teentoddlermom
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Yesterday I booked AKL standard for mid July -7 nights- 2 adults and 1 15 year old for $1456. I think that is great for a deluxe, around $200 per night, not even low season. I originally booked Thursday for just me and my DD for $1323, but had to call back to add my DH, because he decided to join in 
. Orbitz was beyond easy to deal with. I first tried Disney, and after a long wait and having to listen forever to the beyond annoying automated system and scratchy music, I got a very nice CM who told me what I already thought, that I had to add him through Orbitz. He also told me I could NOT link it to MDE by myself, that Orbitz had to do that. Hmmm..... I called Orbitz and got a human right away! He was able to pull my reservation right up, and said he had to call Disney to ask about the extra adult. He put me on hold and did that, and came back fairly quickly to confirm that he would have to cancel and rebook for me at the new total. He gave me the new confirmation number which is a 6 digits. He also gave me a very long disney confirmation number starting with a 4. I said good bye to him in Guatemala, and opened up MDE. I tried to link with the Orbitz number, and bingo, it worked right away! I also tried to link with the traditional long Disney confirmation number he gave me and got a message that the reservation is already linked, so it seems to all match up! There were no Magic Bands associated with the reservation yesterday, but today like magic, there are 3 associated with my AKL reservation all ready to customize today. The one thing I forgot to think about was Magical Express, and thought I needed to call WDTC again, but I googled and found a link that seemed to work! https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/airport-transportation-reservation/
I will still call WDTC to doublecheck about the DME reservation.
I was super hesitant about the whole booking through a different company than Disney, but now I think there is nothing to worry about.
This reservation is costing me less than my AP discounted trip to PORS last month. I am beyond excited!!
It is a 5 day cancellation policy, and my refundable flight is on Southwest (112 ea way!) so this is a very reasonable trip money wise!
I wanted to post my good experiences for others who may be wondering.
. Orbitz was beyond easy to deal with. I first tried Disney, and after a long wait and having to listen forever to the beyond annoying automated system and scratchy music, I got a very nice CM who told me what I already thought, that I had to add him through Orbitz. He also told me I could NOT link it to MDE by myself, that Orbitz had to do that. Hmmm..... I called Orbitz and got a human right away! He was able to pull my reservation right up, and said he had to call Disney to ask about the extra adult. He put me on hold and did that, and came back fairly quickly to confirm that he would have to cancel and rebook for me at the new total. He gave me the new confirmation number which is a 6 digits. He also gave me a very long disney confirmation number starting with a 4. I said good bye to him in Guatemala, and opened up MDE. I tried to link with the Orbitz number, and bingo, it worked right away! I also tried to link with the traditional long Disney confirmation number he gave me and got a message that the reservation is already linked, so it seems to all match up! There were no Magic Bands associated with the reservation yesterday, but today like magic, there are 3 associated with my AKL reservation all ready to customize today. The one thing I forgot to think about was Magical Express, and thought I needed to call WDTC again, but I googled and found a link that seemed to work! https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/airport-transportation-reservation/I will still call WDTC to doublecheck about the DME reservation.
I was super hesitant about the whole booking through a different company than Disney, but now I think there is nothing to worry about.
This reservation is costing me less than my AP discounted trip to PORS last month. I am beyond excited!!
It is a 5 day cancellation policy, and my refundable flight is on Southwest (112 ea way!) so this is a very reasonable trip money wise!
I wanted to post my good experiences for others who may be wondering.
