Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[andyman8]

Any idea's on why they did not discuss the re-opening date on the podcast yesterday? Usually Pete has some sources he shares about and it seems the June 1st date they predicted the week before did not pan out.

I was disappointed they didn’t discuss it. There are some who don’t read these Boards who would’ve benefitted from an update about the June 1 date. Yes, he was right about D’Amaro but I wish he had been about the reopening as well.

I could be wrong, but this tells me that UO has submitted a plan to the mayor.

Per the Governor, the theme parks have to submit their reopening plans to the County Mayor. Buddy Dyer is the City of Orlando Mayor, under who’s jurisdiction UOR (not WDW) also falls, but their official reopening plans would be submitted to the Orange County Mayor. I’m sure they’ve probably shared or will share those plans with Mayor Dyer as well, but it’s ultimately the OC’s Mayor’s decision to approve the plan.

 

[AmberMV]

Genuine and honest question here. Are you actually planning to go if they do not cancel, or are you just waiting for them to cancel your reservation so you don't have to deal with any potential penalties if you did it on your own?

We are Florida residents with APs and live less than 2 hours away. We will still go, it doesn't cost us anything additional and it's not a once in a lifetime trip to us-just a place to visit with our 3 kiddos that gets us out of the house and having some fun

 

[JacknSally]

Those Traditions CMs have also been brought back for a reason. Things are happening.

I know you likely didn't mean it this way, but this is the most ominous statement. Time for me to lay off the Kingdom Keepers and Hunger Games books.

 

[gwynne]

Disney Springs looks like people are waiting on line to ride something at a theme park.

Well waiting in line is a significant part of the overall Disney experience. They are probably enjoying the moment.

 

[Perdita&Pongo]

They managed to hire back the Children’s Resort Activity team and we didn’t get a whiff of it.

Yeah - how did this happen right under our noses?!?

 

[stayathomehero]

Yeah - how did this happen right under our noses?!?

Disney thwarted DisBoards's very best spies. For all we know, the CMs are at Magic Kingdom already.

 

[AmberMV]

Yeah - how did this happen right under our noses?!?

I'm sure they have a policy where they have to keep information to themselves or risk losing their jobs

 

[AmberMV]

Disney thwarted DisBoards's very best spies. For all we know, the CMs are at Magic Kingdom already.

Quick, we need aerial shots over the parks!

 

[Karin1984]

Update from The Netherlands:
Efteling in the Netherlands is reopening today, and pictures are appearing on Twitter with how it looks. In Shanghai research had shown to have marks to indicate where you CANNOT stand, in Efteling they have tried that as well, but it worked better here to indicate where you CAN stand.
At the moment they have removed the signs to indicate the waiting time. Getting in and out of rides takes longer due to the extra cleaning.
There are also signs at certain coasters to inform you that at the moment you cannot ask for a specific row in a ride.
People mention on Twitter that there are lots of desinfectants-stations and the queues are well organized.
There is some entertainment in the park, two small shows, the bigger shows are still cancelled.
At one of the rides they have turned off the music in the loading station, to make sure the guests can hear the instructions from the staff.
Mobile ordering at restaurants .
Playgrounds only for children till 11 years old.
Everything is made one-way and shops/restaurants/rides have now designated entrances and exits.

Biggest issue is when a ride breaks down, clearing the queue is more difficult with the social distancing.
For pictures and a Dutch article on themepark website Looopings: https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/144...n-de-Efteling-dit-zijn-alle-aanpassingen.html

Earlier in the week I tried to order tickets on the first day of release, and I ended up in a virtual queue with over 20K People and when it finally was my turn, after about 8 hours, I had missed on the first page the instruction that they only have tickets for the first 2 weeks (til June 2nd),while I was looking for tickets late June. Those should be released soon.

 

[yulilin3]

I'm watching @yulilin3 streaming from DS. I wish I could comment! lol

That's so weird about the comments.
Im coming live on YouTube at 1:15pm, my channel there is Yuly Rod

 

[MrsBooch]

I'm sure they have a policy where they have to keep information to themselves or risk losing their jobs

RUDE

 

[gottalovepluto]

Yeah - how did this happen right under our noses?!?

We didn’t happen to know any. Obviously we need to branch out and make more internet friends

 

[Kimpossible1]

The Children's Activity CM's are being used as greeters at DS

 

[LSUmiss]

What sucks is not getting cancellation emails today or even tomorrow really doesn’t mean anything. It might be a good sign, but that’s about it.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Disney thwarted DisBoards's very best spies. For all we know, the CMs are at Magic Kingdom already.

Narrator: yes, they were. After a week of testing CMs discovered all they had to do was say “we need to test more” and boom! The Magic Kingdom was ALL THEIRS!

 

[yulilin3]

That's so weird about the comments.
Im coming live on YouTube at 1:15pm, my channel there is Yuly Rod

Actually coming back live on fb rn. Link in my signature

 

[merry_nbright]

What sucks is not getting cancellation emails today or even tomorrow really doesn’t mean anything. It might be a good sign, but that’s about it.

In the past, the emails came around 5 pm est, I believe, on Wednesday. And last week it was strictly on Thursday.

 

[cakebaker]

That's so weird about the comments.
Im coming live on YouTube at 1:15pm, my channel there is Yuly Rod

I couldn't comment either until I friended you. Thanks for the add, btw!

 

[MrsBooch]

I posted this somewhere else but it fits in this situation as well:

You know those stories about people finding the image of Elvis in their toast and then everyone takes it as a sign that he isn’t really gone?
I feel like I’m that person looking for Elvis in my toast every time something comes out in the news about Disney.
is it a sign that they’ll reopen soon?
- the most recent YouTube Olaf at Home ends with Olaf saying something about See you soon. I said in my head: omg is it a signnnnn
- Josh D gets this job before opening is announced. I say in my head: omg it's a sign
- Children's Activity CM's were hired back and no one here knew....OMG IS IT A SIGNNN

I’m losing it guys.

 

[Mom2Anna&Elsa]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1263153889819459584