Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SierraT]

Honestly I don't know. My comment was directed at domestic travel bans implemented by Florida Governor DeSantis. He implemented mandatory 14 day quarantines for visitors from certain parts of the United States. He technically does not have the power to make any such requirements of international travelers, as those decisions are made at the United States government level, and not by the states.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.htmlThe above link shows the current international travel bans. It does not appear that travel is currently banned from South America to the United States, but I can't speak to whether there actually is any travel.

Thank you very much, I didn’t think so. It kind of shocked me when I heard it asked yesterday.

 

[Searc]

Spaceship Earth hadn't closed before the park closed.

It's closed right now, isn't it?

 

[Brianstl]

While it would lose some of it's "authenticity" and charm, they can open the World Showcase with other furloughed cast members if they wanted.

I think Epcot will be the last to open though.

Disney is going to have to plan opening without the exchange program worker and plan to operate that way for a long time. It isn’t just travel restrictions. We are coming up on election and the vast majority of Americans are not going to have an appetite to issue visas to people for jobs with a sky high unemployment rate. I expect this to become a big issue in the next couple months. It makes a good sound bite for candidates.

 

[SaintsManiac]

It's closed right now, isn't it?

The official closure was end of May I think. Unless you mean it's closed because everything is.

 

[RamblingMad]

But thousands of lives will be saved...

To be fair, opening Disneyland is probably a lot safer than opening Disney world. As we all know, it’s much more of a local park so the possibility that it would be a haven for the spreading of the disease would likely be significantly less. But given that the two parks are in two different states, on opposite sides of the country, with different responses to the pandemic, it’s fascinating to see how this is dealt.

And it will be incredible to see how Disney may handle opening Disney world possibly several months before Disney land in the media and with PR. Disney world is just so much bigger and, on its face, should be harder to control than Disneyland just given the size of it and the national audience it caters to.

Disneyland is far more compressed than MK. It’s much faster to go ride to ride, which means social distancing will be far more difficult. I think it’s likely we’ll see MK open before DL.

 

[Eric Smith]

It's closed right now, isn't it?

Everything is closed right now obviously. If you actually want to discuss this, Spaceship Earth was due to close on May 26. The refurb hasn't started yet and they may back off of it if money is an issue. I think finishing all the construction in future world will take precedence over a Spaceship Earth rehab.

 

[Searc]

The official closure was end of May I think. Unless you mean it's closed because everything is.

I meant because everything is closed right now, so it possibly may not be reopening with everything else when Epcot opens...I thought that was obvious (thank you for getting it, btw), but I guess not.

 

[Eric Smith]

Disneyland is far more compressed than MK. It’s much faster to go ride to ride, which means social distancing will be far more difficult. I think it’s likely we’ll see MK open before DL.

I don't know how they could make some of those Disneyland queues work. Older rides have switchbacks that are maybe one person wide. They'd have to use like every four rows just to maintain six feet of distance.

 

[mikejuliestl]

Everything is closed right now obviously. If you actually want to discuss this, Spaceship Earth was due to close on May 26. The refurb hasn't started yet and they may back off of it if money is an issue. I think finishing all the construction in future world will take precedence over a Spaceship Earth rehab.

This makes me happy - we have a June and a July trip planned and seeing SE refurb made me sad that we wouldnt be able to ride it before the changes. At least now we have a chance** - two actually to get on it before it gets updated.

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

Honestly I don't know. My comment was directed at domestic travel bans implemented by Florida Governor DeSantis. He implemented mandatory 14 day quarantines for visitors from certain parts of the United States. He technically does not have the power to make any such requirements of international travelers, as those decisions are made at the United States government level, and not by the states.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/from-other-countries.htmlThe above link shows the current international travel bans. It does not appear that travel is currently banned from South America to the United States, but I can't speak to whether there actually is any travel.

Argentina has banned all commercial flights until Sept. 1. Various other South American countries have imposed less onerous restrictions. Of course, that's different that a US ban.

 

[rpb718]

This makes me happy - we have a June and a July trip planned and seeing SE refurb made me sad that we wouldnt be able to ride it before the changes. At least now we have a chance** - two actually to get on it before it gets updated.

I have a feeling the ride won't be refurbed for a few years, at least. If they do anything, it's provide some TLC to what they have to make it last.

