Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[yulilin3]

Because you can't mandate masks there. There is an obsession right now with masks.

I think it's more of a money saving move. Universal is opening volcano bay and not requiring masks there, Disney keeping the water parks closed saves them money

 

[rileyz]

I’m at BWV 8/9-8/21. Should be interesting. My daughter is freaking out over the masks. Personally I would postpone for a year but the points are my aunts so it’s not really my decision. As I told my daughter, if all we do is 3 rides a day it’s better than what we’re doing now. I think........kinda?

 

[gottalovepluto]

No water parks? Really? Why?

Concur with above. Disney’s mask obsession + not a money maker without new ticket sales.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Concur with above. Disney’s mask obsession + not a money maker without new ticket sales.

What an odd thing to care about, why is Disney so concerned with people wearing masks during a pandemic??

So silly.

 

[Dis5150]

What resorts are you opening?
During this phase of reopenings, we will begin to open the Disney Vacation Club properties and Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground June 22. This includes:

• Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
• Disney’s Beach Club Villas
• Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
• Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort
• Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
• Disney’s Riviera Resort
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort
• The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

In addition, Disney’s Vero Beach Resort and Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort will open June 15.

Is it weird that no other resorts are listed as opening anywhere? Or maybe I missed it?

 

[casaya95]

What an odd thing to care about, why is Disney so concerned with people wearing masks during a pandemic??

So silly.

Because it's a water park, where masks aren't really feasible. It shouldn't be an all or nothing proposition like you're trying to make it out to be.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Concur with above. Disney’s mask obsession + not a money maker without new ticket sales.

Obsession?

 

[Pyotr]

I think it's more of a money saving move. Universal is opening volcano bay and not requiring masks there, Disney keeping the water parks closed saves them money

I believe I read that masks are required except for pools and slides.

 

[cakebaker]

Oddly, at Animal Kingdom, the only fastpasses open for Jul2 1st (kind of a random day) are Dinosaur, Festival of the Lion King, Tough to be a Bug, Up.

I'd expect at least two of those and maybe 3 to be closed if they're closing the rest of the shows.

I think they just haven’t gotten around to closing Fp on them. Up until today almost all those things closed in August have been open in July. Now that they’ve announced, they can close them without raising suspicion about their plan.

 

[CJGamer]

FYI, Animal Kingdom is now showing closing at 6PM. Looks like they are updating one park at a time.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Because it's a water park, where masks aren't really feasible. It shouldn't be an all or nothing proposition like you're trying to make it out to be.

Im not speaking to wearing them in a water park, rather this silly notion that people think Disney is wrong to be “obsessed” with mask wearing in general.

 

[tinkerhon]

Are you really going to have to wear a mask if you are sitting in a lounge chair at the pool?

Oh, good heavens - please no !

 

[dawnball]

And little kids in general with the masks. I’m lucky b/c DS is 2 so he’s officially excluded from the rule. But really 7 & under should have been excluded. Everything else is just ridiculous imo.

I think we're going see a lot of kids who are "2".

I think they just haven’t gotten around to closing Fp on them. Up until today almost all those things closed in August have been open in July. Now that they’ve announced, they can close them without raising suspicion about their plan.

Yeah, I think that too. I can book fastpasses for times the calendar says are closed, so I'm assuming that they need to update the fastpass calendars. That means effectively no available fastpasses.

 

[tinkerhon]

I’m at BWV 8/9-8/21. Should be interesting. My daughter is freaking out over the masks. Personally I would postpone for a year but the points are my aunts so it’s not really my decision. As I told my daughter, if all we do is 3 rides a day it’s better than what we’re doing now. I think........kinda?

I would agree if they cut the ticket prices in half

 

[chicagoshannon]

FYI, Animal Kingdom is now showing closing at 6PM. Looks like they are updating one park at a time.

are these just July hours or does it go further than that?

 

[fla4fun]

Please don't let it be clear bags... please no clear bags...

Maybe now I should consider going bagless or invest in cargo shorts....

You probably won’t have to worry. I bought a nice clear crossbody bag just for the parks, and just because of security cross contamination concerns. That probably means it won’t be needed . . . I would be 100% in favor of x-ray over manual bag searches. Hopefully they will announce any changes to security sooner rather than later so we can all be prepared.

If you go the cargo route, just make sure your pockets are big enough. Sometimes the pockets are a joke they are so small. Or maybe my phone is too big . . .

 

[yulilin3]

I believe I read that masks are required except for pools and slides.

No, they're recommended at vb

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

FYI, Animal Kingdom is now showing closing at 6PM. Looks like they are updating one park at a time.

Any theories on what might happen to fastpasses after the new end times? My FOP is 605pm

 

[tinkerhon]

Just curious - was Chapek asked (or was there any mention (or even speculation) about when we MIGHT see fireworks at all ? What about nighttime shows, such as Fantasmic! ? I know Disney stated no parades - what about shows such as F! Or ROL?
I know Fantasmic! uses fireworks, but I wouldn't consider it to be a fireworks show -
Distancing aside, could they do the show without the fireworks?

 

[JacknSally]

Just curious - was Chapek asked (or was there any mention (or even speculation) about when we MIGHT see fireworks at all ? What about nighttime shows, such as Fantasmic! ? I know Disney stated no parades - what about shows such as F! Or ROL?
I know Fantasmic! uses fireworks, but I wouldn't consider it to be a fireworks show -
Distancing aside, could they do the show without the fireworks?

No nighttime spectaculars for the time being, and F! is a nighttime spectacular.