Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[LSUmiss]

It is open. I haven't been there but the reviews that I've seen have been positive.

We are there in Feb. We thought it was really good.

 

[Sarahslay]

Does anybody think the express pass is any bit necessary right now in UOR? Only doing a day trip there during my trip to try and finally see all the HP stuff and fit in whatever else we can.

I have a friend who went to UO mid august, split stay with WDW over two weeks, and he got an on-site room there just to get the express pass on the weekend. I do know he said he was glad he stayed on-site for that part, and that the weekend was much more crowded than the weekdays he went, so it probably really all depends on what day of the week you plan to visit.

 

[LSUmiss]

Sorry but alluding to the fact that Disney is remaining shut down to hurt the president doesn't fly. A reminder that Disney initially shut down on their own.

Step outside of these boards and people are appalled that WDW is open and shaming people going there. Just because there's no way to contract trace effectively doesn't automatically make things safe.

Perhaps in areas where most things are still closed. But here, we are in phase 3 & most things are open. No one is appalled & many ppl are booking trips.

 

[Dentam]

you make it sound like it’s this horribly unsafe place and we’re all naive for believing otherwise.

That's not how I took the post at all.

 

[skeeter31]

Looking for some speculation here-- do we think Festival of the Arts will be a "go" considering F&W and Festival of the Holidays are still happening?

I would bet it will happen in some fashion. As many meet and greets with the artists? Probably not. But art booths and food booths, more than likely.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Looking for some speculation here-- do we think Festival of the Arts will be a "go" considering F&W and Festival of the Holidays are still happening?

I do, but like the others it will be a light version.

 

[HokieRaven5]

I have a friend who went to UO mid august, split stay with WDW over two weeks, and he got an on-site room there just to get the express pass on the weekend. I do know he said he was glad he stayed on-site for that part, and that the weekend was much more crowded than the weekdays he went, so it probably really all depends on what day of the week you plan to visit.

Thanks, it'll be a Saturday and it's for a weekend trip.

 

[Sarahslay]

That's not how I took the post at all.

Ok? but regarding when they said "Step outside of these boards and people are appalled that WDW is open and shaming people going there. Just because there's no way to contract trace effectively doesn't automatically make things safe." that is entirely how I took it

 

[BL82]

Lets do the math. California has a total population of 40 mill, with approx 4K new cases a day or .0001 percent. Approx 900K have tested positive since the outbreak or 2.25 percent of the population. Explain to me why Disneyland should be shut down with those numbers? Especially when you consider the terrific job Disney has done in Florida in making sure they are being very diligent on safety. I am not saying do not follow the science, by all means do follow the science. This is no longer about science, as I have said before, magically come November 4th there will be guidelines.

Amen to this!!

 

[fantomhamst3r]

Does anybody think the express pass is any bit necessary right now in UOR? Only doing a day trip there during my trip to try and finally see all the HP stuff and fit in whatever else we can.

As someone who's been standing in the express line for the mummy for half an hour, I'd say not to get it unless you get it with a resort. That being said, rides definitely have long wait times right now, so not "unnecessary".

 

[scrappinginontario]

Looking for some speculation here-- do we think Festival of the Arts will be a "go" considering F&W and Festival of the Holidays are still happening?

Purely a guess but I would say 'Yes' as they're offering F&W. Festival of the Arts is our favourite Epcot festival by far!!

 

[MrsBooch]

When do we think Thanksgiving menu's will post this year? Typically it has been this week - but it's 2020.

Any guesses?

They posted the Halloween/Fall offerings on Disneyparks blog about 20 days prior to Sept. 15 (when they had decorations up and food offerings out).

 

[yulilin3]

So the frozen show is pretty unchanged aside from the actors being socially distanced and no CO2 effect. The snow did go off

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I do, but like the others it will be a light version.

I think the same - though I think they could do most things, maybe with some modifications

Most of the tents/booths are pretty open air and as long as guests and artists are wearing masks I don't see why they couldn't do meet and greets (just no handshakes)

Even like the mural guests got to paint squares of could be done as it was all single use materials (pain containers, etc - just would have to limit how many people are painting at one time a lot more than they did in the past

 

[yulilin3]

I think the same - though I think they could do most things, maybe with some modifications

Most of the tents/booths are pretty open air and as long as guests and artists are wearing masks I don't see why they couldn't do meet and greets (just no handshakes)

Even like the mural guests got to paint squares of could be done as it was all single use materials (pain containers, etc - just would have to limit how many people are painting at one time a lot more than they did in the past

Im not sure how extensive it'll be, most of the merch tents are 3rd party so harder to control. Im hoping some elements do come back

 

[hereforthechurros]

That kind of depends on who you know, where you live and where you read, to be honest. And remember, the squeaky wheel is the loudest, or gets the oil? Something like that...

Most middle of the road people aren't out on the internet proclaiming one way or the other.

I personally don't know anyone who is actually appalled WDW is open, I just know people who can't travel because of quarantines to here or there...

The WDW subreddit was overrun for weeks with people coming in to bash WDW and people going there. There are still comments almost daily. We were asked by neighbors why we went as they made sure we were quarantining. My family, who loves both WDW and DL, have all expressed that there's no reason for people to be going to a theme park right now. My sister who lives in SoCal and is a DL regular is glad DL is still closed.

I've actually had open convos about it with people in my life, have you? These boards are not exactly a reasonable sounding board for that convo. There are articles and news stories out there about travel shaming. It's a thing.

 

[hereforthechurros]

So the frozen show is pretty unchanged aside from the actors being socially distanced and no CO2 effect. The snow did go off

Ahhh the snow is the best part, glad it survived. Are they seating every other row and well as skipping three seats?

 

[hereforthechurros]

I do, but like the others it will be a light version.

A taste of!

 

[hereforthechurros]

Perhaps in areas where most things are still closed. But here, we are in phase 3 & most things are open. No one is appalled & many ppl are booking trips.

I'll have to ask if people's opinions have changed. Two months ago when we went it was still very new and we ran into quite a lot of negative feedback by going. From actual people in our lives not just online. My guess is if I created a poll for my friends/family the vast majority would not travel to WDW at the moment.

 

[yulilin3]

Ahhh the snow is the best part, glad it survived. Are they seating every other row and well as skipping three seats?

They're skipping a row
And the rows that are being occupied seat 4 then have 3 marked seats to leave empty, so parties of more than 4 wil have to separate