Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Grant45]

heck your itinerary. Southwest changed my late October flight last night from a nonstop with a reasonable arrival time to a 6-hour odyssey with a layover in Nashville, arriving past 8 PM.

Same here, we just flew nonstop with Southwest to MCO 2 weeks ago but our mid-October trip has been changed from a non-stop to a layover in ATL. Luckily it's only a 50 layover, I would not be happy about anything longer.

 

[Moliphino]

Check your itinerary. Southwest changed my late October flight last night from a nonstop with a reasonable arrival time to a 6-hour odyssey with a layover in Nashville, arriving past 8 PM. No email alerting me to the change. I don’t care how many middle seats they leave open, that’s just not a reasonable change in itinerary. In fact, they canceled all nonstops to MCO out of my home airport for that day, so I requested a refund.

I also got a less than idea change and there are no more non-stops. I'm not even sure we'll be going on the trip at this point, so I'm leaving it be for now. I did get an email notifying me of the change.

 

[wdwlver]

I'm flying for the fist time during this pandemic for work. They gave us the option to drive but it's a 10 hour drive and would mean that I would have to "waste" a weekend driving. I'm a little wary but all of the airlines seem to be doing a good job distancing so away I go!

I’ve flown a few times in last 2 months. For me personally they were as good experiences as I’ve ever had flying. Not crowded, airports or planes, middle seats empty, just overall good experiences. You’ll be fine!

 

[xuxa777]

If it helps anyone flying be more calm, I read this today.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/odds-catching-covid-19-flight-wellness-scn/index.html

plus those odds mentioned are the same if not better than just catching it on the ground in daily life.

 

[Anna_Sh]

Did anyone else get the Disney Destinations email with the FL Res deal of $130 for a 2 day pass? It sounds like a good deal, but I’m not sure why they sent it to me since my AP is good until Oct. 2021...

 

[yulilin3]

Did anyone else get the Disney Destinations email with the FL Res deal of $130 for a 2 day pass? It sounds like a good deal, but I’m not sure why they sent it to me since my AP is good until Oct. 2021...

I got it as well. Might just be sent to all Floridians on their email list. My DD boyfriend actually bought this at the beginning of the month

 

[Dentam]

If it helps anyone flying be more calm, I read this today.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/odds-catching-covid-19-flight-wellness-scn/index.html

Thank you for sharing this! The flights are the parts of our trip in two weeks that I've been most concerned about. I'm flying Southwest and so far my direct flights each direction have not been changed to include any layovers... knock on wood!

 

[andyman8]

The emails just went out informing guests that Universal's Aventura Hotel and Loews Sapphire Falls Resort will not reopen this year after they re-close tomorrow. PBH will also remain closed through the end of the year. Finally, the grand opening of Dockside at Endless Summer has once again been pushed off: this time into next year.

Did anyone else get the Disney Destinations email with the FL Res deal of $130 for a 2 day pass? It sounds like a good deal, but I’m not sure why they sent it to me since my AP is good until Oct. 2021...

I got it as well. Might just be sent to all Floridians on their email list. My DD boyfriend actually bought this at the beginning of the month

It likely was sent out to FL AP holders as a way to quietly suggest "bringing a friend." My guess is that they'd run one of those Bring a Friend AP promos right now except that it might look bad encouraging people to gather with others who are not in the same household plus the logistical difficulties of fitting that pass into the new reservation system (is it an AP ticket or a theme park ticket?).

 

[skeeter31]

The emails just went out informing guests that Universal's Aventura Hotel and Loews Sapphire Falls Resort will not reopen this year after they re-close tomorrow. PBH will also remain closed through the end of the year. Finally, the grand opening of Dockside at Endless Summer has once again been pushed off: this time into next year.



It likely was sent out intentionally to FL AP holders as a way to quietly suggest "bringing a friend." My guess is that they'd run one of those Bring a Friend AP promos right now except that it might look bad encouraging people to gather with others who are not in the same household plus the logistical difficulties of fitting that pass into the new reservation system (is it an AP ticket or a theme park ticket?).

Wouldn’t be surprised to see those UO hotels remain closed through the winter as well. Most places don’t want to start closing things into next year yet, but if they’re not opening for the Thanksgiving-New Years period, they’re definitely not opening in January either. Most likely Easter/Spring Break will be the next cutoff period things will close until.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Thank you for sharing this! The flights are the parts of our trip in two weeks that I've been most concerned about. I'm flying Southwest and so far my direct flights each direction have not been changed to include any layovers... knock on wood!

I'm hoping that they're done changing September flights. Ours were changed 3 times, last time was about 2 weeks ago now. Hoping they don't switch anything 13 days out!

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...rvice-workers-as-covid-19-pandemic-continues/

 

[Pksmom03]

Has anyone figured out the cleaning schedule for the rides? Is it at the same time everyday? Like Space Mt is at 2:10, 4:10. Do we know if CMs have the schedule for cleaning or they get a call from a manager saying start cleaning cycle in 10 minutes?

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

Did anyone else notice that Rise BGs seemed to fill extra quick this morning? 15 seconds in my estimation. Looks to be because of the new ‘group’ change to the VQ process. Thoughts?

 

[hertamaniac]

Did anyone else get the Disney Destinations email with the FL Res deal of $130 for a 2 day pass? It sounds like a good deal, but I’m not sure why they sent it to me since my AP is good until Oct. 2021... Yes, but not sure why as they should know we cancelled our AP's. Maybe they are trying to lure us back?

 

[Chris Ehlers]

Did anyone else notice that Rise BGs seemed to fill extra quick this morning? 15 seconds in my estimation. Looks to be because of the new ‘group’ change to the VQ process. Thoughts?

if it was 15seconds that is longer then somedays we had seen times of around 10 seconds or less

 

[hereforthechurros]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...rvice-workers-as-covid-19-pandemic-continues/

There was nothing open earlier this month when we went through there. One Starbucks and maybe Burger King?

 

[rteetz]

https://www.facebook.com/TeppanEdoRestaurant/photos/a.1352631121418157/3857636034250974

 

[Leigh L]

I'm hoping that they're done changing September flights. Ours were changed 3 times, last time was about 2 weeks ago now. Hoping they don't switch anything 13 days out!

Hopefully you're safe now!

JetBlue changed us three times by 12-24 hours. The last change was 2 weeks before our trip and we ended up having to shift our trip for 3 days on either end if we wanted a direct flight that didn't stop in Fort Lauderdale. I didn't feel confident it was a go until we checked in on the app, lol. Was very happy with the procedures in place for JB with boarding and once on board. I'd fly them again. Even with them combining 4 non-stop flights a day into one, there were still no more than 40-50 people on the plane (I counted) for both flights.

(I have a rescheduled United coming up in November, that airline I haven't read any positive reports about :/)

 

[yulilin3]

Did anyone else notice that Rise BGs seemed to fill extra quick this morning? 15 seconds in my estimation. Looks to be because of the new ‘group’ change to the VQ process. Thoughts?

it's been 10 seconds almost eveery day since reopening

 

[rteetz]

https://deadline.com/2020/08/disney-fox-coronavirus-pay-reductions-restored-1203018873/