Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[choirfarm]

Stop the absolutes. Its your opinion not fact!

Not true. Having that amount of people is NOT social distancing . That is a fact. Period.

 

[mshanson3121]

There is no point in Disney opening up again until they can do it "normally". There is no way to social distance there, no way to clean every surface constantly. People are packed in and close everywhere you go there, and there is no way to change that effectively. Sure, do the temp. checks. It's pointless, but whatever. It's really sad, but that's the reality of the situation we are in.

To open "normally" means waiting until there's a vaccine and then some. Disney can't afford to stay closed for 2 years. I promise you they WILL open before that, and, no, it won't be "normal". Iger and every other Disney analyst has already made that clear.

 

[jlas00]

He meant nothing at Disney. We shall see. I should probably just leave the board for awhile. I've given my predictions. I will come back June1st and say, I'm sorry I told you so. And August... Believe me, I would love some optimism. I want my daughter to go away to school to study musical theater in August. Just because I badly want it, does not make my magical thinking true. So I am making plan B. Because barring a divine intervention, she won't be going which breaks my heart. All those students not able to stay in dorms... I want to cry.

Did he say that?

 

[lilypgirl]

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He meant nothing at Disney. We shall see. I should probably just leave the board for awhile. I've given my predictions. I will come back June1st and say, I'm sorry I told you so. And August... Believe me, I would love some optimism. I want my daughter to go away to school to study musical theater in August. Just because I badly want it, does not make my magical thinking true. So I am making plan B. Because barring a divine intervention, she won't be going which breaks my heart. All those students not able to stay in dorms... I want to cry.

I am not sure where you are getting this from. I have an upcoming freshmen and her school a big SEC one is preceding as normal. They even have rescheduled their Spring graduation for a summer date.

 

[rojen]

Did he say that?

I said parks (theme), movie theaters, and sporting events.

 

[jlas00]

Rolling back some social distancing in some places does not equal packed movie theaters or people standing in 90 minute lines for 7DMT. He also said he hopes for some sense of normalcy in November. 7 months from now.

You can't put 5,000 people through character meals everyday until there is a vaccine or guaranteed test. You can't get 10,000 people on the monorail/ferry everyday until there is a vaccine or guaranteed test. WDW can't operate or turn a profit without 5,000 people at character meals and 10,000 people on the monorail/ferry everyday. It stinks, but that's the reality.

Not Disney nor any other company can afford to be closed for another 12-18 months. They will fold and no amount of government intervention will work because without taxes to support the spending, there can only be hyperinflation.

 

[jlas00]

I said parks (theme), movie theaters, and sporting events.

You said "nothing is opening."

 

[choirfarm]

Not Disney nor any other company can afford to be closed for another 12-18 months. They will fold and no amount of government intervention will work because without taxes to support the spending, there can only be hyperinflation.

Yep, welcome to the future. The Great Depression on steriods.

 

[Jroceagles]

Not true. Having that amount of people is NOT social distancing . That is a fact. Period.

the predicted NEVER opening without testing is NOT fact!

 

[choirfarm]

As I said, I just need to leave this board for awhile. Going to Disney will NOT be happening for a long, long time. Maybe I will come back in the summer and see how all of your wonderful plans turned out. I'm sorry. I wish I could be optimistic, but I am preparing for the worst.

 

[Jroceagles]

As I said, I just need to leave this board for awhile. Going to Disney will NOT be happening for a long, long time. Maybe I will come back in the summer and see how all of your wonderful plans turned out. I'm sorry. I wish I could be optimistic, but I am preparing for the worst.

I will send you a pic of me in WDW in August! good luck to ya!

 

[lilypgirl]

As I said, I just need to leave this board for awhile. Going to Disney will NOT be happening for a long, long time. Maybe I will come back in the summer and see how all of your wonderful plans turned out. I'm sorry. I wish I could be optimistic, but I am preparing for the worst.

Well if it is open this summer I would gladly send you a care package from there because I feel like you could some “pixie dust” !

 

[Jroceagles]

Well if it is open this summer I would gladly send you a care package from there because I feel like you could some “pixie dust” !

YES!!!

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

I think EVERYONE needs to take a break from this thread. People are getting nasty with each other over differences of opinion. Otherwise, the mods may have no choice but to close it.

 

[jlas00]

I think EVERYONE needs to take a break from this thread. People are getting nasty with each other over differences of opinion. Otherwise, the mods may have no choice but to close it.

I think this is exactly the point, and it's just the internet. We've been shut down for a month. A long-term shut down is going to result in much worse than online disagreements.

 

[Jroceagles]

I think EVERYONE needs to take a break from this thread. People are getting nasty with each other over differences of opinion. Otherwise, the mods may have no choice but to close it.

agreed! opinions are 1 thing but speaking in absolutes and about others situations is just wrong.

 

[Farro]

Thinking along lines of some businesses having restrictions eased starting May-ish (which there now rumblings of this happening), perhaps construction would be one of them?
I can't see them going forward with projects not started, but maybe they will be able to finish/work on the ones already deep in progress.

Projects that already had the funds allocated.

 

[mattpeto]

We're not putting 20,000 people in one space until there's a vaccine or a better screening procedure. Taking temperatures doesn't work.

A lot of you seem to be in denial about what our future holds. You're not going to a park, movie, or sporting event in 2020. No matter how much you want to.

I think this isn't even as the worst-case scenario, honestly. Vaccines can take way longer then 18 months to mass produce. If we are waiting for the vaccine or serological, it doesn't paint a good light. Disney will suffer, but overall tourism will really take a huge hit.

Here's the good news: Humanity will prevail. At some point, the curve will flatten out due to successful social distancing and we're start to take small steps and that includes open theme parks like DW.

It's possible we might have to do this shutdown again until something permanent. But that doesn't mean there won't be some "green periods" ahead.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

A lot of people in here are perfectly showcasing the double edged sword that is successful slowing of the virus. Allllllllllll the people who will come out of the woodwork complaining that this was no big deal, sacrifices were made for nothing, major overreaction, etc. That’s the thing if all our measures work, it looks like we didn’t need to do them.

 

[tlmadden73]

We're not putting 20,000 people in one space until there's a vaccine or a better screening procedure. Taking temperatures doesn't work.

A lot of you seem to be in denial about what our future holds. You're not going to a park, movie, or sporting event in 2020. No matter how much you want to.

There is no way .. companies .. or even individuals would be okay with this. We don't have a vaccine for every virus out there .. Companies AND people (especially in areas that are not affected) would be okay with getting back out there. People are CURRENTLY going to parks ... people ARE gathering together .. (just not hugging or touching like they used to). This Easter weekend we saw family. We didn't have a huge meal together, but we still hung out. Why? Because we aren't infected .. we haven't been anywhere in a month and our county has a handful of cases (most of which have recovered already). We CAN get together in groups .. within reason.

I mean .. just look at the places that ARE open right now . .they are more crowded NOW than they are normally (Home improvement, Wal-mart, grocery stores, etc.) . because there is nowhere else to go.

People will be willing to risk exposure .. if the virus hasn't impacted them PERSONALLY ..which for a vast, vast, vast majority of the country the virus itself hasn't impacted people . .just the strict government rules have.