Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[hereforthechurros]

Maybe it's just me but I really don't think the parks will be so full that resort guests won't be able to get in if they reserve days when the reservation system opens. Universal's crowds are, well... not even crowds. While I think Disney will bring in more visitors, I just don't foresee a sold out situation to those with existing reservations. I could be wrong.

Agreed. That verbiage is there to cover them in the case someone shows up without any idea of a reservation system and thinks their resort reservation and tickets are enough to cover them. I'm sure there are rare instances that will pop up here and there where people don't get their desired parks for whatever reason but the vast majority of us here won't have an issue.

 

[hereforthechurros]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271800710775091200

Woohoo!

Includes premium! 16 choices at least.

This made me way too happy. I ordered the blue Mickey castle one, husband and son stuck with the plain babies. Nerds.

 

[Eric Smith]

Doesn’t seem like there is going to be any immersive world for a while at Disney with all the restrictions. If anything Disney is going to be open as it’s just an amusement park also

When Disney takes away what actually makes it Disney, not much more of a reason to go.

There is much more to Disney than M&G’s, parades and fireworks. Disney will still have the atmosphere and theming that other parks can’t offer.

 

[Moliphino]

Doesn’t seem like there is going to be any immersive world for a while at Disney with all the restrictions. If anything Disney is going to be open as it’s just an amusement park also

When Disney takes away what actually makes it Disney, not much more of a reason to go.

Disney's great land and ride themeing are what make it so immersive and all of that's still there. But I've never really cared for character meets and parades, anyway.

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

There is much more to Disney than M&G’s, parades and fireworks. Disney will still have the atmosphere and theming that other parks can’t offer.

IMO there is nothing better on a Disney trip then ending your night with fireworks. That makes the entire experience complete. I have seen more people cry from watching fireworks than anything at the end of the night.

Fireworks are big for me. Thats just me. And it all factors into the price of the admission. If you are going to take these things away, discount the ticket price then. Don't charge full price for an incomplete experience

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

IMO there is nothing better on a Disney trip then ending your night with fireworks. That makes the entire experience complete. I have seen more people cry from watching fireworks than anything at the end of the night.

Fireworks are big for me. Thats just me. And it all factors into the price of the admission. If you are going to take these things away, discount the ticket price then. Don't charge full price for an incomplete experience

I'm totally with you on missing pieces of the experience, but it wouldn't make sense to discount prices right now since that would likely increase demand. How much capacity Disney can handle right now versus existing AP/Current booking demand is already questionable, so I don't think that Disney would want to highly encourage a flood of additional reservations for the initial phases right off the bat. I think it will be a few months out from opening before we start to see general public discounts (and even then I think resort discounts are most likely) appear again.

 

[rteetz]

Reminder to bring it back to the topic

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Reminder to bring it back to the topic

Any hints on what is coming soon?

Like... is resort news next?

 

[AmberMV]

is resort news next?

It's coming....#soon

 

[rteetz]

Any hints on what is coming soon?

Like... is resort news next?

I’ve got nothing.

 

[yulilin3]

For those wondering about the refillable mug situation. This is how universal has it setup

 

[vinotinto]

I’ve got nothing.

https://tenor.com/QbnD.gif

 

[gottalovepluto]

It also appears as if they removed FP+ from the My Plans header in MDE. Seems they are making changes behind the scenes, hopefully we'll hear something "soon"

*Edited to add that FP+ doesn't seem to appear in any menus in MDE.

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FP+ is the one thing I think we’ll see forever changed when it comes back...

 

[DougLovesYou]

Read in the resorts thread that a phone CM told a guest that those few who were able to modify their July reservations to non-DVC resorts this upcoming fall was an error (possibly in the system, as the CMs are working remotely I believe) and that those reservations will be "corrected." It was so darn hopeful to hear something different for a minute fingers crossed we get some definitive and concrete info from Disney soon regarding their resorts plan for the year/foreseeable future...

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Since not much news I'll throw these out there. This is two tweets from today showing Character "experiences" at Universal.

The first one shows a platform with different fur characters rotating appearances and you can interact from a distance get photos from a distance, etc

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271836131861069824

Second is of Doc Brown, so a face character, who is also interacting from a distance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271825836656730113

How would people feel about this type of thing at Disney? Would it work knowing people (incl kids) couldn't get hugs? Could it even create new/better interactions?

 

[Disneysoule]

Since not much news I'll throw these out there. This is two tweets from today showing Character "experiences" at Universal.

The first one shows a platform with different fur characters rotating appearances and you can interact from a distance get photos from a distance, etc

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271836131861069824

Second is of Doc Brown, so a face character, who is also interacting from a distance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271825836656730113

How would people feel about this type of thing at Disney? Would it work knowing people (incl kids) couldn't get hugs? Could it even create new/better interactions?

I would love to just see the characters from a distance. Luckily my kids have met most the characters many times so just having characters around the parks would brighten the day!

 

[Funfire240]

Since not much news I'll throw these out there. This is two tweets from today showing Character "experiences" at Universal.

The first one shows a platform with different fur characters rotating appearances and you can interact from a distance get photos from a distance, etc

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271836131861069824

Second is of Doc Brown, so a face character, who is also interacting from a distance

https://twitter.com/x/status/1271825836656730113

How would people feel about this type of thing at Disney? Would it work knowing people (incl kids) couldn't get hugs? Could it even create new/better interactions?

This kind of reminds me of the end of the night for the Villains After Hours. I think that was still fun - you weren’t with the characters since they were up in the train station but the interaction was still there. I could see it working.

 

[DougLovesYou]

How would people feel about this type of thing at Disney? Would it work knowing people (incl kids) couldn't get hugs? Could it even create new/better interactions?
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While watered down (but absolutely better than nothing given the circumstances) it would be great for atmosphere! Could actually lend itself well to some interesting banter with the face characters and it at least keeps that interaction alive!

 

[gatechfan99]

We are in the same boat. Out of state AP's from MA. It made sense for us to buy AP because of the number of trips this year. We also stay on property but if we only get a certain number of park days we need to figure out other plans for days with no park or cancel. It is what it is but we just need some info our trip is in 44 days! As we all do... I hope we get some news soon!!

I'm the same as well as out of state AP holder.

I know it's beating a dead horse, but the lack of communication is just killing me. We've got APs and a DVC reservation that we've moved 3 times since March. Now with the trip coming in mid-July, I've got to cancel by tomorrow if I don't want to have a penalty and probably lose my DVC points. It's a 6 day trip. If we can't go to the park 1 or 2 days, it'll be annoying, but we'll deal with it. But if we can't go but 3 days, I really need to know that information. And especially, what if it's the arrival or departure day where it won't even be a full day?

Now we've also got another variable where my daughters' dance recital from May has been rescheduled for the middle of our trip. They'd still rather go to Disney, even with the known restrictions. But again, if it turns into several days with no parks, that's going to be a big deal for them to miss the recital for.

Really, in nearly 3 weeks what have we really learned?
-Dates they will open
-DVC resorts will open on June 22
-reservations will be required.
-nothing is guaranteed. That's about it.

Probably a little oversimplification, but not by much. Everything else has been fluff emails that don't really say anything or announcements like "we're going to do a lot of cleaning!". It feels like they're sacrificing customer service to try to make huge, sweeping changes during this time that might help them out long term but is destroying any short term good will. If it's just building a park reservation system, even SeaWorld and Six Flags have managed to do that by now (and even built in priority levels for different ticket holders). Sorry, just venting my frustration that builds daily.

 

[Bjn10]

Remember news dropped at 9 last Saturday