You can cancel your September package since it is before your 45 day mark and get a full refund (minus the
MNSSHP tickets which are non-refundable). Once 2016 packages become available to book (later this summer) you can just book again online from scratch. Very easy to do. Just call Disney, give them your confirmation #, and they'll process the refund back to your credit card. If you used any gift cards towards your package make sure you saved the cards because the refund will go back on those.
UGh, I was afraid of the last part of this! I used a gift card for the one payment I've done since deposit. I was a dummo and didn't think to save it, because after all, I wasn't going to cancel! LOL At least I haven't used any more of the stack of cards in my desk yet. I was at first holding them until we heard about free dining or not but I was about to start plugging them in when all this came up.
Point of clarification on Southwest policies.
I thought that you could only get a refund if you cancel within 24 hours of booking, or if you purchased with a refundable fare, like the senior fare for people over 65 or one of the higher priced fares (not the lower "Wanna Get Away" fares). Otherwise your only option if the fare goes down is to take the credit for a future flight, which you have to use within a year of the original booking.
I did get the cheapest option on the fares, so I assume refund is not an option. If the credit is good for a year, I should be okay just doing that. I doubt flights for February are released yet since we just got September a month or two ago. Thanks!
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Yep, husband's brother. And that's part of the problem. He doesn't know what to do. He keeps saying " _____ him. He didn't ask us about dates, we've met the girl twice, and I don't care." But of course, when I ask him about a final decision he waffles on me. Family is very important to us. Definitely more important to us than the brother-in-law getting married. The only family drama would be from my mother-in-law. But she always has drama over SOMETHING so I'm used to it. But we would know. I ADORE Disney, but we were there just over a year ago so I GUESS I could wait. And there would definitely be people who wouldn't get it because we "go there all the time" according to them (we typically go every other year). LOL If they only knew how it could be!
For wedding number 3 I'm actually surprised there is more than a trip down to the justice of the peace or a trip out to Vegas but I suppose that has more to do with his fiance than him. I would send a gift and a "third time is a charm" card and go enjoy my vacation.
Honestly, I think the only reason there's a to-do is that she's only like 24 (HALF HIS AGE!) and it's I believe her first wedding. I've talked to her exactly twice so hard to be sure.
And yeah, one of my fears is that we'll cancel or change and they'll call it off or move it or just run away to Vegas or something.
A couple people mentioned the MNSSHP tickets, I have not purchased those yet. Knowing they were non-refundable I was waiting a bit to be sure our park plans or ADR's didn't switch around.
The family members we have been planning with in September is my cousin and her family and her husbands sister and the sisters kids. So we were kind of an offshoot add-on. We love to travel with others since there is only 3 of us. I'm sure they'd be disappointed but it wouldn't really change their trip overmuch.
It's a very tough decision with so many factors. I really appreciate each and every one who weighed in on all sides. I knew there would be no overwhelming vote for me to follow, but I also knew you guys would point out some factors I might not have thought of and help me see things from an outside point of view.
I still don't know for sure, though I'm leaning toward moving it to Feb when considering all the other factors. It will definitely depend on some more checking into the refund situation with WDW. I am not willing to lose even 1 dollar of this trip for his narcissistic tail.
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