Cancellation fee for Disneyland Resort Packages?

[drag n' fly]

Uggggh! Since when did they start charging cancellation fees on their packages? Even though this has left me with a not so very magical feeling I guess I should have read the fine print......jerks

Here it is:

LAND CANCELLATION/CHANGE FEES: A fee is assessed each time a change and/or cancellation is made. The cancellation/change fees are per reservation and are as follows:

Days prior to arrival ..........Change.........................Cancel

*
31+ ...........................$0............................$100
*
30-0...........................$50...........................$200

 

[Sherry E]

This is actually nothing new, believe it or not. For packages, there will always be a penalty for cancellation, and the closer to the arrival date you cancel, the higher the penalty. I had to cancel a package a couple of years ago, to the tune of $100!! That is the policy of the Walt Disney Travel Comany, which handles all the packages, whether overtly or covertly. If you book directly through Central reservations - better known as Room Only - there will be no penalty for cancellation if you cancel outside of 5 days prior to arrival. You can even add in tickets to your Room Only reservation and it will not be considered a package, but as soon as there is that pesky 'package' label on the reservation, it takes it to a different category and there will be cancellation penalties or fees to make changes to your reservation. Room Only/Central (reservations) doen't penalize you to make changes.

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Like Sherry said, these have been around for a long time. On the change fees, though, if you change to a more expensive package, you are typically not charged the change fee.

I believe it's $25 prior to 30 days for a change fee.

 

[drag n' fly]

Thanks for letting me know. I guess I just took it for granted since WDW does not do the same

 

[Littleprincess2010]

Did you purchase the Travel insurance option? I thought that covered you in case of cancellation?

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

This is more accurate for the change/cancellation fees:

...............................Change............................Cancel
30+ .............................$25.............................$100
29-5.............................$50.............................$200
4-1...............................$75............................ 50% of package price

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/disneyland/disneylandterms.htm

Here are the change/cancellation fees for WDW

Package Cancellation & Change Fees:


No refunds will be given to no shows.


Cancellation: If the reservation is cancelled, amounts paid, minus cancellation fees and other amounts owed, will be refunded. For a cancellation made 45 to 6 days prior to guest arrival, there is a cancellation fee of $100 per package, plus any cancellation fees assessed by hotels or other suppliers. For a cancellation made 7 days or less prior to guest arrival, there is a cancellation fee of $200 per package, plus any cancellation fees assessed by hotels or other suppliers; provided, however, that for a cancellation of a Grand Gathering experience add-on option made 5 days or less prior to the experience date, no refund will be given.

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/room_package_terms.htm

 

[bumbershoot]

If you have any dates you could change to, perhaps that would be better than outright canceling?

Am I reading what you pasted right? $0 change fee outside of 31+ days? If that's right, that's actually better than it was before. I booked March '07 for our September '07 trip, and two times got sweetie-pie CMs who waived the change fees for me (which were clearly stated on my info), even when I dropped the package down a bit (not to be expected, but was a lovely surprise).

If the zero dollar thing had been in effect then I wouldn't have had to worry!


Sorry you are having to cancel!

 

[blackjackdelta]

When we did a package in 97, the fee's were there. Sorry.

Jack

 

[drag n' fly]

We have only ever stayed onsite once at DL and of course never canceled and made any changes. I dont believe we have ever canceled a WDW package. Oh well lesson learned.
Once ROA gulch is filled and everything is up and running we will go back

 

[petrymom]

Thanks for letting me know. I guess I just took it for granted since WDW does not do the same

Don't feel bad - I did the same thing - wasn't going to necessarily cancel, just wanted to make changes and I ended up leaving everything alone otherwise I would have incurred over $200 in charges..... That's okay will keep in mind for the future I guess.

 

[piglet1234]

Thanks for this info, I need to change my reservation.

 

[lalasmama]

Thanks for this info, I need to change my reservation.

You realize this thread is 7 years old, correct?