Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[J-BOY]

I imagine it'll be eye opening for them to see the cancellations start rolling in.

His quote here was in response to a question about mask requirements and other restrictions, and is only a piece of his answer. He also said something along the line of "we have multiple data points", which I took as him referencing the surveys they sent out, etc. I have no doubt that they'll see a lot of cancellations, but they probably have a lot more information behind the scenes than the boards here and all of its people claiming they're upset about masks or no entertainment.

 

[Mit88]

DVC rooms are booking quickly for end of July/early August. So much for the “I dont think there will be much demand”. There was a 6 hour line to shop at World of Disney this morning, and thats just locals.

 

[CJGamer]

My reservations are July 29th until August 9th.
I have several days where I have ADR's in two different parks- so I'm going to assume for now- that would give me access to both of those parks.
I'm thinking I may want to add a few more ADRs just for that purpose in case they restrict even those with Hoppers to one park unless you have an ADR.

Saturday morning is my FP day. I'm still going to plan as normal, although I have 3 days planned at the waterparks which we don't know about now. Even if those aren't open, we'll just make those pool days at our resorts (split Poly/BW/Kidani) and I'll still do FP for night at a park.

I'm honestly looking forward to much lower volume of people in the parks. I don't care about the mask thing as I wear a Balaclava all the time when hiking in the summer in places like Harpers Ferry and other local places due to Bugs and Pollen etc. You get used to it very quick. Luckily my daughter (just the 2 of us this time) is 10 now and not interested in characters. We were planning on doing the fireworks in each park once, and that will cut into our desert night at Topolino's and Top of the World Cafe, but other than that- very minor issues.
I think the only other item that might not happen are the two tours I have booked- Behind the Seeds at Epcot, and Up Close with Rhino's at AK. However they are small tours- so who knows. Worst case, I get refunded I guess. Still, a few hours a day in WDW parks riding rides will be a welcome change from sitting on my computer working from home for the last 10 weeks!

 

[Krandor]

DVC rooms are booking quickly for end of July/early August. So much for the “I dont think there will be much demand”. There was a 6 hour line to shop at World of Disney this morning, and thats just locals.

DVC is different due to point expirations. A lot of those may be people that has reservations in june/early july with expiring points. Hard to just based on DVC due too the built in demand

 

[StephenM84]

As we all must work together to promote the health and safety of everyone, cast members as well as guests 3 years of age and older will be required to wear appropriate face coverings in theme parks and common areas of resort hotels.

That's great to read after seeing Sea World said 2 and older wear mask.

 

[fenrir58]

Temp. checks have been one of our personal deal breakers from the get-go because of everything you said. We're not risking thousands of dollars on a thermometer read-out that can mean absolutely nothing to do with COVID-19 or any illness at all.

From what i saw on the blog they just put you in a tent for a few minutes to see if you cool down(which yes your body can do in a few minutes). And the temp max is like 100.4 which is a bit forgiving

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

DVC rooms are booking quickly for end of July/early August. So much for the “I dont think there will be much demand”. There was a 6 hour line to shop at World of Disney this morning, and thats just locals.

The virtual queue for World of Disney is already filled for the day. The demand will be there.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1265695499367129088

 

[DGsAtBLT]

DVC rooms are booking quickly for end of July/early August. So much for the “I dont think there will be much demand”. There was a 6 hour line to shop at World of Disney this morning, and thats just locals.

I think it’s hard to say what demand really looks like beyond the initial crush until they’re actually up and running.

And DVC makes a lot of sense to be booking up quickly, there’s an abundance of points that are going to fall into the use it or lose it category.

 

[ryanpatricksmom]

The statement on the website now mentions Resort Hotels in addition to the Parks phased reopening. If I read it correctly, it looks like they will also open on July 11th. I don't know if they were included in the original message or not, but it seems like from the other comments that it wasn't there before.

 

[RamblingMad]

The virtual queue for World of Disney is already filled for the day. The demand will be there.

That’s crazy. Lot of pent up demand.

 

[Mit88]

DVC is different due to point expirations. A lot of those may be people that has reservations in june/early july with expiring points. Hard to just based on DVC due too the built in demand

Its different, but I expect similar when the cash rooms reopen to booking. Like I said, Disney springs hit capacity. People were waiting in line for WoD. If it were just people curious and vloggers, they would have gotten their videos and left, not get in a 6 hour line. Theres clear demand for all things disney

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1265699939100823552

 

[Eric Smith]

See this I have a bit of an issue with. To echo some others on here, why didn’t they temporarily pause resort reservations/ticket sales during the closure? Would have given them a more accurate pic of who is willing to go after restrictions rolled out, no?

They probably don't want a flood of people booking the first week that the parks are open and overwhelming the park capacity. It sounds to me like they want to give those who already had reservations first crack at reserving spots in the parks before opening it up to everyone else. Makes sense to me.

 

[Leigh L]

Thank you @rteetz for all of your updates, appreciated!

 

[cakebaker]

DVC rooms are booking quickly for end of July/early August. So much for the “I dont think there will be much demand”. There was a 6 hour line to shop at World of Disney this morning, and thats just locals.

There will be one more added to the pool soon, ours. It's only fitting that our last trip was to start the first day they closed and this replacement trip was scheduled to end the first day they're open. We could go, but nope. I'm not a resort only guest, not for the money it costs to stay cash at DVC.

 

[Tjddis]

It was accurate. Since people kept reservations, it would make sense to assume that they still planned on making trips once the parks were open.

I will be interested to see if that assumption proves true. We will likely never now as they won’t tell us if the bottom falls out, they will paint it as part of the capacity limitations. I do think it is an arrogant statement. He would be better off saying he “hopes” people will continue to patronize the parks. There is some pretty ample evidence out there of customer dissatisfaction and he does not seem to recognize this.

 

[jlwhitney]

Nothing was said about water parks right?

the demand is going to be from people on these boards the Disney crazies, the general public could care less and will wait to spend all that money.

 

[SaintsManiac]

I imagine it'll be eye opening for them to see the cancellations start rolling in. The majority of comments I see online in other large FB groups, from people I know etc... are:

No fireworks, no parades, no characters = I'm not going.

And of course, masks required = I'm not going.

They are expecting it I am sure.

 

[SteffyLou]

Do the hotels need to limit capacity or are they able to be fully booked?
I don't think WDW has mentioned. Was just wondering perhaps what other hotels in FL do.