Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[jdorman]

Hello. Staying at Contemporary next week. Does anyone know what time buses begin running in the mornings to HS? Thanks. Our daughters insist on getting there as early as possible before the park opens at 10.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Cool....I have Verizon and will be there in 2 weeks. I hope I get lucky.

I have Verizon and I got BG 4 sitting at Woody's Lunchbox on data. Had one phone open to the exact time, the other on the page on MDE. Refreshed about half a second in advance and by the time it loaded button was there. Joined a BG right away!

 

[Leigh L]

I don’t know. While I definitely think general public offers are coming at some point, it’s also worth noting that this is the first late summer in a very, very long time when Disney hasn’t had general public room discount out there. They had the Sun & Fun, which ran through the end of next month, but (unlike the FL and AP rates), they did not re-open that when they resumed 2020 reservations and they haven’t given any indication that they will make a discount available for general public arrivals after August. I think they’re going to have to, but they may be waiting to see how things shake out. They likely are wary of attracting too many out of staters at the moment.

They also seemingly quietly removed military resort discounts which were still listed a few weeks ago. I didn't make the connection when I tried to book a night a couple of weeks ago (but thought it was odd they said no rooms were left) but then noticed the following week it was also removed from the Disney website. I know they've been limiting inventory for military rate rooms, but it was removed around the time they added the 40% passholder discount and FL resident discounts.

 

[Eeyore daily]

They also seemingly quietly removed military resort discounts which were still listed a few weeks ago. I didn't make the connection when I tried to book a night a couple of weeks ago (but thought it was odd they said no rooms were left) but then noticed the following week it was also removed from the Disney website. I know they've been limiting inventory for military rate rooms, but it was removed around the time they added the 40% passholder discount and FL resident discounts.

Are military members outside of FL even allowed to come here? I know my dad isn’t and he’s stationed in Arkansas. They removed the two hour recall and then immediately said you can’t travel to Florida since we’re a hotspot state.

 

[osufeth24]

new Florida Resident Disney Flex ticket option ... so guess they are looking for more non-passholders to come

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...W9hFgGkuiqW8sfX_VUsQmC9oxwtjS0tjF_ZZuu2O86Ras

Also, it says to use on non-consecutive days? Confused by that

So they can't go for example, on a Friday and Saturday? That seems stupid

 

[Leigh L]

Are military members outside of FL even allowed to come here? I know my dad isn’t and he’s stationed in Arkansas. They removed the two hour recall and then immediately said you can’t travel to Florida since we’re a hotspot state.

That's a good point, Disney may have removed it for that reason. Although retirees and reservists would still be able to come - my DH falls into the latter category.
Our plan is to quarantine when we get home (if we still go) and try to get DH tested upon return. He's 90% working remotely for the unforeseeable future and I work from home. DD's school is remote, so no problems with quarantining.

 

[yulilin3]

A pic with TJ, my life is complete

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Also, it says to use on non-consecutive days? Confused by that

So they can't go for example, on a Friday and Saturday? That seems stupid

I think it just means they don' thave to be consecutive days - so you have that entire period that the promotion covers to use up those 4 days (not that they can't be consecutive days, they just don't have to be)

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Rise is already down and has been for a bit. They "don't know the extent of the interruption". We are camping out in line unless they make everyone leave at some point. I've avoided spoilers so I honestly have no idea how far along in the queue I am. I've been walking inside for a good while before this so I figure I'm pretty deep into it.

Slinky was also down early this AM, and it appears MMRR went down for a bit as well. Not a good day for ride operations

***we're moving again at 11:28 and the answer was literally around the corner (15 feet??) from what seems like it is going to be an important part Now I'm waiting again here, but the delay announcements stopped. I've never fully avoided all spoilers before so this is a very clueless experience for me. I'll report back with what time we actually finish the attraction.

*** 11:37 the lady in here is saying it will be a few more minutes but there is excellent AC so I am a happy camper. 12:01 update I am FREEZING 12:09 WE ARE GOIN IN to what idk but somewhere

The whole thing took a little under 2 hours including the downtime and was SO WORTH IT!!

 

[kariyava]

I would be interested to know if anyone has had success in getting a refund on the Florida Discovery tickets or are able to use the cost to buy new tickets. I know two people who have them who can't use them by September (they are older and don't feel safe going to the parks given the current pandemic situation) and they called and were told that this was a special use it or lose it ticket so they are SOL.

 

[Helvetica]

Pontoon Boat



I really enjoyed the new bird show. I hope it stays.

 

[Brianstl]

Plus they can grab the parking fees they wouldn't get with an AP.

I think this actually plays a big role in this. Chapek is all about maximizing what guest spend per day.

 

[Brianstl]

I think there's a pretty good chance that discounted general tickets are next up now that the FL resident tickets just were released.

I don’t know. I could see them doing a resort and ticket discount, but I don’t see them offering discounted tickets to the non resident general public. They don’t want to drive business to off site resorts, they need to get as many of the limited capacity guests as they can spending all their money at WDW.

 

[AmberMV]

Also, it says to use on non-consecutive days? Confused by that

So they can't go for example, on a Friday and Saturday? That seems stupid

When we did it last year it was that it didn't have to be used on consecutive days We did a Sat-Sun in April and a Sat-Sun in June when we used those last year.

 

[AmberMV]

I would be interested to know if anyone has had success in getting a refund on the Florida Discovery tickets or are able to use the cost to buy new tickets. I know two people who have them who can't use them by September (they are older and don't feel safe going to the parks given the current pandemic situation) and they called and were told that this was a special use it or lose it ticket so they are SOL.

Have them call again, perhaps the CM they got first wasn't correct?

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...y-extends-cancellations-through-september-30/

 

[koszmok]

Is there any rumour or secret info from TA when can we book next year October?

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

I don’t know. I could see them doing a resort and ticket discount, but I don’t see them offering discounted tickets to the non resident general public. They don’t want to drive business to off site resorts, they need to get as many of the limited capacity guests as they can spending all their money at WDW.

I'm hoping to visit next year but we aren't paying rack rate, especially if there are still a lot of restrictions/closures in place.

 

[rteetz]

Is there any rumour or secret info from TA when can we book next year October?

Nope

 

[Dulcee]

Decent numbers coming out of FL today. % positive in new cases hit the 10% range for the first time in more than 2 weeks and ED visits for covid like symptoms continue to trend down. Seems more optimistic that FL has gotten a grasp on things again.