Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[rpb718]

Zero Chance WDW will require guests to wear masks as a regular requirement. Requiring customers to wear masks will soon be optional. The free market dictates what companies do and WDW (and most large companies) can not survive at 60-70% capacity. Once they open up all the parks without capacity limits (which they will soon have to do) they won't dare confront the thousands of patrons who choose not to wear a mask. Do you really believe they will confront physically paying customers and "throw" them out? That won't go over to well on You Tube and Facebook live video streams. Masks will be optional before the end of this year. Book it.

So you are saying WDW would ONLY survive if crowd levels are always 9 or 10?

(I usually avoid posts that deal with absolutes like "Zero chance..." yada yada yada, but WDW was raking in the profits with heavy machinery at crowd levels 8-10, I suppose they can get by for awhile with lower profits at crowd levels 4-6 using a real rake.)

 

[RamblingMad]

As mentioned by the previous posters, I can see some with COPD arguing they regularly have trouble breathing and cannot wear a mask. Given that the conditions that would cause a guest to "have trouble breathing" are associated with a higher risk of COVID, I would assume those guests would prefer to not visit WDW in the middle of a pandemic.

This is why it makes more sense to avoid the parks for now, rather than try to argue your way into the parks. Since these aren't N95 masks that can protect you from contracting COVID-19, a mask really symbolizes your willingness to protect those around you. The masks people are being asked to wear is to reduce spread.

I had no problem wearing a mask today to go to a farmer's market stand to buy fruit and pies. I wore the mask to protect the employees I was purchasing from, not protect myself. I don't have a N95 mask.

What I get from this thread is that requiring masks alone should be adequate to reduce the number of people entering the park.

 

[mshanson3121]

So you are saying WDW would ONLY survive if crowd levels are always 9 or 10?

Agree. I'm pretty sure we have 49 years of history that prove their theory wrong

 

[jarestel]

She also said she didn’t think there is any logical reasoning behind allowing those with special needs to be an exception to the mask rule as those special needs don’t make the person any less likely to be an asymptomatic carrier which is the point of the masks.

Your friend sounds like someone who thinks logically rather than emotionally.

 

[joelanza5]

Once they open up all the parks without capacity limits (which they will soon have to do) they won't dare confront the thousands of patrons who choose not to wear a mask. Do you really believe they will confront physically paying customers and "throw" them out? That won't go over to well on You Tube and Facebook live video streams. Masks will be optional before the end of this year. Book it.

Your logic feels faulty to me.

As no one knows how the re-opening of the parks is going to go....if it does end up being a "reservation only" system at-first, and in the language of making that reservation, it states something along the lines of "every person admitted to the park must wear a face mask/covering, etc" - then they have every right to ask people to put their masks back on once they are inside of the park. I would also speculate that one will have to wear the mask before going through security, and that it would be a requirement for entry. I would also think that cast members would have masks on hand to pass out for those who really do lose theirs throughout the day.

Again, all speculation. The whole live streaming idea of being thrown out for a policy that is a requirement, would only make the person doing the live-streaming look bad, IMHO.

 

[BG2457VT]

Zero Chance WDW will require guests to wear masks as a regular requirement. Requiring customers to wear masks will soon be optional. The free market dictates what companies do and WDW (and most large companies) can not survive at 60-70% capacity. Once they open up all the parks without capacity limits (which they will soon have to do) they won't dare confront the thousands of patrons who choose not to wear a mask. Do you really believe they will confront physically paying customers and "throw" them out? That won't go over to well on You Tube and Facebook live video streams. Masks will be optional before the end of this year. Book it.

I haven't seen anybody expecting masks to be a requirement 6 months from now. Probably more likely the virus shuts it down in 6 months if anything. I do agree with the voting with your wallet bit. WDW isn't like the local mall. It will be difficult to sell gen pop on masks there. But us crazies? I'll be there decked out like I'm hiking above the treeline in the summer.

 

[Jennasis]

More interestingly, face masks have traditionally been a PROHIBITED item. So when this is all over (whatever that means and whenever that might be...5 years from now???) , will people be allowed in the parks in masks? Are we essentially going to start seeing masks in public as just a normal thing?

