NJlauren
DIS Veteran
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- Nov 6, 2014
Parades will most likely reopen before fireworks as it's way easier to distance with a parade than fireworks.
I think the opposite, I can see fireworks from further away then the dancers in the parade.
Parades will most likely reopen before fireworks as it's way easier to distance with a parade than fireworks.
If that’s the case, then frozen show, Disney jr show, Indiana Jones show, little mermaid show, & beauty & the beast show will also be cancelled. I’m thinking it’s also b/c they don’t want the transportation headache of parking closing crowds after a show.
I think that July .. and even August/September is still a LONG way away. A LOT of data (including a recent report from the CDC) is showing this virus has a really really low infection mortality rate .. and as more people get out there .. the economy will pick up and people will feel safer going out there. SO maybe by July, places like Disney will feel like they don't need as many restrictions in place and things will be more normal by the fall.Are folks thinking they will cancel Epcot Food and Wine? I would really hope not.
Ya it’s unfortunate. It’s a pretty neat old park and Blue Streak is fairly notable. One of Ed Vettel’s last two standing coasters, and it still packs quite the punch. One of the most unique parks in the US.Sad. My family grew up going there and Geauga Lake. Had a feeling it wouldn’t open, it’s seen better days, but still sad to see a piece of home throwing in the towel for the year.
In the end, we didn’t cancel because of all the cutbacks, but I can understand doing so. I expected major reductions, but they gutted the parks. There’s not much left besides just rides and some of them may end up not being open. It’s almost like they are opening because they felt forced to, but are going to do little more than open the gates for 8 hrs a day. It makes me wonder, if they think it’s that unsafe, why not wait?
And little kids in general with the masks. I’m lucky b/c DS is 2 so he’s officially excluded from the rule. But really 7 & under should have been excluded. Everything else is just ridiculous imo.This is a big deal for me, too.
My daughter just turned 6. Loves everything Disney. Would do just about anything to go to WDW, and I'd love to take her. And if I did take her now, she wouldn't get near the experience for full price, and I can't even see her smile.
WDW is going to have an issue on their hands with regards to the mask mandate if it goes on for an extended period of time. Forget the heat part of it...just the vacation part of it. A photo album full of mask-covered faces doesn't exactly scream "memories" to me.
Oddly, at Animal Kingdom, the only fastpasses open for Jul2 1st (kind of a random day) are Dinosaur, Festival of the Lion King, Tough to be a Bug, Up.Those are all showing as closed for FP, so yes, they’ll be gone as well.
Turtle talk seems like one they could still do.If Disney cancels their theatre attractions they will only have like HALF of their attractions open .. especially at DHS.
Is there official word on those yet? I know it was reported that you couldn't get Fast Passes for "Turtle Talk with Crush" in August.
I’ve always been creeped out by the old dispensers.OK, I for one love these new utensil dispensers (which, I never even once thought about the old utensil dispensers in all the will they/won't they of having festivals).
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They are also a huge pain to restock.I’ve always been creeped out by the old dispensers.
I've been consistent from the start - if Disney re-opens, go all-out and do it. No masks mandates, no huge restrictions. Social distance the best you can by using park attendance and resort caps. But in the end, leave it up to the individual person/family as to whether they think going to WDW is suitable or not. If it is, great. If not, say, "We'll be here when you are ready". That's really all there is that needed to be done. You can't make a theme park or vacation spot a "safe space". Its made for masses of people to visit all at once....its part of the experience and the atmosphere.
Many people really haven't thought this through a lot of about just how ridiculously bare-bones WDW is going to be with the stated proposals and restrictions. And on top of it, every soul is forced to wear a mask like they are all patients at a hospital. And this is supposed to be a vacation to make people happy?
I'd personally be OK with some of the reductions and restrictions if the mask mandate didn't exist. And I think many others would be to. To not be able to see your own children smile at "The Happiest Place on Earth" is kind of ironic, huh?
Easy solution. Don’t go and book a trip when things are more comfy for you.I honestly don't know how all this is going to work. I personally think its going to be total chaos and a disaster for awhile. I know people are anxious to get back, but I think it's way too much money for the aggravation and frustration that will surely be part of any trip to WDW this summer, or maybe through the fall. Not to mention the restrictions is going to make all this feel like a prison. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to relax and enjoy vacation when Im forced to wear a mask while sitting on a lounge chair on the pool deck. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Not to mention I'm not a fan of the communication or how it's been handled so far. So I don't have much confidence in this plan going forward.
To not be able to see your own children smile at "The Happiest Place on Earth" is kind of ironic, huh?