Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SaintsManiac]

Dev’s video is up if anyone cares.

 

[brockash]

I have been clinging to the new Bob’s promise! Hope he was sincere.

Lol...gotta say new Bob doesn't seem to give off the genuine vibe. It'd be great if crowds were as light as today, but I really doubt it.

 

[midnight star]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1280583146598068224

Hahahahaha

 

[yulilin3]

are you still at the park?

no, it closed at 7

 

[Brianstl]

Apparently the 1920s John animatronic in Carousel of Progress malfunctioned today, there's footage on Twitter if you search for 'Carousel of Progress'. It started flailing around wildly. Hope they can get it fixed soon!

It looks like John relapsed again. I hope TWDC gets him the help he needs.

 

[yulilin3]

If possible, when you return can you find out how the ferry works in the morning heading to the MK? Is it loading as early as the monorails do? I've been looking for reports from anyone who took the ferry this morning, but can't find any. Thanks so much! I so enjoyed your livestream today!

yes, both were open at the same time

 

[AmberMV]

no, it closed at 7

I missed the first hour you were there, was there a big welcome back ceremony like at Shanghai? Is there a big benefit of being there at opening? It seemed quieter as the day went on

 

[TwoMisfits]

I would think the difference is though, you don't spend all day at the grocery store. And you definitely don't do it for several days in a row, like you would at a theme park on vacation. I do agree the average experience at any point in time during the day is probably better than at the grocery with the great unmasked masses, but length of time you're there adds up and so does the number of people you're exposed to. My thought about crowds and bunching is sure, you can avoid them if you see them from the outside, but sometimes they form around you. Then what? You can bail, but is pushing past people to get out safer than staying put where you are? And then there's the sunk cost of the time and effort you put in to be in your spot. It's not fair that other people not paying attention are making it less safe for you to be where you are, so of course the instinct is to not want to lose that time. But you've already lost it, so you have to choose between risking your health and getting on the ride. This all makes me think the parks are better left to locals or at least those who can take or leave any given attraction and not much care.

Yeah, it's like the cruise ship paradigm, but you don't always mix with the same people day by day...but you do spend hours with thousands of them...and then you do it again the next day...while eating and sleeping irregularly, normally in very cramped living conditions.

In a positive health bonus vs cruise ships, you are with a much younger overall population in a wider footprint...and you are in control of your arrival and departure for all aspects of your travel...

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

I’ve heard that the food court at pop century is not doing breakfast. Does anyone know if capt cooks at the poly is open for breakfast? I would love to go there Friday morning before Magic Kingdom opens. I can pull up the menu online but they didn’t have hours listed for it

 

[osufeth24]

no, it closed at 7

Dangit, don't know why I thought it was later. Guess I'll find out Thurs

 

[AmberMV]

Dangit, don't know why I thought it was later. Guess I'll find out Thurs

 

[Mit88]

Dev’s video is up if anyone cares.

He’s a fan of the castle color, so he gets an A in my book

 

[WonderlandisReality]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1280583146598068224

This is the content I signed up for when I joined Disboards. Epic.

 

[TropicalDIS]

They got exactly what they wanted from posting that picture. They knew what they were doing.

DFB usually has very positive posts. I haven't paid a ton of attention to them since the lockdown, but it's a little surprising to me.

These kinds of clusters are bound to happen sometimes, people just have to be smart, avoid it, and try again later.

 

[marinejjh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1280583868924428289

Great social distancing.

 

[Ariel 1715]

Dev’s video is up if anyone cares.

Made me cry

 

[Mit88]

DFB usually has very positive posts. I haven't paid a ton of attention to them since the lockdown, but it's a little surprising to me.

These kinds of clusters are bound to happen sometimes, people just have to be smart, avoid it, and try again later.

They saw an opportunity to take their brand to the next level. I havent checked, but I would bet they gained quite a bit of new followers today based on that click-bait pic. No page on social media is above doing it, and with the amount of activity that tweet garnered, many other people in MK today are probably envious that it wasnt them that got that picture.

It could have been handled better, and it probably will be starting tomorrow. It happened, it wasn’t done on purpose by the CMs, it was a momentary lapse. I would have been shocked if today went 100% perfectly. I’m actually surprised that this was the only picture that got major attention

 

[yulilin3]

I missed the first hour you were there, was there a big welcome back ceremony like at Shanghai? Is there a big benefit of being there at opening? It seemed quieter as the day went on

No ceremony, but all the CM were on Main Street welcoming us back home. I was on the very first monorail to arrive so it was super empty, walked right on to everything, including PP you can watch the stream from the beginning since it's on FB now

 

[wareagle57]

Guess they had a lot of cancelations.
If resort guests aren't going to fill the parks, local APs very much want those spots! We're hoping they'll move the spots to the AP calendar 48 hours in advance.

I’m thinking day of. If they do it in advance I hope they announce it. I just want to know what they’ll do so I know if I need to cancel one of my 3 current ones.

 

[Mit88]

Great social distancing.

Go find another picture from today that looks like this and try again. I’ll wait