hi guys, thanks for all of your hugs, you're very kind.
I would rebook for 2008 but I'll be applying to work at EPCOT for the July 08-July 09 season so won't actually need a holiday to go to WDW. I know I will be there for an entire year, but it's not quite the same as being on holiday, and I did want to go just once more as a guest before becoming a CM but no matter. WDW will always be there.
It looks like I am still going on holiday with the girl who stepped in when the first girl dropped out. Sam (the girl who stepped in) wouldnt have been able to go to WDW as she's due to graduate from her PhD while we were due out in the states (which, if you ask me, is a good reason not to go!)....but she has said we will grab a week away somewhere sunny at the beginning of june instead, and we have seen a rather lovely hotel on the Cape Verde Islands. Tourism hasn't hit this collection of hot, sunny, unspoilt islands yet, and we'd be going all inclusive, so more of a relaxation holiday than anything else, but it will be the week after my end of year exams, so I think i'll deserve it by then!
Thanks again for your support, I know it's not the end of the world, but it IS a blow to the system, and yet another addition to my run of recent bad luck!