Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SarahC97]

Some resort news
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I'm booked at WL on 7/27. Does this mean they're going to move me to the Contemporary?

 

[Marionnette]

Do we know if park reservations are linked to specific tickets or just that you have to have valid tickets in your account? (No ap’s here). I have tickets linked that we had planned to use in a few weeks but parks are closed. 6 day tickets. Planning to use those in 2021 now, but want to do maybe 2 days in dec 2020. So can I make park ressies for dec now, because I have tickets in my account, then at a later date get 2 day tickets for 2020 And at the gate use the 2 day tickets even though I didn’t have those tickets when I made the park reservation? Or would I have to wait to make park reservations until I have the specific tickets I want to use those dates linked? Does this question even make sense?

This is the information that I got in chat yesterday. Take it for what it’s worth.

 

[Ninjagrrl]

Some resort news
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Where did you get this from?
My hubby will not believe it until I show him where it was posted. We were discussing ditching our reservation and renting points to avoid being switched somewhere we don't want. Now we're holding until this is confirmed.

 

[constanze]

Soooo I’m poly cl July 19th-26th—-what happens to me you think?

 

[rpb718]

Of the resorts news, the only one I question is why the BWI delayed for stays starting on or after Oct 1. That's the only one that seems really out of place to me.

 

[koszmok]

Some resort news
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Can I ask you where is this coming from? I can`t find it on the blogs... or is it coming from a secret source

 

[bach63]

I'm wondering what will happen to my 3 nights at AKL...

Wondering the same thing. We don't go until late October, so plenty of time for things to change for us, but if you are going sooner I would expect a move if this list is correct.

 

[Dentam]

Of the resorts news, the only one I question is why the BWI delayed for stays starting on or after Oct 1. That's the only one that seems really out of place to me.

I thought that was odd also.

 

[MouseEarsMom33]

honestly makes me glad they didn’t open yet, because you know they would make it seem like this was Disney’s fault if they had been open.

Yes...but there are some predictions that Florida may become an epicenter by July. This will increase the chance of Disney having an PR nightmare of "I visited Disney on opening day and got COVID". Or even a higher chance that community spread could happen in the parks, especially if it is a lot of locals at first.

 

[Ninjagrrl]

Can I ask you where is this coming from? I can`t find it on the blogs... or is it coming from a secret source

Same. I looked everywhere.

 

[2letterwords]

Wondering the same thing. We don't go until late October, so plenty of time for things to change for us, but if you are going sooner I would expect a move if this list is correct.

We're mid-August so hopefully we know something soon. Of course it was our first stay there too.

 

[rpb718]

Yes...but there are some predictions that Florida may become an epicenter by July. This will increase the chance of Disney having an PR nightmare of "I visited Disney on opening day and got COVID". Or even a higher chance that community spread could happen in the parks, especially if it is a lot of locals at first.

If it weren't so macabre, that would make a great t-shirt.

 

[babydoll65]

Not sure if anyone would be able to answer this but. I am booked at all star music in September in 2 rooms With the 35% room discount recovery from when I lost free dining bounce back. At what point would I be able to modify my reservation? I understand if I leave my reservation alone they will move me for free to most likely pop century or art of animation. But before all this started, I was trying to modify my reservation to Caribbean beach resort before all this shut down.I know I will have to pay the difference for the upgrade which I'm willing as long as I can keep my 35% room discount but does anyone know at what point modifications can be done for existing reservations?

 

[hereforthechurros]

There are some (very unofficial, not from any reliable sources so do not quote me on this) social media rumblings that some Universal TMs working at a particular ride have tested positive for covid. Again, there is no solid source on this and I take these kind of social media rumblings with an enormous grain of salt. Perhaps a TM just didn’t feel well and a game of telephone ensued ...

Regardless, it did really get me thinking about how the parks would really handle that kind of scenario in the case that it did happen. The contact tracing with CMs - break rooms, at their work location, etc. And the guests ... safety measures are in place to help mitigate the risk, but will everyone follow them? With FL’s rising numbers, it’s definitely concerning to me.

Do I think Disney could open on time? Yes. Do I think they could delay opening? Yes. Do I think they could reopen and have to close again sometime? Yes. I think most of us following this whole saga have learned to say never say never.

Just so we remember that the CM union agreement planned for this with paid testing and time off for anyone that tests positive. I don't know why people are shocked to see cases going up, we are living amongst an active virus. The shutdown wasn't to eliminate it; we are learning to live with it. I've seen so many people say that Disney is being abundantly or even over the top cautious and this is why. CMs can get it whether it's at Disney or not, guests can get it whether it's at Disney or not. This is our reality. The other reality is a that vast of people don't show symptoms or can recover from this at home so we are hoping that keeps hospitals able to function without being overwhelmed.

If you're over 60 or your immune system is compromised, PLEASE do not visit a theme park right now.

 

[Disneysoule]

Wilderness lodge and Jambo house non-DVC not opening anytime soon (possibly for the year) is interesting to me. Very small amount of rooms available in the mod and value categories too.

I was wondering if maybe it’s due to transportation and social distancing. At Wilderness lodge most people will take the boat to magic kingdom when they stay ( although they can take buses or obviously go to other resorts ) and at AKL only buses in and out. Except for SS and OKW I think all the other open DVC resorts you can walk/monorail/skyliner from. By limiting People at WL and AKL it might help with the transportation not getting to backed up. Just a thought.

 

[jb405]

It is not clear whether you will have to leverage your tickets in a valid manner when you reserve. I would imagine that you will not be able to do what you say but it’s possible Disney didn’t program their system right.

Thanks. Follow up question. they changed the expiration on my 6 day tickets to 9/2021 they now say ”any 6 of the valid dates.” So to me that means I can use a day or 2 and then 3 months later use another couple of days.... essentially turning my 6 day ticket into 6-1 day tickets. When they changed the expirations on these did they also get rid of the “after first use“ expiration?

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

I wonder if that means that the Skyliner will be open?

Yes, Skyliner cast are currently get call backs.

 

[bach63]

We're mid-August so hopefully we know something soon. Of course it was our first stay there too.

It's a shame if you get moved. We have only stayed there once before (usually we book POFQ) but it is our daughter's favorite, so when we decided to splurge again, I wanted to try BC or YC, but she insisted on AKL. Curious to see where you get moved, if you do.

 

[rteetz]

Can I ask you where is this coming from? I can`t find it on the blogs... or is it coming from a secret source

We're mid-August so hopefully we know something soon. Of course it was our first stay there too.

Comes from the hub.

 

[LSUmiss]

It was here:

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Weird. When I go to that, I still just see all the Covid stuff & can’t see any ticket price info.