Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[AmberMV]

I just don't understand this. I thought most/all ships were in ports. Why can't the employees get off? They've obviously been secluded for quite a bit longer than 14 days.

There was a ship who went over 28 days without a case, which they consider "green" but then a case appeared again IIRC. Let me see if I can find the link, I thought it was DCL but maybe not.

Edit: And didn't a DCL employee just pass away on board?

It was a link from Disboards on the right side of the screen I read the story to:
https://dclfan.com/disney-cruise-sh...isney-wonder-dies-dcl-will-test-for-covid-19/

 

[yulilin3]

do you know if guest can wear them too? We are trying to see if we can wear a shield over our masks when we go.

yes as long as you are also wearing a mask

https://twitter.com/x/status/1277630357949513730

so who here is going to which preview? Who will feed us info?

Here's my schedule so far, I will be live streaming on my page (link in my signature) and for SiDisney is Spanish at the SiDisney fb page
7/9 MK
7/13 MK
7.14 AK
7.15 DHS
still waiting on CM previews, hoping to go on the 7th

 

[Llama mama]

My apologies. Tomrrowland Terrace. Since no fireworks, there's not really a use for this space, given that it hasn't been included in any announced dining reopening.

Any word on when ADR will open?

 

[Krandor]

I just don't understand this. I thought most/all ships were in ports. Why can't the employees get off? They've obviously been secluded for quite a bit longer than 14 days.

There are not enough ports for every ship to come in and dock. So most are having to stay offshore with sketon crew. There was a report a few days ago that an employee of DCL died of Covid-19 on the Wonder I think it was.

 

[bpx2]

I think it will be a long time before they have shared car seats again in Minnie Vans or any other form of ride Uber/Lyft/cab.

We got an Uber with car seat last week. It took a while to get because there aren't as many drivers right now. That could change in a few weeks when the parks are open though.

 

[SarahC97]

Does anyone know if they're going to try to have more outdoor seating for QS restaurants or not?

 

[only hope]

I rode once with just myself and one other single rider (something had gone weird with the main line, I guess, and we were the only two in the SR line at the time, too) and we were both the pilots.

Spoiler: Minor MFSR Info

Hondo came on over the speaker and said that he would be taking over the missing positions (which he always does for an empty seat, it's just that there were four empty seats this time). Unfortunately, it felt like he wasn't really doing much of anything. The gunner positions were shooting very slowly and sporadically and we ended up only getting one coaxium container, instead of the typical two. Out of my many times riding MFSR, the only other time I didn't get two units was when I rode with two 4-6 year old pilots and their parents who barely touched the gunner buttons because they were just watching the kids. So even though Hondo/the computer was supposedly "helping", it didn't seem like he made much of a difference.

I really hope they have some way that they could improve the settings for Hondo's "help" so that he does a better job, or else no one with fewer than 4 people in their group will have much of a chance of a good run...

Oh, I hadn’t thought about that. Doubt fixing the software is high on their priority list.

 

[DisMommyTX]

I was catching up on the last 10 pages of this thread complaining about NBA and masks. Didn't bother to see what the new email notification was. By the time I saw that AP previews were open, they were full. It was 11:46 ET.

 

[xuxa777]

yes as long as you are also wearing a mask


Here's my schedule so far, I will be live streaming on my oage (link in my signature) and for SiDisney is Spanish at the SiDisney fb page
7/9 MK
7/13 MK
7.14 AK
7.15 DHS
still waiting on CM previews, hoping to go on the 7th

Will be joining you on the 9th at MK

 

[bpx2]

Not sure if this has been mentioned here or not. When we went to Disney Springs they did not check my 9 month old's temperature. I don't know what their age cut-off is or whether it will be done like this at the parks, but this is what they were doing at DS. His temperature was checked when we went to Universal, however.

 

[Spaceguy55]

It actually lasted longer than I expected! About an hour or so? I've seen them sell out much faster!

With 2 full days at 2 large almost all open park area's..... that was fast..

 

[Mit88]

I'm at Boardwalk now and my son and I sat on a bench outside of Beach Club and watched the fence being put up yesterday. It's kind of ugly but I don't think it's really a big deal. If you want to take a walk or run you can go to Beach Club and back or to Hollywood Studios. People walking to Epcot from the Swan and Dolphin will have a slightly longer walk but not too bad.

If this becomes an annual event maybe they'll come up with a better way of doing things.

From what ive read and seen, if it becomes an annual thing, its going to be in the winter, and in the future its unlikely going to be held in the middle of a pandemic. So you probably wont see all of the players staying on Disney property, or throughout only 3 hotels. So I really doubt fences would be necessary in a non-bubble situation.

