So if I don’t get those points for next summers trip I will be bitter and at every turn I will drain money from Disney at every opportunity. Ie steak wrong in the slightest I send back. Drink wrong in slightest I send back, I will be that customer who is bitter till I feel no-longer used.
Call me petty, that’s fine I work hard for my time on vacation and they in affect stole from me and my family so I will return the favor.
I understand your frustration. There are hundreds, if not thousands of members who are affected in ways similar to your situation. Some made out better than others by luck; others by virtue of how they positioned their risk assumptions with how they used their points.
If nothing else, this pandemic should drive home to every owner and prospective owner that unless you bought a guaranteed week, Disney’s timeshare guarantees nothing but the
opportunity to book your home resort one month before non-home owners. It does not guarantee banking or borrowing (and in fact explicitly reserves the right to suspend these options). It does not guarantee pools, restaurants, gyms, spas, monorails, or any of the theme parks for that matter.
This was an often repeated mantra of those who remind potential buyers that all they are buying is a timeshare, but most dismissed it saying, “if there were no theme park, we’d all have bigger problems.”
Today, even with "bigger problems" (trading my kid's healthy social development with soul-crushing homeschooling anyone?), people will still take issue with their timeshare for things that were never guaranteed to them under the Public Offering Statement that they agreed to when they bought their Disney timeshare.
@Bondo9, come February 28, 2021 you will have had three years to use the points that you are are being asked to use some time the nine months. That's a luxury compared to a lot of other owners. As an owner, you assume ownership risks in exchange for cost savings over time. While you did not choose to shut down the park or cancel your reservation, you did choose to not use your points two years prior (understanding the inherent risks in that). And given your limited ability to travel (summer's only), you essentially booked in the last three months of your use opportunities.
I can see the desire to try to get back at Disney as you outlined above, but that's a lot of cutting off your nose to spite your face, it seems. Also sounds like a pretty unpleasant, and at Disney prices - expensive, way to spend one’s hard earned money and probably much needed vacation time.
At this point, they have you on the hook for Annual Dues for the rest of your contract RTU. Maybe this is a good opportunity to re-evaluate if a Disney timeshare is a good fit for you?
