OregonMickeyLover
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Hi!
Although I have been looking on this site for awhile, now that our trip is only 11 day away
, I decided to try and post to get some questions answered. This trip is to celebrate my 4oth birthday and DD 8th. We have been two other times for her birthday, my birthday, and Halloween, and loved it. The last time was in 2006 and we brought both sets of parents with us. This time we planned to do just a family trip with the three of us, until... I had booked what I thought was a good price for our airfare at $168.00 roundtrip from portland, on Alaska. Two days later in the afternoon, for some reason I decided to check and see what the fare was, and it was $98 r/t. Now I knew that I had bought a kind of ticket that couldn't be changed without a fee, but thought I would call anyways. To my surprise, they gave me give certficates for the difference in fare which ended up being $225.00! We have good friends who have a son, and they have never been. He has been out of work, and they needed a pick-me-up, so I talked to DH about using the G.C. on them. He was all for it, and we said they could stay in our room so there would be no need to get another room. The only thing they have to buy is their parkhoppers, which aren't cheap, but they decided to do it. They are coming for the first three days and we are staying four days after they leave. We bought them ToT tickets as well, and because they are only staying the first three days, we will still get time for just the three of us. We originally had reservations at HoJo's using the Ent. rate, but we can't get a room that will hold all six of us. They have nothing! So now we have a mini-suite at BWPPI that will hold all of us. Here is my question, I haven't cancelled HoJo's yet, because I am hoping by some small chance a Kid's suite will open up, but I also know my chances. Would the Kid's suite even work? Do I just cancel HoJo's and go with the other? Is PPI a good place to stay? We really wanted to be closer than years past at Staybridge. Thank you in advance for reading this and answering my question!
Although I have been looking on this site for awhile, now that our trip is only 11 day away
, I decided to try and post to get some questions answered. This trip is to celebrate my 4oth birthday and DD 8th. We have been two other times for her birthday, my birthday, and Halloween, and loved it. The last time was in 2006 and we brought both sets of parents with us. This time we planned to do just a family trip with the three of us, until... I had booked what I thought was a good price for our airfare at $168.00 roundtrip from portland, on Alaska. Two days later in the afternoon, for some reason I decided to check and see what the fare was, and it was $98 r/t. Now I knew that I had bought a kind of ticket that couldn't be changed without a fee, but thought I would call anyways. To my surprise, they gave me give certficates for the difference in fare which ended up being $225.00! We have good friends who have a son, and they have never been. He has been out of work, and they needed a pick-me-up, so I talked to DH about using the G.C. on them. He was all for it, and we said they could stay in our room so there would be no need to get another room. The only thing they have to buy is their parkhoppers, which aren't cheap, but they decided to do it. They are coming for the first three days and we are staying four days after they leave. We bought them ToT tickets as well, and because they are only staying the first three days, we will still get time for just the three of us. We originally had reservations at HoJo's using the Ent. rate, but we can't get a room that will hold all six of us. They have nothing! So now we have a mini-suite at BWPPI that will hold all of us. Here is my question, I haven't cancelled HoJo's yet, because I am hoping by some small chance a Kid's suite will open up, but I also know my chances. Would the Kid's suite even work? Do I just cancel HoJo's and go with the other? Is PPI a good place to stay? We really wanted to be closer than years past at Staybridge. Thank you in advance for reading this and answering my question!
