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I booked Delta for a non-stop leaving Boston in August. I was to arrive in Orlando at 6 PM. It was the only one that was direct at a time that I preferred. The choices were either get in to Orlando at midnight..or get up at 3 am..so I went with this one that left at 3 pm. I've been reading on this board about how they are notorious for changing or cancelling flights, etc. Today I decided to call just to check on my flight as I no longer saw it listed online. I tried all day and couldn't get through...either dead air after dialing, or busy signal, or got through but got cut off..I just gave up. I checked my email late afternoon and sure enough..there it was..an email informing me that my flight was cancelled and I was put on another flight with a connection in Atlanta...which had me arriving at 8:30 PM, which wouldn't work for me at all as I wanted to get to EPCOT by that time for EMH at midnight.
I called them and finally got through and let them know I wasn't happy with this change. The reservationist said that my only other choice was to choose a direct flight leaving at 7 am (what I was trying to avoid to begin with), which means getting up at 3:30 am...and have a towncar pick us up at 4:30 am to take us into Boston. I had no choice if we wanted to do the direct flight.. so we chose this one. It was a good thing that I got through to them when I did, because we got the last 4 seats that were somewhat together (in two's), and leaving only 2 stray scattered seats left in the entire coach section.
I guess the one way to look at this is that we'll have more time to spend in Epcot on our arrival day (we land at 10:15 am). I'm just not looking forward to getting up at 3:30 am...maybe I just won't go to sleep that night ???!!!
Sorry to hear that your flight got changed . We've done the 3:30 am pick-up to get to Logan too. The good part is getting to WDW several hours earlier! Enjoy your extra time in the parks!
Could it maybe be an option to get a hotel room right near the airport to avoid the extra early wake up? It might not change much but for a 7 AM flight when I am staying at an airport property, I generally get up at 5. It is only 1-2 hours of sleep but might be worth it!
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I vote for the stay near the airport option! Hopefully you'll be able to get 5 hrs sleep in if you hit the sack at 10:00pm! You can tell I've thought of this, cause we have a 6:00 AM flight and are staying near the airport, but have to be at airport 2 hrs pre flight time, so have to leave at 4:00 AM Which means I have to get up at 3 AM
Sorry about Delta. I flew them a few years ago, and thought never again, but last year they had a fare I coudn't refuse. And I was happy with them. Thought maybe they had improved. No flight changes, flights on time, no lost luggage!
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Sorry about your Delta problems. I had them do the same to us --- twice.
Because we live on the West Coast, our choices are limited, and I do prefer getting that 6AM flight, even though it means waking up at 2AM, ( I am a night owl, usually don't go to bed until 2AM) and the limo picking us up at 3AM, at least we arrive at WDW at a halfway decent time, usually around 5PM.
Sorry about that! I am a early departing fan myself, I have been bumped from too many flights and learned the hard way. In Jan, I flew Delta (out of our TINY airport), we boarded the plane and then just sat there, then of course the pilot came on and said we were having technical problems. The flight was cancelled and all the other delta flights that day were booked. We got put on US Air (first class!!! WOO HOO!) and ended up loosing 4 hours. :-( Of course, if that had been a 1:00 flight, well.....you can guess. Even later.... So just think of it as getting more bang for your buck! Pixies that you won't have any more changes!!!
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Well..so far everyone is opting to wake in the wee morning hours, so looks like we'll be getting picked up at the house by the towncar at 4:30 am. We're about a 1/2 hour to 45 min. drive to Logan Airport in Boston. We all decided we'll just sleep on the plane. However, I'm the one who usually cannot fall asleep...as I'll be too excited knowing I'm on my way to Disney!!!!
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. We've done the 3:30 am pick-up to get to Logan too. The good part is getting to WDW several hours earlier! Enjoy your extra time in the parks!
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