I have a flight MEM-EWR-ORF scheduled for Tuesday, however the customer I'm going to visit in ORF no longer need me there wednesday morning. So i want to spend a night in NYC and see the city kind of thing (i rarely make it to NYC)...

Was wondering, has anyone had any luck with changing a leg to be the next day...

for example i'd like to move MEM-EWR to earlier in the day tuesday, and instead of connecting to an afternoon EWR-ORF flight catch a flight the next morning (wednesday) for that leg?

Is this going to be a cancel/re-book... or can continental make this a "change"...

Thanks for your thoughts?