kristenrice
NOT just an ambulance driver
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I know that I posted this on the other thread, but it is now really upsetting me. We invited my parents to come to WDW and stay at our new "home" at AKV for spring break 2010. We needed 205 points which was all of our 2010 and either all of our 2009 or 2011 points, plus 5 banked/borrowed. Well, we decided to take a trip in June 2009 and use 95 points. Then, we'd bank the remaining 5 and use all of our points from 2010 and 2011 to take mom and dad. They were just talking to my DD's (ages 3 and 5) yesterday, reminiscing about our trips when we were kids. They were so excited.
Now, DVC has taken that all away. The 2010 trip will now cost us 230 points and we will only have 205. I thought maybe we could downgrade our 1BR in June to a studio. That would free up the 25 points we'd need. I just looked at the availablilty page and ALL of the studios at AKV are booked for the 9th and 10th. We have already purchased NON-REFUNDABLE airfare so cancelling is out of the question. Our dates are June 6-11. June 6 is in a value studio and that would have to stay the same. The 7th-11th would have to be a value, standard or savanna. I wouldn't care if it were Jambo or Kidani, but they are both full.
I don't know what to do
. I can't tell my parents that we can no longer afford to take them. I can't cancel our June trip and lose the $700 airfare. I am just so sickened by this turn of events. I am really, really hoping that the points charts were a "mistake" and that they were taken down because they were posted in error. It took me 7 years to convince DH to let me get a DVC membership. We had to save that long just to afford the small, 100 point contract that we bought. Now, for our first trip as members, everything gets turned upside down. I can't enjoy our trip in June knowing that it means that my parents won't be able to go with us the following April.
I just cannot bear to tell my mom and dad that they won't be able to come with us. They couldn't afford to pay for a hotel stay themselves. The way my dad was talking to my 3 year old daughter yesterday...about taking her on Dumbo and the "Pirates of the Can of Beans" (which is what my sister called it when she was 3 and rode it for the first time), talking about watching the parade and getting their pictures taken with Mickey....the thought that I now have to tell them that they can't come along is absolutely breaking my heart .
Thanks for letting me vent...I am open to any and all suggestions.
(And, no, adding on more points is definitely not an option.)
Now, DVC has taken that all away. The 2010 trip will now cost us 230 points and we will only have 205. I thought maybe we could downgrade our 1BR in June to a studio. That would free up the 25 points we'd need. I just looked at the availablilty page and ALL of the studios at AKV are booked for the 9th and 10th. We have already purchased NON-REFUNDABLE airfare so cancelling is out of the question. Our dates are June 6-11. June 6 is in a value studio and that would have to stay the same. The 7th-11th would have to be a value, standard or savanna. I wouldn't care if it were Jambo or Kidani, but they are both full.
I don't know what to do
. I can't tell my parents that we can no longer afford to take them. I can't cancel our June trip and lose the $700 airfare. I am just so sickened by this turn of events. I am really, really hoping that the points charts were a "mistake" and that they were taken down because they were posted in error. It took me 7 years to convince DH to let me get a DVC membership. We had to save that long just to afford the small, 100 point contract that we bought. Now, for our first trip as members, everything gets turned upside down. I can't enjoy our trip in June knowing that it means that my parents won't be able to go with us the following April. I just cannot bear to tell my mom and dad that they won't be able to come with us. They couldn't afford to pay for a hotel stay themselves. The way my dad was talking to my 3 year old daughter yesterday...about taking her on Dumbo and the "Pirates of the Can of Beans" (which is what my sister called it when she was 3 and rode it for the first time), talking about watching the parade and getting their pictures taken with Mickey....the thought that I now have to tell them that they can't come along is absolutely breaking my heart
.Thanks for letting me vent...I am open to any and all suggestions.
(And, no, adding on more points is definitely not an option.)
