Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[JacknSally]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1283553571233988610

And because we were talking EPCOT trees earlier, here’s a better look...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1283541573951774720

 

[dreamit]

Did they sit you? We have lunch at Sci-Fi, and wondering how flexible they have been.

They did, but we had to wait around 20 minutes to be seated. Also, when we returned to get seated another family was explaining a similar situation to the CM and they were getting a table for them. Too, at 5:30 we stopped at Oga’s to cancel a 6:30 reservation and they did so without charging a late cancellation fee. We canceled due to our late lunch and the desire to do more attractions.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1283563122456920071

 

[Hettie]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1283553571233988610

Sigh...there go my dreams of that beautiful, World’s Fair meets modern green space, super structure. I can’t wait to see what they come up with to replace it....

 

[dreamit]

Sharing some wait time info... at 7:00 RNR had a 30 minute wait posted. We walked on two times in a row—no wait at all. From at least 6:45 until closing, MMRR had an 80 minute wait posted. Both at 6:45 and 7:45 the line ended at the same spot. We entered at 7:45 and were off the attraction at 8:05.

 

[only hope]

Have you seen the price of food lately? Betting the price of every meal goes up. Beef is sky high right now.

The food I buy from groceries hasn't increased in price but I am vegan. Though I also change price tags for all departments at my job (wholesale club) except for meat, and there haven't been any significant or widespread increases on food. Maybe we're taking a loss at my store, or maybe my area hasn't been affected as much as others.

 

[dreamit]

I forgot to mention that this morning at the Poly bus stop two AK buses arrived in a row with no takers. All but one group were waiting for HS. A CM showed up and I initially thought he was a Poly manager. He shared he’s an industrial engineer and is working on “efficiencies”. The bus driver was laughing about the cool new title as they used to be called efficiency engineers back in the day.

 

[wareagle57]

I was expecting to be able to book my next park since we used one of our reservations today. I thought it was a rolling 3 and you could book the next one as soon as you used the first. Is there a problem or did I misunderstand the rules?

 

[BrianR]

I was expecting to be able to book my next park since we used one of our reservations today. I thought it was a rolling 3 and you could book the next one as soon as you used the first. Is there a problem or did I misunderstand the rules?

I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't clear the queue until the morning.

 

[Mit88]

HHN30 seems to still be a-go.

Anniversary merch surprisingly dropped today, which crashed the site and still remains down.

Scareactor dining also seems to be coming back for this years event after rumors that it would be cancelled

And they also played the light show Marathon of Mayhem at the USF again tonight after “testing” it back in June

https://www.insideuniversal.net/202...30-fears-halloween-horror-nights-merchandise/
https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/things-to-do/dining/hhn-scareactor-dining

 

[cgattis]

Have you seen the price of food lately? Betting the price of every meal goes up. Beef is sky high right now.

Beef is pretty much back to normal price here. Which is great, because the farmers weren’t the ones getting all that extra profit; cows were bringing the same when hamburger was $7/pound.

 

[skeeter31]

I was expecting to be able to book my next park since we used one of our reservations today. I thought it was a rolling 3 and you could book the next one as soon as you used the first. Is there a problem or did I misunderstand the rules?

Yeah I remember someone on the TPAS board had to wait until the next day to book their next park day. The system keeps you “booked” for the park all day incase you return to the park later (even though it could already be closed for the day).

 

[osufeth24]

I was expecting to be able to book my next park since we used one of our reservations today. I thought it was a rolling 3 and you could book the next one as soon as you used the first. Is there a problem or did I misunderstand the rules?

I had to wait the next day. Had ak last Sunday, couldn't book til Monday

 

[LSUmiss]

Yesterday it was reported that there was no one in the temp tents during a thunderstorm & ppl were wondering if they weren’t doing temp scans. Today at MK they weren’t in the tent b/c of a storm but were at the security check point with the bag scan. So they were still doing temp checks.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Yesterday it was reported that there was no one in the temp tents during a thunderstorm & ppl were wondering if they weren’t doing temp scans. Today at MK they weren’t in the tent b/c of a storm but were at the security check point with the bag scan. So they were still doing temp checks.

GADisneydad mentioned this as well saying that while you walked through an unattended tent during the storm, the workers were still there checking and got your attention to go to another area. So looks like that account of no one checking temps wasn’t correct.

 

[drloftis]

I was expecting to be able to book my next park since we used one of our reservations today. I thought it was a rolling 3 and you could book the next one as soon as you used the first. Is there a problem or did I misunderstand the rules?

I have a DLR Flex AP and have to make reservations to go to DLR. If it is like our process, it is ~7AM the next day.

 

[Mit88]

I have a DLR Flex AP and have to make reservations to go to DLR. If it is like our process, it is ~7AM the next day.

The Parks Reservation system is the flex pass without calling it the flex pass. I don’t believe there’s any difference between them.

 

[New Mouse]

So what is actually coming to Epcot now that everything has been canceled?

Very short sighted decisions.

 

[AmberMV]

So what is actually coming to Epcot now that everything has been canceled?

Very short sighted decisions.

Ratatouille, Guardians, Play Pavillon, Space 220 I think are all still in process?

 

[skeeter31]

So what is actually coming to Epcot now that everything has been canceled?

Very short sighted decisions.

What’s short sighted about it? Was Disney supposed to foresee the worldwide pandemic when they announced the projects and started construction? Or were they supposed to make money appear out of thin air to continue said projects now that there is a worldwide pandemic which has severely limited their income?