I just wanted to share my experience so someone else might learn from it, and to see if anyone has any opinions...
I had originally booked a MYW package through Disney, rack rates, back in March, for beach club villa 1-bedroom, 10/21 through 10/26, with a 5 day park hopper. No problem.
Booked my fast passes at the 60 day mark, no problem.
Got an email from David's DVC rentals a few days ago about a few last minute reservations. One of those was AKL kidani 1-bedroom Savannah view, 10/21-10/25, for a great price! Really wanted to take advantage but never had rented points before, so did a fair bit of research. Found that Disney still had AKL 1 bedroom Savannah view available for one night on 10/25, so figured I could do a split stay, first 4 nights on rented points and last night through Disney.
Called both Disney and David's to make sure our FP + would not be screwed up, they both assured me it wouldn't.
Went ahead and pulled the trigger. Booked the DVC rental, and changed my original 5 night Disney BCV reservation to a one night AKV reservation on 10/25. So happy!
Then got an email this morning at 4:05 am saying that I no longer had valid tickets and my FP for 10/21 thru 10/24 would be cancelled tomorrow, if I didn't buy tickets! Checked my reservations online and sure enough, 5 day tickets were still on there.
Called Disney today and was a very interesting phone call. Transferred 3 times, and total of 85 minutes. Multiple people didn't know how to fix this. Finally came to conclusion that the tickets purchased through a package are not really tickets until your check in date, and so I couldn't book FP for any days before 10/25, the check in date for my package that I had changed! After multiple discussions and long holds, they made the recommendation that I cancel the tickets through my package, refund my credit card, and then purchase new tickets through the web site, outside of the package, that would allow me to keep my FP.
Fine with me, but one more wrinkle: the ticket price had increased since my booking. So they wanted about 60 bucks more to keep the same tickets I already had! After a bit of discussion guest services agreed to drop my package price by the same amount so no more cost. First tickets refunded, new tickets purchased.
Whew! All said and done everything looks right online. Question is, will my FP still be there tomorrow? I sure hope so...
I now have 2 magic band orders, one for each reservation. Not sure what we are going to do with 2 magic bands each, but whatever. Then I get an email tonight saying last day to customize my magic band order is 10/10! That would be 11 days before my trip??? When I check online my two magic band orders say last day to customize is 9/20 and 9/24, which makes more sense...
What are my odds of this going off without a hitch? All this hassle to be able to schedule FP 60 days in advance!
I had originally booked a MYW package through Disney, rack rates, back in March, for beach club villa 1-bedroom, 10/21 through 10/26, with a 5 day park hopper. No problem.
Booked my fast passes at the 60 day mark, no problem.
Got an email from David's DVC rentals a few days ago about a few last minute reservations. One of those was AKL kidani 1-bedroom Savannah view, 10/21-10/25, for a great price! Really wanted to take advantage but never had rented points before, so did a fair bit of research. Found that Disney still had AKL 1 bedroom Savannah view available for one night on 10/25, so figured I could do a split stay, first 4 nights on rented points and last night through Disney.
Called both Disney and David's to make sure our FP + would not be screwed up, they both assured me it wouldn't.
Went ahead and pulled the trigger. Booked the DVC rental, and changed my original 5 night Disney BCV reservation to a one night AKV reservation on 10/25. So happy!
Then got an email this morning at 4:05 am saying that I no longer had valid tickets and my FP for 10/21 thru 10/24 would be cancelled tomorrow, if I didn't buy tickets! Checked my reservations online and sure enough, 5 day tickets were still on there.
Called Disney today and was a very interesting phone call. Transferred 3 times, and total of 85 minutes. Multiple people didn't know how to fix this. Finally came to conclusion that the tickets purchased through a package are not really tickets until your check in date, and so I couldn't book FP for any days before 10/25, the check in date for my package that I had changed! After multiple discussions and long holds, they made the recommendation that I cancel the tickets through my package, refund my credit card, and then purchase new tickets through the web site, outside of the package, that would allow me to keep my FP.
Fine with me, but one more wrinkle: the ticket price had increased since my booking. So they wanted about 60 bucks more to keep the same tickets I already had! After a bit of discussion guest services agreed to drop my package price by the same amount so no more cost. First tickets refunded, new tickets purchased.
Whew! All said and done everything looks right online. Question is, will my FP still be there tomorrow? I sure hope so...
I now have 2 magic band orders, one for each reservation. Not sure what we are going to do with 2 magic bands each, but whatever. Then I get an email tonight saying last day to customize my magic band order is 10/10! That would be 11 days before my trip??? When I check online my two magic band orders say last day to customize is 9/20 and 9/24, which makes more sense...
What are my odds of this going off without a hitch? All this hassle to be able to schedule FP 60 days in advance!
