Girl Friend Dilemma

[momofrrr]

OK, I know you will all have great advice for me. We are leaving on 12/26 for WDW and our DS 22 and GF 22 were going with us. Well, last night she broke up with him. We have paid for everything (willingly) but now I am not sure what to do. Would it be best to just call WDTC and change the reseravations to 5 instead of 6 and how will that effect our ADRs or should we just allow one of the girls to invite a friend. Either way we are out the cost of an airline ticket but would be refunded all but $100 of the Disney stuff.... I just don't want to mess up our dining reservations, they are perfect!

 

[ireland_nicole]

I wouldn't do anything right now; you're past your dates to cancel altogether, and probably need the same number of rooms anyway. Plus, they might get back together (stranger things have happened). As far as the ADRs go, you would never ever get those fixed again, and for the most part need the same table size anyway. I would just let the hostess know when you check in for each ADR that you're one short for that meal.

 

[scot@dvcstore]

Maybe your son can find a new gf in the next 30 days that everybody approves of. Enjoy your vacation and hope everything works out.

 

[Cinderella1122]

Hopefully your son finds a girlfriend who appreciates the kindness of your family. It's not everyday, that you're invited on a vacation. As for for the 1 less person on your ADR, don't worry about it. This past July, I was the coordinator for our family gathering. I made all of the ADR's for our large group. We were all on the dining plan and I let them all know that they needed to show for meals. I put myself in a worried frenzy about my family members now showing up and the rest of my family not being about to eat. Of course, someone didn't show up and Disney didn't give us any grief.

 

[Pumbaa_]

i agree, give it a few days and see what happens. If they get back together and you had already rebooked everything that would not be a great conversation

in 2 weeks if they are still apart, have the conversation with your son.

Sorry for the drama

 

[E-I-E-I-O]

Just keep the reservations as is. I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that for an odd-numbered party they would be seated at a table with the next highest even number, since their tables always have an even number of seats assigned to them.

 

[catheren]

Same thing happened to us with our DD, her BF broke up w. her while on her way home from college, via cell phone...nice. She was devistated....
We continued with our WDW vacation plans without the BF, and told CM's on check-in we would be one guest short. They gave us the credit. He missed a great time.....now he is trying to get back w. her. She's a trooper and told him, too bad, so sad!

 

[Micca]

We've had quite a few occasions where our ADRs were for 1 less than we had planned, it was no big deal. I wouldn't change anything.

 

[tammydel]

Just a thought - and may not work for your party - but, I would think it may be a tough trip for you son (missing GF and all) could he invite a friend? Someone to hang around with that could distract him from the thought of GF not being there? I know your FAMILY will be there, but you were all planning on having someone else anyway. Don't know if it would work sleeping arrangement wise and if he has a friend that you all feel comfortable traveling with, but then nothing "goes to waste."

 

[TDC Nala]

Just show up one down, that seems to be actually easier than doing restaurant reservations when you have more people than you reserved for.

Are you on the dining plan? If you are, and you leave her on the reservation, remember that you will have her dining credits for your party to use.

 

[bballmom56]

Regarding the airline ticket - what airline? We had a similar situation a couple of years ago when we were taking DH, me, DD+BF, and DS+GF to Key West as graduation presents. I didn't think I would have any issues with cancellations as the relationships seemed very solid - DD & BF had been together 4 years and were talking marriage. But sure enough, 1 1/2 months before the trip, she tells me they are kind of breaking up and he will not be going. Great, I'm out over $200 for the airline ticket. I gave her a final deadline before I cancelled the ticket in case they reconciled. Nope.

This was on Jet Blue and at the time they gave me the cost of the ticket as a credit. I had a year to use the credit. We didn't have any trips planned, so I thought I would end up losing it anyway. But then we were invited to a wedding where the bride and groom were going on their honeymoon via Jet Blue. Even though they had already purchased their airfare, I was able to have them use my JB credit and have their credit card credited back the amount they had spent. It made for a very nice wedding present! There may be a change fee now.

But it would be worth asking your airline if there is any kind of credit you could get.

And I'm very sorry about the breakup. We eventually went through the same thing with DS and gf. It was not good.

 

[momofrrr]

Thanks for all the advice. I think we are going to just sit tight for a few days and see what happens. If they don't work things out we are just going to cancel her part of the package. At this point we get all but $100.00 back. Better than nothing I guess. As for the airline ticket I am hoping that we can just bank it to use at a later date for something. Maybe a trip to NYC for dance camp next summer.

 

[PurpleTurtle]

Thanks for all the advice. I think we are going to just sit tight for a few days and see what happens. If they don't work things out we are just going to cancel her part of the package. At this point we get all but $100.00 back. Better than nothing I guess. As for the airline ticket I am hoping that we can just bank it to use at a later date for something. Maybe a trip to NYC for dance camp next summer.

I think that what you are doing is the best you can in the situation. I'd just not mess with your ADRs. As was said before, just show up and tell them you are one less for each meal. I don't think you will have any troubles whatsoever.

Best wishes.

 

[Pakey]

I feel your pain. When our oldest son was getting married in Maui a few years ago, I bought airfare for the other kids. Our youngest son had been dating someone for 2 years and they broke up 3 months before we left. There went $700 plane ticket. I cancelled but due to the airline policy, the credit went to the person on the ticket, not who paid for it. Youngest son decided to take a friend, I bought another ticket and yes, you guessed it, friend cancelled too. A free, fully paid week in a beachfront condo in Maui and I couldn't give this vacation away. Another friend ended up going but I refused to buy a 3rd plane ticket; they had to get themselves to Hawaii.

Hopefully everything will work out for you and I hope your son enjoys the vacation.

 

[gigi1313]

Just show up one down, that seems to be actually easier than doing restaurant reservations when you have more people than you reserved for.

Are you on the dining plan? If you are, and you leave her on the reservation, remember that you will have her dining credits for your party to use.

i agree with this advice 100%!! (and i ditto leaving her one the ressie and use those extra credits for a few special meals... maybe an all-you-care-to-drink for ds22 to drown his sorrows! LOL!

 

[msce2]

I'm sorry to hear about the situation.

My experience - I had made all our ADR's with 12 people since my aunt and uncle and their daughter were going to eat with us. However about a month before we left, they said due to finances they would be eating in their room. I tried to rearrange our ressies and found that they would have to cancel and we would not be able to get anything with the new party of 9. Something about released tables not being available immediately. The CM told me to just let them know when we arrived at each restaurant that 3 people in our party couldn't make it. We never had any issues.