[[IM BACK! *sniff* :(]] The "Lets Get My DBF Addicted to Disney World" PTR

[DisneyFaeriePrincess]

Congratulations!!

 

[lisalonglash]

Hi Vallie! I followed you over from Jenn's PTR

Now to go back and read...

 

[Vallie]

Congratulations!!

thank uu!

Hi Vallie! I followed you over from Jenn's PTR

Now to go back and read...

welcome! hope u enjoy the read!!

 

[Vallie]

MJ Dead . My Thoughts + Last Day of School!

Well I just had to post my thoughts about MJ passing, but didnt wanna go on the CB and post cuz the posts are getting ugly.

I was very shocked when i heard the news of course, I caught it right as it was breaking before it was confirmed so I thought it was a joke. I was just changing a CD and happened to hear it on the radio. So I immediatly went on my BB and looked it up and it was confirmed a bit later. Its shocking and sad. I think its a day that you'll always remember what your doing and it is truely a loss of an icon.

I liked MJ, I've always been a fan of his music, and no one can deny his talent and musical genius. He was a cultral pop icon and influenced many mainstream artists. I, personally never really believed the alligations against him. To me he seemed like a very unique, misunderstood, isolated man with a kind heart. He seemed like the type that would do anything for anyone and though of course no one can deny his strange behaviors, I think that its a testament to the power and level of fame that he had. He reached a level of stardom in which there is no way he could leave his house without being literally mobbed. Even more so then most celebs and I think that led to isolation and his strangeness.

I also think his death proved one more thing, the power of the internet. Within seconds it was everywhere and everyone knew. To me that is just insane.

So thats my thoughts, may he finally find peace in heaven, which im sure looks alot like neverland to him. RIP MJ.

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In other news the last day of school is today!!
For those who dont know I work in a before and after school program. Im kinda sad today cuz I wont be returning to the same school next year more then likely because of a promotion, so im really really gunna miss these kiddos, they are a great bunch! The loads of Mickey Mouse bags full of presents today definitly made me tear up! Im probably gunna be really sad this afternoon but its off to Craigs house till next Wednesday so that makes me happy!

So then after next week Summer camp starts for a month, then I have a month offf in august then Disney! then back to work in my new position!!!

 

[Mahusky]

Hey just read your post today and it is a great read!

I second the cab ride to Sea World.... have done it many times in the past and the cost is reasonable..... think of it this way.... if you are the planning type and by reading your post YOU ARE! then you like to pack as many things in... right? So the cab is instant walk out of your hotel and into the cab... 15 mins later you are at Seaworld's "front door".... then when you are tired HOT and just want to escape back to WDW then poof! theres the cab and 15 mins later your back.

Did you ever think of doing a water park? If your BDF is a thrill ride freak... then an easy day over at BB and a quick ride down Summit Plummit will fit the bill!!! Trust me!!

 

[Vallie]

Hey just read your post today and it is a great read!

I second the cab ride to Sea World.... have done it many times in the past and the cost is reasonable..... think of it this way.... if you are the planning type and by reading your post YOU ARE! then you like to pack as many things in... right? So the cab is instant walk out of your hotel and into the cab... 15 mins later you are at Seaworld's "front door".... then when you are tired HOT and just want to escape back to WDW then poof! theres the cab and 15 mins later your back.

Did you ever think of doing a water park? If your BDF is a thrill ride freak... then an easy day over at BB and a quick ride down Summit Plummit will fit the bill!!! Trust me!!

helllo! & welcome

I think we are gunna take a cab to sea world! seems the easiest, considering it doesnt sound very far away! and I like being able to go and leave when we want!

and meee... a planning type.... noooo way! lol

We are thinking of doing a water park, maybe on the day after Spirit of Aloha depending on the level of hangovers

 

[lisalonglash]

I was SO excited about my wonderful ADRs I had for the trip and yesterday I log onto the Disney Dining Ressie thing and type in my ADRs only to find my nice sit down dinner at Tonys on our last night GONE!!

The online ADR system is well-known to be crap - did you call your TA to double-check first before you panicked?

