Any Canadians have a Disney vacation booked for 2021? If so, when are you planning on going?

[nightwing12]

really hoping to be able to do our dvc welcome home trip in april 2021, rescheduled from april 2020

 

[OttawaDisGirl]

I'm sure the training is great for you regardless. And way more than I'll ever be able to run!

It totally seemed like an unreachable goal. (it still does sometimes) But the exercise gets me outside, and I started in April with just running/walking around a park near my house.

 

[hdrolfe]

It totally seemed like an unreachable goal. (it still does sometimes) But the exercise gets me outside, and I started in April with just running/walking around a park near my house.

That is awesome. I started walking and a bit of running earlier in the summer but then it got so HOT and I backed off again. I need to get back to it since the weather seems to be cooling off some. Hopefully you get to run that race, or another one like it sooner than later!

 

[Donald - my hero]

Oh yeah, they've had that since they extended my tickets to September 26, 2021 and the new reservation system came on line earlier this year. I don't think it means anything in terms of resort openings. I'm not too worried yet. Still lots of time.

No, I completely agree, but it is hard to tell how many resorts they'll open if they don't have as many park times available. I do know that neither of the POR resorts will not be open thru the entire 2021 year (unless something changes drastically!) Again, I was only trying to help with the fact that you mentioned you typically only use the resort for sleeping and bathing and wanted to make sure you decide carefully which one to book. I know this family would NOT appreciate being squished in a value resort for any longer than 2 or 3 nights and there's only two of us

 

[grantclaire]

Have two Disney cruises booked for 2021, one in March and in December. Will try to rebook the March one.

 

[pixie_mtl]

We have a Disney cruise booked pre-covid for January 2021; how things are going I'm not sure if Disney will sail at all We originaly had a 2020-bounceback booked back in 2019 that got canceled to a 35% room discount We couldn't use it this year so we lost that discount as well and are not book for August 2021. I wonder when it'll be possible to book beyond September 2021; we are considering moving our trip to December 2021 instead.

 

[AdamsMum]

I just cancelled my week for the end of January 2021. I'll lose some of my DVC points and I hated to do that, but a reality check was needed. Lets hope reality goes away next year.

 

[Jrnute]

We have B2B cruises out of Miami booked on the Magic for December 2021! I am very excited for this cruise. My first B2B and my first cruise on the Magic. Hoping to get to CC this time, our last attempt didn't work well.

 

[azrivest]

We just booked our flights for Disneyland in May. We're more of the "We need to learn to live with the virus" types, so we've decided to go ahead with our planned trip.

 

[absolut_mandy]

We had hopes to go in February 2021 - hoping to do the Princess Half Marathon. It looks very likely that we'll be forced to cancel. I'm training anyway in hopes that it will happen.

We are in the same boat as you! Booked our first 5K for the Princess weekend and we are just wishing and hoping that things will change for the better.

 

[musika]

Our original plan was to return sometime before our DD turns 10 in Feb/22, but we won't be booking anything until the quarantine requirement in our province (NS) is lifted as we can't afford two weeks at home post-trip.

 

[Chickinvic]

Nope. Was supposed to go to DL in May 2020 and WDW in November 2020. Obviously not happening, nor am I in any rush to travel to the US. I'll probably never return to WDW as I am now back living in Victoria (my hometown until I moved to Ottawa in 2013). I prefer Disneyland over WDW, but proximity made me go to WDW when I lived in Ontario. I can't see myself going down there next year.

 

[Carolynleanne]

We just booked our flights for Disneyland in May. We're more of the "We need to learn to live with the virus" types, so we've decided to go ahead with our planned trip.

We're the same Trying to decide if we'll book a trip for MAY 2021 or NOVEMBER 2021, but leaning strongly towards November for Christmas things.

 

[samsteele]

Heartened by recent news there may be at least one viable vaccine deployed - probably in the US - before Christmas. This news is in contrast with the WHO which announced no safe vaccine for global deployment until 2021. However, its not unusual for different opinions, especially when they are forecasts, to be pronounced.

I've watched Dr. John Campbell on youtube - RN instructor in the UK - since early February and find his information reliable. He also believes there is a strong chance that at least one vaccine will begin distribution in the US before the end of this year.

I find this very encouraging because if the US can get their numbers under control, and start to lower infections by year end, then I will feel much more secure flying back to WDW this time next year once I have the vaccination(s) - hopefully by early summer 2021 - and have also watched airline safety policy develop over the next 12 months. Thousands of snowbirds anxious to return to their Florida homes for next fall 2021 will also be watching carefully.

