Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[TheMaxRebo]

According to sky news an hour before the DL announcement. Perhaps they had no choice but to close?

"California bans non-essential public gatherings of more than 250 people - governor"

It was noted that the CA governor spoke to Iger and they agreed Disneyland was exempt from this so they didn't *have* to close due to the law, but might have felt pressure to do so from it

 

[ClapYourHands]

It stops when people stop overreacting and freaking out! Good thing it’s not a “deadly” virus outbreak or something of that magnitude. World would really be in chaos. Just shows how the media can incite fear so quickly. Also shows how unprepared the world really is when something much worse happens. And it will. Flu is much worse and more common and even has a vaccine that’s not reliable and doesn’t even cause the smallest public outcry like Coronavirus is.

Flu does not spread like COVID19. That's the difference. People get influenza steadily over a period of months, but you don't see insane spikes like with COVID19 where so many people get sick all at the same time. You have a bad case of flu that requires hospitalization during an ordinary (or even a really bad) flu season, and there's probably an ICU bed and mechanical ventilation that can get you through the worst of it. COVID19 spreads so fast that even if a similar percentage of cases needs acute treatment, there are so many more of them in the same place at the same time that there are not enough rooms in hospitals or healthcare workers to take care of them.

The danger with COVID19 is not how deadly the disease itself is, but how its exponential spread can overwhelm the healthcare system, and cause a rationing of care that leads to poor outcomes, and death.

 

[rteetz]

https://deadline.com/2020/03/mulan-new-mutants-antlers-moved-coronavirus-1202881355/

 

[JoeA]

I have been in WDW and Universal the last 5 days. Disney Springs tonight and Universal tomorrow. This is a high school student group on spring break. I know everyone is posting and talking about the hand washing stations, hand sanitizing stations, cleanliness signs and wiping down magicband finger scanners. Let me just say NO parks I went in were wiping down scanners between guests as initially reported. The bathrooms at Disney were filthy. Now Universal doesn’t have all the stations and media Disney does, but their clean measures far exceed Disney.

My wife and I were at WDW last week and while there I read an article and the new CEO was talking about all the extra sanitizer, etc they already had in the parks.

Nope

we saw exactly one Purell station and it was in the lobby of the Boardwalk. Bathrooms all had cold water, nobody was cleaning or wiping things down (more than normal), finger print stations sure as heck weren’t being wiped down.

it was really just “business as usual”. And people
were basically disgusting! We were walking onto a ride and an adult male was coughing and sneezing and didn’t bother once to cover his mouth. People would sneeze into their hands and grab a handrail...!

 

[Brianstl]

Ill tell you one place that will not close... Vegas

They have started to close some things in Vegas like the buffets.

 

[Tandy]

They have started to close some things in Vegas like the buffets.

Casinos - I know buffets are. My world buffet tracker alerted me

 

[ejgonz2]

My wife and I were at WDW last week and while there I read an article and the new CEO was talking about all the extra sanitizer, etc they already had in the parks.

Nope

we saw exactly one Purell station and it was in the lobby of the Boardwalk. Bathrooms all had cold water, nobody was cleaning or wiping things down (more than normal), finger print stations sure as heck weren’t being wiped down.

it was really just “business as usual”. And people
were basically disgusting! We were walking onto a ride and an adult male was coughing and sneezing and didn’t bother once to cover his mouth. People would sneeze into their hands and grab a handrail...!

Agree. Got back yesterday from 8 nights at Pop and only saw a couple purell stations. And NONE at buffets.

They should always behave like cruises do and encourage sanitizing everywhere.

 

[Brianstl]

https://deadline.com/2020/03/mulan-new-mutants-antlers-moved-coronavirus-1202881355/

I brought this up in the Disney+ thread but I wonder if Disney would consider adding another tier temporarily to Disney+ and Hulu for an additional fee where they could generate cash from these movies as theaters around the world shut down.

 

[Remy is Up]

Well and the people who do excursions and tours. We sell t shirts all over the USA so we will be out of luck.

Try working. For the largest global excursion and yacht charter company in the world. We have been killed by this. No vacations. Bases closed. Not fun

 

[mshanson3121]

It was noted that the CA governor spoke to Iger and they agreed Disneyland was exempt from this so they didn't *have* to close due to the law, but might have felt pressure to do so from it

They were definitely starting to get negative press today that they weren't closing

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238227177306374145

 

[Krandor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238227177306374145

I don't see how the florida parks don't close. I know neither company wants that.

Next up is likely six flags and cedar fair.

 

[ClapYourHands]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238227177306374145

Well, that didn't take long. Waiting on Sea World and Legoland.

 

[mshanson3121]

I don't see how the florida parks don't close. I know neither company wants that.

Next up is likely six flags and cedar fair.

I was just on their FB page, tonnes of comments from people asking them if they're closing or not. Many mad that they haven't already closed. Of course some begging the not to close. This is the prevailing sentiment (the bottom one):

 

[ClapYourHands]

I don't see how the florida parks don't close. I know neither company wants that.

Next up is likely six flags and cedar fair.

Six Flags isn't set to open here until mid April. Wonder if we'll be through the worst of it by then.

 

[Krandor]

Six Flags isn't set to open here until mid April. Wonder if we'll be through the worst of it by then.

Six flags here opened last weekend (SFoG). I think Dollywood is scheduled to open this coming weekend.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Ill tell you one place that will not close... Vegas

Wanna bet?

 

[ClapYourHands]

Six flags here opened last weekend (SFoG). I think Dollywood is scheduled to open this coming weekend.

We're in New England - takes a little longer to warm up for park weather. We've been smacked with some good blizzards in March before.

 

[wareagle57]

What is the thought on WDW possible closures? Family is visiting this weekend and the parks are all we had planned.

Since DLR doesnt close until Monday (parks Saturday) and WDW hasn’t announced yet, do you think that’s a pretty good chance they will be open through the weekend?

 

[Krandor]

What is the thought on WDW possible closures? Family is visiting this weekend and the parks are all we had planned.

Since DLR doesnt close until Monday (parks Saturday) and WDW hasn’t announced yet, do you think that’s a pretty good chance they will be open through the weekend?

At the rate things are progressing on closures I'd say no.

Let's not forget in 2 days we went from basketball tournaments were on to no fans to tournament cancelled along with every major sports league. At this rate, 3 days (through Sunday) is an enternity.