Can you not just cancel your trip and reservations?
I could but then I lose $800 on airfare. Screwed no matter what.
Yeah, that is problematic. Other than cutting your vacation short and driving down to Universal Hollywood upon your return for FJ... I am afraid there is no solution. The reason theme parks guarantee nothing in their brochures I guess.
Changing to a different flight costs $800? Or are you saying you have $800 in the tickets and are just assuming a loss of all of it if you don't go? Southwest allows flight changes for free on certain fares. You pay the difference in the cost of the two flights, but if the flights cost the same, you are good to go. Not all airlines and fares are that way though.
But if you can change to a different flight for less or or free and go another time, then the sting isn't as bad. And if you can do that, maybe you can keep raising hell with uni and they'll comp you something or give a better hotel rate. I agree it's crap they are doing that to package holders. If you didn't have a package, I'd say sorry about your luck. But with a package, they should offer something.
My flights were $800. Changing your flight is $200 per person. Since the flight is so close, moving the date to even a week earlier or two weeks later creates an extra $200 difference in fares. So to change all together would make the total cost of my flights $1600.
Sadly I highly doubt the the customer service agent know about this until the day of either.And normally I'd be totally cool. But I did my part. I was very diligent about checking for closures. November 1st came and nothing posted. Even chatted with an employee before purchasing. I made an informed, researched decision. They withheld information on their end to avoid losing money. What's awful is I would've just rescheduled to 11/28 if they had just been transparent.
Sadly I highly doubt the the customer service agent know about this until the day of either.
Understood. I'm kind of dumbfounded they did it this way. I'm kind of hoping something emergent came up to make this happen.
I doubt it. If it was they wouldn't wait for such specific dates. It's a planned refurb that they didn't announce until after people's packages were already charged.
To be fair... 2 of those other attractions are bare unthemed coasters. Gringotts and Hogwarts Express are still great, but not being able to enter Hogwarts detracts from the experience by a huge amount.Yeah, attractions close for refurbishments all the time. There's 4 other Harry Potter attractions and two immersive lands to explore.
Understood. I'm kind of dumbfounded they did it this way. I'm kind of hoping something emergent came up to make this happen.