For what it's worth, this post is NOT from Aruba! Still stuck in Yukon, OK. While the Weather Service reported a category 1 hurricane (Felix) forcasted to strike Aruba today, I checked and found that the flight I should have been on landed in Aruba today at 2:52 PM eastern standard time (same as central daylight, I think). So the winds must not have been that bad.

I have been in contact with our friends who got us this "free" (and non-existant) stay in Aruba and told them about the foul-up. They are going to try to fix it when they get home from Europe late next week.

I want to thank all who referred me to Trip Advisor. I did my research (a bit too late due to the death of my mother and the relocation of my father)and discovered that there are indeed three Divi Village resorts on the same property in Orangestadt. There is the Golf Resort, sometimes called "the links" that gets good ratings. There is a new high-rise that gets good ratings. and there is the old Divi Village mid rise which gets horrible ratings. It is consistantly reported as being unsanitary and in great need of repair and redecorating. THAT'S the place where we had the free stay!!! I also learned that one booked into that dump could be upgraded to one of the good newer facilities for $170 to $300 for the week, and that's what I was trying to do when I made the call and discovered that (according to Divi) we had no resertvations!

My friends who owned the timeshare who set this thing up for us are going to try to set it up again in October. If I can upgrade out of the "dump", I'll go. If not, will use my ticket value (less $100 pp penalty) on something else.

Thanks for all the help
Richard