Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Krandor]

I think it’s more about who holds the decision making power - Disney is not the majority shareholder for the Shanghai park, so they didn’t call the shots on when it reopened. Plus they’re just totally different countries in terms of COVID19 statistics. So I don’t think it makes sense to assume WDW will be closed for the same number of days as Shanghai, which is how this ‘analyst’ seems to be making their prediction.

but what procedures that Shanghue has done should not be done in the us outside of temp checks masks and QR code’s?

 

[Karin1984]

It is now about 2pm in Shanghai and even with the reduced capacity of rides wait times for most rides are low. 45 minutes for Soaring is the highest .

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

A little more Analyst speculation... date in play from this one — July 22nd

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020/05/10/analyst-predicts-disney-world-could-reopen-in-late-july/

Oh yay, more baseless analyst speculation

 

[Ariel 1715]

That makes no sense. You can still book DVC reservations in June right this moment.

I think the DVC people that have had their reservation cancelled may be due to the new borrowing policies and not date related. If you borrow more than 50 percent of points your reservation online your reservation is automatically cancelled.

 

[yankeesfan123]

outside of health QR code’s, masks and temp scans what of the Shanghai measures wouldn’t make sense to do here?

The 1m social distancing. As of now, it would be practically double here.. probably not as easy. But we have virtual queue possibilities here.

 

[dina444444]

I think the DVC people that have had their reservation cancelled may be due to the new borrowing policies and not date related. If you borrow more than 50 percent of points your reservation online your reservation is automatically cancelled.

That restrictions on borrowing are only for new reservations. If you had a reservation made before the rule was announced your reservation is fine.

 

[roth697]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

 

[mickeysmith]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

I have two room-only reservations: June 14-18 and July 19-25. No word here re: cancellations, and no changes have been made to my ADRs and FPs for June nor the ADRs for July.
Edited to add: No survey here either. I have Cirque tickets for my former reservation on June 6th. They have not responded to my email as of yet.

 

[cakebaker]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

Room only here- what is now 6 separate reservations Jun27-July11. No emails, no cancellations, no surveys.

 

[JaNelson38]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

Interesting. As long as all resort amenities are going, I could definitely see something like this (resorts opening before the parks) going on as an early phase of re-opening. But it does without saying things like restaurants and food courts would have to be up and running.

Where exactly are you staying? I wonder if this is the case throughout the resort system at WDW, or only selected resorts.

 

[CastAStone]

They haven’t cancelled any June reservations yet unless they started in May. IDK why your May ressie wasn’t cancelled, but it will be.

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

June 12-16, no emails or refunds or anything. I haven’t gotten a refund for my VAH yet either (June 12 event).

 

[TexasChick123]

I also wonder if certain resorts will reopen and not others initially. We have seen very limited reports of people having reservations canceled in June. The only ones I’ve seen were on FB from 2 posters. I don’t know if they were just cancelled or if something else was going on there. It’s hard to know anything when you just read it on the internet. Anyone I personally know with a June ressie hasn’t had it canceled yet.

 

[Krandor]

The 1m social distancing. As of now, it would be practically double here.. probably not as easy. But we have virtual queue possibilities here.

Eveything opening up right now is implementing social distancing. That is the bare minimum disney would have to do. That will be here in some form.

 

[Moliphino]

Does anyone else have room only reservations? I have a few coming up and not one has been canceled yet. My next dates are May 22-25, June 5-7, June 19-21 and so on. I have not received a single e-mail in reference to cancellation or the survey about if I would go or not. The only trip I can't completed on-line check-in for is May. I was able to check in for the June dates yesterday. Does any think this may be because resorts could open after more phases of Disney Springs? Another question I have is for Cirque Drawn to Life tickets in June, any thoughts on that opening?

I know, lots of questions like everyone else. Just wanting to get back to normal Disney life.

I'm not sure when they auto-cancel the resort. I got the email that my reservation (5/16-24) was impacted on 4/21 and my ADR and fastpasses for 5/16 were canceled within days. I canceled the resort myself around 5/1 when all my fastpasses and ADRs for the rest of the week were automatically canceled when the closure was extended again.

 

[friedela]

Saw this on our local news this morning.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6928337/coronavirus-shanghai-disneyland-reopens/

 

[roth697]

Interesting. As long as all resort amenities are going, I could definitely see something like this (resorts opening before the parks) going on as an early phase of re-opening. But it does without saying things like restaurants and food courts would have to be up and running.

Where exactly are you staying? I wonder if this is the case throughout the resort system at WDW, or only selected resorts.

We are staying at All Star Movies and Pop Century. My Wife has a theory that when the do open resorts, they will open only some of them. She also thinks that because Pop and All Stars have rooms that exit directly outside (vs an interior hallway) that it might have a better chance.

 

[jlb727]

I saw a few comments on Facebook about several mid June DVC reservations being cancelled by Disney. For what it’s worth.

FWIW I have a mid-June reservation (split stay) on points and I still have the countdown on my main page when I log in, and everything is still connected in MDE. That's not to say it won't be cancelled eventually.

 

[Tigger's ally]

but if dukes are not followed they won’t be open a week from now.

I refuse to follow any Dukes!

 

[cakebaker]

We are staying at All Star Movies and Pop Century. My Wife has a theory that when the do open resorts, they will open only some of them. She also thinks that because Pop and All Stars have rooms that exit directly outside (vs an interior hallway) that it might have a better chance.

My guess is, if they consolidate resorts, they'll just keep 1 or 2 from each category. It would be very complicated when you're dealing with reservations and all the refunding they'd have to do along with the fact that a lot of reservations are made with discounts that won't neccesarily be available at the time they make changes. Much easier just to have resorts from every category open rather than just one. But no, I wouldn't be surprised to see a consolidation of resorts. I'm hoping because 2 of ours are DVC resorts, they won't be one of those closed. DVC has it's own set of rules about having to be open. I'm not DVC, so not familiar with them, but there's something in their contracts about it. I absolutely do not believe they'll open resorts before they open parks.