Canceling a Partial Reservation

[Mambo Junkie]

I am a natural worrier. I made a reservation for 5 days in May hoping they will announce a room only discount. If this doesn't happen I will have to cancel 2 days. How hard is that to do? Will it accidentally cancel the whole reservation? If this happens (however temporary) what effect will it have on my ADRs and other reservations? I am staying offsite for the rest of my vacation but hoped to do the 5 day Disney trip onsite.

 

[dancin Disney style]

Your ADR's have nothing to do with a room reservation.

I always over book my days when doing room only or even a package. I do this so that I have more flexibility with regard to booking a flight. It has never been a problem to drop days from the reservation whether it be arriving later or leaving earlier.

Don't worry!

 

[minnie mum]

I don't think I've ever heard of a partial reservation. I think you are referring to a room only reservation. You don't have to cancel and rebook what you have. You only have to MODIFY your existing one, by dropping the unwanted dates. This won't have any effect on any ADRs.

 

[Mambo Junkie]

I don't think I've ever heard of a partial reservation. I think you are referring to a room only reservation. You don't have to cancel and rebook what you have. You only have to MODIFY your existing one, by dropping the unwanted dates. This won't have any effect on any ADRs.

Yea, thanks! What I meant was canceling part of the reservation. It is a room only which is new for me because I usually book a package but this time we are going back to a condo for he rest of our trip as we want to tour other attractions around Orlando and we aren't inclined to leave Disney property when our entire stay is onsite.

 

[DisneyWishes14]

Disney won't just drop dates from an existing reservation anymore. When you go to modify, all will depend on what is currently in room inventory for the new dates you want. If the room is in the new dates' inventory, you are good to go. If not, you may need to pick a different room that is available or see if Guest Services will allow you to make the adjustment.

 

[rwdavis2]

Disney won't just drop dates from an existing reservation anymore. When you go to modify, all will depend on what is currently in room inventory for the new dates you want. If the room is in the new dates' inventory, you are good to go. If not, you may need to pick a different room that is available or see if Guest Services will allow you to make the adjustment.

This is the new policy.

 

[Mambo Junkie]

That's what I was wondering. But at the same time if I am booked May 9-14 and I want to modify to May 9-12, wouldn't those dates still be available if I already have them? I'm just trying to figure what to do. My husband has given me a max amount I can spend and with a discount I can make 5 days work but without it has to be 3.

 

[aaarcher86]

That's what I was wondering. But at the same time if I am booked May 9-14 and I want to modify to May 9-12, wouldn't those dates still be available if I already have them? I'm just trying to figure what to do. My husband has given me a max amount I can spend and with a discount I can make 5 days work but without it has to be 3.

Yes, it's a frustrating policy.

Basically, of it's not available to book fresh they won't just modify for you and open up those 2 days for someone else.

 

[jesse8931]

Yes, it's a frustrating policy.

Basically, of it's not available to book fresh they won't just modify for you and open up those 2 days for someone else.

You can thank the people who scammed disney for more magic bands and fastpass +

 

[jtowntoflorida]

That's what I was wondering. But at the same time if I am booked May 9-14 and I want to modify to May 9-12, wouldn't those dates still be available if I already have them? I'm just trying to figure what to do. My husband has given me a max amount I can spend and with a discount I can make 5 days work but without it has to be 3.

As others have stated, their new policy makes it difficult to shorten reservations. However, it CAN be done...an exception just has to be requested from Guest Services, and it's usually easier to get one when you don't have a discount. We had a great discount (a 35% off bounceback) and they let us drop a day in August for our trip in October, and preserved the discount for the remaining days.

So, it's not automatic. You'll have to call and you likely won't get a response right away (ETA: the agent on the phone will have to make the request through Guest Services, which usually takes a day or two to get an answer on). I'd just be prepared to stay offsite on those days, and I'd wait to drop until you're within the 30 day window, so you can have your FP+s booked for your length of stay at 60 days.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

You know what I would do in your situation? Book the short reservation now. Then you can drop the appropriate reservation when the time comes and you don't have to deal with shortening one. The only downside is that you'll have a second deposit tied up until you decide which reservation to keep.

 

[aaarcher86]

You can thank the people who scammed disney for more magic bands and fastpass +

I don't actually think they're the problem. They can just cancel with no reprocussions within 30 days and not lose that stuff.

I think they had a lot of people booking their max trip and chopping days off leaving random days open. Either way, it stinks. It's hard to know exacts all the time when planning this far ahead.

 

[jesse8931]

I don't actually think they're the problem. They can just cancel with no reprocussions within 30 days and not lose that stuff.

I think they had a lot of people booking their max trip and chopping days off leaving random days open. Either way, it stinks. It's hard to know exacts all the time when planning this far ahead.

I know for a fact it was.
They would buy tickets book a room wait until the last minute and cancel allowing them to have fast pass + when they should not have them.

 

[minnie mum]

You know what I would do in your situation? Book the short reservation now. Then you can drop the appropriate reservation when the time comes and you don't have to deal with shortening one. The only downside is that you'll have a second deposit tied up until you decide which reservation to keep.

I don't believe you can have two reservations ( same guests listed on both reservations.) for the same time period.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

I don't believe you can have two reservations ( same guests listed on both reservations.) for the same time period.

Sure you can. Set up a second MDE account.

 

[canyoncam]

I don't believe you can have two reservations ( same guests listed on both reservations.) for the same time period.

Sure you can. Set up a second MDE account.

You definitely can and don't even need a second MDE. I did it for last year and again for this year. Same resort and overlapping dates with the same guest names. Did it over the phone and the CM only mentioned she saw my first one but did not question me in anyway and continued booking my second reservation. Both stayed on for 6 months last year until I cancelled the one I did not need. This years were made over three weeks ago now and are both still just fine.

 

[jesse8931]

You definitely can and don't even need a second MDE. I did it for last year and again for this year. Same resort and overlapping dates with the same guest names. Did it over the phone and the CM only mentioned she saw my first one but did not question me in anyway and continued booking my second reservation. Both stayed on for 6 months last year until I cancelled the one I did not need. This years were made over three weeks ago now and are both still just fine.

This can not be done anymore. It's rude and unethical. While your busy making up your mind you are wasting Disneys time and holding a reservation that someone else wants.

 

[aaarcher86]

I know for a fact it was.
They would buy tickets book a room wait until the last minute and cancel allowing them to have fast pass + when they should not have them.

Unless you work for Disney with inout into the change, you can't really know that. I know what people would know what people would/still do.

But regardless, this policy doesn't affect them continuing to do that. So if it was changed to prevent people doing that, it doesn't. The people this policy affects aren't wanting to cancel.

 

[jesse8931]

Unless you work for Disney with inout into the change, you can't really know that. I know what people would know what people would/still do.

But regardless, this policy doesn't affect them continuing to do that. So if it was changed to prevent people doing that, it doesn't. The people this policy affects aren't wanting to cancel.

Yes it does if you cancel your room it voids the fast pass +.

 

[aaarcher86]

Yes it does if you cancel your room it voids the fast pass +.

Not if you're within 30 days.