Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mit88]

Costco is requiring masks now and they are being slaughtered on social media. People are canceling memberships and posting pictures of them cutting up their member cards. And that's only asking people to wear a mask for the 1/2 hour they are in the store!

Wearing masks in NY has been mandatory for 2 weeks.

“No shirt, No shoes, No mask, No service”

 

[yulilin3]

None of those things could potentially affect guest or cast member health. I would expect if they add requirements for things like masks and social distancing, they empower their cast members to enforce them.

Unfortunately that won't happen, CM won't have the authority to do that. They can't even enforce people from smoking

 

[mshanson3121]

Costco is requiring masks now and they are being slaughtered on social media. People are canceling memberships and posting pictures of them cutting up their member cards. And that's only asking people to wear a mask for the 1/2 hour they are in the store!

Asking people to wear a mask all day in a theme park in 95 degree Florida summer heat inside and outside...... that's not going to happen. That's going to be impossible. And the benefits are insignificant anyway. The masks don't work. Have you been to the grocery store? Have you seen how often people are touching their masks, moving it around, touching their face, touching their eyes, and then they are touching all the products on the shelf. If adults are doing that and don't know how to wear PPE, you expect kids to do it right?

Kids are absolutely able to wear them correctly, if taught to do so.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1255884749308137475

 

[Mit88]

Unfortunately that won't happen, CM won't have the authority to do that. They can't even enforce people from smoking

As a smoker, I wish they did. It’s disrespectful to smoke wherever the hell you want, especially when kids are present. People light up in Tomorrowland and just walk around with lit cigarettes. Its your choice to smoke, and it’s their choice to tell you to leave the park to smoke. It’s not like you have to leave property, it’s at most a 15 minute walk from wherever you are in any park to the front of the park where you have to smoke. A mild inconvenience to make the parks even just a little more “magical”

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1255853096980418561

 

[cakebaker]

Unfortunately that won't happen, CM won't have the authority to do that. They can't even enforce people from smoking

I actually had a CM do just that with a guy right smoking right next to us while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. It's the only time I've ever complained to a CM about a smoker so just anecdotal, but it happened. lol What she would have done if they didn't comply, I don't know. But if they don't allow a process in which to enforce guidelines, they might as well not have them. Some guests will just do as they please and then it's all pointless.

 

[yulilin3]

I actually had a CM do just that with a guy right smoking right next to us while we were waiting for the fireworks to start. It's the only time I've ever complained to a CM about a smoker so just anecdotal, but it happened. lol What she would have done if they didn't comply, I don't know. But if they don't allow a process in which to enforce guidelines, they might as well not have them. Some guests will just do as they please and then it's all pointless.

Which is why i don't think masks will be mandatory for guests

 

[DisneyElite4]

Or if you are handy...

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Thanks, not handy at all sadly. I have spent a small fortune on masks right now, including the newly released ones from Disney, but if those also fit my kids poorly then I will look into the Etsy ones you shared.

 

[Bibbobboo2u]

Imagine what panic would ensue if someone's mask flies off and lands smack onto someone else's face during a thrill ride....

Been thinking about that during this whole conversation, along with the issue of enduring the heat while wearing at Disney. I have been wearing a mask on daily exercise walks when temps are in upper 50's/low 60's to see if I could adjust to continuous use, and it gets HOT. Usage required during errands has not been as bad because I am not exerting myself as with a fast-paced walk. Comfort is one issue (which matters to me on vacation), but practicality is another. Masks will fly off during some rides! Ughhh if it lands on you!! Many people, myself included, will inevitably try to adjust the mask if wearing all day, and you will have to remove to eat/drink......more touching of the mask. Disney will make its decision about guest mask usage, and if required, those who can endure a mask will go and have a great time, and others like myself will have to wait until masks are not mandatory.

 

[jerry557]

There was a study a few weeks ago that showed the coronavirus can live on the outside of face masks for up to 7 days! And you know most people are not cleaning these masks..... They put it on to go in the store for a few minutes because the government or the company makes them, then they throw it back in the glove compartment for next time. So it's just turning into a germ magnet.

So say an infected person sneezes and the mask stops the big droplets from getting through.. Great, right? But then that virus is still on the mask. Every time they touch their mask with their hands and then touch something else, it could be equivalent to sneezing on it. They have just transferred the virus.

Really all this does is make some people feel safer. But that false sense of security can also be dangerous.

 

[Farro]

Also imagine how many times everyone would take their masks off during a dark ride, like Haunted Mansion, just to give themselves a break.

Masks would be rendered useless if people did not have them on at all times.

 

[cakebaker]

Which is why i don't think masks will be mandatory for guests

I agree. I think the worst thing they can do is set up “rules” that they don’t enforce.

 

[ryman471]

lol

I've been over this several times. I would not go if they require masks. I don't think they would make it mandatory anyway and I hope for everyone's sake that they don't. It is not a fun experience to wear one.

I agree. I dont think they will require it. If so, they will have a hard time get 25% capacity, let alone 50%, especially in the summer time. not happening for most people.

 

[rpb718]

Which is why i don't think masks will be mandatory for guests

If you are going to use WDW transportation, I definitely see masks as mandatory.

 

[ryman471]

A couple huge deal-breakers for the MAJORITY of the public would be if they cancel all the firework shows and require masks to everyone. I think 90% of people will not go if these 2 items are put in place alone, no matter what else is or isn't in place.

 

[rpb718]

A couple huge deal-breakers for the MAJORITY of the public would be if they cancel all the firework shows and require masks to everyone. I think 90% of people will not go if these 2 items are put in place alone, no matter what else is or isn't in place.

Link?

 

[Mit88]

A couple huge deal-breakers for the MAJORITY of the public would be if they cancel all the firework shows and require masks to everyone. I think 90% of people will not go if these 2 items are put in place alone, no matter what else is or isn't in place.

My only requirement would be more than 1 park open, preferably 3 of the 4, but at least MK and DHS. I love the fireworks, more HEA than anything else, but I would completely understand if they didn’t take place in the next 3-6 months. And a mask would be a mild inconvenience, as long as I didn’t have to wear them on the rides, but I don’t think they’ll be mandatory.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1255894708905283584

 

[SierraT]

Which is why i don't think masks will be mandatory for guests

Agree, I believe they will either mandate the cast members wear them or provide the option to choose after a signed waiver. There are clerks in stores today without them on.

I don’t believe masks will be mandatory for guests either.