I think you've whined more about my story than I have...
Oh really, now?
I just did a quick search -
you have posted 65 MESSAGES IN THIS THREAD! A thread of just over 300 replies.
One out of SIX posts in this thread is from you. I think this one will make 4 for me.
It's simply obnoxious, especially since I'm not counting the other thread you have been whining in.
Thanks for the back-up.
AEfx is (intentionally I suspect) missing the point. It's not about the $40 fee or the $10 bucks they charged for the baby. It was the principle of the matter.
The principle of the matter is - you don't have any integrity if you did not stand up for your rights.
Oh, I know, you've said it 800 times, you were tired, it was raining, blah blah blah.
Did you call the next day to speak to guest services? If the merchant (Disney) was unwilling to help, did you file a chargeback with your credit card company?
The point is, you are here bellyaching a year and a half later, admit you are still "angry" (your words, which if it's true is
very unhealthy) and are going on and on when you could have easily handled it at the time if you had chosen to.
Should it have happened? Nope. But by not standing up for yourself, no one is at fault there was no resolution but you.
I'm sorry I have to be so blunt, I'm not "not getting" anything, intentionally or not - I GET IT. Disney screwed up, and you took it and didn't stand up for yourself, and instead are whining in about 50 posts in this thread about it.
So you can try to turn this around on me any way you please, but you are the one who didn't stand up for yourself, you are the one that had all the power to either get Disney to fix it, or to refuse the charge. You did neither. I would not have brought this up if you hadn't felt the need to reply to nearly EVERY SINGLE posting, posting 2, 3, more times in a row over and over, anyone made about this system and repeat your little "I didn't stand up for myself and am ANGRY!" posts. I made two postings regarding your whining, you replied with three, and continued to talk about me in other replies.
Guess the truth gets under your skin.
While you are accusing other people of not understanding you and your whines, you refuse to see why this is necessary. It was necessary because of system abuse. And while it may not affect "walk ups", it will certainly open up reservations for people who make them in the last 24 hours. While it may not be the "I wanna walk in and sit down at any restaurant whenever I please" folks, for many people, having to plan a day in advance is a heck of a lot better than 6+ months.
I get it. To be honest, I think you are more mad at yourself for letting it happen than anything else. You are so in your little bubble, and have basically replied to most every post in this thread that didn't agree with you - that I am sure this will fall on deaf ears, so I'll take your advice and put you on ignore. To be honest, I feel bad for you, and there is nothing worse to me than someone who has (or had) the power to change the situation and just sat back and did nothing, only to hold a grudge and come whine about it for dozens of posts a year and a half later.
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Agreed, it's completely about the principle of the matter. I don't know why people keep thinking it's such a wonderful idea to charge penalties/fees even for guests who try to do the right thing. It's just crazy to me that people are going out of their way to defend Disney for a charge that will punish guests like this. I mean, does anybody really think it's ok to charge $10 for an infant who was part of the reservation, and clearly wasn't going to eat anything? How can anyone legitimately defend that?
If you, ya know, actually read the postings you will see no one has "defended" Disney.
It was wrong. Duh. I said so myself.
But...he did nothing at all to help himself resolve it. As a consumer, it's your duty to stand up for your rights - and by doing so you help yourself AND you help other consumers as well. I have zero sympathy for people who don't have the integrity to stand up for themselves, only to whine about it a year and a half later.
If he really believed in the PRINCIPLE, as people keep saying, he sure didn't do anything about it, and you can have all the principle in the world but if you don't stand up for it, it's meaningless.
So, let me get this straight, you feel that a Wish Trip Family with an incontinent, disabled, life is gonna be over in less than 6 months toddler and a party of 9 should be made to pay $10 a head because the Wish child had a bad day and ended up in the ER with a raging fever before noon and the family is all gathered at the hospital praying that this child is not going to die tonight? Yeah, you are Mr. Compassion 2011 alright..
Uh, yeah...that's exactly what I said.
Someone was saying, "this isn't fair for people with small kids..." and I was simply pointing out all the other people who it could be "unfair" to, as in, an inconvenience that may be exacerbated by personal circumstances. Just because you have kids doesn't make you any more special than anyone else - although it's a prevailing thought unfortunately as the entitled generation are becoming parents themselves, and assuming the world needs to move/revolve around their kids, or that they deserve some special consideration for it, when in fact every human being on the planet is either a parent, a child, or both.
The point is, it's going to be a slight inconvenience. But it also may help. It's something called a compromise. Does this perfect anything? No, but now there will be more chances in the last 24 hours to get a reservation, and the restaurants will not book as quickly as they did before because of those DISney Mom's who booked three or four meals a night for a two-week trip just because they worked the system, making everyone suffer.
Regardless, I'm happy about the change - I'm sorry so many are bent out of shape about it, and can't see the benefits here. Unfortunately when people make themselves the victims, logic is the first thing to go out the door.