 

[BG2457VT]

If you have COPD and go to WDW right now, that’s your choice. You’re choosing to do something which carries a higher risk of infection than staying home. If you accept the risk, that’s fine by me as it’s a free country. If not, then don’t go. No exceptions should be made on who has to wear a mask IMO because your condition doesn’t make you less likely to be a spreader of the virus than me ESPECIALLY in the early days of the illness. In fact, someone who is accustomed to coughing more than most, like someone with COPD, may not think anything of his/her cough at the beginning. I think it really needs to be an all or nothing situation. Everyone wears a mask or else they’re optional for everyone. Making exceptions for this will just lead us down a similar rabbit hole of “emotional support animals”. Disney said masks are required. If you can’t or don’t want to wear one, then don’t go. BTW, I don’t know if I’ll go with the mask requirement even though I can wear one. That’s my choice. If others see no issues, and they agree to wear one, that’s their choice. Should I have an exception made for me because I’m claustrophobic but healthy in every way? I don’t think so.

If Disney allows any exceptions to the mask rule (seeing how exceptions would be issued for people that stay at home orders still cover even in relaxed phases) they need better lawyers!

 

[yulilin3]

More interestingly, face masks have traditionally been a PROHIBITED item. So when this is all over (whatever that means and whenever that might be...5 years from now???) , will people be allowed in the parks in masks? Are we essentially going to start seeing masks in public as just a normal thing?

I regularly saw people wearing masks before, especially Asian since it's common place there

 

[jessiegirl1982]

COVID disclaimer on the WDW website. Also listed on the Disney Springs page. I also received a pop up on the app

 

[andyman8]

More interestingly, face masks have traditionally been a PROHIBITED item. So when this is all over (whatever that means and whenever that might be...5 years from now???) , will people be allowed in the parks in masks? Are we essentially going to start seeing masks in public as just a normal thing?

When Disney has said they do not allow "face masks," they were referring to costume-style masks (ones that literally cover one's whole face). Face masks for health reasons have always been permitted in the parks.

 

[Krandor]

If Disney allows any exceptions to the mask rule (seeing how exceptions would be issued for people that stay at home orders still cover even in relaxed phases) they need better lawyers!

And disney has amazing lawyers. I'm sure they have gone over all of this and the ADA implications and know exactly what they can and cannot do. Shoot especially right now disney lawyers could probably talk to people high up in the DoJ about these types of issues.

I have zero fear that whatever disney does or doesn't in regards to exceptions on the mask requirements hasn't be THOUGHLY vetted by legal.

 

[andyman8]

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COVID disclaimer on the WDW website. Also listed on the Disney Springs page. I also received a pop up on the app

Does anyone else think Disney's following this thread lol?

(P.S. yes, I know Disney reads these boards)

 

[TexasChick123]

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COVID disclaimer on the WDW website. Also listed on the Disney Springs page. I also received a pop up on the app

Thanks for sharing. They’re definitely getting the ball rolling. The question remains in when they’ll open, but the wheels are clearly in motion now...

 

[yulilin3]

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

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COVID disclaimer on the WDW website. Also listed on the Disney Springs page. I also received a pop up on the app

Another baby step.

 

[Krandor]

Thanks for sharing. They’re definitely getting the ball rolling. The question remains in when they’ll open, but the wheels are clearly in motion now...

I think that disclaimer and all that was going to be needed prior to even disney springs opening. they made it generic enough to cover everything but was going to be needed before 5/20.

 

[e_yerger]

I feel like people are just grasping at straws to find an argument against face masks.

Give it up. The line is in the sand (for DS at least). Accept it. If you don’t like it, don’t go. Disney is not a necessity to survive in life. We’ll all be okay.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I feel like people are just grasping at straws to find an argument against face masks.

Give it up. The line is in the sand (for DS at least). Accept it. If you don’t like it, don’t go. Disney is not a necessity to survive in life. We’ll all be okay.

I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why people are still arguing about this!

 

[MickeyMinnie1971]

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