Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[gottalovepluto]

I'm sure if it wasn't just you we'll be reading about it soon enough!

I'm glad you are happy with your outcome!

If they roll it out like they did AP changes it could be sporadic reports over the next couple weeks.

 

[Farro]

If they roll it out like they did AP changes it could be sporadic reports over the next couple weeks.

I mean, I guess if they are going to do this...they sure better let those people shorten their trip by a few days without penalty! I can't wrap my head around the "why" part of this...

If that happened to us we would cut our WDW trip short by the 3 days of tickets we'd be losing, book a Universal hotel and go there.
We definitely wouldn't just spend 3 days wandering around Disney Springs spending money.

 

[Ariel 1715]

Welp, the phone CM was right. This is happening.

WHY? I am racking my brain and coming up pretty empty. The only explanation I see is maximizing ticket revenue by non-APs so that instead of someone taking a spot in the park for their 8th day it will be open for someone paying more for days 1-7. That explanation sucks but would make sense- IF people were pounding down the doors to get into the parks the rest of the year... (And if Disney thinks they’re gonna have high demand over the holiday season- LOL at the idea the Tri-State quarantine will not be active for the holidays- they’re smoking too much of something in that Burbank office!)

I just did a chat with a cast member and he said that was only for new tickets....who knows, so many changes....I will not be happy if they delete 3 days that already have park and dining reservations!

 

[Farro]

I just did a chat with a cast member and he said that was only for new tickets....who knows, so many changes....I will not be happy if they delete 3 days that already have park and dining reservations!

I'm thinking when they did whatever they did to @Clockwork's reservation, they somehow cancelled the whole reservation then rebooked it, which then only allowed them to have 7 day tickets since that's all you can do right now for 2020.

But people who currently have 10 day tickets for 2020 and don't cancel and rebook, your ticket should be fine?

 

[New Mouse]

I fully trust the it department of disney and i expect they will have 0 issue with this potential change!

 

[Clockwork]

I'm sure if it wasn't just you we'll be reading about it soon enough!

I'm glad you are happy with your outcome!

Thanks Farro, at the time I wasn’t happy, but I’m over it. I was told it wasn’t just me, but who knows with Disney. At this point I just want a vacation.

 

[Clockwork]

I fully trust the it department of disney and i expect they will have 0 issue with this potential change!

Sometimes I think Disney‘s IT got their degrees from gumball machines.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Sometimes I think Disney‘s IT got their degrees from gumball machines.

Claw machines in an arcade.....

 

[PPFlight75]

I'm thinking when they did whatever they did to @Clockwork's reservation, they somehow cancelled the whole reservation then rebooked it, which then only allowed them to have 7 day tickets since that's all you can do right now for 2020.

But people who currently have 10 day tickets for 2020 and don't cancel and rebook, your ticket should be fine?

Are we thinking this is for 2020 or 2021 as well? I bought a 10 day hopper for my oldest and we will be activating our APs next summer. If they shorten her ticket we would def spend those days at universal and not at Disney with no park days. This makes no sense! They just let us buy the ticket!

 

[Farro]

Are we thinking this is for 2020 or 2021 as well? I bought a 10 day hopper for my oldest and we will be activating our APs next summer. If they shorten her ticket we would def spend those days at universal and not at Disney with no park days. This makes no sense! They just let us buy the ticket!

Its only 2020 that you can only purchase up to 7 day tickets.

 

[PPFlight75]

Its only 2020 that you can only purchase up to 7 day tickets.

Oh I see. Thanks for clarifying. Super sucks for people with longer tickets.

 

[Farro]

Oh I see. Thanks for clarifying. Super sucks for people with longer tickets.

We dont know for certain if everyone's tickets previously purchased are being affected or if what happened to other poster was Disney's mistake.

Just watching and waiting to see.

 

[PPFlight75]

We dont know for certain if everyone's tickets previously purchased are being affected or if what happened to other poster was Disney's mistake.

Just watching and waiting to see.

Gotcha! I’m gonna add this to all the things I’m watching for lol!!

 

[SMRT-1]

I'm not dismissing what others have reported, but I just can't think of any reason why they would do this for all existing 2020 tickets.

Previous customer-unfriendly moves at least had obvious reasons. Deleting all ADRs was prompted by a need to do something to adjust for reduced restaurant capacity. Shortening already reduced hours was a clear cost-cutting move. Removing days from people's tickets, on the other hand, makes no sense at all. It angers customers (specifically those who were willing to shell out $$ for > 7 days). It doesn't cut costs. They lose 3 days worth of in-park food and merch revenue. They lose revenue from those who shorten their stays or cancel altogether. Where's the benefit for Disney? I don't see most of those people forking over more money to purchase an extra 3-day ticket, and even if they did, I can't imagine that the revenue from extra ticket sales could possibly offset the revenue lost. I know if they change our December 2020 tickets, I'll be cancelling.

If this does end up being true for all 2020 tickets (which I still think seems shaky for now), it really seems like a bafflingly boneheaded move by Disney.

 

[Farro]

I have to say I am slightly jealous of those there now, even with all the cuts. The low crowds really help you stop and see things...

Tracker has a youtube up today at Animal Kingdom -all the things he's never noticed.
Just solidified the fact that AK is just an amazing park. So much detail that we all probably miss!

 

[osufeth24]

I have to say I am slightly jealous of those there now, even with all the cuts. The low crowds really help you stop and see things...

Tracker has a youtube up today at Animal Kingdom -all the things he's never noticed.
Just solidified the fact that AK is just an amazing park. So much detail that we all probably miss!

It's honestly the best part of being local AP (pre covid). You aren't rushing around trying to fit everything into a few or several days. Can just take it all in, walk around, etc.

 

[Mrs Grumpy]

Just looked and we still have our 10 day tickets. Booked a package over a year ago. If they reduced those to 7 days that would be the last straw. Our trip is in two weeks.

We just received our final itinerary email from Disney and it also still shows we have a 10 day ticket.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Are they just shortening tickets that have are being used to reserve 2020 park dates? My 9/26/2021 expiry tickets not being used for anything are still 10 day if that matters (and AP still there).

 

[skeeter31]

Are they just shortening tickets that have are being used to reserve 2020 park dates? My 9/26/2021 expiry tickets not being used for anything are still 10 day if that matters (and AP still there).

So far the only data point is 1 persons ticket has been shortened from 10 to 7 days, but there were other issues with that persons reservation so that could have been the cause of the change. There’s no indication this is a widespread or ongoing issue...yet.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/08/orange-county-california-removed-from-covid-19-watch-list/