So I call DIsney to see why this is and they tell me that someone (aka my travel agent as we found out) canceled this time and then rebooked me at 1pm instead of the original 7pm that she SENT US with the Confirmation number!! I dont care that much that the reservation was changed to 1pm for whatever reason, I just do not understand why she would sent us the wrong ressie information and confirmation number and time. I understand we all make mistakes but this is something that could easily have been avoided by sending the RIGHT information!

Disney CMs are so inconsistent in terms of their knowledge of ADRs, amongst other aspect of WDW, hey?

We now have changed to Crystal Palace for 3ish, as we wanted something for dinner not lunch, which is OK but I'm more disappointed in the fact that we hired a TA, spacifally one that works at a Disney Only Planning Travel Agency (not the same people who own this site, a completely different one) to help us ensure things like this would not happen!! Its such a stupid mistake and I would have let it go except these little mistakes and over sights keep popping up.

I'm sorry you weren't happy with your TA We absolutely LOVE our TA and everyone we know who's used them have been more than satisfied with their service. You should use our TA next time

I'm not one to complain, and I felt bad that Craig sent the email because she has been nice to us and she was friendly. But I think the point is this whole process has been made stressful by going to this company, we've had to continously follow up on questions because they are not answered within a few days, we missed a seat sale because we were waiting like a week for a response about an extra day, our adrs the first time around were basicly not what we wanted, having to make changes ourselves and even make an ADR for the last day that i asked her twice to make, but she said that she thought I wanted to keep that last day open till we got there?! Which makes no sense considering I gave her my resturant choices when we added the last day. Now I feel as though I have to recheck everything and am worried. I have kept quiet about it till now because I know they have many clients and mistakes are made, but I feel now that these are just careless errors that could be avoided by double checking things. We are both very worried that there will be more stuff like this when we get down there [/COLOR]

That's too bad

 

[fivebyfive]

Now I just gotta cancel out the other ones but I'm gunna wait till after we pay and get all our documents and everything.

So in short your restaurants are 'double booked'???

Sorry, but to me that is about the ruddest thing someone can do, ESPECIALLY during free dining, as restaurants are so difficult to get in during the free dining window.

You have reservations that you don't intend to show up at, and therefore keeping said reservations from another family who could use them? That's a VERY selfish act. I don't understand why you don't just have your TA cancel the ones you don't intend to use?

 

[Vallie]

So in short your restaurants are 'double booked'???

Sorry, but to me that is about the ruddest thing someone can do, ESPECIALLY during free dining, as restaurants are so difficult to get in during the free dining window.

You have reservations that you don't intend to show up at, and therefore keeping said reservations from another family who could use them? That's a VERY selfish act. I don't understand why you don't just have your TA cancel the ones you don't intend to use?

Thanks so much for your thoughts of me being rude and selfish, its nice of u to judge me! however i HAVE already canceled out all my old ADRs made by the travel agent.

The ONLY reason I was going to keep them until we got out documents is because of all the stuff that happened with our TA, I just wanted to make sure I had the new set 100% before I went out and canceled all of them.

I also have not told my TA about the new ressies because of the problems so I thought if I canceled it and she saw it would cause more problems with them so I figured if I canceled them after we got our documents it would save me from possible drama.

I understand what your saying about other families needing the ressies and so forth and I agree but you shouldnt just assume things because thats not what i was trying to do AT ALL.

 

[Vallie]

The online ADR system is well-known to be crap - did you call your TA to double-check first before you panicked?

Disney CMs are so inconsistent in terms of their knowledge of ADRs, amongst other aspect of WDW, hey?

I'm sorry you weren't happy with your TA We absolutely LOVE our TA and everyone we know who's used them have been more than satisfied with their service. You should use our TA next time

That's too bad

Hello!

Well in answer to ur questions, when I saw Tonys was not there I called Disney (not my TA) and they helped me find out that my original Tonys ADR was made at 7pm (like the info she sent me) and it was made by my TA and then the same person (my TA) canceled the 7pm ressie and then rebooked it for 1pm. But she sent us the 7pm ressie still Im sure it was just a mistake maybe she rebooked me for a different time for whatever reason but she shoulda sent the right info.

