Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[marinejjh]

I don't think they'll close again unless there's a huge outbreak amongst cast members that makes it hard to staff, so I would guess they'll cut hours/attractions if they do anything at all.

They wont have a choice if Florida has to shut down.

 

[SaintsManiac]

They wont have a choice if Florida has to shut down.

They will not shut down.

 

[mshanson3121]

They will not shut down.

Flashback to March.... Never say never.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Flashback to March.... Never say never.

I’m talking about Florida, not Disney.

 

[Pickle Rick]

They will not shut down.

Agreed. With the Republican convention coming to Jacksonville in August, no way is DeSantis going to shut down anything that will anger Trump. No matter how bad things get (and they are VERY bad now).

 

[SaintsManiac]

Agreed. With the Republican convention coming to Jacksonville in August, no way is DeSantis going to shut down anything that will anger Trump. No matter how bad things get (and they are VERY bad now).

Exactly. If these numbers didn’t cause them to go back to phase 1 nothing will.

 

[Pickle Rick]

Exactly. If these numbers didn’t cause them to go back to phase 1 nothing will.

I feel bad for Disney actually. When UO re-opened, things were getting better. Disney probably figured, if we wait another month, things might be even better than when UO opened. And yet, here we are, things are worse than ever now.

 

[yulilin3]

I think Disney is probably sort of shocked by how few guests turned up for opening. If it was as empty as it looked on the vlogs, I doubt they made it even halfway to the limit. And that's bad news for the bottom line. There might have been more employees there than guests.

I doubt it. If they did they would've opened spots for ap and they didn't

 

[Mit88]

I think Disney is probably sort of shocked by how few guests turned up for opening. If it was as empty as it looked on the vlogs, I doubt they made it even halfway to the limit. And that's bad news for the bottom line. There might have been more employees there than guests.

Considering they have the ability to see how many people reserved a spot through the reservation system, it’s hard to be shocked at a number. If there was no spike in Florida and they were halfway to filling a days worth of capacity on opening weekend, maybe they would be underwhelmed. But all factors included right now, it’s hard to be shocked that the parks weren’t at capacity.

 

[Mit88]

Flashback to March.... Never say never.

Flashback to March.... Disney didnt have any safety protocols in place other than sinks and hand sanitizer stations.

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

I don’t think the state will shut down as a whole, howeverI would not be surprised if where I live in SoFla does as we have the majority of cases. The state is too large and different populations in different counties. It’s not going to be a blanket shutdown I guarantee it. Our governor has taken a measured approach and I think he has done a great job so far. I thank god the other guy didn’t get elected especially after his poor choices earlier this year. We have to learn to live with this virus it’s not going away, we need to work.

I agree with everything you just posted. Orange County is in decent shape as far as hospitalizations and positivity rate is starting to decline. Sadly we do have to live with this virus as best we can. It’s a balance of people staying safe and earning a living. Gov De Santis definitely works hard at trying to find the right balance in this vast state. I don’t envy him his job or the companies that have to make things work. Disney won’t shut down.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

I apologize if it's been discussed.
Just saw that people who take off masks on rides for photos, they get no photo-?
Hope they also notify the offenders.

 

[rabidstoat]

Already have 14 day tickets and park reservations for adults just child has now turned 3 so need additional ticket to be able to book park reservation (and yes I know good chance we won't be going but don't want to find that due to occupancy restrictions we couldn't include child in party as we didn't get her a ticket early enough If we are able to go). Point being UK site will not allow you to buy any 2020 tickets and it seems Disney does not want to acknowledge this, no one I've spoke to will admit it's a fact.

I would document your attempts to buy a ticket for the child, so if you are able to go and if there does happen to be trouble with the child ticket, you can point to the documentation on all the attempts you made.

 

[Searc]

They will not shut down.

I said the same thing in March.

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

I said the same thing in March.

I didn’t. I thought they’d shut down in March but don’t think they will now.

 

[Pages26]

I am not surprised they are so quiet. I am from UK and have only been WDW twice, on 1st visit I was initially shocked how the majority of the quests either had UK accents or were speaking Spanish. I think people underestimate how high the percentage of foreign tourists are in the park on a normal day. There will be practically zero UK guests until next year as the biggest 2 holiday companies here have cancelled all flights to USA until 2021. Sea world have the right idea only opening 5 days a week. I predict Disney within a couple of weeks will do something similar probably have only 2 parks open at a time and rotate them until foreign tourists are able to visit.

 

[Helvetica]

DHS and Epcot start previews tomorrow.

I look forward to see what the wait times look like. I’m especially interested to see what the staggered boarding groups for Rise look like and if the 2020 Corvette is in the Showroom at Test Track (assuming the Showroom is open at all).

 

[Brianstl]

I’m thinking attendance is going to be similar to this for a while. I can’t see disney rushing any sort of increase with the current climate of the virus.

They aren’t going to increase capacity for a long time. They will add experiences and things like Dining Plan before the increase capacity. They will find ways to get the maximum amount of spending from each guest at current capacity. Until they start filling all four parks to the current capacity load there is no reason for Disney to even consider raising capacity.

 

[Mit88]

I said the same thing in March.

No one thought the entire country shut down. Now many things are back open. The March and Now comparisons are cherry picking at best. If there were no mask mandates anywhere in the country, no social distancing measures in the country, no knowledge of sanitization measures, then sure, you can use the “I said the same thing in March” excuse. But it really doesnt work right now because protocols that were unheard of and unthinkable when Disney closed down are now being utilized. Can I say with 100% certainty that Disney will never shut down from the virus again? No. Anything can happen. But its very, very, very doubtful at this point. They had so many opportunities to “Its not too late to delay the reopening”, well, its too late now. The train left the station.

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

I am not surprised they are so quiet. I am from UK and have only been WDW twice, on 1st visit I was initially shocked how the majority of the quests either had UK accents or were speaking Spanish. I think people underestimate how high the percentage of foreign tourists are in the park on a normal day. There will be practically zero UK guests until next year as the biggest 2 holiday companies here have cancelled all flights to USA until 2021. Sea world have the right idea only opening 5 days a week. I predict Disney within a couple of weeks will do something similar probably have only 2 parks open at a time and rotate them until foreign tourists are able to visit.

I believe Disney knows pretty much how many guests are international and took that in to consideration in their planning. I don’t think they’ll close a couple days a week like parks owned by UK based Merlin does. It’s a bit different here and Disney has a set amount they want in the park. As things tame down I think you’ll see attendance rise over the months.