I am A little bit dissapointed

[florida sun]

Let me tell you why!
A bit of a long tale and I am not knocking Disney in any way shape or form, nothing to do with them, just wanted to express my dissapointment.
When I origionally booked my package holiday over here in the UK for my trip to Florida I booked with a major company who operates under two different names. I tried to book the Animal Kingdom Lodge under the one company name they go under and was told unfortunatley that the Hotel was fully booked, also fully booked under the other company name as well, so we settled on The All Star Sports which as you can imagine was much cheaper, so with the extra I saved I put it towards my upcoming cruise on the Wonder. Last evening I logged onto their web site which is the same for both companys just to check my flight times and low and behold what do I find but The Animal Knigdom Lodge available for the same flights, transfers, etc as the date I have booked for the All Stars and would you believe it the exact same price as the AllStars which is unbelievable. So first thing this morning I phoned the company to find out if the web was correct and was told indeed The Animal Kingdom Lodge had become available as a late deal. I enquired as to weither I could change hotels as we were on the same flight, same transfers and the same overall company. I was told no, as the holiday would only be available to change had I booked with the other named company that was offering the deal, even though they are run by the same overall company. They told me I could cancel the one holiday and rebook the other but that I would lose 50% of what I have paid as I am only 4 weeks away, even though I have not recieved my tickets. Not an option as the difference I would lose is almost £1000.
Oh well, almost got to the Animal Kingdom Lodge, but never mind I still have my wonderful cruise to look forward to. Please dont shoot me down in flames I am not really complaining just expressing my dissapointment at nearly getting to my original dream hotel.

 

[westjones]

What a shame. Maybe you can get over to AKL for breakfast or dinner sometime on your trip. It is worth it just to look around.

If you are going to be out in the parks all day and mainly using your room for a place to sleep and shower, the value resorts make the most 'cents' (cost wise).

I hope you have a great trip.
DJ

 

[florida sun]

WestJones

We will be having a little look around the Animal Kingdom Lodge the morning of our cruise as that is where the DCL bus is picking us up from, we have stayed at the ALL Stars twice before and have always had a great time it just would have been nice to have The Animal Kindom Lodge at the same price as what we have paid for the Allstars. Never mind, I keep thinking to myself next year we will leave it until the last minute and hope the same offer comes up, but you know what it's like when you have to book in the school holidays- you just cant take a chance that there will be avalibility especally as when we booked 9 months ago it was showing fully booked,- must have been a few cancellations.

 

[Memaw2Wm]

Don't you just hate it when things like that happen?

But, in my experience, if you'd waited to book hoping to snag a last minute cancellation there would have been any.

Hope you have a wonderful trip!