Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[cdurham1]

That was always my hope until I finally rescheduled my May 26th trip a couple days ago. If our flights wouldn't have been effectively cancelled (a three hour flight became two four hour flights with a two hour layover in between), I would have stuck it out just in case. As we enter May without any sign they are taking back on non-essential cast members, I just don't know if they could if they want to.

Yeah, our flights got changed to a different day after all of our other plans were already in place. So, I cancelled the flights. In the event that they did open on May 17th, we are now in for a 12 hour drive instead of our direct 2 hour flights. Yuck. But I might still do it.

 

[aladdin94]

Encouraging news, and WDW may be able to pull it off with limited capacity at MK, HS and AK. No way Epcot will open any time soon with all the construction going on over there/no international students to work the pavillions. Hopefully, they will have Epcot ready for food and wine

 

[e_yerger]

REAL NEWS!!!!

This still really isn’t real news. The guidelines outlined during this call did not come from the mouths of WDW President or Universal’s representative (I can’t remember their role). These guidelines came from someone else as the starting point/beginning discussions. We still have no idea what any of this means in direct fact for Disney. The only thing this has given us is more to speculate.

 

[yulilin3]

This still really isn’t real news. The guidelines outlined during this call did not come from the mouths of WDW President or Universal’s representative (I can’t remember their role). These guidelines came from someone else as the starting point/beginning discussions. We still have no idea what any of this means in direct fact for Disney. The only thing this has given us is more to speculate.

Actually the task force that presented these guidelines is comprised by many including Josh D'Amaro president of WDW and John Sprouls CEO of UOR

 

[MoeJ]

Now, all of a sudden, I am wondering if they might try opening starting May 17th with an ultra low capacity (maybe 10%) and only let in people that still have existing plans. They will need some sort of soft open to start ramping up crowds, right? Seems like a reasonable way to see how crowds are going to behave with the new "normal."

They haven't been allowing plans before June 1 for a while now. I wonder how many people still have plans on the books right now for May 17th to June 1st.

I've been wondering something similar for our June 2-6 trip, but with attendance ramped up a bit more than your period in late May.

SE Fla., where I live, just announced limited openings for parks & golf courses starting tomorrow (with restrictions, of course). And this tri-county area of the state is the hotspot.

The Orlando area has really seemed to do well and I sincerely believe the parks closing is a large part of that.

 

[e_yerger]

Actually the task force that presented these guidelines is comprised by many including Josh D'Amaro president of WDW and John Sprouls CEO of UOR

Yes but they are not the one who presented these guidelines during the call. It was someone else.

 

[e_yerger]

These calls are not press conferences - they are internal meetings that are required by some Florida law to be presented publicly.

 

[Eric Smith]

These calls are not press conferences - they are internal meetings that are required by some Florida law to be presented publicly.

This is still news. Its what was discussed in the call. It gives an idea of what the rules could be for parks to reopen.

 

[e_yerger]

This is still news. Its what was discussed in the call. It gives an idea of what the rules could be for parks to reopen.

Yeahh - i’m not trying to be a negative nacey. I am excited to see discussions about moving forward with opening up the Florida economy. But we have to be real with ourselves that this news don’t leave us in any different situation than where we were before them. It’s still speculation and Disney has every right to do something differently for when they open. We won’t have any clear idea what Disney’s re-opening procedures will look like until we get a direct press release from them.

 

[C&Jx2]

So are the mandates listed in various articles just proposed mandates? Or actual ones?

 

[e_yerger]

So are the mandates listed in various articles just proposed mandates? Or actual ones?

Just proposed and is just the beginning of the discussion. There has been no official press release from Disney or Universal for what their parks will look like upon opening.

 

[only hope]

They’ll stagger the stopping points so that you’re not standing right next to someone further ahead or behind in the serpentine.

I’m more curious as to how they will handle holding areas for shows like Muppets, Philharmagic, etc.

They can have everyone wait in the queue except for a handful of people spread out in the "lobby" area, pass glasses out at the entrance, and have guests go directly from the queue to the theater from the queue instead of gathering together in front of the doors. It would mean less shows per hour but it's better than not running.