 

[yulilin3]

For those interested in the Orange Co task force, here's the call from yesterday, some has been already discussed here but the main guy says that they are waiting for the Gov. announcement to give a go for all the industries, but he thinks that giving everyone guidelines this weekend, will give companies time to prepare for reopening and he thinks that would occur May 11th (not necessarily WDW but malls which would include Disney Springs)
He also spoke about how long to wait between phases, they are looking at 2 to 3 weeks per phase then look at the numbers for a couple of days then move onto the next phase if the numbers are satisfactory
http://netapps.ocfl.net/Mod/meetings/17/1156

 

[chad_1138]

This makes me happy - we have a June and a July trip planned and seeing SE refurb made me sad that we wouldnt be able to ride it before the changes. At least now we have a chance** - two actually to get on it before it gets updated.

We are hoping the same thing for our July trip. I am really hoping they will open Epcot. Honestly, it makes sense simply from a social distancing standpoint, so much space for people to spread out (at least in world showcase). Not to mention the sheer number of restaurants that I'm sure people have reservations at that would get cancelled.

 

[RamblingMad]

I don't know how they could make some of those Disneyland queues work. Older rides have switchbacks that are maybe one person wide. They'd have to use like every four rows just to maintain six feet of distance.

I think, they’re going to have to switch to virtual queues. It’s the classic dark rides, where I see them having the biggest challenge with queues with the switch backs that you mention.

 

[Eric Smith]

This makes me happy - we have a June and a July trip planned and seeing SE refurb made me sad that we wouldnt be able to ride it before the changes. At least now we have a chance** - two actually to get on it before it gets updated.

This makes me happy as well. We had a trip planned for April 26 which would have been our last chance to ride it as it currently stands. I'd like to ride it at least one more time before it changes.

 

[RamblingMad]

For those interested in the Orange Co task force, here's the call from yesterday, some has been already discussed here but the main guy says that they are waiting for the Gov. announcement to give a go for all the industries, but he thinks that giving everyone guidelines this weekend, will give companies time to prepare for reopening and he thinks that would occur May 11th (not necessarily WDW but malls which would include Disney Springs)
He also spoke about how long to wait between phases, they are looking at 2 to 3 weeks per phase then look at the numbers for a couple of days then move onto the next phase if the numbers are satisfactory
http://netapps.ocfl.net/Mod/meetings/17/1156

With Simon Property already planning malls reopening, I can see Disney Springs opening too.

The challenge is where to go when it rains. That’s when I see people getting close to stay dry.

The other challenge is what retailers will be ready to open up. I can see some staying closed longer than others.

 

[4Ds4Diz]

Honestly I don't know. My comment was directed at domestic travel bans implemented by Florida Governor DeSantis. He implemented mandatory 14 day quarantines for visitors from certain parts of the United States. He technically does not have the power to make any such requirements of international travelers, as those decisions are made at the United States government level, and not by the states.

Unfortunately, this may be true. We have reservations for late June. Coming from southern New Jersey could impact this. Sadly we always get lumped with northern Jersey. The cases in southern Jersey have been manageable and really shouldn't impact us in the same way as the north. Wouldn't it be ironic to allow people from another continent, South America, yet not allow a US citizen to visit.

 

[dina444444]

This makes me happy as well. We had a trip planned for April 26 which would have been our last chance to ride it as it currently stands. I'd like to ride it at least one more time before it changes.

Disney’s fp system still think SE is going down for refurb FYI. It wasn’t available for FPs when we booked ours for our hopeful 4th of July trip.

 

[Mit88]

Spaceship Earth was supposed to go down on May 25th, or 26th with Ratatouille rumored to open up around the date of SE’s closure. The latter obviously isn’t happening on the same date.

SE plans seemed far enough along planned that I think they still go through with it, but maybe not as soon as they were supposed to. They know it needs updating, so eventually it’ll have to be done.

 

[yulilin3]

With Simon Property already planning malls reopening, I can see Disney Springs opening too.

The challenge is where to go when it rains. That’s when I see people getting close to stay dry.

The other challenge is what retailers will be ready to open up. I can see some staying closed longer than others.

Simon (Florida Mall) has not reopened here, I think everyone is just waiting on the Governor's guidelines. DS is unique because more than half of the stores are not Disney, I'm sure some will be ready to go as soon as they get the go ahead