disneyseniors
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First, thanks to Pete and the Crew for their weekly podcasts. I have always enjoyed the back and forth and the great information.
On today's podcast, I found some points that I would like to address. This is from the view point of a non-Disney associated person. I am a yearly visitor who lives many miles away and must fly to Florida. We save to be able to go to Disney every year, like many other people. So, this is a viewpoint from someone who is a fan but doesn't have lots of Disney insider knowledge. I am just someone who enjoys going to our favorite place to visit, WDW.
There are a few things that I would like to expand on or offer a different take on the subject:
1) It was brought up that temps would probably have to be taken to get into the parks. That sounds fine, but I don't know how that will work in the real world. Ex: You pay thousands for flights and room and board and tickets. You get to the entrance and you might have a low grade fever (who determines what temp they will use to deny entrance?). That could be from only drinking a hot beverage before entering? or if the outside temp is hot and you got warm from you hike from the parking lot, or some other physical reason? I think this could get dicey as the person is asked about the origins of this? Disney can't even ask over one or two questions about service dogs due to laws.
That brings up the discussion of face masks. It sounds easy, just wear one or just stay home?? Some people honestly cannot abide wearing them for whatever reason. An who can keep one on during Florida's heat and humidity?
I can see signing some form of release paper on Disney's part. THAT I think is reasonable and covers them.
The argument comes up that at some point people need to have personal responsibility, just like they have had before. Ex: washing hands frequently, not using handrails, coughing in the elbow, hand sanitizers, etc, etc. These things have been done before. At what point does it have to be mandated? Things are going to open up eventually and people will go back to personal responsibility in these regards. Most people adhere to personal responsibility in these situations, and there will always be those who do not.
2) AS far as Japan's culture and ours? Not the same thing. They are a small country that is over populated. They have been wearing masks for a long time. The health marking or tattooing on their bodies is not something our country would tolerate. Think about it. It works for Japan's culture, but not for our country. IMO I don't think you can just expect to adopt another countries way of life, when we are two completely different cultures with different values and freedoms.
3) As far as Disney reopening next year, I don't see it either. Disney needs to make money and therefor the parks will open ASAP, IMO. They can't afford to wait a long time. And theme parks are a different animal than other vacations (ie the beach, etc) and will find it difficult to impose some rules on their paying customers. Just my opinion again .
These are just a few of the things that I thought of while the podcast was going on, right or wrong, but I feel worth discussion.
Again, I enjoy the weekly podcasts and the work that all of you do. Pete's imput on controversial issues is always appreciated, as well as the discussions by the cast. This is just another viewpoint of questions that came up to ME during the podcast.
On today's podcast, I found some points that I would like to address. This is from the view point of a non-Disney associated person. I am a yearly visitor who lives many miles away and must fly to Florida. We save to be able to go to Disney every year, like many other people. So, this is a viewpoint from someone who is a fan but doesn't have lots of Disney insider knowledge. I am just someone who enjoys going to our favorite place to visit, WDW.
There are a few things that I would like to expand on or offer a different take on the subject:
1) It was brought up that temps would probably have to be taken to get into the parks. That sounds fine, but I don't know how that will work in the real world. Ex: You pay thousands for flights and room and board and tickets. You get to the entrance and you might have a low grade fever (who determines what temp they will use to deny entrance?). That could be from only drinking a hot beverage before entering? or if the outside temp is hot and you got warm from you hike from the parking lot, or some other physical reason? I think this could get dicey as the person is asked about the origins of this? Disney can't even ask over one or two questions about service dogs due to laws.
That brings up the discussion of face masks. It sounds easy, just wear one or just stay home?? Some people honestly cannot abide wearing them for whatever reason. An who can keep one on during Florida's heat and humidity?
I can see signing some form of release paper on Disney's part. THAT I think is reasonable and covers them.
The argument comes up that at some point people need to have personal responsibility, just like they have had before. Ex: washing hands frequently, not using handrails, coughing in the elbow, hand sanitizers, etc, etc. These things have been done before. At what point does it have to be mandated? Things are going to open up eventually and people will go back to personal responsibility in these regards. Most people adhere to personal responsibility in these situations, and there will always be those who do not.
2) AS far as Japan's culture and ours? Not the same thing. They are a small country that is over populated. They have been wearing masks for a long time. The health marking or tattooing on their bodies is not something our country would tolerate. Think about it. It works for Japan's culture, but not for our country. IMO I don't think you can just expect to adopt another countries way of life, when we are two completely different cultures with different values and freedoms.
3) As far as Disney reopening next year, I don't see it either. Disney needs to make money and therefor the parks will open ASAP, IMO. They can't afford to wait a long time. And theme parks are a different animal than other vacations (ie the beach, etc) and will find it difficult to impose some rules on their paying customers. Just my opinion again .
These are just a few of the things that I thought of while the podcast was going on, right or wrong, but I feel worth discussion.
Again, I enjoy the weekly podcasts and the work that all of you do. Pete's imput on controversial issues is always appreciated, as well as the discussions by the cast. This is just another viewpoint of questions that came up to ME during the podcast.
