it worked out for you. Are the Molicks still joining you on the reschedule date?

We met up with Grumpy and Mary Ann yesterday in Italy (Epcot) and had some wine. We enjoyed our day even though Epcot was very crowded!

I'm still hoping that our Ireland trip is a go. As each day passes I have more faith that it will happen.

Adventurers, Andiamo!

 

[1whooper]

Sally
Yes ,Mary and Steve are still going with us on the Sept. 25th tour. I hope your tour is a go! I think you will be fine. Glad you had a good time in Epcot with Mary Ann and Grumpy!

 

[kristilew]

Ah, redzinner, there's my sweet Rags - I missed him!

 

[disneytraveler]

I was just wondering if you were able to rebook for the 9/25 trip. My husband and I are booked on this date and have not heard anything about a cancellation.

Good luck!

I have the trip rebooked now for the 25th with a pre-stay on the 24th. Abd will credit my account for the rebooking fee which was not much. I got the same flights for the new dates to from Orbitz.

 

[disneytraveler]

I was booked on the Sept. 19th Adults Only Tour. Today it was cancelled and I have rebooked for the Sept. 25th tour. Who else is going on this tour? There are 3 of us, DH, DD(25) and myself.

I will meet you there

 

[2RGR8]

Hi all -

Our trip to London/Paris for June 22nd has been canceled. We rebooked for June 15th but there is still a risk it could cancel. Bummer

 

[DoxiMom]

I have the trip rebooked now for the 25th with a pre-stay on the 24th. Abd will credit my account for the rebooking fee which was not much. I got the same flights for the new dates to from Orbitz.

I am so glad you were able to rebook!! Yeah! My DH and I will see you there!

 

[beckmom]

Hi all -

Our trip to London/Paris for June 22nd has been canceled. We rebooked for June 15th but there is still a risk it could cancel. Bummer

Hi 2RGR8,
We're in Spring, TX and have been watching this board looking for London/Paris cancellations. Unfortunately, yours was the first and I'm wondering if our July 20th trip will make it. Good luck on your rebook. I figure we're all in this together somehow!

 

[Ivory]

Scary!, When did you find out about the London/Paris cancellation??

We're booked for the July 31, hopefully still on!

 

[sayhello]

You know, I have to say, although I'm not happy that ABD is having to cancel so many trips, and that mine was one of them, they have really bent over backwards for me to re-book me on a vacation that works for me. They are taking care of re-booking my airfare so that I can get there, with as little financial impact to me as possible.

I know they are being vague about whether trips are a "Go" or not, but once a trip *is* cancelled, the 3 travel specialists I've worked with have all been extremely friendly and helpful. I just want folks to know that it is not necessarily all doom & gloom if your trip gets cancelled. I was pretty limited in when I could go on this vacation due to work, and they worked with me to get me on a tour that left just 3 days before my old trip. Fortunately, I didn't have a lot of other plans made, besides the airfare. All the hotel rooms I'd booked, I can cancel with no penalty at this time. I'm really quite content with how things worked out.

I hope everyone who gets cancelled has as good an experience as I did. I really felt like they *wanted* me to travel with ABD, and were willing to go the extra mile to get me there. I feel really bad for folks who have other plans that make re-booking impossible, but for those who can be a little flexible, ASK them; they said "yes" to everything I asked for (within reason!)

Sayhello

PS, I am really grateful to the folks on this forum. The "head's up" that these cancellations were happening gave me a chance to look at ABD's schedule and decide ahead of time what I would ask for if my tour got cancelled. I think that helped tremendously. I was not blind-sided; I didn't overreact; I was prepared & rational. The DIS rules!

 

[disneytraveler]

My cancellation and rebooking was handled well by the travel specialist at ABD.

 

[figmentfan2009]

I know they are being vague about whether trips are a "Go" or not, but once a trip *is* cancelled, the 3 travel specialists I've worked with have all been extremely friendly and helpful. I just want folks to know that it is not necessarily all doom & gloom if your trip gets cancelled. I was pretty limited in when I could go on this vacation due to work, and they worked with me to get me on a tour that left just 3 days before my old trip. Fortunately, I didn't have a lot of other plans made, besides the airfare. All the hotel rooms I'd booked, I can cancel with no penalty at this time. I'm really quite content with how things worked out.

The DIS rules!

The travel specialists were fantastic! I agree with that 100% and having the lady work with me who is the China specialist was even more great.

The people I had a problem with was the airline specialists. They kept "forgetting" that they were supposed to call me back and mention that we might actually have flight reservations. But it all worked out well in the end. I have a way better feeling about this trip being a go!


Now, we are nearly down to the "two digit" level for our Disney World trip for StarWars Weekends... that means when we come back it will only be about 5 more weeks till China! Better start trying to learn some more of my useful phrases...

 

[nordkin]

Quest for the West all Sept dates have been cancelled. I received the call yesterday and when I called back today I was told the last trip leaving is Aug 30.

 

[wdwsos]

Hi 2RGR8,
We're in Spring, TX and have been watching this board looking for London/Paris cancellations. Unfortunately, yours was the first and I'm wondering if our July 20th trip will make it. Good luck on your rebook. I figure we're all in this together somehow!

Hi Beckmom!

I just booked a family of four from Spring, TX, on Quest for the West in late July. I have to honestly admit that I didn't know Spring existed until last week, so I was a little surprised to see your post. For a second, I worried that I booked my clients on the wrong trip - lol!

Dotti

 

[tomandrobin]

OP here......

We were all "jacked-up" to book a ABD trip to Italy for 2010. But after all the current cancellations, we have decided against using ABD for our trip to Italy. We are going to book everything ourselves. With our initial planning, we have realized we can get a 14 day trip to Italy for about half the price, and probably less then half.

 

[2RGR8]

Hi All -

So I spoke with my Disney rep yesterday and she couldn't have been nicer. Maybe it was because I was using sugar instead of vinegar when speaking to her?? Anyway, because our original tour was canceled (june 22) we took advantage of having to go earlier and are now able to catch a performance of the London Symphony Orchestra which for my kids is a dream come true. I asked if I could book a pre-night with them and they said I could but it would be $657.00 - FOR ONE NIGHT!!! So I looked on line at Mariott and I can book it myself for $350.00. When I told her that, she said to go ahead and book it myself but that they would still give me the pre-night transfer and pick us up at the airport. She said she would also put in a request that we get the same room assigned for the duration of our stay so we wouldn't have to change rooms. Pretty accommodating if you ask me. She also told me there were only 4 rooms left on that tour (which to me meant 8 spaces open) so it looks like we are pretty safe for no further cancellations. I rebooked my flights this morning and ABD is picking up the change fee.

 

[mwebsite]

Nice that they agreed to cover your transfers when you didn't book the pre night with them. I asked about this for my Viva Italia, as the room rates have decreased online, and the rep said they wouldn't cover my airport transfers if I booked it myself. I even asked if management would look into revising these pre and post night rates with the hotels in light of the economy and falling prices. She said she would ask (though I got the impression she really wouldn't) but that this has been discussed before and they would not renegotiate. I'm guessing because you were dealing with a tour that had been cancelled they were being more accomodating.