Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Heather07438]

The bed is an upcharge though

There will be a Bed Fee, and a Faucet Fee, etc.

And a Curtain's Fee. You might wanna splurge there.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I'll bring a blow up for a free BC room.

The BYO Bed fee is $200/bed/day. The floor has sensors so they’ll know* if you try to cheat an extra bed into there!

*Narrator: Disney spent more money paying people to investigate & process erroneous extra BYOBed charges than they made catching offenders #DisneyIT

 

[Tiki Birdland]

They're charging $5 for the plain MBs now (which are $15 in the park) and still shipping free.

I get it. Was a nice gesture when WDW packages are already quite pricey; another chip at the guest.

But if you really need them or enjoy getting them, $5 is adding .0725% to the cost of a $7k pkg. Not life changing either way- $5 or free.

As I said earlier, isn't that the point? It's really no big deal to DISNEY to provide these. It's just another thing that makes the vacation at WDW less magical.

 

[Cdn Jeff]

So, on the elimination of free Magic Bands....
Does anybody else see why Disney may have problem with shipping free magic bands a month before arrival, but allowing guests to cancel without penalty up to 1 day before arrival?
It’s a pandemic. Last minute cancellations are plentiful. I think it’s great that Disney is allowing such flexibility, but I don’t think that they should have to give a free box of magic bands to every guest that cancels their trip. Personally, I’d rather keep the flexibility and pay the $5 for my magic band.

 

[skeeter31]

So, on the elimination of free Magic Bands....
Does anybody else see why Disney may have problem with shipping free magic bands a month before arrival, but allowing guests to cancel without penalty up to 1 day before arrival?
It’s a pandemic. Last minute cancellations are plentiful. I think it’s great that Disney is allowing such flexibility, but I don’t think that they should have to give a free box of magic bands to every guest that cancels their trip. Personally, I’d rather keep the flexibility and pay the $5 for my magic band.

I don’t think that played into the elimination of free magicbands. I think they were going away 1/1/21 regardless of what happened in 2020. It’s step 1 on the move to the Genie system, and really I think they kept free magicbands much longer than they needed to or intended to. They could have moved to pay bands after only 2-3 years and it would have been fine.

 

[Cdn Jeff]

I don’t think that played into the elimination of free magicbands. I think they were going away 1/1/21 regardless of what happened in 2020. It’s step 1 on the move to the Genie system, and really I think they kept free magicbands much longer than they needed to or intended to. They could have moved to pay bands after only 2-3 years and it would have been fine.

Perhaps. I still think that it’s unfair that the overall expectation here is that they should ship them to you free of charge weeks ahead of time, but allow you to cancel up until the day before check in.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

Perhaps. I still think that it’s unfair that the overall expectation here is that they should ship them to you free of charge weeks ahead of time, but allow you to cancel up until the day before check in.

Maybe that plays into it. Fine. Add a clause that I'll be charged for them -- and the luggage tags -- if they're delivered and I cancel. I'd take the $25 hit.

 

[hertamaniac]

Given the liberal cancellation policy lately, why not have verbiage that allows the guest(s) to return the MB as to not incur a charge should they cancel?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

There will be a Bed Fee, and a Faucet Fee, etc.

And a Curtain's Fee. You might wanna splurge there.

Trust me, the other guests will be happy to pay my curtain charge for me

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Given the liberal cancellation policy lately, why not have verbiage that allows the guest(s) to return the MB as to not incur a charge should they cancel?

. don't they come with your name printed on them? Why would Disney want them back then?


I think this is just like how grocery store used to give you a small refund if you brought reusable shopping bags but no longer do because they realizednit wouldn't impact behavior any more so why waste the money. Same thing here - now people already are into MBs or have them or they aren't and will use their phone or whatever .... The benefits (to Disney) of providing them for free are so long nger sufficient enough

 

[mshanson3121]

The bed is an upcharge though

No no, a double is included free. A queen bed requires an upcharge.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

No no, a double is included free. A queen bed requires an upcharge.

This is making me think of all the complains I heard when they redo the rooms and the new style is more plain - and one thing people mention is that they no longer have the colorful/theme bed runners ....

... I honestly think Disney could charge an "upcharge" for themed bed runners and people would pay it

 

[Farro]

This is making me think of all the complains I heard when they redo the rooms and the new style is more plain - and one thing people mention is that they no longer have the colorful/theme bed runners ....

... I honestly think Disney could charge an "upcharge" for themed bed runners and people would pay it

Now that's where I would draw the line.

 

[hertamaniac]

. don't they come with your name printed on them? Why would Disney want them back then?


I think this is just like how grocery store used to give you a small refund if you brought reusable shopping bags but no longer do because they realizednit wouldn't impact behavior any more so why waste the money. Same thing here - now people already are into MBs or have them or they aren't and will use their phone or whatever .... The benefits (to Disney) of providing them for free are so long nger sufficient enough

Reprints? Probably not cost effective given the low manufacturing costs though.

 

[skeeter31]

. don't they come with your name printed on them? Why would Disney want them back then?


I think this is just like how grocery store used to give you a small refund if you brought reusable shopping bags but no longer do because they realizednit wouldn't impact behavior any more so why waste the money. Same thing here - now people already are into MBs or have them or they aren't and will use their phone or whatever .... The benefits (to Disney) of providing them for free are so long nger sufficient enough

Not to mention they already come linked to your MDE, and there wouldn’t be a way for Disney to transfer them to another guest down the line. They would just throw them out.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Not to mention they already come linked to your MDE, and there wouldn’t be a way for Disney to transfer them to another guest down the line. They would just throw them out.

Are you implying Disney IT couldn't figure this out ?????





..... ok, almost made through that with a straight face

 

[Leigh L]

Looks like mid-January got some hours extended today (MLK week).

 

[Cdn Jeff]

Given the liberal cancellation policy lately, why not have verbiage that allows the guest(s) to return the MB as to not incur a charge should they cancel?

The cost to Disney is in the shipping and handling. Plus, the magic bands are personalized whwn the ship them. You sending them back does not eliminate the sunk cost in any way.

 

[hertamaniac]

The cost to Disney is in the shipping and handling. Plus, the magic bands are personalized whwn the ship them. You sending them back does eliminate the sunk cost in any way.

True. There isn't much of anything to recycle (maybe the coin cell).

 

[New Mouse]

So, on the elimination of free Magic Bands....
Does anybody else see why Disney may have problem with shipping free magic bands a month before arrival, but allowing guests to cancel without penalty up to 1 day before arrival?
It’s a pandemic. Last minute cancellations are plentiful. I think it’s great that Disney is allowing such flexibility, but I don’t think that they should have to give a free box of magic bands to every guest that cancels their trip. Personally, I’d rather keep the flexibility and pay the $5 for my magic band.

They arent free magic bands, they are paid for as part of your rate. If Disney is charging $5 to buy one, all room prices should drop by $10 and extra guests by $5 accordingly. Its just a way to increase the room rate while people arent paying attention.