Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[jarestel]

Bluster, bravado, and deliberately downplaying a situation in hopes it will just go away will have as much effect on mitigating the current circumstances as it would have on any other... none! Since there are large numbers of folks who would continue to go to WDW regardless of any warnings in effect at the time (and who would happily sue Disney for failing to keep them safe from everything and anything), sometimes people just need to be protected from their own worst impulses.

Hurricanes don't usually live up to the hype surrounding them during the build up but let's face it, luck plays a large part in these things anyway. Thank goodness worst case scenarios don't usually occur, but it never hurts to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

 

[DrunkJam]

I’m not here to argue or go back and forth, especially with a forum of people who can afford Disney and don’t live off of tips so there’s way you can relate. I’m not expecting sympathy. All I’m saying is that we are about to have a couple homeless servers - not exaggerating - and nobody seems to want to bat an eye.

I get it. I didn't grow up affording Disney. I am not going to be able to rebook my trip.
I definitely see that there are people A LOT of people who can't afford to be out of work. And, if anything, that's harder in USA due to the work set up there.
But, what's the alternative? Better aid (hence state of emergency, I guess?) and a better chance to be able to start again?

 

[rteetz]

Its a fine line here guys. This thread is for operation updates regarding Disney parks. If you want to discuss other things thats fine but take it to the community board.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

Really curious on what my son's high school band's plan is with this going on. They were supposed to take a trip down to Disney and Universal in April to perform, but I am more or less leaning to that isn't going to happen, but haven't heard anything yet. Would suck to have worked to get all those points to get the trip to be paid for and then have nothing to show for it.

My youngest's band trip was cancelled for this week, even before Disney shut down the parks. April looks like "hit-or-miss" at this point. He was disappointed. But, we're trying to see if we can do a DL/CA trip as a family in July.

 

[jbehr12]

Its a fine line here guys. This thread is for operation updates regarding Disney parks. If you want to discuss other things thats fine but take it to the community board.

You might want to sift though the rest of this thread a little harder then, it hasn’t been about Disney operations since page one.

 

[rteetz]

You might want to sift though the rest of this thread a little harder then, it hasn’t been about Disney operations since page one.

I don't think questioning my decisions helps anything in all of this.

 

[DrunkJam]

Who is?

Measures announced by the govt / Bank of England and other banking establishments.
next measure is pressure to pass these savings down to renters. Who are potentially a lot more precarious with regard to housing security. Current pressure on govt is also to suspend evictions for non payment of rent in the current climate. We'll see. announcements are happening all the time.

 

[Searc]

Measures announced by the govt / Bank of England and other banking establishments.
next measure is pressure to pass these savings down to renters. Who are potentially a lot more precarious with regard to housing security. Current pressure on govt is also to suspend evictions for non payment of rent in the current climate. We'll see. announcements are happening all the time.

Ah. None of that here in the US.

 

[Krandor]

Its a fine line here guys. This thread is for operation updates regarding Disney parks. If you want to discuss other things thats fine but take it to the community board.

I know I've ventured a bit off topic some so apologies. Thanks for your work and helping keep us as much in line as possible.

 

[Remy is Up]

I think that in light of the new news that Philly is actually shutting the town down to all non essential business, other large cities will likely follow and if Orlando is one of them things will be pushed out even farther.

 

[DeniseJH]

We are not living in fear we are desperately trying to not become an Italy. The faster these extreme measures are taken the better. The spread needs to be slowed, every single one of us depends on that.

I know, right? I wish people would stop with the overreaction talk. Just stop.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1239612635932512256

 

[Krandor]

Saw something interesting on the DLR board. May or may not apply to WDW so treat it as such.

Evidently the CM at DLR that create the schedules for the workers were told over the weekend not to come in today (on friday had been told to come in today). If they had some in today they would have been working on scheduled for week ending April 11th (Schedules through ween ending April 4th are done and is what CM will be paid off of - hours they were supposed to work). So as of now does not appear any schedules past April 4th are being made for DLR.

Again this all seems to point to Disney planning for closing to go past April 1.

 

[Remy is Up]

Saw something interesting on the DLR board. May or may not apply to WDW so treat it as such.

Evidently the CM at DLR that create the schedules for the workers were told over the weekend not to come in today (on friday had been told to come in today). If they had some in today they would have been working on scheduled for week ending April 11th (Schedules through ween ending April 4th are done and is what CM will be paid off of - hours they were supposed to work). So as of now does not appear any schedules past April 4th are being made for DLR.

Again this all seems to point to Disney planning for closing to go past April 1.

All the signs and markers are pointing to a much longer closure being expected by Disney.

 

[tidefan]

@rteetz do you know if construction is continuing?

 

[rteetz]

@rteetz do you know if construction is continuing?

It is for now.

 

[Aurora0427]

If the CDC is officially recommending that we keep gatherings to 50 or less for 8 weeks, there is no way Disney will reopen the parks until May 15 at the earliest.

Our best bet to get up and running again is for the CDC and the government to get its head out of it rectum and start testing EVERYONE with symptoms and doing the epidemiology traces like South Korea, and testing everyone the symptomatic people came into contact with. So we know what we are dealing with, because the symptoms for COVID-19 are all over the place. I read today that the second player on the Utah Jazz that tested positive is completely asymptomatic. He was only tested because he was in close contact with the first player, who does have symptoms.

 

[Remy is Up]

New Jersey and Pennsylvania order 14 day lockdown for all non essential businesses. The fed will mandate this nationally at some point soon. Further illustrating that no company, even Disney will be back on line in early april and most likely into may.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/draw...at-disney-springs-due-to-coronavirus-covid-19

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1239630968413212677