Debbie - I can't meet you at disney

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Debbie - I can't meet you at disney
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Sun, 01-21-2007 - 10:15pm

I am SOOOOO flipping ANGRY!

That happy hearts tickets I told you about. Where they sell tickets to california familes for $25 each for a day at disney? Well you have to get a letter certifying your child is a child with special needs and mail it too them with an order form.

I sent my request to the SDASA before Christmas. The letter was dated Jan 2 but I just got it this week. I openned it tonight to figure out what to do and it had to be post marked by the 15th!!!!!!

So we missed it! I am SOOOO friggen angry at the ASA. I sent 2 emails requesting the letter and they stalled sending it out and i have missed our opportunity. I had even told the kids.

I am going to call Disney tomorrow and see if there is any way to do it late, but I am thinking I am out of luck. It is written all over the form that it has to be sent by the 15th.

GRRRRR

Renee

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Mon, 01-22-2007 - 4:05pm

Dear Renee,

Call immediately and get a rep on the phone and let them know that you received the form AFTER the due date and you expect THEM to fix this so that your special needs children don't suffer, since this is OBVIOUSLY their blunder. Play up those kids' disabilities and the pain and anguish this will cause them after you had told them about it, you emailed twice, etc. etc. etc.

I bet there are others calling as well, you don't think you are the only one who got the forms late, do you? This is a huge error on Disney's part, hhmmmm, better not let the newpapers get wind of it...

They will set this up for you, play hardball!

This is Disney here, lover of kids.

Sara

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Mon, 01-22-2007 - 10:29pm

It isn't Disney's Fault. It is the San Diego Autism Societies ooops in this case.

The community involvement program is a thing Disney puts on 1 time a year where people with permanent disabilities can get passes for $25 each for up to 6 family members.

The stickler is that you have to get a letter through a group that provides you services certifying that it is a person with a permanent disability. SDASA is one of those programs. We had to get a letter from SDASA saying that we were members and the name of the person or persons with a disability who recieve services from that non-profit organization.

I emailed SDASA for the letter. They are all volunteer and quite busy so the letter got out late.

On a good note, I did call disney and got some very nice people on the phone. GOSH they are all SOO DARN PLEASANT. It is nearly abnormal. At anyrate it looks like we may be able to fix it. I left a message with the lady in question and hope to hear back tomorrow.

Debbie, Still can't meet you though . Looking at our calendars, DH and I have classes on Tues, Wed and Thurs nights and the program isn't offered on Fri. Our only options are Sundays and Mondays.

Renee

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Mon, 01-22-2007 - 11:31pm

well, that SUCKS.

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 8:40am

Dear Deb,

really, you will be OK, except of course not having Renee to pal around with, which bites. Disney is VERY WELL ORGANIZED!!! So not a chance you won't be able to figure everything out and Isaac is going to be in total kid hog heaven. You, too.

Disney Rocks!!! Say "Hi" to Mickey from us...

Sara

P.S. Just a note : Malcolm, very grownup in advance about how "those were just grown-ups in costumes, Mom, 'cuz really, the Disney characters are CARTOONS"..

sees Mickey and yells full voice : "Hey!! Mickey!!! It's Malcolm!!!! I met you in New York City when I was 3!!! Do you remember me?!?!"

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 12:12pm

LOL!

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Tue, 01-23-2007 - 12:39pm

Well, I guess we won't be going either:( Since we are newly dx I sent in our membership to SDASA and requested a Disney Days form at the same time. That was end of December. I have heard nothing.

Maybe we will do the two-fer deal instead. We already told Liam about it:(

Molly

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