Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

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https://www.disboards.com/threads/walt-disney-world-reopening-updates-news-only.3802762/
A couple notes I have.

How will onside photos work now if MBs are being discontinued?

I think the new piece debuting in 2021 that they mentioned is Disney Genie.
Where does it say MBs are being discontinued? I think the only change is they are not free as of 2021. I would imagine photos would work the same as always.
 
We have a trip for this August, but are also planning a trip for next Christmas (2021). It sounds like we will be able to book 2021 soon, it we will have to also do our park reservation with our ticket purchase. Does this sound correct?!
 
We currently have 2 trips booked in 2020, with the second one being in December. Am I reading things correctly, that I have to make park reservations for both trips on Monday? My head is spinning!
 
Did you happen to notice anywhere if it said that APs can only hold a certain number of days?

Almost sounds like no with this based on availability line? I may have missed it flat out saying elsewhere.

“Later this summer, we will resume sales of 2020 tickets and Disney Resort hotel arrivals, based on availability of park reservations, while we continue to provide guests with existing tickets and Annual Passholders the opportunity to make park reservations for 2020 dates.”
 

So, here would be my question: what happens if you make a resort and/or ticket change?

Let's say you are staying at FW, get your reservations, then decide you want to stay at BLT...cancel your FW stay, and book BLT. Do you lose your reservations or does it come with it?

Similarly...if we book with hoppers for example, but then later on, I decide I want to save my hoppers, and I use AP passes instead.....does re-prioritizing the tickets make you lose those reservations?
 
So the priority for 2020 is
  1. Resort guests (and other select hotels) with tickets
  2. APs without hotels
  3. Anyone who currently has a ticket
  4. Everyone else, including guests with existing resort reservations but no tickets
That seems fair (even though it means I probably won't get to go) EXCEPT DVC members without tickets. They should have priority before 4.
 
Where does it say MBs are being discontinued? I think the only change is they are not free as of 2021. I would imagine photos would work the same as always.
No they aren't (yet) but if a guest doesn't opt to buy them then how will they get their mine train ride photo for example. Those get connected to your account through active RFID. Will they add that capability to your phone now? Further draining your battery.
 
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We have an April 2021 DVC rental with valid park tickets. Assuming I can make park reservations Monday (?), how can they possibly have park hours / timed entry for parks ten months from now? Even if I decide to book a park, can it be modified? What if Epcot is listed as opening at 11:00 but they eventually change it back to 9:00? Can I adjust my entry time?

I love that whenever we get an answer we're waiting for from Disney, it leads to about ten more questions!
 
My AP will expire in December & we intend to renew. I expect to make hotel reservations for February & April when they open on the 28th. Wonder if it will recognize our APs or if we’ll have to buy new tickets just to make park reservations? And then will I be able to use those tickets to renew my AP online, since I won’t be there when it’s time to renew?
 
I finally caught up....I figured when the pages shot up so quickly something had happened.

And WOW, I'm pretty surprised! And so they are only letting people with a resort stay and current tickets reserve, and then 4 days later APs? I haven't even gotten to read the DPB post yet, but this is far more complicated than I imaged it would be.
 
Maybe it's me but this sounds insane to deal with. People don't even know if they have somewhere to stay or where they are staying yet but they want them to make park timing reservations? When they expected me to think about where I wanted to eat on a particular day 6 months ahead of time, I thought, surely Disney can't make this any more complicated. Then Disney was like, "Hold my beer."
 
Gosh if Disney is still operating on severely reduced capacity in 11 months we have far larger problems. Under normal conditions, 1 park hit capacity closure on 1 day in 2019.

There hasn’t been an actual full closure of MK for a long long time.

As for crowds. Has anyone traveled for leisure? It’s peak season and it’s dead dead dead everywhere(not just Universal). I’m currently in Vegas and it’s worse than post 9/11. If I had to put a number on it, Vegas is at like 25% of the crowd they had after 9/11.

The demand for Disney isn’t just going to be magically at its maximum. It’s going to be greatly reduced, probably lower then their capacities... and this will be for more than a year.

My bet is once they reopen bookings there is plenty of availability in the fall and spring outside of holiday weeks. I bet there is still limited availability during those weeks as well.
 
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No they aren't (yet) but if a guest doesn't opt to buy them then how will they get their mine train ride photo for example. Those get connected to your account through active RFID. Will they add that capability to your phone now? Further draining your battery.
Maybe they can include them in the TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR photo package.
 
I still have so many questions, but I am thinking I won't have answers until Monday. I had planned to switch resorts for next year, but I am thinking maybe I should leave it alone.
 
I’m on hold, have an AP that expires at the end of September. Need to make park reservations for beginning of September for me and my mom, who doesn’t have any tickets yet, and then in November when my AP expires. Ha ha HA I AM GOING INSANE.
 
No they aren't (yet) but if a guest doesn't opt to buy them then how will they get their mine train ride photo for example. Those get connected to your account through active RFID. Will they add that capability to your phone now? Further draining your battery.
How does it currently work for offsite guests who don't buy MBs?
 
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