Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[TheMaxRebo]

looks like crowds are there:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302259955047837698

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302260960367915010

 

[Mit88]

Took 9 minutes for Frozen to get to a 75 minute wait

 

[KBoopaloo]

Navi river and Dinosaur being 60 and 45 minutes respectively kind of shows that crowds are up today. Has Dinosaur even reached above 20 minutes since the reopen?

Dinosaur just went down so that wait might have been due more to technical difficulties than crowds. It was running pretty steadily at 5 minutes when I checked most of the morning. It does definitely look busier than it has been though as expected.

 

[Mit88]

Dinosaur just went down so that wait might have been due more to technical difficulties than crowds. It was running pretty steadily at 5 minutes when I checked most of the morning. It does definitely look busier than it has been though as expected.

Could also be that it was running at a pace this morning that it hasnt been in 6 months that had it break down. Its back up and still at 45 Min

 

[KBoopaloo]

I see Carpets is listed as 10 minutes which is obviously a typo where someone forgot the extra zero at the end .

 

[Mit88]

I see Carpets is listed as 10 minutes which is obviously a typo where someone forgot the extra zero at the end .

They always fake the wait time for Carpets so to not scare people away from the ride. Once people are over there and see the carpets eloquently gliding up and down, guests wont care how long the queue is, they’re already in.

 

[Mit88]

Test Track didn’t open up with the opening of the park. They’re probably still taping up the extended queue back to the America pavilion

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302263347736346624

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Those lines look unpleasant but I have totally seen HM for example get out that far on a regular day, with FP cutting it off, and people filling in all available space. Curious to see what reported actual waits look like coming out of this weekend.

 

[Vern60]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302263347736346624

Wow, so if you rode the Skyliner, you'd have to turn right and walk a ways to get to the end of the line? Brutal!

 

[KBoopaloo]

I am actually more curious about reports from the QS locations and transportation than attractions. With limited places available it seems like that might be where you most notice larger crowds and waits.

 

[andyman8]

I know most folks here are more concerned with Disney, but just a glimpse to the other side of town:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302261941864366081

Kong and Simpsons are at 120 minutes. VB is at capacity. Several attractions (like Gringotts) have had to stop accepting new Guests for periods throughout the day. Other attractions are going Virtual Queue only. Interesting.

ETA: I should add my usual disclaimer that waits right now don’t give a full picture. It’s harder to measure estimated waits when ride capacity is so fluid and the queue is so spaced out. That said, the on-the-ground reports look pretty rough for UOR.

 

[xuxa777]

This is correct. The worse "doom and gloom" speculated from early in this thread (mostly around May) would be the possibility that WDW would stay closed for the rest of 2020. I never would have thought that, but the mandatory m-word debate here was long and hard. And then WDW went places that no one saw coming - like all ADRs being cancelled or FP+ going away and the park hours being reduced as much as they are and limited resorts with many parts still closed.

And here it is already September and DL is still not open.

The doom and gloomers, (that is not you) were saying parks will not open till spring 2021 or till vaccine, a few even said the parks would never survive. When I and others were saying the parks would open mid July, it resulted in some heavy pushback. They are all wild predictions, some right some wrong, it is what makes this board discussion interesting. My big miss was I thought masks would only be recommended but the sunbelt spike/phase resulted in a mask mandate and took care of that Glad that appears to be over now in Florida and continues.

 

[andyman8]

Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure have joined Volcano Bay in closing to new Guests. They are at capacity.

 

[Mit88]

The doom and gloomers, (that is not you) were saying parks will not open till spring 2021 or till vaccine, a few even said the parks would never survive. When I and others were saying the parks would open mid July, it resulted in some heavy pushback. They are all wild predictions, some right some wrong, it is what makes this board discussion interesting. My big miss was I thought masks would only be recommended but the sunbelt spike/phase resulted in a mask mandate and took care of that Glad that appears to be over now in Florida and continues.

If any of us really knew, we would have said July 11th, and July 15th for the reopening of the 4 parks back on March 17th. Everything said were purely guesses. Its was never being a “realist” because much of what was said wasn’t exactly out of the realm of possibility. It was also seen as being a “realist” that EPCOT would open long after the other 3 parks. And it was seen as overly optimistic to say the parks would open June 1st. I said back in April that I didn’t think masks would be mandatory at the parks when they reopened, and since then I cant imagine them have ever been a decision made by individual guests. I also said they’d open June 1st based on speculative comments and other things pointing towards the possibility. I’m not an insider, nor have a I ever claimed to be. My guesses were always as good as anyone else’s. But in times of gloom, I prefer to look towards the potential of positivity. There’s too much darkness in this world to look at everything through a cynical pair of glasses.

 

[anthony2k7]

This is how the queue was set up last Friday, or at least taped off in the same way.



The Sun is the newspaper that you find in grocery store lines that at least once a month has Nostradamus on the cover with a headline saying that a meteor is going to hit us this month and its been predicted for centuries

Lol yes its a tabloid but its no where near as bad as Mitt88 claims

 

[rteetz]

Both Universal Studios and Islands are both at capacity.

 

[ChrisM]

Both Universal Studios and Islands are both at capacity.

Does anyone have a guesstimate (or even a SWAG) as to what capacity for those parks is set at for this weekend?

 

[charmed59]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302242550351368192

I gotta say, I love the coordination of the group with ladies in red and white polka dot dresses and matching masks.

 

[rteetz]

Does anyone have a guesstimate (or even a SWAG) as to what capacity for those parks is set at for this weekend?

I’m not sure what the number is. The speculation is around 25-30% of normal capacity.