Notices
Itineraries Post your Trip Itineraries here.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Old 19 May 20, 11:10 AM  
Link to this Post
#1
AdmiralJack
Imagineer
 
AdmiralJack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 10
Rearranged October 2020 itinerary

Finally after any number of emails and countless hours waiting on lines i shouldnt have probably been on, we managed through to Virgin and get our 3 week holiday for October this year, moved to October next year.

We go as we always do, for 2 weeks in Orlando and 1 week in Clearwater. We always book the hotel in Clearwater ourselves, driving back up to Orlando to fly home, so Virgin just end up booking us a 3 week Outbound/Return fight as well as our hotel for the first 2 weeks.

On this occasion we were intending to stay at the All Star Sports, primarily so that we didnt have to drive at all (only one person in our party always ends up doing all the driving) other than the drive to and front Clearwater; any travel off Disney property would have been via Ubers.

However, Virgin advised that for our party of 5 adults it would have been an extra £1500 for the same hotel-no doubt due to it being the 50th anniversary next year. All of which resulted in us falling back on our old favourate, the Rosen Inn Pointe Orlando on I drive. The plan to not need a car in Orlando has been replaced by an "Everyone set up a Direct Debit and pay £10 each per month into a Taxi fund" plan.

The booking for our favorite hotel in Clearwater, Shepards, has been changed with no fuss and no extra cost.

We were fortunate that we had not purchased our Universal or Horror Nights tickets, and that the Virgin booking for next year already includes Disney passes.

The only outstanding issue now is our attempt to get our Discovery Cove tickets either refunded, or ideally rescheduled for a date next October. Due to booking those via Travel Republic, we have had to submit a request via their Manage my booking system, so who knows.

On the one hand, its disappointing not to go this year, but pretty much the moment the lockdown came into force, we resigned ourselves to not going-and frankly, the way they just dont seem to care about the lockdown or social distancing in much of the US doesnt give me much confidence it would be wise to go this year anyway.

On the other hand, an unexpected benefit is that we will now be there for the 50th anniversary, which is not a bad thing at all.
AdmiralJack is offline Boy Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Old 10 Jun 20, 02:28 PM  
Link to this Post
#2
ClaireNJ
Imagineer
 
ClaireNJ's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 19
Location: Essex
Glad you managed to get through on the phone & get it all sorted, we love the Rosen Hotels, cheap & cheerful, leaving more money for the Outlets
Something for you to look forward to now
ClaireNJ is online now Girl Mouse Click to view Members Trip Plans Add Member to Ignore List
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:36 PM.


Powered by vBulletin - Copyright © 2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
DIBB Savings
AttractionTickets.com

Get £10 off each Disney Ticket with the code ATDIBB10

Get up to £50 off per room at Disney or Universal with the code DIBBHOTELS


theDIBB Blog
One of the the five worlds found in Epic Universe, How to Train Your Dragon... Read More »
Disney announced that a new nighttime show, “Disney Dreams That Soar,” will run nightly at... Read More »
Walt Disney World Resort guests can get ready to have a “glowing’’ good time when... Read More »


theDIBB Menu


Exchange Rates
US Dollar Rates
ASDA  $1.2367
CaxtonFX  $1.2312
Covent Garden FX  $1.2548
FAIRFX  $1.2350
John Lewis  $1.2380
M&S  $1.2178
Sainsburys  $1.2357
TESCO  $1.2364
Travelex  $1.2353
Updated: 17:30 28/03/2024
Euro Rates
ASDA  €1.1447
CaxtonFX  €1.1402
Covent Garden FX  €1.1507
FAIRFX  €1.1432
John Lewis  €1.1457
M&S  €1.1263
Sainsburys  €1.1440
TESCO  €1.1445
Travelex  €1.1435
Updated: 17:30 28/03/2024

DIBB Premium Membership
Did you know you can help support theDIBB with Premium Membership?

Check out this link for more information and benefits, such as...

"No adverts on theDIBB Forums"

Upgrade Now



X