Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Brianstl]

You mean someone on a forum posted the link or as a legitimate news article on the front page?

You mean someone on a forum posted the link or as a legitimate news article on the front page?

It was posted to a forum as a rumor.

 

[SierraT]

I can see the AP holders having to make advance reservations because Disney can’t count them as they do resort guests for capacity purposes, but charging more money? I really have a hard time believing that.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Right. We already bought our "Advanced Paid Tickets"- when we bought our APs.

Does Shanhai have AP holders? Did Disney stiff them?

Shanghai APs had to reserve a day, but it wasn't an extra cost.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I don’t think theyd treat AP’s that way unless they gave them major incentives. So I don’t think it’s legit at all

It helps out APs who cannot get back or who are not comfortable getting back during this period, by increasing the extension at the end of their pass’ life or increasing their refund. It allows people to still visit if they’d like, at a cost of course.

Now do I think it’s true? Not really. But I wouldn’t be mad if it was.

 

[hertamaniac]

So if you're going to make me pay a surcharge on my already-paid-for AP entrance (yes, I know it's not guaranteed), then there had better be some massive incentives.

 

[jessiegirl1982]

Well, LA County announced today that they expect to be in a stay at home order until at least the end of July. I would think the two events are probably related. I don't think WDW is in a similar situation with local governments so I wouldn't expect them to follow suit.

Warning people just in case. I know the situations are different. I live in LA county. WDW did take away June ADR availability the day after DL, though.

 

[Eric Smith]

DL isn’t in LA County. But if people aren’t able to leave their homes in LA county to go out to Disney in Orange County to have dinner, then maybe it would be related. But stay at home orders are tough to enforce county to county. Can’t avoid someone from one county going to another to shop

Understood, but LA County is adjacent to Orange County. Overall, California is going much more slower with opening things back up and Florida is.

 

[Sandiz08]

I don’t know if this has been posted yet.

https://www.wdwintel.com/home/disney-to-require-advanced-paid-ticket-reservations-upon-reopening

I immediately thought of what the Grand Californian has done to get people from just passing through.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Right. We already bought our "Advanced Paid Tickets"- when we bought our APs.

Does Shanhai have AP holders? Did Disney stiff them?

Yes.
No. They were allowed to make a reservation using their AP, but the AP formal restart date won’t be until reservations are done.

 

[Avery&Todd]

I can see the AP holders having to make advance reservations because Disney can’t count them as they do resort guests for capacity purposes, but charging more money? I really have a hard time believing that.

and I wonder what happens if you have an AP that's not been activated yet? We bought APs for DH and I for our June trip that was then pushed to December and now DH and I have a mini-trip in Aug and planned on activating our APs then so how could I reserve space in a park with a ticket that I haven't activated??

 

[Eric Smith]

and I wonder what happens if you have an AP that's not been activated yet? We bought APs for DH and I for our June trip that was then pushed to December and now DH and I have a mini-trip in Aug and planned on activating our APs then so how could I reserve space in a park with a ticket that I haven't activated??

You can still link APs in MDE even though you haven't activated them. I had to do this to reserve fastpasses for my now cancelled April trip. I assume it would work the same way.

 

[AmberMV]

LMAO, this is what I found when I checked out their previous theories:



In other words, it's a FAKE NEWS click bait site, and nothing more.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

LMAO, this is what I found when I checked out their previous theories:

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In other words, it's a FAKE NEWS click bait site, and nothing more.

 

[Avery&Todd]

You can still link APs in MDE even though you haven't activated them. I had to do this to reserve fastpasses for my now cancelled April trip. I assume it would work the same way.

Yes! I have them in my MDE, but on the Six Flags website in their description of how you reserve an upcoming park visit was to enter in the "ticket number" so I wondered if activated APs had numbers but since mine isnt active I dont....

 

[SaintsManiac]

LMAO, this is what I found when I checked out their previous theories:

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In other words, it's a FAKE NEWS click bait site, and nothing more.

This person has issues with APs. lol.

 

[andyman8]

Doesn’t mean they’re opening before WDW, just means the news of bringing employees back to work came before Disney.We could hear tomorrow that Disney will begin to bring employees in

WDW has already released CM schedules through May 23 with only a select few Custodial Disney Springs CMs being “called back,” not even any CMs for World of Disney or the other Disney-operated locations. I don’t see a way where, with that schedule, Disney will open a park on June 1. They’re not even operating their own stores at DS yet, and I don’t think Disney would release a schedule and then change it, especially after it was delayed by a few days.

 

[Farro]

Infection rates will always be spiking as we go forward because more testing is going to be available. A lot more testing with the ability to test many thousands more a day. More testing = more positives. I don’t think that should be the only metrics. This country won’t reach the point of zero infections like others. I don’t think states should automatically shut everything down again based on positives. The hospital rate will give more of the picture imo

This. Exactly. Such an important point a lot of people just gloss over.

 

[Eric Smith]

Yes! I have them in my MDE, but on the Six Flags website in their description of how you reserve an upcoming park visit was to enter in the "ticket number" so I wondered if activated APs had numbers but since mine isnt active I dont....

There's a ticket number on the exchange voucher cards that you should have received in the mail. It's below the barcode. I had to use that to link them in MDE.

 

[lilypgirl]

When are the called back Universal employees suppose to report?

 

[Mit88]

Understood, but LA County is adjacent to Orange County. Overall, California is going much more slower with opening things back up and Florida is.

LA county (33,000 cases) has 30,000 more confirmed cases than Anaheim (3,000). Yes, California is taking it slow in general, but even being next to each other, situations are much different