Tbone17701
Disney Dreamer
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2010
Chiming in as we are scheduled 6/7-6/14. We have a heavily discounted room only res and non-refundable air booked to date. Our FP+ date is 4/8, so I've been putting off buying passes until the last Amen. Our biggest dilemma is with the guests we are taking on this trip. It's our DD's 16th bday trip so we are taking her boyfriend (for all intents and purposes, this is his first trip and his high school graduation), our niece (her high school graduation) and our nephew (in college) to celebrate. The first hitch is not having any idea what school will bring for the 3 still in high school (our nephew is at PSU, but they've transitioned to online for the remainder of the semester) and especially with regard to graduation for the 2 seniors. The second hitch is not having much availability (and maybe none at all) to work with to reschedule for everyone later in the summer due to other planned trips, jobs, etc. DH, DD and myself will still go one way or another this summer or fall. I did buy insurance on the air that would give us 75% back of our 3 guests' airline tickets and I can do the same for their park tickets, but losing 25% of those things is still a good chunk of money. I saw the previous suggestion of switching to a package for more flexibility, but it would cost me almost $1K more overall to do so because of the discounts I have had booked forever now. It just feels like such a pickle. Go figure that this is a "special" trip versus our usual visit. Our DD has deemed it a Lion King themed trip and we've got multiple group t-shirt sets, the LK Suite at AOA, all the ADR's the kids chose, etc. and I'm just racking my brain to not only tackle plan A wisely going forward, but to come up with a plan B that includes as much of plan A for everyone as possible. The 2 seniors are dealing with potentially losing the remainder of their senior years and all that entails, but keep saying they can at least look forward to Disney. Ugh. I realize we're one of many many in our struggles and disappointments and am incredibly grateful to even have such a "problem" since it's so very first world given the reality of things right now. So, OP...I guess I've just explained all of that to say that I'm hanging in there until I can't justify doing so anymore. I'd at least like to see when Disney extends the closure through. The whole rumor of phased openings will make a difference too, but if things are seemingly under control, the country is up and running and Disney is open in full, then we'll go as scheduled. If things remain too uncertain as we approach the 30 day mark, then I will do my very best to push back to later this summer.
