We were originally booked for a trip this past May. We rescheduled to October, but I had a feeling we would end up needing to reschedule again, so I booked a room only for May 2021. I explained all this to the CM on the phone. He got everything set up and charged me a $200 deposit for each of the 2 rooms I booked. I didn’t think anything of it until now. I already had tickets I bought 3rd party, so I’m not going to be getting a package. He had to have seen the tickets linked in MDE. I looked at the details of the reservation and it says “21 return basic package”. Does anyone else have that listed on a reservation? I thought it was odd.
And we did cancel our October reservation, so May 2021 it is.
A basic package is room + “Magical Extras” (the mini golf coupons and whatever else). It has the same rules as a package - has to be paid 30 days in advance, etc. You can also get 0% financing if you pay for it with your Disney Rewards Visa. It should have an 8-digit reservation number (vs a really long room-only confirmation number).
What number did you call to reserve your May 2021 room? Trying to book for July 2021 and all I get is a recording saying WDW is closed and they aren’t accepting reservations at this time. Thanks.
I had booked it a week before they shut everything down. It was going to be our back up trip for October. Just in case. Looks like I did it just in the nick of time. We cancelled October after news of this mess and are going with May.
When I made a back up reservation for next April in case our December trip doesn’t happen, the CM said it was better to book it as a basic package because is easier to make changes without having to cancel, get a refund, and then book a new reservation. It can just use the same deposit. That was my understanding anyway.