Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[yulilin3]

Just noticed that on MDE wait times now include the restaurant wait times, Is this new?

 

[JayMass]

80% hotel occupancy this weekend. So much for people being too broke for Disney trips. I envision a lot of FOMO trips booked after seeing friends and family social media posts about being in Disney this weekend.

Good luck, everyone.

Did you watch/listen to the podcast last week? Pete def had some FOMO after watching Craig's video at DHS.

We canceled our September trip. I would have been getting on a plane at this very moment. We just couldn't justify going to Florida with its high numbers. Being a teacher in Mass, it would have also been a super irresponsible thing to do! Were going in April and hopefully things will have improved by then!

 

[JayMass]

Just noticed that on MDE wait times now include the restaurant wait times, I's this new?
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Yes. That's the walk-up wait time. They added it last week according to Pete and podcast.

 

[Vern60]

Yes. That's the walk-up wait time. They added it last week according to Pete and podcast.

I'm just curious if this would be time until you get your food or time before you order? Luckily I have no issues with Mobile, but I'm curious.

 

[Mit88]

I am curious, how sure are we that attendance will drop off again after this weekend? Is that prediction based only on conventional wisdom, or are there other indicators that this is just a holiday spike followed by a typical fall plummet?

It’s absolutely going to drop off after the weekend, hotel occupancy post Labor Day weekend is wide open. But that doesn’t mean that can’t change. If there’s a lot of positive word of mouth from people this weekend, you could see comfort levels expanding. It probably won’t get Labor Day weekend “busy” again until Thanksgiving, but I think we’ll continue to see closer to last weeks type of attendance and possibly a little busier than mid-July to mid-August crowd levels

 

[SMRT-1]

I'm just curious if this would be time until you get your food or time before you order? Luckily I have no issues with Mobile, but I'm curious.

It's nothing to do with quick service or mobile ordering; it's the wait time to get a table at sit-down restaurants if you don't have a reservation.

 

[yulilin3]

Yes. That's the walk-up wait time. They added it last week according to Pete and podcast.

Hmm i checked wait times 2 days ago and don't remember seeing them on mde like that

 

[Dentam]

Man oh man, this should be an interesting trip. Flying out on Saturday with our first park day at Epcot on Sunday. I'll report in - pretty nervous to see what the crowds and wait times are like but at least we're staying at the BWV and can bail and walk over to our resort easily on Sunday if needed. Curious how busy my airport will be on Saturday since my city (Denver) is listed above FL for destinations this weekend.

 

[AmberMV]

That is the equivalent of 40% occupancy of pre COVID occupancy. That isn't exactly a busy holiday weekend.

When the majority of hotels, restaurants and many attractions and shows closed, 40% of "pre covid normal" may feel much busier. Only so many places for people to go.

 

[Vern60]

It's nothing to do with quick service or mobile ordering; it's the wait time to get a table at sit-down restaurants if you don't have a reservation.

Ah jeez, thanks, that completely slipped my mind. I should have noticed those were sit down restaurants. Makes total sense now.

 

[Vern60]

As coronavirus affects the park experience I'm hoping this is appropriate in this thread.

8 day trip with 7 day park tickets, which park should be the 1 time visit?

I'm thinking HS, but the last time I visited was before Star Wars land ... I have ridden slinky dog dash though. So even though what, 3 new rides if you include Mick n Minnies Runaway Railway, I'm worried about hassle of getting boarding passes to ROTR and such.
I know a lot of folks might vote Epcot with all the construction, but it's always been one of my favorites and I just love World Showcase, and yes, Animal Kingdom but now with Pandora and .... hmmmm, what are some other thoughts on this?
Sure wish park hopper was available! Oh, nothing set in stone but potential timeframe would be Christmas week.

 

[HikingFam]

is it safe to say if we haven't got the email yet, we won't?

I just got the email around 6pm on my work email (I’ve stayed on site on work trips) but haven’t received it in my personal email at all. AP holder with an upcoming trip already.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

As coronavirus affects the park experience I'm hoping this is appropriate in this thread.

8 day trip with 7 day park tickets, which park should be the 1 time visit?