And it was more disappointing when DBF complained and they blamed it on Disney when it was thier mistake!

I dont think ill ever book with a TA again after this to be honest lol I think i woulda just been better offdoing it myself!

Thank u for your thoughts!

 

[fivebyfive]

I understand what your saying about other families needing the ressies and so forth and I agree but you shouldnt just assume things because thats not what i was trying to do AT ALL.

I never said you were trying to do that. What I said was you shouldn't hold on to ressi's you don't intend to use. Which you originally said you were doing by waiting for your documents first...

I also have not told my TA about the new ressies because of the problems so I thought if I canceled it and she saw it would cause more problems with them so I figured if I canceled them after we got our documents it would save me from possible drama.

Possible drama?!? lol...you're dealing with a TA, not a lawyer.

I think you'd be doing your TA a favor by saying that you wanted your ADR's cancelled, as I would imagine it's less work for them. I mean it appears from this thread that you change things quite a bit.

 

[Vallie]

I never said you were trying to do that. What I said was you shouldn't hold on to ressi's you don't intend to use. Which you originally said you were doing by waiting for your documents first...



Possible drama?!? lol...you're dealing with a TA, not a lawyer.

I think you'd be doing your TA a favor by saying that you wanted your ADR's cancelled, as I would imagine it's less work for them. I mean it appears from this thread that you change things quite a bit.

well they are canceled now. so that fixes that

 

[fivebyfive]

And it was more disappointing when DBF complained and they blamed it on Disney when it was thier mistake!

Huh? You believe that because 'Disney told you'?

I called Disney (not my TA) and they helped me find out that my original Tonys ADR was made at 7pm (like the info she sent me) and it was made by my TA and then the same person (my TA) canceled the 7pm ressie and then rebooked it for 1pm. But she sent us the 7pm ressie still

I'm not a TA, nor do I play one on TV. However, this just makes NO sense to me. Why would any TA decide to 'call Disney up' and change your reservation??? I just can't imagine Dreams Unlimited or any other TA sitting around and going "Hey, let me call up Disney and change this guys dining reservation to a different time. That would be funny!"

What I'm saying is be careful, as Disney will NEVER admit to their mistakes. If Mexico is sold out for dinner at the 90 day mark, Disney will say it's because it's sold out, not because anything could be wrong with their 'precious' dining system. Take a look around these boards and you'll see lots of examples of how much they don't and how often they screw up!!!

 

[Vallie]

Huh? You believe that because 'Disney told you'?

I'm not a TA, nor do I play one on TV. However, this just makes NO sense to me. Why would any TA decide to 'call Disney up' and change your reservation??? I just can't imagine Dreams Unlimited or any other TA sitting around and going "Hey, let me call up Disney and change this guys dining reservation to a different time. That would be funny!"

What I'm saying is be careful, as Disney will NEVER admit to their mistakes. If Mexico is sold out for dinner at the 90 day mark, Disney will say it's because it's sold out, not because anything could be wrong with their 'precious' dining system. Take a look around these boards and you'll see lots of examples of how much they don't and how often they screw up!!!

I believe it because the ressies were made online, and the 7pm ressie that was made was made by my TA (because they are able to acess the username that made the adr) and then canceled 5 mins later and rebooked for 1pm.

I dont think she did it like maliciously or to ruin my trip or anything I think she originally booked at 7pm and then rebooked it to an earlier time for whatever reason (im not sure) but then still sent me the later time in the itinerary. I really believe it was just a mistake but we kept noticing these little mistakes here and there and it was getting us worried.

I Totally understand what your saying that Disney can screw up, I dont doubt it but why would disney itself go into a ressie just made and change it to a different time? that makes no sense either.

Its confusing and annoying. Who knows. maybe it was Disney, though in this particular case I am inclined to believe it was more a mistake by the TA because of what I was told happened. In any case I just wanted to rebook so I felt more confident that we wouldnt go down there and run into mistakes like this and I was glad with the changes I was able to make.

 

[Vallie]

btw I just wanted to point out again it was not Dreams Unlimited that booked my trip, its a different Travel agency.

