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disneysnowflake said:We are heading to WDW in early Oct.
DH's friend and his wife were going with us. They informed us that tomorrow morning they are canceling.
They already paid off their package. They opted out of insurance. They are fully aware they will lose all their money, but they say it's worth it.
Their airline tickets are non-refundable. They aren't sure what they are going to do there, but they said it doesn't matter right now.
What bothers me is the way they were over reacting. It scared my son, who is now afraid to go to WDW.
DH's friend and wife stopped by this evening to let us know they were cancelling.
They went on and on about how they saw on the news that more storms are likely to follow, and that the remainder of the hurricane season is supposed to be very active. I asked where that was heard, but they said they forgot.
They told us that they are very afraid of being trapped in Orlando like those poor victims in New Orleans. No flights out. No rental cars available. Then they said they are convinced they will lose their jobs since they can't get back. If they did get a rental car the gas stations would be empty, so they couldn't get home anyway. On and on about this devestating hurricane they are convinced will flatten FL while we are on the trip. I had my son leave the room early in the conversation, but he heard a good amount of the conversation in the other room. Their daughter told him a good bit of what her parents said anyway.
To boot, they started mentioning those plane crashes in other countries. The wife said it's a sign that we all should cancel.
My son is 11. He was very excited about this trip, but tonight he said he's scared.
He's afraid of a non-existant hurricane.
He's afraid our plane will crash.
All the hoopla this guy and his wife made frightened my son to the point where he doesn't want to go to WDW.
He has been working on his pin trading lanyards for a few days, but now they are in a box up on his shelf in his room.
Does anyone have any advice for me? If I were 11 I'd be scared by what I see on tv and what others are frightened of. DH and I still want to go.
Jeez does anyone have some Xanax to give those people? If they act like that before that trip, thank God they are not going with you! Can you imagine putting up with them for the entire trip? It sounds like they are trying to scare you out of your trip, so they will not be the only ones missing out. When you go, I'd send them a postcard and let them know what a great trip you are having! Also, if the trip is already paid for... and they are not going to use it... maybe they would pass it along to some other friends/family members of yours who would like to go... no sense in wasting it!
