Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[e_yerger]

I can’t explain no CL at any resort either. It’s a real puzzler.

Unless they’re just wiping CL all together?

 

[Jrb1979]

IMO, no. Even though the deal they have with the NBA is nice, Turner sports isn’t going to allow Disney to monopolize the remaining games just because they’re allowing them to use the resort. So they’re not going to be rolling in money just because they’re holding these games. They still need to open the parks and resorts to start seeing the money they want to roll in. People are looking into the NBA situation a little too much. These players have to quarantine while finishing the season. They’re not going to be given free reign over the entire property because the odds of them catching the virus increases with any additional reign their given on the property

I can only see them delaying the opening cause the demand isn't there yet. With the money the NBA is probably paying Disney to host them it brings in money without calling a lot of CMs back. I only say that cause of how everyone says there is lots of availability.

 

[andyman8]

Unless they have exclusive park access & it never opens to the public til after their season is over.

But again, Disney would then have to isolate, house, and test all CMs in those parks as well. That would be a massive, costly undertaking that would be much harder than just having the NBA stick to the resort and having regular guests stay in the other resorts and go to the parks.

Unless they’re just wiping CL all together?

The only thing I can think of is that since Disney Signature Services is all on furlough right now, maybe they just don’t want any new CL reservations in the short term. It could also be that they’ll still trying to figure out how they’re going to do CL in the age of social distancing. I did have the option of a CL room at YC when I booked my NYE trip.

ETA: All those CL rooms have disappeared for at YC for NYE.

 

[cakebaker]

Unless they’re just wiping CL all together?

Possible, but I can’t see why they’d give up that kind of revenue. They can adapt their food offerings. It’s just strange it all seemed to happen at the same time- complete close of CS and CSR and CL at all resorts and the NBA thing. Could be coincidence...could be something else. Is it Wednesday yet?

 

[gottalovepluto]

But again, Disney would then have to isolate, house, and test all CMs in those parks as well. That would be a massive, costly undertaking that would be much harder than just having the NBA stick to the resort and having regular guests stay in the other resorts and go to the parks.


The only thing I can think of is that since Disney Signature Services is all on furlough right now, maybe they just don’t want any new CL reservations in the short term. It could also be that they’ll still trying to figure out how they’re going to do CL in the age of social distancing. I did have the option of a CL room at YC when I booked my NYE trip.

ETA: All those CL rooms have disappeared for at YC for NYE.

Well now that’s ridiculous! I would expect Disney to put some effort into getting that money maker running by NYE in one form or another. Even if it’s relocating offerings to conference rooms for distancing and slimming down on offerings so CMs can bring them to the tables.

 

[Sarahslay]

I can’t explain no CL at any resort either. It’s a real puzzler.

That is really odd, I am staying at Poly for my July trip and look daily at room availability and up until today the club level was wide open.

 

[stayathomehero]

Maybe LeBron booked all the CL rooms for himself, so he can stay in a different room every night.

 

[Karin1984]

Did people see this video? It's from TDR Explorer (one of the best English sites on the Asian Disney parks), it's the week after the re-opening of Shanghai:

 

[gottalovepluto]

Possible, but I can’t see why they’d give up that kind of revenue. They can adapt their food offerings. It’s just strange it all seemed to happen at the same time- complete close of CS and CSR and CL at all resorts and the NBA thing. Could be coincidence...could be something else. Is it Wednesday yet?

Watch Wed come with news that SeaWorld is presenting. And maybe WDW. Oh, WDW is just submitting a plan. Wait, wait, WDW says they aren’t. Oh ok. NOW we know SeaWorld is presenting to the Task Force tomorrow. Most likely.

I’m ready to throw my hands up I can see the next few weeks feeling just as Groundhog Day as the last few weeks have felt...
*WDW slaughters hopes and dreams of those booked mid-June*
*SeaWorld presents*
*WDW abstains from voting*
*rumors swirl WDW will present next week*
*mayor confirms it’s absolutely a possibility*
*another week of WDW reservations slaughtered, July peeps getting anxious now*
*a minor theme park we didn’t even know existed presents next*
*rumors swirl it really truly is WDW next, two different insiders at the mayors office confirm it*
*no meeting week after. Everyone and their brother is open besides Disney anyway, maybe they should just disband the task force?*

Meanwhile we are still arguing about NBA and MLS players partying it up in WDW and The Great Mask Debate continues to rage on approx every 12 hours...

 

[MrsBooch]

Legally speaking, per our DVC contracts, its going to get tough for Disney to keep all DVC resorts closed much past July 1.

Even if the parks are closed, pools, restaurants etc.....they are going to have to make those rooms available for guests to stay.

Yeah I’m very interested to see how much longer the DVC resorts remain closed bc that is a whole other ballgame. Particularly HHI &
Vero - given that South Carolina is all but totally open, & I know for a fact that timeshares in that area are open. I don’t care if the parks are open or not, the parks were never in the contract or agreement - they’re not a guarantee - but as of Friday the stare of florida gave the ok for almost all of coastal Florida counties to once again be able to accept short term vacation rentals. Nothing is standing in their way for Vero or HHI - I can see this turning into a legal issue if they 1. Keep dragging their feet on those resorts and 2. Continue to remain totally silent about reopening plans

 

[andyman8]

Well now that’s ridiculous! I would expect Disney to put some effort into getting that money maker running by NYE in one form or another. Even if it’s relocating offerings to conference rooms for distancing and slimming down on offerings so CMs can bring them to the tables.

