Question, Help!

[SuperGurl]

I have a 15 yo stepdaughter I would like to take to WDW in July 2006. I already made reservations for a cabin at Fort Wilderness. I have not purchased tickets yet. The problem I'm having is that my step daughter is going through this phase. She was spoiled by her mother and grandparents and is used to getting her way all the time and now she hardly comes over unless she is getting something. She often gets angry with my husband when she can't always get what she wants. To sum it all up, she is being a real brat right now. I would like the 2006 WDW trip to be all about celebrating because I am graduating from college and my children have birthdays in the summer and my step daughter will be turning 16 in the summer. But with the way she's been acting, I am afraid that she may back out before we leave. If that should happen, can I bring someone else in her place?

 

[kilee]

I would call Disney reservations and see, that is assuming you have a package plan.

 

[moopdog]

She may not even want to go.... better be sure she actually WANTS to go. Kids at that age (step or non-step) sometimes don't want to "miss out" on what their friends are doing and stuff like that even though it's only a week of their lives, they feel like it's a MUCH bigger deal that just one week.

I'm not sure about replacing her with someone else, but I wouldn't "hold it over her head" from now until next July. I'd wait and see how things are being instead of just trying to threaten that so and so will go instead if you don't shape up, etc. I have a 13 year old stepdaughter and it will be hard on her next month, she's missing out on a some bday parties, the county fair (she usually camps w/ her mom at it) and some other stuff, plus the fact that she'll be gone from her mom's for 9 or 10 nights is a lot to take in too. Not to mention the amount of school she's missing. She did have a choice though and she definitely WANTED to go, & her mom doesn't mind so.... off we're going in 30 DAYS!

Good luck - it's not always easy, but always worth it in the end.

 

[Tinkerbell's Mom]

You can definitely take someone in her place as far as Disney is concerned, as far as the airline is concerned you can not change names on an airline ticket. So to sum it up, if you are just worried about Disney then you are fine you can change the name on the reservation there a million times as I have done this, last year I was single for my disney trip and friends kept changing their minds about whether they were going with me or not, so I changed the name a few times, the only time I ran into a problem was with the airline.

I also would check with her to see if she'd want to go, at 16 you couldn't have made me go to Disney World with my real mother and father, I only went places with them if I could take a friend with me. Good luck.