Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[TheMaxRebo]

Cost presumably, less revenue generated there from merch/food and drink vs cost of CMs perhaps?

I also wonder if Mask Wearing plays a roll as you can't/shouldn't wear masks in pools and at least the experience I had was mask wearing near/around water park settings is really poor and maybe Disney just didn't want to deal with that/worried about that risk

 

[hertamaniac]

Cost presumably, less revenue generated there from merch/food and drink vs cost of CMs perhaps?

But could be a revenue driver for onsite resort reservations given the time of year. I would find it highly unlikely that resort guests only visit the waterparks and not the theme parks. The waterparks can extend the vacation/resort time that subsidizes the total revenue pie as I see it.

 

[osufeth24]

It's easier for Universal to get away with it as it's so much smaller. Have what, 7 resorts to deal with? And only 3 parks. It's also easier as it's confined to one area unlike Disney. One parking lot for IoA and Studios. Also, just don't have the same amount of crowds in general as WDW does.

I mean, I hate the reservation system, and no PH, but I get it. They have a lot more they gotta deal with

 

[rteetz]

Construction resumes at Guardians

https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...n-workers-back-at-guardians-of-the-galaxy.htm

 

[DGsAtBLT]

But could be a revenue driver for onsite resort reservations given the time of year. I would find it highly unlikely that resort guests only visit the waterparks and not the theme parks. The waterparks can extend the vacation/resort time that subsidizes the total revenue pie as I see it.

I wonder if they would be able to staff the water parks to the degree they would need to open, I don’t know how many had to be shifted around to cover vacated positions by CP and international CMs.

I don’t know enough about the staffing to guess.

 

[Farro]

Construction refunded at Guardians

https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...n-workers-back-at-guardians-of-the-galaxy.htm

Nice!

 

[hertamaniac]

I wonder if they would be able to staff the water parks to the degree they would need to open, I don’t know how many had to be shifted around to cover vacated positions by CP and international CMs.

I don’t know enough about the staffing to guess.

I get that, but I don't look at it as Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach as stand-alone profit centers. They are ancillary drivers to the entire property. And I don't know how to quantify it, but would be polling/querying on-site resort guests that visit either/both water parks to get a gauge. I have to think WDW has those metrics already.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Why? I think it could have been problematic if Disney didn't have the reservation system. We see how much faster the "bucket" for passholders is filling up and how much faster in general the reservations for DHS are going

I think there were real concerns if they just had caps that people who were paying to stay on property or had daily tickets would get shut out of a park - or at least some parks (e.g., DHS) .... I think how the reservations have filled up supports that they were right to have reservations. Not saying I don't think the process could be tweaked, as I think it should be, but not getting whey Universal was geniuses for not having one

Universal saved all the money in creating the system, implementing the system and they don’t deter people from visiting because they can’t get a reservation. All they do is piss people off if capacity is reached and they can’t enter- and they math so that it’s never their hotel guests who can’t enter. It’s cost a heckuva lot less than Disney’s system for handling non-existent crowds and deterring the riff-raff that is their AP holders from entering. During a time where every penny counts, for now this was a total screw up.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Construction resumes at Guardians

https://www.wdwmagic.com/attraction...n-workers-back-at-guardians-of-the-galaxy.htm

“Refunded” had me so confused- I get Disney might not want to finish it, but they’re getting their money back?

 

[osufeth24]

“Refunded” had me so confused- I get Disney might not want to finish it, but they’re getting their money back?

that was my first thought lol. I was like, what the heck does that mean

 

[MrsBooch]

My initial reaction is that of course they will still decorate

... but it's 2020 so now I wouldn't be shocked if they don't

I would think they would still do some, but perhaps scaled down (and perhaps quite a bit)

i'm imagining this tree will now be in the middle of the WL lobby....

 

[Mit88]

“Refunded” had me so confused- I get Disney might not want to finish it, but they’re getting their money back?

Refunded in Anulax Batteries that Rocket stole from the Sovereign

 

[Betty Rohrer]

I disagree. Outside of these boards, many people aren't interested in traveling anywhere right now. A lot of people also don't have the money to travel. Demand for any amusement park is non existent.

I agree that demand is not there. the small park I work at is going to 5 days a week starting next week which is usually our busiest weeks of year

 

[Mit88]

i'm imagining this tree will now be in the middle of the WL lobby....

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Welcome to Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree Trail at Disney Springs.

 

[rteetz]

“Refunded” had me so confused- I get Disney might not want to finish it, but they’re getting their money back?

Autocorrect works in mysterious ways.

 

[AmberMV]

FB AP group has someone who bought Out of State Plat APs June 2019, they used their passes over 30 days total last year, and requested refunds last month. They got $306 back per pass, so it has nothing to do with number of times you used your pass.

 

[Dis_Yoda]

FB AP group has someone who bought Out of State Plat APs June 2019, they used their passes over 30 days total last year, and requested refunds last month. They got $306 back per pass, so it has nothing to do with number of times you used your pass.

Well...my mother was refused a refund. She called back to try to fight it too and was told no. There is inconsistency.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

FB AP group has someone who bought Out of State Plat APs June 2019, they used their passes over 30 days total last year, and requested refunds last month. They got $306 back per pass, so it has nothing to do with number of times you used your pass.

Yeah I think that’s just going to end up being nothing and based on mistakes, bad CM info, and misunderstandings. It doesn’t make sense.

Disney themselves in the little bit of info we’ve got has said based on closure periods for partial and time remaining on the pass. I think they’re not giving out numbers on the phone because so many people paid different amounts and have varied amount of days left, so there’s bound to be errors being passed on.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Well...my mother was refused a refund. She called back to try to fight it too and was told no. There is inconsistency.

On what basis? Was she not able to get a refund online either?

 

[Dis_Yoda]

On what basis? Was she not able to get a refund online either?

Because she used her pass 17 times. She is an in-state FL Silver level pass.

She called back as well and was told the same thing.