Given that US taxpayers have invested over 1 billion in EACH of at least 2 if not 3 of these promising vaccines (multi billion dollar investments), I don't think it is unfair at all for the US to see the first roll outs. This may even assist Canadians with not just travel to the US but controlling infection into Canada across the US border. Many of our border communities, and most of our tourism industry, is in desperate need of US visitors. I would also love to see the cruise industry safely active on Canadian coasts again.

I absolutely support the full share and fair global use of vaccine development and hope it is embraced. It must happen as global innoculation is the only effective way to fully combat the virus. But safe and effective vaccines will have to begin their roll out somewhere. I'm pragmatic and realistic about that. It won't be Canada. We have federal contracts with big pharma but that means little without performance. We know what happened sourcing N95 masks.

Do you think Canada will have at least one viable vaccine in active distribution by early winter 2021? I suspect it will be at least spring 2021. If anyone has more info than what most of us can pick up from the news and online sources, that would be helpful.

 

[Best_Vacation_EVER!]

We currently have flights booked for March 2021 but definitely plan to switch those to Dec 2021. The timing is definitely a mix of Covid and having the full offerings back at WDW (shows, fireworks, characters, parties, full offering of resorts, etc....)

I'm sure there will be vaccines available in late 2020/early 2021 but the current trials for the vaccines are only using healthy, younger volunteers. They won't know the effectiveness for older and people with pre-existing conditions that soon --- and they already know that for other vaccines they are less effective in those groups. Definitely having a vaccine early could limit the amount of virus in an overall community, which is vital, but the impact will depend on people actually taking the vaccine and polls seem to show many are nervous (some anti vaxxers, some concerned about the process/speed of the vaccine development) and won't rush to get it right away.

But beyond just vaccines I think the fact that therapeutic treatments are improving is also key to opening things up and for us traveling to WDW. At the point that there are viable vaccines and treatments then most travel medical insurance will cover Covid related illness and travel will go back to closer to normal.

 

[hdrolfe]

I thought I read somewhere that the US is preparing to roll out vaccines to front line staff at least by end of October. I do think they need it. Not that we don't as well of course but at least here we have maintained a slower spread and less of a curve.

If there is one I will probably look at a cruise or something in 2021, but without it I'm not sure. My little trip to TO for a day was a nice getaway and I am anxious to do something even more fun, and without so much driving on my part. So if we can't cruise or Disney in 2021, perhaps an AI, I wish the ones in Cuba had more waterslide/water park stuff as that is what kiddo would want to be able to do, but there are a couple in Dominican and Mexico that would meet his desires I think. I guess we'll see!

 

[quandrea]

Heartened by recent news there may be at least one viable vaccine deployed - probably in the US - before Christmas. This news is in contrast with the WHO which announced no safe vaccine for global deployment until 2021. However, its not unusual for different opinions, especially when they are forecasts, to be pronounced.

I've watched Dr. John Campbell on youtube - RN instructor in the UK - since early February and find his information reliable. He also believes there is a strong chance that at least one vaccine will begin distribution in the US before the end of this year.

I find this very encouraging because if the US can get their numbers under control, and start to lower infections by year end, then I will feel much more secure flying back to WDW this time next year once I have the vaccination(s) - hopefully by early summer 2021 - and have also watched airline safety policy develop over the next 12 months. Thousands of snowbirds anxious to return to their Florida homes for next fall 2021 will also be watching carefully.

Given that US taxpayers have invested over 1 billion in EACH of at least 2 if not 3 of these promising vaccines (multi billion dollar investments), I don't think it is unfair at all for the US to see the first roll outs. This may even assist Canadians with not just travel to the US but controlling infection into Canada across the US border. Many of our border communities, and most of our tourism industry, is in desperate need of US visitors. I would also love to see the cruise industry safely active on Canadian coasts again.

I absolutely support the full share and fair global use of vaccine development and hope it is embraced. It must happen as global innoculation is the only effective way to fully combat the virus. But safe and effective vaccines will have to begin their roll out somewhere. I'm pragmatic and realistic about that. It won't be Canada. We have federal contracts with big pharma but that means little without performance. We know what happened sourcing N95 masks.

Do you think Canada will have at least one viable vaccine in active distribution by early winter 2021? I suspect it will be at least spring 2021. If anyone has more info than what most of us can pick up from the news and online sources, that would be helpful.

