tori.bh3
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 4, 2016
I am so lost today.
My family is all over the news. My cousin Cody and his girlfriend Sydney were killed in the wildfires in Texas on Monday. I am shocked and heartbroken. I did see Cody while he was still alive. Not that he was recognizable. Burn victims usually aren't.
There are so many formalities when a family member dies. There are a lot of things that need to be done; funeral planning, obituary writing, etc. But I get to add changing travel dates for Disney World to my list.
Originally I was supposed to fly out at 4:15 and arrive in Orlando at 10:19 Friday night. Now, Cody's funeral is at 2. I can't make it.
I can't not go on this trip. For one, it is expensive and I will be out a large sum of money. I was supposed to be at WDW 6 nights at POR and then go on a Disney Cruise on the Wonder from Thursday - Sunday. I didn't get travel insurance because I never thought I'd need it. Not to mention my flights.
American Airlines is useless and heartless. I'm taking a $400 dollar change flights fee, and then having to pay an additional 1K than I had before. So I'm having to take a 1K hit in order to not lose 6K over the course of my trip.
My next step is to call Walt Disney Travel company. Maybe see if they'll take off a night. I have a dining plan too. Maybe they'll do something. I don't know.
In the strangest way possible, I am grieving for just about everything. I did the work on this trip. I worked hard to pay for it myself on a teacher salary. I got absolutely blindsided by our loss of Cody and Syd. I feel like it is wrong to travel but I need to get out of town.
Thank you for reading this far. I just needed to vent.
My family is all over the news. My cousin Cody and his girlfriend Sydney were killed in the wildfires in Texas on Monday. I am shocked and heartbroken. I did see Cody while he was still alive. Not that he was recognizable. Burn victims usually aren't.
There are so many formalities when a family member dies. There are a lot of things that need to be done; funeral planning, obituary writing, etc. But I get to add changing travel dates for Disney World to my list.
Originally I was supposed to fly out at 4:15 and arrive in Orlando at 10:19 Friday night. Now, Cody's funeral is at 2. I can't make it.
I can't not go on this trip. For one, it is expensive and I will be out a large sum of money. I was supposed to be at WDW 6 nights at POR and then go on a Disney Cruise on the Wonder from Thursday - Sunday. I didn't get travel insurance because I never thought I'd need it. Not to mention my flights.
American Airlines is useless and heartless. I'm taking a $400 dollar change flights fee, and then having to pay an additional 1K than I had before. So I'm having to take a 1K hit in order to not lose 6K over the course of my trip.
My next step is to call Walt Disney Travel company. Maybe see if they'll take off a night. I have a dining plan too. Maybe they'll do something. I don't know.
In the strangest way possible, I am grieving for just about everything. I did the work on this trip. I worked hard to pay for it myself on a teacher salary. I got absolutely blindsided by our loss of Cody and Syd. I feel like it is wrong to travel but I need to get out of town.
Thank you for reading this far. I just needed to vent.
