Any Canuck heading down March break

[ottawamom]

@ilovetotravel1977 Keep those blinders on. I'm sure you'll sleep much more soundly than the rest of us who are worrying about our economic futures.

 

[Donald - my hero]

let's try to keep the judgemental comments to ourselves while allowing others to share what they are planning on doing, or not doing. We have no idea what anyone else is dealing with during these very trying times, whether it be a conflict with our own view points, direct impact to household income (yes, some of us are already being hit hard by the threat of and now actual tariffs), and others are worried about the safety of family members who are in a targeted marginalized group.

I think we can safely say that at the end of the day, we all love Disney or we wouldn't have joined this social media group.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

@ilovetotravel1977 Keep those blinders on. I'm sure you'll sleep much more soundly than the rest of us who are worrying about our economic futures.

huh? I have no blinders on. I follow what is going on, and AM concerned about the economic fall out of all this.

What's going on right now isn't worth losing $10,000. That is a ton of money, and I would take the trip because you WANT to.

 

[Days In the Sun]

We are just back yesterday from 8 days at WDW. We are DVC so our resort was prepaid in dues, tickets were bought last year with airmiles. For us, it was hard to go and hard to be there. It was hard for us to leave the anger at home, always in the back of our minds, especially being surrounded by Americans carrying on their lives as usual.

We went with the goal of spending as little as we could. Flew Air Canada and spent $200 USD plus groceries from Publix (brought the food we could). Mears, tips, split the odd quick service meals and one gift from the Japan pavillion, that was it.

Not sure going forward with DVC. Selling and renting feeds their economy. We will cancel December's trip and have stopped planning a trip to Aulani. Most likely use our points at Disneyland Paris, not the best return but a good option for us. I will still go back to WDW if my ill daughter decides she is healthy enough and wants to. For us this is the most important reason not to sell.

 

[PetePanMan]

We are in a lousy situation right now. We have (had?) a Disneyland trip planned for early April and are now looking at cancelling.

When I looked into what it would cost to cancel, this is how it broke down for us:

Flights: my sister can cancel her flights and get a credit with WestJet. Dh and I can cancel the WestJet part and get a credit but it am still trying to get an answer out of United. Potential loss for non-cancellable flights is around $1000.

Disneyland tickets: We bought them ages ago from a UK vendor and can hold onto them, while it will cost us more to flip them into current tickets the next time we go back in a few years, at least they will retain their value.

Star Wars Night tickets: total loss as they cannot be returned. Aprox $800 lost

Car service from Lax and back: no loss as I can cancel this.

Ferry to and from Vancouver: I should be able to cancel and only lose around $20

Airport parking: same as the car service, I can cancel and get my $ back.

Airport hotel: can be cancelled with no penalty.

Accommodations: ugh, this is the big one. We rented a 2 bedroom DVC suite at the Grand and unless the owner can find someone to take on the reservation we will be out the whole amount paid, $7,700.00

So, if we cancel, we are looking at a loss of almost $10,000

Anyways, just a little vent from me about the state of things right now.

I would definitely go and enjoy it if I was in your situation. I understand some of the emotions right now but losing $10k would be silly IMO

 

[Frank4202]

Just a reminder folks…. The President has been in power for 45ish days. We still have another 46 months of this nonsense.

If you speak to Americans, the majority don’t care or don’t even know what’s happening.

If possible, spend your money in Canada. One day this will blow over and you can take a nice long Disney trip at a deluxe resort but for now, your country needs you to keep your money at home.

 

[PetePanMan]

Just a reminder folks…. The President has been in power for 45ish days. We still have another 46 months of this nonsense.

If you speak to Americans, the majority don’t care or don’t even know what’s happening.

If possible, spend your money in Canada. One day this will blow over and you can take a nice long Disney trip at a deluxe resort but for now, your country needs you to keep your money at home.

I have no issue at all with the “if possible, spend your money in Canada” for those that chose to do so but are you suggesting you would be willing to lose $10k by cancelling a trip?