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Madabouttigger
12-03-2020, 10:18
Hi all, we are dur to fly out to Orlando on Tuesday. My niece will be travelling with us, and is having a massive wobble about going. I intend to travel unless the foreign office says otherwise. My question is to anyone currently out there. Are there signs of panic buying in the shops? Are there any food shortages? What’s the general mood out there around CV19? Any advice or comments appreciated.
We are here now in Kissimmee and it's not too different really. Everything is going as normal and apart from some buying toilet rolls the only shortage is hand sanitizer but dollar stores have all you need.
Mind you this may change in near future.
christhear
12-03-2020, 10:50
It can't be any worse than the slightest mention of a hurricane, water disappears very fast then. That's probably what I would get first and enough for the duration of the holiday
We are due to fly on May 31st. The villa payment is due end of this month and I don't know what to do. If I pay then with 60 days to go there is no refund. If I cancel I will get my deposit back less 250 dollar fee. If I pay and trump extends the flight ban to the UK then my travel insurance will not cover the cancellation. I really want to go but 5000 pounds is a lot to lose.
Madabouttigger
12-03-2020, 17:10
We are due to fly on May 31st. The villa payment is due end of this month and I don't know what to do. If I pay then with 60 days to go there is no refund. If I cancel I will get my deposit back less 250 dollar fee. If I pay and trump extends the flight ban to the UK then my travel insurance will not cover the cancellation. I really want to go but 5000 pounds is a lot to lose.
I feel your pain. We are still planning on travelling but will be keeping an eye on how this all pans out.
christhear
12-03-2020, 18:08
Why will your travel insurance not cover cancelled flights?
It's not the flights they won't cover, ba will cover that if they cancel. The insurance wont cover any cancellation costs if the reason for the cancellation is because the USA bans UK flights. They will only pay cancellation if I am I'll or the foreign office say it's not safe. At the moment things are ok but very possible the Trump will stop flights from the uk if things get worse in which case they will not cover.
I feel your pain. We are still planning on travelling but will be keeping an eye on how this all pans out.
If the flight goes ahead we will go, I am not worried about going only about not being allowed to go
Madabouttigger
12-03-2020, 21:39
If the flight goes ahead we will go, I am not worried about going only about not being allowed to go
yep, agree completely 😎
Just read that Disney have closed the California park until the end of the month.
christhear
13-03-2020, 06:10
My neighbour has posted that Disney World and Universal are closing on Sunday - not seen this confirmed anywhere
Regrettably true :-(
https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/2020/03/12/disney-other-florida-theme-parks-remain-open-despite-spread-of-coronavirus/
Madabouttigger
13-03-2020, 23:52
Regrettably true :-(
https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/2020/03/12/disney-other-florida-theme-parks-remain-open-despite-spread-of-coronavirus/
and it now looks like Trump may ban the UK !
Madabouttigger
14-03-2020, 07:49
and it now looks like Trump may ban the UK !
so my next question, if Trump or the Foreign office don’t impose a ban, would you still go?
[QUOTE=Madabouttigger;731789]so my next question, if Trump or the Foreign office don’t impose a ban, would you still go?[/QUOTE
Probably
christhear
14-03-2020, 14:38
Yes, plenty to do without Theme parks, but if its a one off trip could be different. We often go without visiting a theme park
christhear
14-03-2020, 16:23
Have just seen flights from UK banned from 0400 GMT Tuesday. Not sure til when
30 days but I think it may be extended. Think that's the end of my May/June trip
Madabouttigger
15-03-2020, 07:01
Unpicking all the threads of our holiday, sat in a three hour queue to Virgin trying to get the flights refunded. Unpacking suitcases, depressing times.
Unpicking all the threads of our holiday, sat in a three hour queue to Virgin trying to get the flights refunded. Unpacking suitcases, depressing times.
So sorry Diane. If you had been able to change it to travel a day earlier, before the ban came in, would you have still gone ahead?
Madabouttigger
16-03-2020, 09:11
At the time yes, but on reflection that possibly would of been the wrong decision. So many places are closing down, the holiday wouldn’t of been the same. We were going over to spend some time on Siesta Key, that’s the part I really miss, just going to the beach. We are thinking of March 2021 if we can get insurance.
Are existing UK based guests getting out of florida on time or are there delays re number of flights back to the UK ?
Just thinking of a contingency for exisitng guest who leave on 24th March.
Are existing UK based guests getting out of florida on time or are there delays re number of flights back to the UK ?
Just thinking of a contingency for exisitng guest who leave on 24th March.
Our current guests were due to fly out on Virgin on 25 March. The flight has been cancelled. The Virgin website is asking them to register their details, and Virgin will contact them about the new flight arrangements.
Meanwhile they are relaxing by the pool and playing golf.
Our guests were due to leave on Friday but have been contacted by Virgin and are having to leave on indirect flights this afternoon.
Guests managed to get a flight to UK today so have left early
Madabouttigger
16-02-2021, 14:16
Just noticed that the pound is gaining strength against the $, apparently due to our success with the vaccine, so much to buy out there that I just can’t get to ����