I'm inclined to agree. I was surprised as well, and it's not like all the CL rooms were just booked up overnight. For those dates, there was availability of basically every CL room type. It also maybe confirms that the removal of CL rooms is unrelated to the NBA. I don't think the NBA will still be playing games at WDW on NYE lol.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I'm inclined to agree. I was surprised as well, and it's not like all the CL rooms were just booked up overnight. For those dates, there was availability of basically every CL room type. It also maybe confirms that the removal of CL rooms is unrelated to the NBA. I don't think the NBA will still be playing games at WDW on NYE lol.

Random dates in October still pull up CL at BC...

 

[Mzpalmtree]

I'm inclined to agree. I was surprised as well, and it's not like all the CL rooms were just booked up overnight. For those dates, there was availability of basically every CL room type. It also maybe confirms that the removal of CL rooms is unrelated to the NBA. I don't think the NBA will still be playing games at WDW on NYE lol.

I don’t know about YC, but CL rooms are bookable at all the resorts again starting Sept 1 and I did see bookable CL rooms at the Poly for NYE but I didn’t check other resorts.
Edited to add: CL is bookable at all resorts except CR after Sept 1. CR is completely unavailable in all room categories until late Sept for some reason.

 

[andyman8]

I don’t know about YC, but CL rooms are bookable at all the resorts again starting Sept 1 and I did see bookable CL rooms at the Poly for NYE but I didn’t check other resorts.

It could also be that they're setting capacity restrictions for the lounges, so once a certain number of CL rooms has been booked, the remainder are removed from inventory.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

It could also be that they're setting capacity restrictions for the lounges, so once a certain number of CL rooms has been booked, the remainder are removed from inventory.

It could be. A lot of the lounges can get pretty crowded.

 

[Eric Smith]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...y-espn-wide-world-sports-complex?platform=ampThe article lays out a good possible scenario in the lead up to arriving at WDW. It was interesting to me.

I see private WDW parties in the players future.
A huge reason--the virus has a 35%
asymptomatic spreader rate. There is no good reason for players to be zipping to the park and mix with regular guests who have no idea they are contagious.

Why on Earth would the players go to the parks?

 

[Mit88]

If Disney were to close off all parks for the private use of NBA players, it would probably offset the deal they made with the NBA, and then some. Not sure if you guys know, its not free to run a theme park. And I seriously doubt they’d be charging NBA players admission prices, which is irrelevant because even if they did, it wouldnt come close to what it would cost to turn the rides on, turn the lights and water on, pay and have maintenance and CMs, etc. Then you would have to house the CMs and other workers in isolation along with the NBA players in order to ensure they dont go home, go to the grocery store, contract the virus, bring it on to Disney property and an NBA player gets sick. That also would cost a ton of money. All of that money just to let NBA players have free reign of the parks and whatever resorts they want to stay at....yeah, seems logical.



As for these millionaires being “stuck” in a hotel for 3+ months with all these lovely amenities theyd have with their families with them. Ask anyone in the military if they enjoy not making millions of dollars while being away from their families for months, or even years. They love what they do, but I’m sure they’d also love to be able to be in the “terrible” situation that NBA players are in having to be stuck with their families at a beautiful resort with great food, pools, and other amenities.



You know how Disney would make the most money, and the most logical option would be? Open the theme parks and non NBA used resorts to the public AND collect money from the NBA AND collect money from TV marketing.

 

[e_yerger]

Watch Wed come with news that SeaWorld is presenting. And maybe WDW. Oh, WDW is just submitting a plan. Wait, wait, WDW says they aren’t. Oh ok. NOW we know SeaWorld is presenting to the Task Force tomorrow. Most likely.

I’m ready to throw my hands up I can see the next few weeks feeling just as Groundhog Day as the last few weeks have felt...
*WDW slaughters hopes and dreams of those booked mid-June*
*SeaWorld presents*
*WDW abstains from voting*
*rumors swirl WDW will present next week*
*mayor confirms it’s absolutely a possibility*
*another week of WDW reservations slaughtered, July peeps getting anxious now*
*a minor theme park we didn’t even know existed presents next*
*rumors swirl it really truly is WDW next, two different insiders at the mayors office confirm it*
*no meeting week after. Everyone and their brother is open besides Disney anyway, maybe they should just disband the task force?*

Meanwhile we are still arguing about NBA and MLS players partying it up in WDW and The Great Mask Debate continues to rage on approx every 12 hours...

 

[Jrb1979]

Why on Earth would the players go to the parks?

If they bring their families with them I can see why would. It would be a good way to do a soft opening. Once the regular season is over then open it to everyone.

 

[SaintsManiac]

If they bring their families with them I can see why would. It would be a good way to do a soft opening. Once the regular season is over then open it to everyone.

And they will shop.