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Ah, you are the lucky one for sure! Congrats on getting into Wilderness Lodge with its special memories for you. I immediately headed over to the WDW site to see if I could have any luck with our trip, but, alas, nothing was to be had for us. I know you are going to have a super trip.
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How exciting! I bet your sister will be very excited!!
She will be!!
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Staying at WL is in my top 5 which includes BWV. Congrats and wish we'd be able to see you! If your dates change let me know!!
I so wish that our paths would cross this trip!!
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Originally Posted by NanaTink
Awesome! We love WL...I vote for keeping it a surprise for your sister! I love Disney surprises!
I'm heading over to your November trip with Muffin, cuz we know how he drives all the changes....
I am going to try my best to keep it a secret!! :secret: Honestly, Muffin really does precipitate most of the changes!!
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Why am I just discovering this PTR? I know! You started it as I was leaving for my cruise. Sad I missed some of the action and that I couldn't join in the banter as you made your usual changes to the plans. But, I'm here now. You have a great trip planned. Your sister is one lucky gal.
P.S. Can you adopt me?
My sister is pretty awesome herself!! I would love to adopt you and you are always welcome to join us!!
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Great change of plans and some nice savings! I love the WL as the first WDW I stayed at back in 2002 and did a repeat in 2012 for my 10th anniversary!
I am shocked that you made a change, I think your sister is going to be very happy.
I know it's hard to believe!! I think my sis will love it!!
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Awesome resort switch! WL has become the resort hardest to get lately.
I wonder why that is?
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Originally Posted by Pris
Ah, you are the lucky one for sure! Congrats on getting into Wilderness Lodge with its special memories for you. I immediately headed over to the WDW site to see if I could have any luck with our trip, but, alas, nothing was to be had for us. I know you are going to have a super trip.
You should keep checking!!
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I'm another one who's so shocked that you made a change to this trip. In all seriousness, I think it's a great change.
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So!! This trip was pretty much taken care of and the last one that I thought there would be any changes to...……………
HOWEVER!!!!
My sister sent me a text this morning that said:
"Give me call when you can. The Disney dates are changing and Dave is insisting I change ours. We will pay any extra charges. There is a meeting I am going to this Thursday and I will know for sure after that."
OH. MY. GOSH.
Can't I ever just have a normal trip like everyone else?!?!?!
ANYWAY!!!
I called my sister back when I got the message and she said that Angela's trip dates were now from December 8th through the 12th and that her husband, who I normally like very much, would not allow her to go from the 6th- 11th.
Honestly, we spend no time with Angela on this trip!!
I asked her why not and she said that he did not want to stay by himself more than he had to. I could see that she was very upset so I told her that I would do what I could on this end to fix things. Then I hung up the phone and started crying.
Muffin said that although he loves my sister's husband, he is a huge baby. He told me to take a deep breath and move on. He also said that if things could not be changed to accommodate my sister then he would have no problem with me going by myself for 2 days without her.
I know that this may sound easy for us because Muffin travels as well but, honestly, so does Dave!! I am just so sad for Laura. So!!
I first checked online. It appeared that I could change the resort reservation easily enough. BUT!
When I went to check out it said that my reservation could not be changed online and that I needed to speak with a CM.
OK.
I called the number given on the website and spoke with a CM named Jackie. She was beyond amazing. She checked and then double checked and then asked me to describe exactly what I saw on the website.
I explained that the website let me get all the way to checkout where it told me that I owed a difference of 16.83 for the change but then would not put it through.
She told me not to give up and put me on hold while she contacted guest services. I was on hold for the better part of 20 minutes and then she finally came back on saying that everything was good.
I thanked her profusely and the term angel may have been thrown around. Then I told her that I needed to be put in touch with ticketing for another reason. I had booked MVMCP for December 6th and even with the DVC discount had spent 200 bucks on that party. I needed to know if it could be changed to December 11th.
I explained that even if it couldn't, I appreciated all that Disney had done thus far. She put me in touch with another lovely CM named Alaina. At this point, I was crying and Alaina told me promptly that nothing was that important. She listened carefully to my story and told me immediately that Disney had no problem changing dates as both parties in question were not sold out.
She took my information, checked to make sure, and then immediately gave me a new confirmation number for December 11th and told me to destroy the original tickets as soon as I received the new ones. She also immediately sent me an email which I have as a reference.
Next I had Muffin change my airline tickets. This worked out to cost him 1,300 more points but was easy as pie. I actually have the same flights.
I then called my sister to let her know that things had worked out just fine. She will call me on Thursday after her meeting at Angela's school to let me know about flights for her.
It now appears that I will have a whole day to myself!! I am still flying down to Orlando on December 7th. Laura will now fly down with Angela and then meet me at the WL. We may or may not be on the same flight back and at this point, and please take this the right way, I don't care. These are first world country issues.
I had to change many ADR's around as well. I am so glad that I did not post any final plans here.
I am so angry with my sister's husband right now and frankly, so is Muffin. However. this will all work out.
I didn't need to change any time off at work and I will just have to go to Disney Springs without Laura. Everything else worked out okay. I feel terrible for my sister but things could be much much worse. I told her we should be thankful that we are not in Adrienne's shoes right now. Not to make her feel bad. Just to put things in perspective.
Oh, my gosh!! If it's not one thing, it's another. I can't imagine that her husband is being such a baby about this. He travels and leaves her alone, and he can't deal with a couple of extra days without her? I'm glad you were able to get everything worked out with Disney. Sorry it came to tears for you, but I'm sure it wasn't just these trip changes working on your emotions. I hope that you and your sister are able to have a truly magical time together.
Oh, my gosh!! If it's not one thing, it's another. I can't imagine that her husband is being such a baby about this. He travels and leaves her alone, and he can't deal with a couple of extra days without her? I'm glad you were able to get everything worked out with Disney. Sorry it came to tears for you, but I'm sure it wasn't just these trip changes working on your emotions. I hope that you and your sister are able to have a truly magical time together.
Thanks, Pris!! I am more than sure that we will have a great time!!
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In all seriousness, I think it's a great change. 
I think I can actually pull this one off!! 
But, I'm here now. You have a great trip planned. Your sister is one lucky gal. 
I love the WL as the first WDW I stayed at back in 2002 and did a repeat in 2012 for my 10th anniversary! 
I'm glad you were able to get everything worked out with Disney. Sorry it came to tears for you, but I'm sure it wasn't just these trip changes working on your emotions. I hope that you and your sister are able to have a truly magical time together.
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