But if this system goes over well, theres a very good chance the NBA would agree to come back and do the yearly tournaments, or rotate with Las Vegas. But these future tournaments would bring in even more money to Disney, which in turn allows Disney flexibility to enhance or create new experiences for Disney guests.

Disney has been basically telling their guests coming down to maybe think about their choices and not come, or be prepared for massive changes. If they were trying to entice people to come down to Disney for the re-opening with special offers AND THEN doing all of this, then maybe there would be more of an issue to be had with what they’re doing.

 

[Krandor]

From what ive read and seen, if it becomes an annual thing, its going to be in the winter, and in the future its unlikely going to be held in the middle of a pandemic. So you probably wont see all of the players staying on Disney property, or throughout only 3 hotels. So I really doubt fences would be necessary in a non-bubble situation.

But if this system goes over well, theres a very good chance the NBA would agree to come back and do the yearly tournaments, or rotate with Las Vegas. But these future tournaments would bring in even more money to Disney, which in turn allows Disney flexibility to enhance or create new experiences for Disney guests.

Disney has been basically telling their guests coming down to maybe think about their choices and not come, or be prepared for massive changes. If they were trying to entice people to come down to Disney for the re-opening with special offers AND THEN doing all of this, then maybe there would be more of an issue to be had with what they’re doing.

Yeah if they do it during a non-pandemic would likely be like most eventss and leavee it to each team to make their own accomodations whereeverr they want. This was a different situation.

 

[cakebaker]

With 2 full days at 2 large almost all open park area's..... that was fast..

True, I hadn’t considered that it was for 2 parks.

 

[Hummingbird]

Having a conversation about park pass availability buckets and someone in my group chat asked how are we sure that. because Disney's system is so glitchy that it could be people WITH resort & AP from the actual AP bucket instead of the Resort bucket. Which is why AP is all booked up for the first 2 weeks of open

 

[Anna_Sh]

That was my first thought/question

I assume first priority is getting Rat up and running and then they need to figure out what they are doing with the center of Future World. I assume (at least for now) the scale of the project is cut back but they need to do *something* ... And of course then Guardians, but that is sort of off on its own

I’m hoping we’ll at least get a festival center of some type in future world. If they scale back some of the bells and whistles, it shouldn’t be too expensive.

 

[skeeter31]

There are not enough ports for every ship to come in and dock. So most are having to stay offshore with sketon crew. There was a report a few days ago that an employee of DCL died of Covid-19 on the Wonder I think it was.

Correct. There aren’t enough ports in the Caribbean for the amount of ships in circulation. A lot of just circling in the water off the coast of Port Canaveral or in groups in the Caribbean. There are some cool cruise ship tracking websites you can find on google where you can see real time where all the ships currently are.

And yes, Unfortunately there was a crew death on the Wonder this past week. An employee that was suffering from chills was then found deceased by other staff.

 

[Mit88]

Yeah if they do it during a non-pandemic would likely be like most eventss and leavee it to each team to make their own accomodations whereeverr they want. This was a different situation.

As I’ve stated before, I stayed at Grand Californian during D23 weekend last , they didnt fence people off from areas that the celebrities were staying at. I’d see the same faces in the lobby every morning waiting to gawk and bother Robert Downey Jr and Josh Gad to come down. Its because these teams have the entire resort, or a specific side of a resort all to themselves that its easier, and safer to just block it off.

If they do the tournaments in the future down there, they’d probably encourage at least a little guest interaction with a return of a mini ESPN The Weekend

 

[jenjersnap]

I am not sure how much was left to do at Space 220, but I really hope they prioritize finishing and openIng soon too. Maybe staffing might be an issue there though?

That was my first thought/question

I assume first priority is getting Rat up and running and then they need to figure out what they are doing with the center of Future World. I assume (at least for now) the scale of the project is cut back but they need to do *something* ... And of course then Guardians, but that is sort of off on its own

 

[gottalovepluto]

From what ive read and seen, if it becomes an annual thing, its going to be in the winter, and in the future its unlikely going to be held in the middle of a pandemic. So you probably wont see all of the players staying on Disney property, or throughout only 3 hotels. So I really doubt fences would be necessary in a non-bubble situation.

But if this system goes over well, theres a very good chance the NBA would agree to come back and do the yearly tournaments, or rotate with Las Vegas. But these future tournaments would bring in even more money to Disney, which in turn allows Disney flexibility to enhance or create new experiences for Disney guests.

Disney has been basically telling their guests coming down to maybe think about their choices and not come, or be prepared for massive changes. If they were trying to entice people to come down to Disney for the re-opening with special offers AND THEN doing all of this, then maybe there would be more of an issue to be had with what they’re doing.

I don’t imagine this becoming a thing if they proceed to sell off the mattresses, microwaves and extras as planned afterwards. Orlando isn’t exactly a fun place to be stuck for a tournament when Vegas is calling.