Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[trishadono]

Here we are waiting on Disney for August, and I just got an email the airline just canceled our flights...erg.
So we continue to wait...lol. In the meantime, do I rebook with another airline (I took the refund with this one) or wait? I feel like it's so close to finding out with Disney I want to hang on to this trip.
This was not a wrinkle I had been thinking about. I understand with current travel environment it'll happen, it just wasn't on my radar today

My airline changed my flight for arrival several times lol then moved me a day prior.

My return for 19th is canceled due to NO flights at all that day. I can go home on 7/21. Um no!

I made it work. I booked Hyatt Mco my arrival and will catch an early ME the next morning.

My return dd also was canceled so I switched to an airline with her airport as my connecting hub. At least if I’m not direct I get to sit with dd for part of it.

I get to cancel my JetBlue for free anytime cause I’m mosaic. However the United and most are offering chance to move flights free of fees. I could easily use that flight another time if only to visit dd .

 

[TheMaxRebo]

But when will SOON become NOW?

THEN!

(Wait, something is off)

 

[Leigh L]

Not sure if Southwest is an option where you live, but we have had great success with them. Their cancellation policies have always been great-- they never charge a change fee (if there's a price difference, you have to pay that, but if it's a lower cost, they actually give you credit back). You can cancel up to ten minutes before your flight departure and get future flight credit. Because of all this craziness, we adjusted our flights back in March and they gave us so much credit back that the credit paid for our flights out to WDW in July!

Anyway, that might be worth looking into if you know you will be flying to WDW at some point!

Thanks! SW is definitely an option and one I'll be watching. I did check them since DD and I have spring break credits with them from a canceled Milwaukee trip to visit DS - and DH has some credits too - we're all good until 9/2022). Right now their prices are high from our airports. I did just find super cheap flights with JetBlue, which is unusual (I love JetBlue but they've been so expensive the last two years for my area I stopped checking).

My airline changed my flight for arrival several times lol then moved me a day prior.
My return for 19th is canceled due to NO flights at all that day. I can go home on 7/21. Um no!

I made it work. I booked Hyatt Mco my arrival and will catch an early ME the next morning.
My return dd also was canceled so I switched to an airline with her airport as my connecting hub. At least if I’m not direct I get to sit with dd for part of it.

I get to cancel my JetBlue for free anytime cause I’m mosaic. However the United and most are offering chance to move flights free of fees. I could easily use that flight another time if only to visit dd .

I'm glad you were able to get it worked out! And nice you can catch up with DD if you have to connect
My DD and I have November booked with United with free changes since we had to cancel our May WDW trip.

We were previously booked with Frontier, which I was leery about in the first place (I've flown them once or twice before), but they had such cheap prices at the time and gave me a $100 voucher I couldn't resist, so we gave them a try...but they already previously canceled one flight and moved it a day and now canceled outright. Far as I can tell they canceled everything through mid-November in the DC area.

Here's to hoping we all receive WDW news soon! (eeks that word...how about this week )

 

[Flamingeaux]

Ultimately they just need to extend APs for a year. They are too concerned about the profit, when right now they should be fighting to make the experience seamless for their most loyal customers.

I was thinking they should add a couple months while things settle down - which would be 6 months. A year!! I like your thinking better!!

 

[New Mouse]

I was thinking they should add a couple months while things settle down - which would be 6 months. A year!! I like your thinking better!!

It would make the most sense knowing many people buy on seasonal cycles. 6 months may work for you but could be useless for me. At least with a year you are keeping people in the same cycle. Its a lot less of a headache from the admin side as well. You no longer need to factor in blackout dates on different passes, etc.

I bought my Busch VA pass in November....factoring in closure dates for them will entail doing Math around what days the parks are open in Nov Dec as well as the closure for Jan Feb....at some point you just have to pick the easier solution.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I found this on the disneyworld website. The answer depends on if you paid in full or paid monthly.
If you are an Annual Passholder who has paid in full:
All active Walt Disney World Resort theme park and water park Annual Passes will be extended for the number of days the parks are closed. The new expiration date will be reflected on the Annual Passholder’s account prior to the reopening of the parks.
As an alternative, and in lieu of an extension of their passes, Passholders who have paid in full may choose to receive a partial refund for the park closure period. To request this alternative option, we ask that you contact V.I.PASSHOLDER Support at (407) 939-7277. We do anticipate heavy call volume and appreciate your patience as we answer all inquiries.

If you are an Annual Passholder on the monthly payment plan:
On April 5, 2020, we automatically stopped and will waive monthly payments due while the theme parks are closed. We will also retroactively refund payments made between March 14 through April 4, 2020. Payments will resume on the Passholder’s regularly scheduled payment dates once the parks reopen. Please note, pass expiration dates will not be extended and passes will expire upon their originally scheduled expiration dates.
As an alternative, Guests who are paying for Walt Disney World Annual Passes using our monthly payment program may choose to have their monthly payments postponed starting with payments due April 5, 2020 through the park closure period, and then resumed on the Passholder’s regularly scheduled payment date once the parks reopen. Postponed payments will be collected in the months following the end of the Passholder’s currently scheduled payment term. The pass will be extended the number of days the parks are closed. The new expiration date will be reflected on the Annual Passholder’s account prior to the reopening of the theme parks. To request this alternative option, we ask that you contact V.I.PASSHOLDER Support at (407) 939-7277. We do anticipate heavy call volume and appreciate your patience as we answer all inquiries.

