Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[e_yerger]

Oh great a new thing to argue about - how long it will take WDW & UOR to put down stickers.

We’re exhausting. All of us. A collective whole. I’m sorry.

Edit: typo i put the wrong “whole”

 

[Eric Smith]

For me, a lot would depend on whether the restaurants are operating. Would be sucky to go to AKL and not have the ability to have dinner at Jiko or a glass of wine at Victoria Falls or the wine bar. Same with WL.

True, I’m assuming that I still have access to the majority of the resort’s amenities. No table service would be a deal breaker for sure.

 

[planecrazy63]

The part that is going to take the longest is the supply chain. All the food places likely had to throw away all their perishables... what beer is left may need to be replaced with fresh kegs things like that. A lot of the food places will almost be restocking from zero and since disney hasn't be buying much lately do the venders and distributers that disney buys from have enough in their warehouse to supply that order (since disney isn't buying they may not be stocking as much that they may have to throw out). So getting all that started back up would likely take the longest and disney may need to give them a heads-up a few weeks out.

Agreed - though gladly they donated most of the food to food banks!

 

[cakebaker]

Yes, but that was in the old days. They are probably working with a lot fewer people right now.

By the old days, you mean 2 months ago? lol I’m sure they’ll call back sufficient workers when they’re ready to do the work. It really won’t take long at all once they decide to move on opening.

 

[skeeter31]

Oh great a new thing to argue about - how long it will take WDW & UOR to put down stickers.

We’re exhausting. All of us. A collective hole. I’m sorry.

I hope you meant collective “whole” because I’m really hoping we’re not all in some giant hole in the ground together.
Sorry, just had to bring some levity to the quite angry thread today.

 

[wombat_5606]

By the old days, you mean 2 months ago? lol I’m sure they’ll call back sufficient workers when they’re ready to do the work. It really won’t take long at all once they decide to move on opening.

Exactly.

My daughter works at a small attraction and they are trying to open by June 1. When they closed they cut the employees by 2/3rds. She got called back last week to get the place ready to open. They also called back 2 others.

The problem is money. They are losing money and need people there to make more. So until they make some money, they can't afford to bring back more people right now. There has been talk that they may not even be able to bring all of the people back.

Yes, I know I'm not talking about Disney, but they've lost a lot of money too. The park is not going to be fully functional from Day 1, probably, so I bet they will do the prep work with a smaller number of employees.

 

[e_yerger]

I hope you meant collective “whole” because I’m really hoping we’re not all in some giant hole in the ground together.
Sorry, just had to bring some levity to the quite angry thread today.

DAMN someone quoted me before i could fix my typo i read my typo more as an umm..... a**hole NOT WHAT I MEANT!

 

[SaintsManiac]

Oh great a new thing to argue about - how long it will take WDW & UOR to put down stickers.

We’re exhausting. All of us. A collective whole. I’m sorry.

Edit: typo i put the wrong “whole”

Yes, girl, I am TIRED. Yesterday I could hardly bring myself to read anything on here, so I missed pages and pages of what...

 

[Krandor]

I feel like in some ways Disney has an advantage over UO in that they have now placed queue markers, etc at two parkers (SDL and HK). Some of the layouts are very similar so they won't have to redo their thinking 100% and will know what it takes.

Even without same layouts I'm sure by now they have a pretty good "system" in place for how to do it.

 

[Mit88]

It’s the training and practicing and logistics that will take weeks. And by weeks, we mean more than one.

No one like an “i told ya so”.

Its not an “I told ya so”, it’s obvious observation. Putting stickers on the ground isn’t rocket science, but there were some that thought it was

 

[e_yerger]

Yes, girl, I am TIRED. Yesterday I could hardly bring myself to read anything on here, so I missed pages and pages of what...

Masks. Masks everywhere.

 

[Vern60]

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You know what I thought when I first saw this? That's leaving an awful lot of room for line jumpers, could you imagine?

 

[e_yerger]

You know what I thought when I first saw this? That's leaving an awful lot of room for line jumpers, could you imagine?

I have been known to yell at people during HEA to turn their flash off. I am not above yelling at someone who breaks social distancing AND cuts line. MMHMM NO WAY JOSÉ!!!

 

[Krandor]

Yes, I know I'm not talking about Disney, but they've lost a lot of money too. The park is not going to be fully functional from Day 1, probably, so I bet they will do the prep work with a smaller number of employees.

