Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[yankeesfan123]

Yes it’s transportation and the resorts that are the biggest hurdles for Disney. UO, with the exception of Endless Summer, can have resort guests walk to the parks (not a fun walk from some of the resorts but doable). Disney doesn’t have that ability. How do you get all the guests from the all stars and moderates to MK when buses will have to have social distancing in place? Plus, driving to MK required mass transit to get to the park entrance as well. It’s going to require severely limited hotel capacity.

I’m just trying to temper some of the rampant optimism in this thread. I mean, I get it. I live half an hour away from WDW and go 2-3 times a month, usually with a resort stay every month or two. I miss it immensely. But I know it’s not going to be the same when it does reopen and I’d rather they continue to wait until they can reopen with a closer to normal operation. Waiting until the middle of July gives them more time to evaluate Springs, and how UO handles it. I’d rather they have precise plans they know will work, rather than just rushing to be the first to reopen.

Toss in the college program, which makes up a large part of their workforce, living in crowded dorms... (I get CP wouldn’t necessarily be needed if they don’t open fully)

 

[dischris11]

Update on my David’s reservation. It’s been affected, got an email from my specific team member working with me and will have a phone call this afternoon to go over voucher and changing to November! So far, it’s went pretty smooth for me. Hopefully it stays that way.

Are you planning on using the voucher instead of filing a charge back? Just curious since we are in the same boat.

 

[Karin1984]

That’s good news.. we can all use a little good news these days. Any opening anywhere is a positive

The opening date for DLP that was being thrown around about a week ago is July 22nd.. with CM soft opening the week before. Fingers crossed for any real hard info very soon!

What I hear from French colleagues is that things suddenly start to speed up in France, so could be sooner. Fingers crossed!

 

[jpeterson]

Yes, that does suck. Our APs ”expired” 5/8 and are now still active, but we can’t book FPS either because they haven’t officially announced that extension date.

If you call the passholder line they can help you put on FP placeholder tickets

 

[TexasChick123]

I think the largest difference and the biggest issue is transportation. Other than that it's all pretty similar on what they are doing at SDL, just on a larger scale and they have been planning for reopening the moment they closed, so they should be able to manage reopening fine and I do agree they have an opening date in mind.

I keep wondering why they can’t just say something like, “Resorts and parks reopen on June 15th. At this time, we will not have Disney transportation. We hope to resume normal Disney transportation options in the near future in a safe and efficient manner for both guests and cast memberS.” It would stink, but they could do it. There are PLENTY of people who would go to Disney and rent a car. Just my thoughts.

 

[yulilin3]

I keep wondering why they can’t just say something like, “Resorts and parks reopen on June 15th. At this time, we will not have Disney transportation. We hope to resume normal Disney transportation options in the near future in a safe and efficient manner for both guests and cast memberS.” It would stink, but they could do it. There are PLENTY of people who would go to Disney and rent a car. Just my thoughts.

I think they are reluctant in modifying their rates. Reopening resorts without Magical Express and on site "free" transportation will not fly with most guests that expect these services

 

[merry_nbright]

Are you planning on using the voucher instead of filing a charge back? Just curious since we are in the same boat.

Yes, I’m going to use the voucher.

 

[FlagrantFleur]

Everybody with a trip on or after that date will assume everything is 100% a go and will ignore the astericks and be upset if the date changes.

I see where you are coming from here, and there are definitely people that think that way. However, I think that a good amount of us June 2nd Cancelled Trip people are more frustrated that they incentivized is to come with the free dining, we don’t get much forewarning (2 weeks notice) that our trips are cancelled. Honestly, it’s kind of become a spectacle for Disney fans to watch online....people know their vacations aren’t happening, they have to comb through message boards since Disney has been very tight lipped outside of the few public announcements, and then everyone waits for the emails to come out....just a little disheartening for some.

 

[RamblingMad]

I think they are reluctant in modifying their rates. Reopening resorts without Magical Express and on site "free" transportation will not fly with most guests that expect these services

Especially the monorail resorts.

 

[Krandor]

I keep wondering why they can’t just say something like, “Resorts and parks reopen on June 15th. At this time, we will not have Disney transportation. We hope to resume normal Disney transportation options in the near future in a safe and efficient manner for both guests and cast memberS.” It would stink, but they could do it. There are PLENTY of people who would go to Disney and rent a car. Just my thoughts.

How are you going to get people to MK?

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Are you planning on using the voucher instead of filing a charge back? Just curious since we are in the same boat.

We did a chargeback.

 

[Eric Smith]

Notice Legoland not requiring masks for guests just recommending, that is going to be the trend moving forward.

Can you stop with the mask discussion? It’s been beaten to death and it will just get this thread locked.

 

[Violetspider]

I keep wondering why they can’t just say something like, “Resorts and parks reopen on June 15th. At this time, we will not have Disney transportation. We hope to resume normal Disney transportation options in the near future in a safe and efficient manner for both guests and cast memberS.” It would stink, but they could do it. There are PLENTY of people who would go to Disney and rent a car. Just my thoughts.

They'd have to remove those daily resort parking fees if they did that IMO.

 

[MusicalAstronaut]

Is there a link to watch Universal give their presentation today? I feel like I saw one but I've since lost it. Is it at 2pm? I might take my refund for my AP and do Universal sometime in the fall, and then get a new Disney AP for 2021 once we know what the parks will be like (and for the 50th of course!).

 

[cakebaker]

whoa whoa whoa wait crazy thought
what if the parks open before the resorts......

That idea has been tossed around. The problem is it eliminates a very lucrative source of income for WDW. Add to that, resort guests are absolutely the easiest to track capacity with. I think at most maybe a soft opening with CM's and family for a couple of days, but I wouldn't look to see resorts closed for more than a few days after the parks open, if at all.

 

[yankeesfan123]

Are you planning on using the voucher instead of filing a charge back? Just curious since we are in the same boat.

I recommend checking out the Dvc mousellaneous board here. Lots of good information of the pros and cons (mostly cons) of the voucher and people’s success, or lack thereof, with a charge back.

 

[dischris11]

We did a chargeback.

Were you successful? What documentation did you use to show the resort was closed when we don't get a cancellation email?

 

[yulilin3]

Is there a link to watch Universal give their presentation today? I feel like I saw one but I've since lost it. Is it at 2pm? I might take my refund for my AP and do Universal sometime in the fall, and then get a new Disney AP for 2021 once we know what the parks will be like (and for the 50th of course!).

It's on the new thread created today

 

[UOAP]

Only table service dining - very interesting

From watching DS yesterday, it was pretty evident that TS was not only much more sane than QS but safer as well.
That said, I personally think Legoland is being lackadaisical and careless (people freely coughing all over those high-touch interactive areas) and I doubt the California version will not open without requiring masks at least through the winter. I realize others here DISAGREE (Edit). Now they can go hang out at Legoland.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I think they are reluctant in modifying their rates. Reopening resorts without Magical Express and on site "free" transportation will not fly with most guests that expect these services

Yep, that's a lot of cost I didn't anticipate having. I think limiting the amount of people on buses, putting out more buses and warning guests there could be longer wait times for transportation that normal is a better option. Those who can car/might want to car will. Those who can't/really don't want to don't have to.