Yep, all good points however I will be in CA until Jan 7th so I thought I’d covered all my bases with several months of “opening later in 2019” seeming pretty solid to me. Had I organised the trip now, availability for flights and accommodation would be much more limited and much more expensive (flights are nearly $1000 more on their own right now, nearly $6000 return). That’s one reason we need to plan so early from here, particularly for a Christmas vacation which is our peak peak holiday period here through to the end of January. Everyone wants time off so we need to request vacation time from our employers know well in advance as it’s usually first come first serve at that time of year, particularly for my wife.but if I were coming from that far away and there was no solid opening date yet, I'd wait until there was one
737’s don’t do long haul from Australia to the US. I’d prefer not to run out of fuel in the middle of the Pacific, that would be much worse than missing ROTR . Anyway, no point changing anything at this stage. I’m still looking forward to having a great holiday and feel very lucky to only have to worry about first world problemsIf your itinerary had 737-MAX or any schedule change because of it, you can probably at least change it, maybe even cancel it...
Yeah Hyperspace Mountain is a great overlay, did it in 2016. Can’t wait to do Guardians myself on my farewell tourPlus - Hyperspace Mountain will be running in October, so I get an extra Star Wars ride (sort of). I’ve never been on the Hyperspace version before, so that sounds cool.
Yeah Hyperspace Mountain is a great overlay, did it in 2016. Can’t wait to do Guardians myself on my farewell tour
Have a great trip
I wish! Just making the choice to delete Disney from my future travel plans.Farewell tour? Are you a secret celeb?!
That's a good point.If your itinerary had 737-MAX or any schedule change because of it, you can probably at least change it, maybe even cancel it...
Understood but I did organise the trip for some 5-6 months after they said the land would open which was announced in May 2018 as Summer 2019.I would be annoyed, although, I don't think you can trust Disney for dates. I am waiting to go back to WDW for Tron. (and Alllll the other new stuff that will be there then) But I am going a year after their tentative dates, because its very important to me that it actually be there.
That's a good point.
I understand your frustration. I'm also an Aussie and have been following closely ROTR news to plan a trip.Understood but I did organise the trip for some 5-6 months after they said the land would open which was announced in May 2018 as Summer 2019.
There are no 737 MAX flying in, to or from Australia but cancelling is not on the table anyway. It’s not necessary as we have plenty of great things planned for the trip so it’s all good.
All the best
Because they fly across the Pacific all the time ;-)If your itinerary had 737-MAX or any schedule change because of it, you can probably at least change it, maybe even cancel it...
I understand your frustration. I'm also an Aussie and have been following closely ROTR news to plan a trip.
Insiders are telling us that ROTR is currently ripped apart as they try to fix the issues in vain. The Jan 17 date has been forced upon DLR and it is not expected to be ready. On top of that it is not expected to work reliably and spend most of the day down. for a long time.
Honestly your situation could be made worse by changing your plans, watching it open and still not see it working.
The latest I read yesterday is that ROTR in both parks is not expected to work reliably at all in 2020.
Look, I’ll still have a great time but like many Aussies, we have planned our Christmas trip to Disneyland well in advance. Helps to get good prices/availability on airfares (particularly over Christmas) and have plans in place so we can save up. We chose Christmas as even though it’s a lot more expensive for airfares, we (I) thought ROTR would definitely be open as all info from Disney has been saying “opening later in 2019”.
Now all of a sudden, it’s not opening until Jan 17th 2020. Well that’s not 2019 is it. So I can’t help feeling a little disappointed and not a little annoyed as plans were put in place months ago and we will miss out on seeing a complete land. It’s not a deal breaker of course because there are many other things I love but I may not have committed to such an expensive time to travel if Disney had been up front about the potential opening time. It’s also obvious all work on ROTR in Disneyland has stopped until the Florida team arrives to sort out whatever was stuffed up by the California team. Surely that’s unnecessary, work can continue with the lessons learned in Florida.
Anyway, Disney received a rather blunt message from me to which I received the expected pithy cut and paste reply suggesting I should use their calendar to check the availability of attractions for my visit. Apparently it’s a simple matter to arrange a visit to Disneyland from the other side of the world in 6 weeks, so there you go.
I wanted nothing more than a sincere apology from them like I did get last year for my poor experience at a MNSSHP at Magic Kingdom. On that occasion they even offered me free tickets to make up for it which I did not want or expect. I couldn’t use them so asked them to donate the cash value to charity or donate tickets to Give Kids the World, no idea if that happened though.
So I’m committed to this trip but I’ll cancel my plans to visit the Shanghai and Tokyo parks in 2021/22. I’ll find another holiday destination for those trips as I don’t want to continue to enable Disney by attending their parks.
Not that they will care of course as we are but 2 in 150 Million.
Rant over. Don’t be concerned, I will be able to move on with my life
All the best.
I'd like to know this too since the reliable sources I read/listen to have said nothing like this.Where did you get this information?