I'm thinking HS, but the last time I visited was before Star Wars land ... I have ridden slinky dog dash though. So even though what, 3 new rides if you include Mick n Minnies Runaway Railway, I'm worried about hassle of getting boarding passes to ROTR and such.
I know a lot of folks might vote Epcot with all the construction, but it's always been one of my favorites and I just love World Showcase, and yes, Animal Kingdom but now with Pandora and .... hmmmm, what are some other thoughts on this?
Sure wish park hopper was available! Oh, nothing set in stone but potential timeframe would be Christmas week.

Personal preference only would be AK for us.

Since you’re leaning towards DHS, what about securing 2 DHS days in advance just incase of mishaps especially with RotR, and then switching one to Epcot midtrip if your first DHS day works out well and you do all you wanted to do?

 

[Brianstl]

As coronavirus affects the park experience I'm hoping this is appropriate in this thread.

8 day trip with 7 day park tickets, which park should be the 1 time visit?

I'm thinking HS, but the last time I visited was before Star Wars land ... I have ridden slinky dog dash though. So even though what, 3 new rides if you include Mick n Minnies Runaway Railway, I'm worried about hassle of getting boarding passes to ROTR and such.
I know a lot of folks might vote Epcot with all the construction, but it's always been one of my favorites and I just love World Showcase, and yes, Animal Kingdom but now with Pandora and .... hmmmm, what are some other thoughts on this?
Sure wish park hopper was available! Oh, nothing set in stone but potential timeframe would be Christmas week.

I would say AK because how short the wait time have consistently been for everything. You can get everything done there and more in one day. That is the park we are doing one day at.

 

[andyman8]

Hmm i checked wait times 2 days ago and don't remember seeing them on mde like that

They've just rolled the first in-park ones out.

 

[BorderTenny]

I expected to see a jump in wait times today with people arriving for Labor Day weekend and I am not really seeing that on MDE right now. I guess will start to see it tomorrow and really kick in on Saturday.

Well, if there were any early Labor Day arrivals, they certainly weren't at Island H2O water park today, either. That place was so dead, it almost felt like a private party. And it was such great water park weather today.

 

[Vern60]

Personal preference only would be AK for us.

Since you’re leaning towards DHS, what about securing 2 DHS days in advance just incase of mishaps especially with RotR, and then switching one to Epcot midtrip if your first DHS day works out well and you do all you wanted to do?

Boy, what a great idea!

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

80% hotel occupancy this weekend. So much for people being too broke for Disney trips. I envision a lot of FOMO trips booked after seeing friends and family social media posts about being in Disney this weekend.

Good luck, everyone.

80% hotel occupancy of the limited number of hotels that are open? Trying to understand what this post means.

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

As coronavirus affects the park experience I'm hoping this is appropriate in this thread.

8 day trip with 7 day park tickets, which park should be the 1 time visit?

I'm thinking HS, but the last time I visited was before Star Wars land ... I have ridden slinky dog dash though. So even though what, 3 new rides if you include Mick n Minnies Runaway Railway, I'm worried about hassle of getting boarding passes to ROTR and such.
I know a lot of folks might vote Epcot with all the construction, but it's always been one of my favorites and I just love World Showcase, and yes, Animal Kingdom but now with Pandora and .... hmmmm, what are some other thoughts on this?
Sure wish park hopper was available! Oh, nothing set in stone but potential timeframe would be Christmas week.

Epcot. Even if everything was open, it would still be Epcot. At something like 50% operational status, it is definitely Epcot.

 

[andyman8]

80% hotel occupancy of the limited number of hotels that are open? Trying to understand what this post means.

This weekend will be the first time since the mid-July reopenings that all four parks will be sold out across all three “reservation buckets.” Part of that is likely due to a reallocation of “reservation spots” between the buckets. That said, given the news reports we’re seeing, there is no doubt that there’s more demand for travel this upcoming weekend then there has been for travel during any time since March. There seems to be particular demand for FL travel, and Disney is of course going to benefit from that.

I’m not entirely sure what the 80% occupancy is based on, but if it’s using the same formula they usually use, that would include most DVC units and any rooms in inventory. That last part is important. I actually find it kind of surprising that with only four “cash”hotels open, they’re not operating at near 100% occupancy. In “normal” times, WDW resorts usually hover around an 82% occupancy rate, which is very good for a resort with so many rooms.