Unfortunately that still doesn’t answer if expired passes will be extended early enough for park reservations to be made or if they will be extended prior to the official AP clock start. (Some of us are leaning towards official AP clock not starting 7/11 because Disney has said reservations for AP holders will be limited & some perks will not be available. Shanghai still hasn’t started their AP clock, they are allowing all APs that expired after closure park and reservation access- but we don’t know if WDW will do the same.)

 

[gottalovepluto]

My airline changed my flight for arrival several times lol then moved me a day prior.

My return for 19th is canceled due to NO flights at all that day. I can go home on 7/21. Um no!

I made it work. I booked Hyatt Mco my arrival and will catch an early ME the next morning.

My return dd also was canceled so I switched to an airline with her airport as my connecting hub. At least if I’m not direct I get to sit with dd for part of it.

I get to cancel my JetBlue for free anytime cause I’m mosaic. However the United and most are offering chance to move flights free of fees. I could easily use that flight another time if only to visit dd .

UA is now refunding for flight changes of 2+ hours on request Fwiw.

 

[rteetz]

Homecomin opens June 17th

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/chef...mecomin-reopens-june-17-at-disney-springs.htm

 

[JPM4]

Unfortunately that still doesn’t answer if expired passes will be extended early enough for park reservations to be made or if they will be extended prior to the official AP clock start. (Some of us are leaning towards official AP clock not starting 7/11 because Disney has said reservations for AP holders will be limited & some perks will not be available. Shanghai still hasn’t started their AP clock, they are allowing all APs that expired after closure park and reservation access- but we don’t know if WDW will do the same.)

This is the problem. And let’s say you do renew. Like mine expired May 12th. If I renew by tomorrow do I get the dates closed tacked on to the end of May 2021? Who knows

 

[Eric Smith]

Same. When we stayed at the WL people were like “oh it’s so nice there. I went camping there as a kid.” No not the same.
On a side note, I’d LOVE to stay at the cabins at WL. They look so fun

They do, but you better save up your pennies. Those cabins aren't cheap.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

They do, but you better save up your pennies. Those cabins aren't cheap.

The cabins are the only thing I hope my Pop stay does not get moved to. This is my Mom's birthday trip and she lives full-time in an actual log cabin. It's not much of a vacation to go stay in a less nice fake log cabin.

*** For clarity- I mean the Ft. Wilderness Cabins where a lot of people are being moved right now.

It's early I'm trying Also why do we have so many cabins?!

 

[e_yerger]

The cabins are the only thing I hope my Pop stay does not get moved to. This is my Mom's birthday trip and she lives full-time in an actual log cabin. It's not much of a vacation to go stay in a less nice fake log cabin.

Well there are two types of cabins - there are the cabins are fort wilderness, and then the lakeside cabins at wilderness lodge

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

Well there are two types of cabins - there are the cabins are fort wilderness, and then the lakeside cabins at wilderness lodge

I am assuming she's not talking about Cascade Cabins.

 

[skeeter31]

Well there are two types of cabins - there are the cabins are fort wilderness, and then the lakeside cabins at wilderness lodge

I don’t think anyone is getting pixie dust moved to a WL cabin or a Poly bungalow. Those things cost more points for a night than most people have for a year. Lol

 

[Eric Smith]

The cabins are the only thing I hope my Pop stay does not get moved to. This is my Mom's birthday trip and she lives full-time in an actual log cabin. It's not much of a vacation to go stay in a less nice fake log cabin.

Are you talking about these cabins?

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/photos-tour-new-copper-creek-cascade-cabins-wilderness-lodge/

 

[e_yerger]

I am assuming she's not talking about Cascade Cabins.

I've also only heard of people being moved into the cabins at fort wilderness.... NOT the cascade cabins lol

 

[skeeter31]

This is the problem. And let’s say you do renew. Like mine expired May 12th. If I renew by tomorrow do I get the dates closed tacked on to the end of May 2021? Who knows

My worry too. Our APs expired 5/8 and I’ve been waiting to renew to see what happens with the extension.

 

[Bjn10]

Disney should offer a 2021 “place holder” discount for those who choose to come off of there 2020 reservations. It could be something like cancel your 2020 reservation and receive a 20% discount on a future 2021 booking valid Jan 1 2021-Sep 30 2021

 

[Sandisw]

Ultimately they just need to extend APs for a year. They are too concerned about the profit, when right now they should be fighting to make the experience seamless for their most loyal customers.

I do think...and no inside info behind this...that they will do something more than the 4 months extension...I think they will allow people to either stop and then start...or, they will add 6 months to all.

 

[Jacq7414]

Are you talking about these cabins?

https://blogmickey.com/2017/07/photos-tour-new-copper-creek-cascade-cabins-wilderness-lodge/

I’d love to get pixie dust for that cabin . I wonder if you could split it with another family?