Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Pickle Rick]

I could see them doing that as a soft open with annual passholders in late May/early June.

Once people are staying in their resorts and paying for packages, they can't only be partially open. Its all or nothing at that point.

They can do what they feel is best. The guests will have to deal with it.

 

[JaNelson38]

They can do what they feel is best. The guests will have to deal with it.

They can't charge full price theme park packages for parks that aren't open.

 

[Pickle Rick]

They can't charge full price theme park packages for parks that aren't open.

They have yet to release any info last I checked regarding that. Even the guidelines we saw today could very well be merely a start.

 

[rpb718]

On the subject of indoor attractions, I'm thinking of an indoor theater like Philharmagic. You just know the CMs will be wanting folks to go all the way to the end of a row - especially if there's social distancing spaces between seats and rows - and you just know families will just stop in the middle of the row. Will the CMs do anything?

Say it's known that the CMs will force folks to go all the way to the end of the row. I can see a bottleneck at the beginning because no one will want to be the first to go down the row knowing they'll have to go all the way to the end.

No win either way.

 

[Searc]

just my point of view
you can distance yourself and your family while walking around the parks by 6ft, not hard to do even on super packed days, same as if you are in the grocery store and you pass someone that stopped to look at something, you are less than 6ft away only for seconds.
Queues are a different thing cause you're stopped, they might be taping these to allow for each family to separate 6ft, so you should be fine
As for the temps check, it would've required the hiring of nurses by WDW, which they apparently won't do
Personal accountability is the key here

You can possibly distance yourself from other people, but you can't control what other people do around you. Let's face it, we've all seen idiotic behavior at Disney on any given normal day.

 

[xuxa777]

On the subject of indoor attractions, I'm thinking of an indoor theater like Philharmagic. You just know the CMs will be wanting folks to go all the way to the end of a row - especially if there's social distancing spaces between seats and rows - and you just know families will just stop in the middle of the row. Will the CMs do anything?

Say it's known that the CMs will force folks to go all the way to the end of the row. I can see a bottleneck at the beginning because no one will want to be the first to go down the row knowing they'll have to go all the way to the end.

No win either way.

They have constantly moved people and say move to the end of a row even before all this.

 

[Searc]

If you look at the pictures from Shanghai they have actually gone through the trouble of taping boxes with an X in the line to indicate where groups should stand/not stand. So, if the line is corralled or zig zagged I’m sure the boxes will be staggered with the people beside you too.

I think the guidelines are reasonable and probably a lot less extreme than what people were expecting? I’m feeling encouraged.

If boxes are 6 feet apart on one side, 6 feet apart in the line beside you but staggered, then you're only 3 feet apart from the people in the line next to you.

 

[JaNelson38]

They have yet to release any info last I checked regarding that. Even the guidelines we saw today could very well be merely a start.

They're taking reservations and selling packages as normal for June 1 and later.

They are still offering refunds and free changes for packages through June 30, so perhaps there would be an opening there for some sort of soft opening for resort guests. But it would be really bad form to allow full reservations to guests after a certain date and then not follow through with it. We'll have to see.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

They have constantly moved people and say move to the end of a row even before all this.

Yes, you’re right they say that. And guests don’t listen.

 

[rpb718]

They have constantly moved people and say move to the end of a row even before all this.

Sure they always say to move to the end of the row. But personal experience has shown me otherwise.

 

[Pickle Rick]

They're taking reservations and selling packages as normal for June 1 and later.

They are still offering refunds and free changes for packages through June 30, so perhaps there would be an opening there for some sort of soft opening for resort guests. But it would be really bad form to allow full reservations to guests after a certain date and then not follow through with it. We'll have to see.

I imagine they are closely monitoring the situation to see what their final decisions will be.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

You can possibly distance yourself from other people, but you can't control what other people do around you.

Sadly could lead to guest confrontations. “You’re standing too close to me,” etc.

CMs will have their hands full, that’s for sure

 

[xuxa777]

Yes, you’re right they say that. And guests don’t listen.

And it will probably be the same case now, and they won't confront those people anymore than they did before.

 

[gottalovepluto]

France just shut down all "large public events" until September. I don't think Disneyland Paris is opening any time before that.

Depends if DL Paris is considered a large public event. I don’t think it is. Didn’t they stay open after those were banned?

 

[KBoopaloo]

I agree.. I don't see the point of the staggered park openings... makes no sense to me... limit the people but spread over all parks ....

As someone who has been working on a reopening plan for a much, much, much, much smaller organization that caters to visitors, I would guess it is because they want to give themselves a little time to test things out and see how everything works before implementing all the new procedures across four theme parks. I am working on 3 different versions of a plan with 3 different potential opening dates with all different levels of required staffing and procedure changes. We can hypothesize about how a lot of things will work but we won’t know for sure until we are open and dealing with people in the space and then we will make adjustments. Right now when my organization reopens we will not reopen all of our usual amenities for this reason. If Disney does go this route my guess is they are treating having the Magic Kingdom open under new guidelines as a soft opening that can help inform what they do across property. They also probably know they will be opening with less staffing - no trained CPs, no international program participants and potentially no one over 65 so they have to deploy their staff efficiently.

 

[rpb718]

And it will probably be the same case now, and they won't confront those people anymore than they did before.

Using just a fraction of the rows and seats? No - likely they will need to have folks moving if there are still folks waiting to get into the row. They don't do SRO in Philharmagic.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Theme park guidelines beginning to come out

https://twitter.com/x/status/1255154004549492736

REAL NEWS!!!!

 

[lovethesun12]

Absolutely, and it’s much more than what’s being discussed out here in California, which is essentially nothing.

I can see how that's frustrating. I think all the leaders from our prime minister here, to the president, to those in charge of our states and provinces are all really being pulled in a million directions trying to do what they think is best.

I have to say I will really be very surprised if WDW and DLR don't open up together.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Am I the only one who is going to loose my mind if they remove the coffee maker from my room?!?!

I’m sensing a large increase in PJs at the quick service places worn by those people just there for coffee

 

[mmackeymouse]

50% seems really high to me. Really high. Not sure if they are counting CMs in that number.

But if you look at max capacity as 100,000. And "average" capacity as 60,000. Even on the low number, 50% is 30,000 inside the Magic Kingdom, which just seems like way, way too many to try social distancing and virtual queues with.

I was expecting 10,000 per park maybe 15,000. 30,000 is just too much.

I know like many people, my decision on whether to keep our trip depended on what all would be open and closed. But, this is equally troublesome for keeping our trip. I am not sure I could go forward with 30,000+ in park attendance.