Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Jrb1979]

Maybe, but I can tell you there are quite a few things I want badly that I am not doing right now.

Mine is that I just want to be able to go to my trailer at some point this summer.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Mine is that I just want to be able to go to my trailer at some point this summer.

My list is long, but I need a couple of weeks of data since Louisiana reopened before I feel comfortable.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I agree. I want so bad to rationalize that it’ll be ok, but the more I see the more I know I need to just cancel.

I knew we needed to cancel our March trip and we shouldn’t have been traveling to Disney, but I’m still really glad Disney ended up closing and making the call for us. It’s really hard to let go of the trip and drive yourself crazy wondering if it would have been totally fine to go. When they cancelled it was almost a relief, because it was no longer my call (even though I knew what was the right call for us to make).

I think it would have been way harder to lose a trip had I been able to “see” (on social media) the resort functioning somewhat normally without us there. I totally understanding the rationalizing when you’ve already got a planned and booked trip.

 

[Jrb1979]

My list is long, but I need a couple of weeks of data since Louisiana reopened before I feel comfortable.

Here where I live they just opened stores and private campgrounds. Restaurants are still only takeout still.

 

[Mit88]

I just watched the Tracker video from today, I dont think I saw more than 2 people in a frame at the same time. I figured theyd still have a group of people in a herd and going into restaurants touching things. So, I should have watched the video before I made my comments earlier, I apologize for causing a stir for nothing

Also, I said that the tent to get your temperature checked looked enormous. It looked like a tent. But turns out it was just the parking lot lol

 

[tinkerhon]

May be why they are waiting to open? Until they can ease back on some of this? IDK. If open in late August I will be there!

I certainly hope so, but I believe the social distancing will continue until there is a vaccine, and I believe that's what will cause most of the changes ( and potential problems , particularly w the busses and bus stops )

 

[princesscinderella]

I'm not that surprised. Think about how complicated the logistics are for reopening the park, which are far more complicated than an outdoor mall like Disney Springs. It's not just how to keep people safe walking around, but each attraction has its own complications in terms of social distancing and hygiene. A ride like Dumbo could be cleaned between each ride (even if that meant slowing everything down), but a ride on an omnimover system like HM that runs on a loop would be much harder to clean. I doubt Disney is going to make any announcements until they have a full sense of what is and isn't possible, how much of the parks and resorts (and pools and other amenities) can be opened and how they are going to present that to potential guests.

I highly doubt WDW will be open by June and even if it is, it will be in a severely limited and restricted capacity, only to very slowly start adding things back to something closer to the full experience.

I agree with you there are a lot of attractions that they will need to figure out how to arrange the queues and keep clean on a frequent basis.

The tunnel part of the Space mountain line is the last place I’d want to be. It’s awful in the late day in the summer it’s usually hot and stinky with everyone’s body odor from sweating all day. They will need some air scrubbers in there to keep the air clean in that enclosed space.

I’m looking forward to Disney opening we have a reservation book 11 months ago with dvc for a 4th of July long weekend. We weren’t planning to go to the parks as we have universal passes this year (we rotate every other year) but love the magic kingdom fireworks. I will be sad if they don’t do the fireworks display but we will be happy with a resort only stay. Everyone just needs to evaluate their own risk tolerance and family situation when choosing to travel during this pandemic.
I frankly am tired of hearing the phrases “new normal” and “in abundance of caution” and hope to be traveling soon and cruising next year!

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262944180680011776

 

[runjulesrun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1262944180680011776

Wow, that didn't take long to open some shows. That's encouraging.

 

[xuxa777]

Wow, that didn't take long to open some shows. That's encouraging.

Would not be surprised if it is even faster here after learning how to do it there. Might even open shows when the parks open

 

[LSUmiss]

Wow, that didn't take long to open some shows. That's encouraging.

And maybe by the time wdw does open that stuff will already be part of it b/c they’ll have it figured out.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Shanghai is not dealing with known cases anymore though, right? Isn’t WDW trying to open sooner than Shanghai did relative to where they are on their areas curve?

Not sure if that is relevant to shows opening back up, but they may be looking at measures in the two parks differently I don’t know. Thinking out loud.

 

[midnight star]

I have not kept up all day with this thread, so sorry if I’ve missed it. But what time is Disney Sorings opening tomorrow? I want to follow along on the twitter updates.

 

[dina444444]

I have not kept up all day with this thread, so sorry if I’ve missed it. But what time is Disney Sorings opening tomorrow? I want to follow along on the twitter updates.

I believe it's either 10 or 11am.

 

[ScubaCat]

Shanghai is not dealing with known cases anymore though, right? Isn’t WDW trying to open sooner than Shanghai did relative to where they are on their areas curve?

Not sure if that is relevant to shows opening back up, but they may be looking at measures in the two parks differently I don’t know. Thinking out loud.

They haven't announced anything yet, so I'm not holding my breath. We'll see how disney spring goes.

I have not kept up all day with this thread, so sorry if I’ve missed it. But what time is Disney Sorings opening tomorrow? I want to follow along on the twitter updates.

It's on the site. 10am-10pm

 

[Britty2]

Shanghai is not dealing with known cases anymore though, right? Isn’t WDW trying to open sooner than Shanghai did relative to where they are on their areas curve?

Not sure if that is relevant to shows opening back up, but they may be looking at measures in the two parks differently I don’t know. Thinking out loud.

Yep they only had like 30 cases in the past WEEK.

 

[mentos]

Yep they only had like 30 cases in the past WEEK.

but any numbers originating from China are usually heavily regulated/changed and cannot be used to directly compare numbers to countries with more open systems

my Chinese friends (from China) say a good rule of thumb is to multiply by 10-100x.

 

[Jroceagles]

Shanghai is not dealing with known cases anymore though, right? Isn’t WDW trying to open sooner than Shanghai did relative to where they are on their areas curve?

Not sure if that is relevant to shows opening back up, but they may be looking at measures in the two parks differently I don’t know. Thinking out loud.

Shanghai was right around 4 months from closure. So if WDW opens in July it would be very comparable.

 

[Jroceagles]

I certainly hope so, but I believe the social distancing will continue until there is a vaccine, and I believe that's what will cause most of the changes ( and potential problems , particularly w the busses and bus stops )

Agreed, but there is no guarantee of a vaccine so we must adapt to the social distancing and live with it. Disney, and everyone else, will figure it out.

 

[cakebaker]

I will say is I am surprised so many are still chomping at the bit to go. After seeing videos of both Disney Springs and CityWalk neither look fun right now.

Quite often what one person thinks looks like fun, looks awful to someone else. I'm absolutely chomping at the bit to go because we can have fun at WDW regardless of the changes they may implement. There are a few things that will keep us home, but having to distance from other guests and wear masks aren't 2 of them. I'm surprised so many are having fit about either of them.