Shades of Green Question

[Daxx]

My Dad has been talking about going to WDW for a long weekend. He served in the US Navy in 1960-2 but did not go to war. He was wondering if Shades of Green is available for his use? Or is it just military who served in wars or those currently in the military? Any info. would be much appreciated!

 

[Renee1061]

This link has the eligibility requirements:

http://www.shadesofgreen.org/eligibility.htm

 

[Tinkerbelle32]

I do not believe that he would be eligible since he didn't retire from the Navy.

 

[Tikihula]

Active duty and retirees, but not veterans in general.

 

[tasha99]

They say it's for active duty, retirees, and their families. My ex will be retiring next month and I'll get a portion of his retirement pay (plus, I was active duty before marrying him.) I was wondering . . . could a kid qualify as the "family?" Could our son, who is family to both of us, qualify to secure the room that I pay for? Maybe they'd be more lenient about things like that in the slow season.

 

[wiggles02]

I wouldn't count on SOG to be lenient about anything. We were there in May and my dad sponsored us. We wanted to add on a night but because he was leaving, we couldn't stay without him. It is basically illegal we were told.

 

[rigs32]

They say it's for active duty, retirees, and their families. My ex will be retiring next month and I'll get a portion of his retirement pay (plus, I was active duty before marrying him.) I was wondering . . . could a kid qualify as the "family?" Could our son, who is family to both of us, qualify to secure the room that I pay for? Maybe they'd be more lenient about things like that in the slow season.

No. Only the qualifying person or the current spouse - receiveing his retirement pay doesn't matter since you're no longer marrier. Time of year is also irrelevant - the rules are the rules. (c'mon, it's the military! )

One thing you COULD do is have your ex book a condo through avfclub.com in the area. We did that once when we traveled with a group and it was nice.

 

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

They say it's for active duty, retirees, and their families. My ex will be retiring next month and I'll get a portion of his retirement pay (plus, I was active duty before marrying him.) I was wondering . . . could a kid qualify as the "family?" Could our son, who is family to both of us, qualify to secure the room that I pay for? Maybe they'd be more lenient about things like that in the slow season.

If your son has a DOD dependent ID, I'm pretty sure he can be the sponsor. The dependent ID is the key.

Also, if you were married to your husband during twenty or more years of active duty service and you have not remarried, I believe you are also eligible to be the sponsor.

 

[LadyZolt]

As BirdsofPreyDave said, one way to tell is if the individual has a military ID card. Active duty, reserves, retirees, and qualified family members all have one. If you're divorced, the child gets one if not living with the military parent. I've seen infants six months old with ID cards. If the parents aren't divorced, a child gets an ID card at (I think) 10 years old (at least, that's how old my kids were when they started to get them), and then a new one every four years or so.

Ex-spouses who were married for a certain number of years of the military person's career are also entitled to retain their ID cards until they re-marry. The number of years has changed over the years and my DH retired 11 years ago, so I have no idea what it is right now, but you could research that and find out.

That being said, if the child of a divorced military person is a minor, he/she cannot reserve a room at SOG because minors cannot enter into a contract, nor would they have a credit card, but you could call SOG and see what, if anything, they do to handle qualified children who plan on traveling with a non-qualifying adult relative.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[Tinkerbelle32]

I believe the sponsor(person booking the room) has to be at least 18, so this wouldn't work.

 

[BibbidiBobbidiBOO]

I was wondering . . . could a kid qualify as the "family?" Could our son, who is family to both of us, qualify to secure the room that I pay for?

I have no personal experience, but here are some that do!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1460866&referrerid=&highlight=shades green

And no to the OP, you don't seem to qualify from what you shared.

 

[tasha99]

I have no personal experience, but here are some that do!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1460866&referrerid=&highlight=shades green

And no to the OP, you don't seem to qualify from what you shared.

Interesting . . . it sounds like maybe we could go there. We were only married for 14 years that matched his service, so sounds like I couldn't be the sponsor but maybe one of my kids could. Of course, there are so many hotels at WDW I want to try that I'm not sure it really matters.

 

[Tinkerbelle32]

Call Shades of Green and see what they say, but I think their response will be no. It needs to be a spouse. My hubby's ex wife was not able to book a room even though she tried using my step-daughter.

 

[LindaR]

Well my daughter, who has a dependent ID, has booked our rooms with no problem. I pay for them. She is the sponsor. We also just returned from Hawaii (at the Hale Koa, another military owned resort like SOG). She has never been asked to provide any proof of her age, nor have we been turned away from staying at any military owned hotels (only been to SOG and Hale Koa). She is now 18, but we have been doing this for quite some time. I don't believe there is an age restriction. The qualifier is having an ID card.

 

[Tinkerbelle32]

Maybe it depends on who you talk to?

 

[tasha99]

Maybe it depends on who you talk to?

Which could be a little scary if you got there and had someone else interpret the rules differently.

 

[Buttercup Roberts]

Just another note, Shades of Green is also available to current Department of Defense civilian employees. For some reason, that's never prominently mentioned by a lot of posts and websites, though it is on SOG's own website, of course. It took my husband two years to realize we were eligible!