Which comes back to everything not being open on day 1. Maybe it makes sense to just prep 1 park and a few resorts open those to get some money in and then work on the next park/resort. I know there are lots of complications to doing that but WDW is basically it's on city. It is a lot of areas that need to be prepped. Each one individually may not be bad but the collective adds up quickly in man hours. They could bring a bunch of people back at the same time and knock it out quickly or bring fewer back and do it at a slower pace. Time will tell which way they go but with DS only opening 3 disney owned locations it is appearing they may be going for spreading things out though what they do at DS may not match the parks/resorts.

 

[Mit88]

You know what I thought when I first saw this? That's leaving an awful lot of room for line jumpers, could you imagine?

People do it at grocery stores. There was someone a few weeks ago with a full cart, probably 75-100 items that cut 4 of us off for the self checkout line. Didn’t care one bit. I can only imagine how many people pretend they “didn’t know” at theme parks

 

[Krandor]

You know what I thought when I first saw this? That's leaving an awful lot of room for line jumpers, could you imagine?

If you use the pandemic to line jump - throw the book at them.

I get annoyed at line jumpers to start with but zero sympathy if they use a situation like this to do it. Those people I do want escorted out in handcuffs and paraded down main street.

 

[wareagle57]

I have some very close friends with a special needs child. We have been talking about the mask thing a lot. I can only speak for this family. The mom’s thought is that since her son won’t currently wear a mask without a full blown meltdown, they won’t be taking him to places which require them. She said the thought of taking him to a heavily crowded area like a theme park is laughable right now. She doesn’t want to expose him to the risk of getting sick and cannot make him wear a mask. She also said she didn’t think there is any logical reasoning behind allowing those with special needs to be an exception to the mask rule as those special needs don’t make the person any less likely to be an asymptomatic carrier which is the point of the masks. BTW, we were specifically talking about the requirement to wear masks at Costco. The theme park discussion with her was short because she said, “No Way!!!”

I think allowing an exception for such a small percentage of individuals is such a small increase of the risk factor. In theory, no one there SHOULD have it anyway. The masks won’t really help in being exposed, just passing it.

But that is a great point I hasn’t considered and it obviously is probably best. I think it would be easier to allow accommodations for CMs than it would for guests since a lot more children would be likely to require that. As for CMs I don’t see them being allowed to not wear a mask, but rather might be exempt from the standard company issue masks. I have found success with a single mask so far. It’s still hard to wear but because of how thin it is (it honestly probably isn’t the best for doing what the purpose of them is) I am able to wear it. But I think as long as the appearance of safety is there, it might be ok. Especially since guest will be wearing similar things anyway. It’s really health theater.

 

[wombat_5606]

Which comes back to everything not being open on day 1. Maybe it makes sense to just prep 1 park and a few resorts open those to get some money in and then work on the next park/resort. I know there are lots of complications to doing that but WDW is basically it's on city. It is a lot of areas that need to be prepped. Each one individually may not be bad but the collective adds up quickly in man hours. They could bring a bunch of people back at the same time and knock it out quickly or bring fewer back and do it at a slower pace. Time will tell which way they go but with DS only opening 3 disney owned locations it is appearing they may be going for spreading things out though what they do at DS may not match the parks/resorts.

Yes. It's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. I'm glad I don't have to work any of the plans out. In my head, I think it would be smart to start out slow. That way, if you have to pull back, that's less trouble too.

Maybe since the written/video steps to DS opening have gone out, the feedback they receive will factor into their decisions.

 

[wareagle57]

This is interesting. I agree that the dynamics of WDW are not conducive to them opening up the most resorts without the parks. I’d have to think if they were to open a few hotels beforehand, they’d go for the Deluxes. I foresee a scenario where they want to get the DVCs up and running as soon as possible, and as a result, they might then open up the cash resorts to which most of the DVC resorts are attached. In the case of DVC resorts like the Polynesian Villas, the check-in facilities are exclusively available in the Great Ceremonial House, so you’d have to open up those facilities as well. At that point, just make “regular” rooms available as well. I’m sure they’ll open some resorts before a park to “ramp up” operations and iron out any sort of kinks in the new protocols, and as we get super close to a park opening, they might open up one moderate and one value and try to consolidate whatever existing reservations they can at the other moderate and values into those hotels. They’d then workout from there in phases to resume all resort operations at some point. That’s just my guess.

I agree Deluxe is more likely. I suggested the mods only because they are more spread out and not indoors.

 

[SaintsManiac]

You know what I thought when I first saw this? That's leaving an awful lot of room for line jumpers, could you imagine?

I am so curious about how rope drop will work.