 

[fivebyfive]

I Totally understand what your saying that Disney can screw up, I dont doubt it but why would disney itself go into a ressie just made and change it to a different time? that makes no sense either.

Right. Same goes for either Disney or the TA. Makes NO sense. However, if the ADR's were booked on-line, well then that would be the problem!

I had booked a ressi myself for Hoop on-line and I called Disney to change it about a week later and they said that no such reservation existed?!?

I KNOW I didn't cancel it (lol). Anyhow, apparently there was a problem with the system (shocking) and as a result, it automatically cancelled all Hoop and Spirit reservations!! So needless to say, I'd be pointing fingers with horrible computer systems before anyone else.

 

[Vallie]

Right. Same goes for either Disney or the TA. Makes NO sense. However, if the ADR's were booked on-line, well then that would be the problem!

I had booked a ressi myself for Hoop on-line and I called Disney to change it about a week later and they said that no such reservation existed?!?

I KNOW I didn't cancel it (lol). Anyhow, apparently there was a problem with the system (shocking) and as a result, it automatically cancelled all Hoop and Spirit reservations!! So needless to say, I'd be pointing fingers with horrible computer systems before anyone else.

lol o well stuff happens. i just hope all is well with all our ressies when we get there haha

And to set the record straight (not just to u but to all reading) my TA has been very very NICE and we felt awful complaining. Maybe it was her, and maybe it was Disney, maybe it was an alien! who knows! the main reason we were concerned was because we just didnt wanna go down there and have problems with our adrs! but this is why we all check right! We were just annoyed when we checked and the adr wasnt there and we had to track it down to find it at another time! We thought by going threw a TA things like this should be double checked before sent to us, esp if this new reservation system is so blah. Cuz it woulda sucked for us if we found this out when we went down there and our ADR was changed!!!!

BTW Did you end up going to any of the dinner shows down there?
We were debating between hoop de doo and spirit but decided to go with SOA.

 

[fivebyfive]

but this is why we all check right!

Well, I've checked like twice a day since they lost my Hoop ADR (lol). And will continue to do so up until the day I leave now!!!

We thought by going threw a TA things like this should be double checked before sent to us, esp if this new reservation system is so blah. Cuz it woulda sucked for us if we found this out when we went down there and our ADR was changed!!!!

Meh, a double check wouldn't even do enough. I mean there have been that many problems with the on-line system, that like I said - I'm checking on mine twice a day.

BTW Did you end up going to any of the dinner shows down there?
We were debating between hoop de doo and spirit but decided to go with SOA.

Oh I've been to both of them before. Hoop is a ba-zillion times better than Spirit IMHO. Spirit is boring and the food isn't as good. Plus, Hoop is much more 'roudy' if you are drinkers.

 

[Mojodisney]

HI! Just started reading your PTR and we will be at DW and at POP Aug 24-29th! We are also eating at Chef de France for lunch to see Remy on Friday! The CM that my DH booked the res thru didn't know about Remy so I'm hoping he is still there since that is the reason we are going. Maybe we will run into you

 

[Vallie]

Well, I've checked like twice a day since they lost my Hoop ADR (lol). And will continue to do so up until the day I leave now!!!

Meh, a double check wouldn't even do enough. I mean there have been that many problems with the on-line system, that like I said - I'm checking on mine twice a day.

Oh I've been to both of them before. Hoop is a ba-zillion times better than Spirit IMHO. Spirit is boring and the food isn't as good. Plus, Hoop is much more 'roudy' if you are drinkers.

lol trust me im still checking mine everyday too! just in case! so far so good!

we had a hard time deciding between the two but we you tubed a vid of hoop de doo and it just wasnt our thing! spirit of aloha looks alright.. if anything a bit more romantic since its our date night!

HI! Just started reading your PTR and we will be at DW and at POP Aug 24-29th! We are also eating at Chef de France for lunch to see Remy on Friday! The CM that my DH booked the res thru didn't know about Remy so I'm hoping he is still there since that is the reason we are going. Maybe we will run into you

welcome welcome!

our adr is mid afternoon for chefs and from what i understand he is available monday-saturday threw lunch time and very early dinner (the 5pm seating)
i cant wait to see him! he looks super cute