I too watch Dr John Campbell. My only worry with this info is that the prediction coincides perfectly with the election, so it leaves me sceptical. What does cheer me, however, is Canada has both the Moderna and Pfeizer vaccines on order. There will definitely be a time lag as health Canada studies the vaccines and assigns drug identification numbers. I’m thinking winter 2021is a bit too optimistic. Spring/summer 2021, more in line with the WHO, is probably more likely. This isn’t a bad thing necessarily because I think looking at the us rollout and the vaccine’s impact on millions will be valuable info here in Canada. I’ll be rolling up my sleeve as soon as the dr will see me!

 

[samsteele]

but the impact will depend on people actually taking the vaccine and polls seem to show many are nervous (some anti vaxxers, some concerned about the process/speed of the vaccine development) and won't rush to get it right away.

Definitely believe this will influence the positive impact of any vaccine roll out. There is an interesting parallel thread going on right now on the Boards and title starts with "CDC Notifies States . . ." Think it was started by a mod. Its very active today and you can find recent posts scrolled on the right hand side of your screen. I found it after I wrote my post and the sense is not so much anti-vaxxers but DIS'rs concerned about the process/speed of the vaccine development. Well worth checking out.

 

[Starwind]

I'm sure there will be vaccines available in late 2020/early 2021 but the current trials for the vaccines are only using healthy, younger volunteers. They won't know the effectiveness for older and people with pre-existing conditions that soon --- and they already know that for other vaccines they are less effective in those groups. ...
But beyond just vaccines I think the fact that therapeutic treatments are improving is also key to opening things up and for us traveling to WDW. At the point that there are viable vaccines and treatments then most travel medical insurance will cover Covid related illness and travel will go back to closer to normal.

One of the issues with trials including enough elderly and vulnerable in this instance is also going to be finding enough who are also exposed enough to actually be able to see if the vaccine works. For example, for myself, as someone who is high risk due to multiple factors... yesterday (Sept 4) I had to some shopping that could only be done in person, so I lined up a number of stores to go to and did them as a batch. The last time I did anything in person was July 28. Everything in between has been ordered online and shipped to the house or curbside pickup. The only human I have had any in person contact with from July 29-Sept 3 was my sister, who I live with, and even most of that is physically distanced in our own house [I WFH but she works in a pharmacy].

Re: traveling... I was speaking with one of our neighbours yesterday. They are retired and normally snowbird in Florida. This past winter they had come back early when the government first made the calls for Canadians to return to Canada ASAP. I asked what they were going to do this year. He said they were still undecided. The community they go to is fairly closed, so they aren't too concerned about it, but travel insurance is a major issue. However, their normal travel medical insurance that will cover them, including covid, as long as the Canadian government lifts the no travel advisory. He found another policy that will cover even with the no travel advisory in place, but as he said "I don't want to know how much that policy costs".

For us, we have a DCL Alaska cruise booked for August 2021. We had originally booked for May 2021, but decided (1) May may be too early for vaccines (or even sailing), and (2) the PIF is mid-January, which is probably too early to know if a May sailing is a go. So we booked an August sailing. We figure it is much more likely vaccines are in place by August, and the PIF is end of April, so by then we would probably know if the 2021 Alaska season is going to happen. If we the end of April PIF and aren't/imminently vaccinated or the sailing is uncertain or we are otherwise uncomfortable, then we move it to 2022. We would have airline tickets by then, but we will only get ones we can cancel or change. I've already booked our hotels for pre/post, but the reservation is credit card guarantee, cancel/change upto the day before, no deposit required in advance.

SW

 

[samsteele]

My parents are snowbirds and are not returning to Florida this year. They have a neighbour who does home checks as a sideline job and will check on their house outside of Orlando and report if any problems. Other friends and neighbours who are full time residents in their gated community have warned, regardless of the virus, they should not return until next spring at the earliest. Those neighbours have concerns re civil unrest and property damage with the upcoming election, huge implications with the active upcoming hurricane season and protecting oneself if evac needed and that the general vibe in the community is one of unease, stress and few if any of the pre-virus social gatherings and support. My parents are lucky that they have a home to stay in plus my brother and I as support. I really worry for snowbirds who are in 5th wheels and are now struggling with where to shack up for the coming winter. Sure many adult children are cleaning out spare bedrooms or finished basements as we speak. It will be a winter of family togetherness for better or worse for many Canadians. This Christmas will likely be a family first and material goods and traditional meals/food/goodies last as we all deal with shortages. Definitely an old-fashioned holiday season that our grandparents and great-grandparents would have recognized. Ho ho ho.