Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Dumbo777]

Line for the Madame Leota Sipper wraps around the castle. Looks like a lot of spacing in the line, but the queue still looks absurd.

Madam Leota sipper?? Is this a thing? How cool. Gotta pic?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The people that buy the stuff is the problem. If there wasn’t a market for people that rush to buy things, you’d be able to get all of these items for retail. After the first restock of splash merch, it should have been obvious they weren’t burning the leftover stock. And now they’re selling new merch that was obviously made AFTER the announcement of the eventual retheme. Disney is going to milk that ride for whatever they can until the day it’s closed. In 20 years no one will remember they kept making new Splash merch, they’ll just remember that Disney changed it

In theory I don't really mind it - not everyone can get to the parks so if this is a way for people to get park merchandise then should be a way for everyone to win

The problem is when they buy so many that "regular guests" in the park can't get any ... hopefully Disney restricts how many of any one item people can buy more often going forward (I put it more on Disney when they let people get 10 each for everyoen there in their group)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Madam Leota sipper?? Is this a thing? How cool. Gotta pic?

and video of the line:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303362631072350208

 

[yulilin3]

In theory I don't really mind it - not everyone can get to the parks so if this is a way for people to get park merchandise then should be a way for everyone to win

The problem is when they buy so many that "regular guests" in the park can't get any ... hopefully Disney restricts how many of any one item people can buy more often going forward (I put it more on Disney when they let people get 10 each for everyoen there in their group)

I really just want to eat my pumpkin spice waffle tomorrow. They need another location to sell this sipper

 

[KBoopaloo]

The waits at MK don’t look all that bad - a quick check shows the longest wait is Splash at 45 minutes. Dwarves at 40. Peter Pan at 35. Pirates at 30. Buzz at 15. Space at 10. And Carpets is listed at 5 but that is obviously a mistake.

DHS looks busy with Tower of Terror and the Railway over 70 minutes.

A lot of schools here in MA have pushed their start dates to mid to late September (September 23 in my city with some online orientation before that) so I think the holiday weekend crowds could bleed into the week a bit - people could go home today or tomorrow and still be able to do the 14 day quarantine before being in school in person. I think the bigger indicator of the non holiday fall crowd levels will come next week and then we’ll see the next likely jump as we edge closer to Columbus Day.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I really just want to eat my pumpkin spice waffle tomorrow. They need another location to sell this sipper

That's a fair point - would be good if they set up dedicated stands or something for items the know will be very popular for their first few days

 

[TheMaxRebo]

The waits at MK don’t look all that bad - a quick check shows the longest wait is Splash at 45 minutes. Dwarves at 40. Peter Pan at 35. Pirates at 30. Buzz at 15. Space at 10. And Carpets is listed at 5 but that is obviously a mistake.

that is just the virtual queue on the app - it takes 5 minutes just for them to be able to tell you what the actuual wait is

 

[jenushkask8s]

We're at UOR now (got here Sunday, move to BWV tomorrow). Parks are definitely busier than when we were here in July but not uncomfortably busy.

 

[Vern60]

Well, when the GF walkway opens, you can walk to all 3 resorts. Work off those calories!

Calories schmalories, they should run or rent golf carts!!! ha ha ha

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303359793323704324

 

[Vern60]

Will it be possible to use the GF walkway to get to the Contemporary? I would guess that it wouldn’t since you’d have to go behind the security area at Magic Kingdom to do it.

Of course! That's probably where they'll rent the golf carts!

 

[hedg12]

This is absolutely true and anyone who has planned any kind of vacation (for some reason Disney more so than others, in my experience) can tell you - the countdown is what gets you through the waiting. It ABSOLUTELY boosts my happiness.
For example, we are approaching the 60 day dining reservation mark and that means I get to plan and plot and get my little notebook out and go through the menus online and imagine the foods etc. and stress about getting Whispering Canyon for thanksgiving dinner (i'm not stressed about it but i like the anticipation) - all of that stuff - i'm so looking forward to thinking about. Especially compared to the mundane things I HAVE to think about - it is great to have something to anticipate.

I really dislike the actual planning. I think that having to work so hard to plan a vacation creates too much pressure to "get it right," and I get stressed out if I can't get the ressies we want, or if something goes wrong during the trip. I feel like it really detracts from the overall anticipation of the trip.

I think that will actually be quite a nice option after a lovely meal.

However in an effort to uphold my reputation here of being negative - is there an increased risk of gators out on that path late at night?

I think the alligators are part of Disney's plan to keep us healthy. A nice relaxing walk - or run - to burn off those calories...

 

[SaintsManiac]

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...your-happiness/?CMP=SOC-DPFY20Q4wo0903200038A

It’s 100% true and I’ve been saying it for months. I need something to look forward to always, but especially now.

270 days to go.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303359793323704324

This is funny to me because it’s a lot of strollers compared to most days since reopening ... but this is still way less than on a typical slow pre-covid Labor Day Tuesday. Even on a normal “slow” early September day, there would be more strollers than that.

 

[rteetz]

This is funny to me because it’s a lot of strollers compared to most days since reopening ... but this is still way less than on a typical slow pre-covid Labor Day Tuesday. Even on a normal “slow” early September day, there would be more strollers than that.

I think that’s sort of the point of the post.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

I think that’s sort of the point of the post.

Hahaha, oops. I didn’t catch her sarcasm! I thought she was serious and I was like “really, Denise?!”

 

[rpb718]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303359793323704324

I know folks are seeing more strollers than before, but I can't focus past that one very lonely balloon.

 

[Mit88]

In theory I don't really mind it - not everyone can get to the parks so if this is a way for people to get park merchandise then should be a way for everyone to win

The problem is when they buy so many that "regular guests" in the park can't get any ... hopefully Disney restricts how many of any one item people can buy more often going forward (I put it more on Disney when they let people get 10 each for everyoen there in their group)

Especially right now, they should et some aside for an online release. Taking the reliability of ShopDisney out of the picture, of course. But they’re essentially telling anyone outside of driving distance “don’t come right now”, and people aren’t comfortable with going right now, but still want these items (not to resell). I would love the sipper to go along with my office filled with HM stuff, but of course like usual, the merch I’d really love to have is always released immediately after I leave WDW

 

[rteetz]

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/09/walt-disney-world-resort-holidays-start-nov-6/

 

[SaintsManiac]

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2020/09/walt-disney-world-resort-holidays-start-nov-6/

Yep think we all saw this coming. The cavalcades sound neat, though!