Sad, cancelled February trip

[Deeleebaker]

I finally had gotten all 6 nights at Grand Floridian in a standard studio, but between Covid quarantine rules in my home state and the lack of entertainment likely, I finally cancelled today.
I was able to book six nights at my home resort Jambo 1br value the week before Labor Day, but not the exact combo of days I had wanted, and hope to maybe swap out to another resort at the 7 month mark.
Here‘s to being fully vacccinated, evening entertainment back and maybe Remys open!

 

[sethschroeder]

Here‘s to being fully vacccinated, evening entertainment back and maybe Remys open!

I don't think anything changes between now and August. Maybe some more restaurants and hotels open but thats about it. Not trying to bring you down just trying to be realistic.

 

[Deeleebaker]

Yeah I know. But a chance is better than certainly not. Between missing days of school in an already screwed up year (my daughter lost almost 1/2 of Kindergarten and looking like almost all of first grade is hybrid remote insanity), having to take an extra week off work to quarantine, not wanting to fly, the week before Labor Day just makes more sense. We will plan for a February 2022 to get ethe 50th celebrations and hope for a return to normality by then.

But going from 50 days to Welcome home to 255? That was painful.

 

[Minniemoo15]

I am canceling our February trip too. We had 10 nights in a 2 bed at BCV. So sad to be canceling it. We will rebook for 2022 but that seems so far out ...

 

[Simba's Mom]

Boy, do I feel your pain! I had a lake view 1 BR that I recently cancelled for late January I'd always wanted to try VGF, and especially to see the Electric Water Pagent But the EWP was cancelled, taking the sting off having to cancel my trip Then just the other day, they announced the EWP was starting up and I would have seen it after all Hopefully, both you and I will get a trip to VGF in the future

 

[JLitfin]

I just cancelled our trip to Bay Lake Towers for February 22nd. I did rebook at Beach Club Villas for mid July, thinking I'll feel more comfortable heading to Disney in July vs February. We were meeting my son and girlfriend who lives in Miami to spend the week together, now I'll just have to wait till July. I'm also hoping to book a stay in early 2022 for the 50th celebration. Stay safe everyone and have a wonderful holiday.

 

[hp_lovecraft]

Here in Maine, they do free testing at the airport.....
So, in theory, we have our trip in 4 weeks, come back, have everyone tested immediately.
Then once we have the results, presumably negative, we will have a bypass for the mandatory quarantine.

 

[Deeleebaker]

In NJ, we went from a mandatory 14 day quarantine to a 10 day quarantine without a test and 7 days with a negative result and no symptoms. My boyfriend is a firefighter and I’m high risk, so there’s a chance we get immunized by February, but it was just too many maybes.

I know I should have many years of Disney enjoyment, and hope I get another chance at a standard VGF studio soon.

 

[robinb]

I feel your pain. We have no Covid rules in my state but I've already cancelled 2 trips and will probably cancel my April trip which is a combination of a Tower studio at Riviera and a BWV studio at the Boardwalk. I'm waiting until March though to see how the vaccine availability goes.

 

[4luv2cdisney]

We decided to cancel our January trip today. 2 weeks out.

1/2 the Christmas presents under the tree are Disney themed (ears, leggings, hats, Disney Vera Bradley).

I'm
so
depressed!

 

[Firepath]

I cancelled February too. Got 4 nights at Grand Cal at 7 mos. Figured it was driving distance and we could just enjoy the pools and warmer weather. Who even knows if they'll be open by then? Sorry for all of us. I'll wait for the vaccine.

 

[RoseGold]

I was very sad to cancel my Valentine's Day trip. I've got June now -- maybe that will work???

 

[Dean Marino]

Reading the above? I believe all of you did the right thing. A combination of when you can actually be vaccinated (likely around March-May 2021), and when there is something worth visiting (with staff, and fireworks - MUCH later).

Just what MY family did. We cancelled our APR 2021 DVC visit a good month ago. Instead? Bought RIGHT into our 11 month Window for NOV 2021 - and burned points for upgraded Home Resort rooms, both for DW & I, and eldest DS and DIL. We will be at WDW for the 50th - as long as there IS a serious WDW with staff and attractions, in NOV 2021.

All personal opinion - I'm not necessarily right, no one else is necessarily wrong.

 

[4luv2cdisney]

We typically go for Thanksgiving. January was just an attempt to avoid crowds. So, we will shoot for Thanksgiving 2021 post vaccine (hopefully) and for the 50th!

My home resort is BWV and I've probably already lost out on a shot at standard rooms. Guess I'll start trying for at least part of it tomorrow morning. Oh yay! Ha ha!

If not successful, I'm kind of pumped to attempt a 7 month split stay somewhere. Guess it's like gambling. I've switched our dates and resorts so many times it's becoming an addiction. lol

What I'm not excited about is having to do something with the banked points that need to be used before Oct 2021. I just hate dealing with stuff like that (renting, RCI, whatever). But if we rent them, we will put the money toward an add-on we're already planning for. So, I guess that should be motivation.

 

[Lorana]

I had a big family trip planned in February - taking my parents, my siblings, and all their kids. It’d be our first vacation together as a family with all of us since DH & I got married at Disney World 20 years ago (yes we were taking them to celebrate our anniversary and because we hadn’t all vacationed in so long. We did this for DH’a family last year after his dad passed away and it was such a great time we decided to do it for my family too). I had 5 nights at BRV over February Vacation week, managing to snag three 2-Bedroom Lockoffs. I even got super cheap airfare on JetBlue for $49 per person!

I’ve accepted that this trip isn’t going to happen this year, but my baby sister has not yet, alas. I know how much she and her kids want to go. DH says I should just tell her we’re all not going, but I think the kinder thing is to wait to get closer when reality sets in. It just makes me sad because it means postponing to 2022, and the point charts are higher, so I’ll likely only be able to swing 4 nights. It also means a lot of points I’m going to need to try to rent out that expire from these first reservations (which is why DH wants me to cancel now; more opportunity to rent them).

Which is my really long-winded way of saying I feel you, and I’m so sorry you have to cancel. This has been hard on so many levels and I know how much many of us just want a dose of our happy place and can’t have it yet!

 

[Rob Huff]

We cancelled our January trip two weeks ago and it sucked, but at least we were all completely on the same page about it. WDW will still be there in late 2021 and beyond; it's our job to make sure that we're still around to enjoy it!

We had an ever-elusive Beach Club studio booked, so it hurt quite a bit to lose a long weekend in Stormalong Bay. That sucked.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

We are going in Feb. We had to cancel last March, and it has just been too long since we have been.

 

[4luv2cdisney]

We cancelled our January trip two weeks ago and it sucked, but at least we were all completely on the same page about it. WDW will still be there in late 2021 and beyond; it's our job to make sure that we're still around to enjoy it!

We had an ever-elusive Beach Club studio booked, so it hurt quite a bit to lose a long weekend in Stormalong Bay. That sucked.

Unfortunately, we were not all on the same page re: cancelling our Jan trip. Everyone finally came around in the end, but it took some time getting there. We gave up BCV and CCV studios and as BWV owners have already lost out on standard studios for our Plan B.

UGH!

But there are worse things.

 

[holyrita]

Add me to the list of people who just cancelled their February 2021 trip

 

[MJ NH]

I already moved our Thanksgiving trip to January to the end of February. I am going to wait as long as I can before canceling/ moving that one. We have a trip booked for April too. I told the kids they can do remote school from Disney.