Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[ryman471]

Pretty sure Wednesday. The day before they will or will not cancel my trip

You think Thursday is when they will decide if they will be open or closed the week of June14th?

 

[Sara W]

Does anyone know what's going on at the Shanghai Disney hotel pools? Are slides open? Do you have to wear a mask while sitting on the pool deck? I did a quick google search and couldn't find any details.

 

[mm824]

There are people that will pay the money to stay on property just to stay at the resort. Just like there are people that will pay $52M To hop on SpaceX knowing that it wont land on the moon. Doesnt mean there will be a lot. And in Disney’s case, it doesnt mean there will be enough to make the amount of money worth it. And even if they did open resorts first, and they did hit their capacity threshold. What do you do with thousands of people at each resort, with nowhere but the pools and Disney Springs to go to on property? Try keeping 5,000 people 6 feet away from each other at each resorts pool. Or tell 1,000+ people that they cant use the pool because all of the time slots to use the pool are booked.

This.

On Friday night, I traveled upstate to an OMNI hotel for work and brought my DD (5) with me. The entire county has only a handful of cases and just opened their doors again.

Inside of the hotel, masks were required throughout your stay, but good luck enforcing it. Half of the staff and guests sort of had them around their necks and would put them on when approaching another guest. I rarely saw people wearing masks outside, esp at the pool.

At the pool, chairs were spaced in pairs, 6ft apart. Most of the people (10 max) kept their distance. But for kids in a crowded environment? Meltdowns may ensue. My daughter, who is probably a little too well educated on 'social distancing', kept getting annoyed when other kids came too close. So take away the fun factor there. We had the same problem on the shared balcony in our room.

Granted, this isn't Disney, but I think it leads to some insight on hotel environments going forward. Infrared temp checks aren't that accurate, masks have their use (we cough in our elbow normally; same line of thought), and social distancing will work well in orderly environments like line queues. Outside of that? You have to be comfortable with the risks of being the .03%.

 

[Mit88]

The issue with Waterparks and pools are, we don’t really know what affect chlorine and water itself has on the virus. A lot seem to think that the virus cant spread through pool water and hot tubs. And most seating at pool decks on Disney property are in the sun where the temperatures mixed with the humidity likely won’t allow the virus to pass from a host. That doesn’t stop other factors of what people touch surrounding the pool area. And even though you don’t often see people coughing in others faces while in a pool, I’ve seen people sneezing in pools, and half of your body is out of the water. So who knows if it could be passed through droplets touching your skin if you’re in a pool and submerge every so often.

Pools at Disney will more than likely be open along with the resorts, but they’ll probably have limited capacity, and maybe a reservation system. Other states, including NY, which many areas are still under SAHO have Waterparks planning a mid June opening. I don’t think Disney or Universal will open theirs right out the gate, mostly because they’re already going to have enough on their plate when they reopen the other parks. But I’m not sure it’s as far out in the future of an opening as it’s assumed. I think VB will open soon after the other UO parks, and Typhoon Lagoon/Blizzard Beach might be a little later in the summer season. Just my guess. Just like everything else, no one knows for sure until they tell us

 

[hertamaniac]

FL governor DeSantis to make a "major" transportation announcement in Orlando at 10 AM, today. Not sure what it is going to entail, but will be watching. If I had to guess, I'd say it is related to I-4 which feeds into the attractions area.

 

[unbanshee]

Well at least one of the Disney Bloggers is trying to make more of his visit:
https://**************.net/2020/05/vp-pence-florida-tourism-ec1/

Inside the Magic being trash isn't new, unfortunately. Posting their links here isn't new either, unfortunately

 

[Dis_Yoda]

At 10AM - FDOT and Desantis are making a major transportation announcement in Orlando today.

 

[cakebaker]

At 10AM - FDOT and Desantis are making a major transportation announcement in Orlando today.

He mentioned at his press conference the other day he’d be doing this. Something about the I-4 project.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Shanghai park reservation and process.. first hand account.


https://**************.net/2020/05/...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[Mit88]

I think I-4 goes through more construction than WDW and UOR combined.

 

[xuxa777]

Maybe DeSantis is going to lift the 14 day stay at home for the hotspot region travelers, tie in nicely with Pence‘s visit announcing openings this week.

but probably just an I-4, or train announcement.

 

[BG2457VT]

December of 2018 was our first ever Disney trip. Been AP holders since. I-4 was, shocking, to put it mildly.

 

[Cramden]

I-4 project?? I'd be all for that. We bought a vacation home in Clearwater 10 years ago and about 3 times a year have been traveling to Disney on I-4. The past few years have seemed worse than previous. We always seem to get locked up about 10 miles west of Disney. What used to take 90 minutes seems to consistently take 2 plus hours.

I'd be interested if any locals had any helpful driving tips too

 

[MickeyMinnie1971]

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[focusondisney]

It doesn’t seem like the NY/ NJ ban is going to be lifted anytime soon. I heard a snippet on the news this morning where the governor was talking about possibly beginning to allow vacation home rentals. The quote was “it depends. If you tell me you are renting to someone from New York City... the answer is no”. Guess the snow birds better stay down there in Florida all summer.... they might not be able to come back next fall.

 

[OnceUponATime15]

It doesn’t seem like the NY/ NJ ban is going to be lifted anytime soon. I heard a snippet on the news this morning where the governor was talking about possibly beginning to allow vacation home rentals. The quote was “it depends. If you tell me you are renting to someone from New York City... the answer is no”. Guess the snow birds better stay down there in Florida all summer.... they might not be able to come back next fall.

He said the exact same thing at Friday’s briefing. He definitely seems to have his mind made up on that issue... smh.

 

[Mit88]

It doesn’t seem like the NY/ NJ ban is going to be lifted anytime soon. I heard a snippet on the news this morning where the governor was talking about possibly beginning to allow vacation home rentals. The quote was “it depends. If you tell me you are renting to someone from New York City... the answer is no”. Guess the snow birds better stay down there in Florida all summer.... they might not be able to come back next fall.

Not that it’s all their revenue, or even most of it, but vacationers from the Tri State area cover ALOT of revenue to the state of Florida. I seriously doubt that it holds once their tourist hotspots reopen.

 

[yulilin3]

I think I-4 goes through more construction than WDW and UOR combined.

I have been in Orlando for 23 years and I have never seen it NOT under construction

 

[focusondisney]

Not that it’s all their revenue, or even most of it, but vacationers from the Tri State area cover ALOT of revenue to the state of Florida. I seriously doubt that it holds once their tourist hotspots reopen.

I hope you’re right. NY numbers are going down steadily while other areas are going up. It is beginning to feel very punishing & probably political. I am hoping he is getting pushback from businesses, including airlines, Disney & Universal.

 

[Mit88]

I hope you’re right. NY numbers are going down steadily while other areas are going up. It is beginning to feel very punishing & probably political. I am hoping he is getting pushback from businesses, including airlines, Disney & Universal.

There would be a lot of civil unrest between Florida and the states they ban if it continues longer than it needs to. Is Florida going to pay the mortgages, rent, or vacation home payments for people that live in those banned states that have homes and rentals in Florida?