Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[yulilin3]

I am with you.

The thing I don't quite get is....if they really want people to cancel or re-schedule, why not incentivize it? Granted, many people are DVC and have to use points, so they'll either be using them or renting them out. But, for those who don't have to come....why not incentivize a re-schedule.

The other thing I don't get is....they want to weed people out, they want people to cancel. Yet, they don't release the very information that would weed people out and cause people to cancel.

I honestly think the main issue is this reservation system that they have tied themselves to.
I think it's not working and they might be scrambling to find a new way to spread and control the crowds

 

[mshanson3121]

I think we are all getting to that point. It is crazy that they are opening the parks in less than a month and people that are going in July still dont know what park they will be able to get into.

Or even where they will be staying

 

[CastAStone]

I honestly think the main issue is this reservation system that they have tied themselves to.
I think it's not working and they might be scrambling to find a new way to spread and control the crowds

That hurts my head. With Microsoft Access and a month I could build a serviceable reservation system and I barely passed intro to computer programming and never took another class.

 

[Ariel 1715]

Or even where they will be staying

They really should have worked all this out prior to announcing an opening date...Just saying!

 

[MKEMSE]

I honestly think the main issue is this reservation system that they have tied themselves to.
I think it's not working and they might be scrambling to find a new way to spread and control the crowds

Is there a reason that they can't use the system that they used for Shanghai? I thought they had a reservation system.

 

[chicagoshannon]

I honestly think the main issue is this reservation system that they have tied themselves to.
I think it's not working and they might be scrambling to find a new way to spread and control the crowds

I think that's the issue also. Having a reservation system for 1 park (shang hai) is very different from 4 parks simultaniously. They would have been better off factoring in hotel occupancy and setting capacity over and above that.

 

[mshanson3121]

They really should have worked all this out prior to announcing an opening date...Just saying!

Definitely! Do you think DeSantis may have forced their hand a bit earlier than they had planned? I wonder how much of this is because they were more or less pressured into this before they were ready.

 

[MickeyEars]

I honestly think the main issue is this reservation system that they have tied themselves to.
I think it's not working and they might be scrambling to find a new way to spread and control the crowds

I think you might be right.

 

[yulilin3]

That hurts my head. With Microsoft Access and a month I could build a serviceable reservation system and I barely passed intro to computer programming and never took another class.

I mean they have IT issues each time they've done ap/dvc previews, that's just a small amount of what im sure they expect for a whole, 4 park reservation system.
They have issues when they release free dining or any other bookable thing

 

[charissemp]

On May 27th, Disney did tell us that the reservation system wouldn't be up and running for another 2 to 3 weeks. So, we are still within that timeframe. I am impatient, too. But I think we will hear something by the end of the week.

 

[Ariel 1715]

On May 27th, Disney did tell us that the reservation system wouldn't be up and running for another 2 to 3 weeks. So, we are still within that timeframe. I am impatient, too. But I think we will hear something by the end of the week.

Lets hope you are right and it doesn't crash on the first day...lol

 

[yulilin3]

Definitely! Do you think DeSantis may have forced their hand a bit earlier than they had planned? I wonder how much of this is because they were more or less pressured into this before they were ready.

Pressured by the entire state's economy, also their employees, some have left already because the unemployment system sucks and they needed money so they found work elsewhere. Unemployment expires July 19th

 

[Devil13]

Maybe Disney is waiting to the last absolute time to tell people things cause they are waiting to set things with the NBA.... or they want to wait till the last minute as it gets closer to peoples trips so they don’t cancel

I’d say this is a terrible strategy, bordering on insulting.

 

[Mom2Anna&Elsa]

I don’t have much faith in Disney’s new IT system because, well....*gestures to their constant technology issues*

We had planned/hoped to have a couple of nice meals on our trip— Jiko and Cali Grill. Both of those look unlikely since we are there 7/5-7/13, before most of the parks are open. And I also don’t feel very reassured about what the menus would look like if they do happen to open.

I’m sticking with Disney Springs restaurants, including Boathouse, and added Fleming’s Steakhouse for a nicer meal out.

We rented SSR points that have to be used by September. With work and school schedules, we are stuck. We will make the best of it, but this will be our 4th trip in two years and I won’t be booking any trips to WDW in the foreseeable future.

I joked with my husband today, as I’m the Disney addict in the family, that this experience has finally broken me. 3rd rebooking of our March trip and I’m just done. I’m an exhausted and disappointed consumer.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272348967347515393

 

[chicagoshannon]

Definitely! Do you think DeSantis may have forced their hand a bit earlier than they had planned? I wonder how much of this is because they were more or less pressured into this before they were ready.

No. Disney is a private company. A governor can't force them to open if they don't want to.

The day they shut down they should have been working on a plan for reopening. They've had 3 months. They should be ready.

 

[yulilin3]

Lets hope you are right and it doesn't crash on the first day...lol

That's what i expect. I'll have my laptop, phone, my kids laptop and phone at the ready if they actually announce a specific day and time that the system will open
I hope it's more of a surprise "the system is live" situations, those don't crash as bad

 

[yulilin3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1272348967347515393

That's 4 days notice. I haven't followed, have they hinted of opening before today,

 

[chicagoshannon]

That's 4 days notice. I haven't followed, have they hinted of opening before today,

I think they've been having employee previews for a while.

 

[rteetz]

That's 4 days notice. I haven't followed, have they hinted of opening before today,

Their resorts are already open. It’s a smaller theme park and Hong Kong struggles with attendance.