 

[Tigger's ally]

I dunno, if this has taught me anything, it's that a lot of people just want Disney period, just in some form. I think people will go.

This was known eons ago.

 

[Tigger's ally]

This still really isn’t real news. The guidelines outlined during this call did not come from the mouths of WDW President or Universal’s representative (I can’t remember their role). These guidelines came from someone else as the starting point/beginning discussions. We still have no idea what any of this means in direct fact for Disney. The only thing this has given us is more to speculate.

Was in new information? Then it was news.

 

[Runnsally]

Encouraging news, and WDW may be able to pull it off with limited capacity at MK, HS and AK. No way Epcot will open any time soon with all the construction going on over there/no international students to work the pavillions. Hopefully, they will have Epcot ready for food and wine

World Showcase with walking in one direction only is probably the best WDW locale for social distancing.

 

[Vern60]

World Showcase with walking in one direction only is probably the best WDW locale for social distancing.

I hope we can have a debate about which direction would be best! Are you a clockwiser or a counter? And what if it's counter, you enter enter through the International gateway and want to go to Britain for some fish n chips? Long walk there.

 

[Kadorto]

I hope we can have a debate about which direction would be best! Are you a clockwiser or a counter? And what if it's counter, you enter enter through the International gateway and want to go to Britain for some fish n chips? Long walk there.

They'll have a boat for that

 

[gottalovepluto]

This still really isn’t real news. The guidelines outlined during this call did not come from the mouths of WDW President or Universal’s representative (I can’t remember their role). These guidelines came from someone else as the starting point/beginning discussions. We still have no idea what any of this means in direct fact for Disney. The only thing this has given us is more to speculate.

They beat the crap out of “my friend the insider” rumors

 

[Mit88]

There are (from my quick calculation, so they may be off) 29,805 “rooms” on Disney property. All Disney resorts, including Swan+Dolphin, but not including off-site.

Assuming the average room will have 4 people in it (I realize some may have more, some less), that puts us at 119,220 people staying in on property, Disney owned and operated hotels.

(These are just google capacity numbers, so, just guesstimating)

Magic Kingdom Capacity - ~100,000
Epcot - ~50,000
Hollywood Studios ~75,000
Animal Kingdom ~ 60,000

Cut those in half, and you get a WDW wide capacity of 142,500

Excluding EPCOT since its widely speculated on here that it wont open until much later

WDW Parks Capacity - without EPCOT — 117,500

Let’s just say the water parks open, which they probably wont be. There’s no capacity number, so I’ll say 25,000 for each at 100%, so 25,000 for both

WDW Parks Capacity — With EPCOT — With Waterparks — 167,500
WDW Parks Capacity — Without EPCOT — With Waterparks — 142,500


Reminder, this is just what I found doing a quick search and assuming its 4 people per room occupied at Disney.

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

There are (from my quick calculation, so they may be off) 29,805 “rooms” on Disney property. All Disney resorts, including Swan+Dolphin, but not including off-site.

Assuming the average room will have 4 people in it (I realize some may have more, some less), that puts us at 119,220 people staying in on property, Disney owned and operated hotels.

(These are just google capacity numbers, so, just guesstimating)

Magic Kingdom Capacity - ~100,000
Epcot - ~50,000
Hollywood Studios ~75,000
Animal Kingdom ~ 60,000

Cut those in half, and you get a WDW wide capacity of 142,500

Excluding EPCOT since its widely speculated on here that it wont open until much later

WDW Parks Capacity - without EPCOT — 117,500

Let’s just say the water parks open, which they probably wont be. There’s no capacity number, so I’ll say 25,000 for each at 100%, so 25,000 for both

WDW Parks Capacity — With EPCOT — With Waterparks — 167,500
WDW Parks Capacity — Without EPCOT — With Waterparks — 142,500


Reminder, this is just what I found doing a quick search and assuming its 4 people per room occupied at Disney.

EPCOT is not 50,000 capacity.. more like 125,000