Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mit88]

I’m behind in a lot of the news this weekend. Has it been said that APs not activated yet will be able to make advanced reservations ?

 

[jarestel]

For me, looking at worst case scenario has turned out to be pretty accurate.

cakebaker, I've followed your saga all the way through this thread and I do admit, if anyone has earned the "right" to be disappointed, you certainly have. I hope you are able to use your last remaining WDW reservation and can put some of this behind you. Best wishes!

 

[cakebaker]

cake baker, I've followed your saga all the way through this thread and I do admit, if anyone has earned the "right" to be disappointed, you certainly have. I hope you are able to use your last remaining WDW reservation and can put some of this behind you. Best wishes!

Thanks, but there are many who have had it much worse than me. I just whine more.

I do very much appreciate the kind words though.

 

[Nightmarefandom]

I’m behind in a lot of the news this weekend. Has it been said that APs not activated yet will be able to make advanced reservations ?

Remy last night confirmed it did. I’m guessing it’s because the mde sees it as a ticket even though it isn’t activated yet. The same happens with that and fast passes with a voucher you’re allowed to book the fast passes before it is activated.

 

[Arym]

I think it will be on phases. Like onsite gets 2-3 days, then offsite gets 2-3 days then tickets go on sale for the days inside the 30 day window.

Can most people truly plan a vacation only 30 days ahead? What if a family plans to go but gets shut out on park reservations, then maybe they have to try for the next week? Seems like that is a lot of unknowns. We usually stay onsite but not everyone can. Plus, sometimes we stay with my daughter who lives in Winter Garden. Seems like having an AP for our visits with her will be useless. And, I imagine her quick trips into a park to eat or just have fun after work are gone. If this is short-lived then ok, but if it's long term, it really stinks.

 

[Sandisw]

That is interesting. One of my FB friends did a video tour of a refurbed 1 BR right before the shutdown and specifically mentioned capacity was remaining at 4 (didn’t show a single bed at all). I will be sincerely glad to be wrong since that adds an option for my family of five! We are doing the air bed thing this trip.

Could it have been the studio? That got the pull down bed but not the extra one to sleep 5

 

[chicagoshannon]

Do we still not know if an AP voucher counts as tickets?

Remy has said that it does. And it better because I spent a lot of money on these AP's!

 

[Cliffside]

Question about tickets....when daily tickets are sold again do we know if they are going to be date specific or if they are going to extend dates like they did when people‘s trips were cancelled.
I have an AP that needs to be renewed but I need to buy DH tickets. We have a trip in September that we are still on the fence about so don’t want to buy tickets if there is no recourse if we don’t go on this trip.

 

[jenjersnap]

He actually did a tour of a standard studio too. Is it possible that different views received the extra bed? Like, just preferred 1BR, not standards? Likely, it was just misinformation since I have no other explanation. We would definitely give SSR a look now after the refurb is complete.

Could it have been the studio? That got the pull down bed but not the extra one to sleep 5

 

[wombat_5606]

Interesting possibility. If that is the case and I had to modify to something way more expensive than my ASMo resort was (which, is, frankly... anything and everything) would they just hold my smaller original RO deposit I put down for ASmo and have me pay the remainder (house payment size) for the rest of the stay since they can't run my CC?

I have plenty of room on my CC as I never carry balances so I'm not worried about it ... just wondering.

That's a good question. Unfortunately, I don't really know the answer.

My knowledge may not even be relevant to Disney because they may handle their call center differently.

I haven't followed the information so closely to know whether or not they have brought back any CMs that will do the resort modifications. It may depend on when you have to make the modification. If it's soon, I would hope you could do it online or that they have some CMs with the ability to handle the situation for you.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Will this apply to the NBA players? It better be equal for all people staying on property.

NBA players are being tested daily so no this would not apply to them.

 

[hereforthechurros]

I can’t believe how much I wanna go to Disney again, just because I’m not allowed to go to Disney again.

I had no plans to go this year. Now I want to go.

Don’t let the FOMO win!

 

[Sandisw]

Has there been anything regarding the pecking order of which hotels get dibs on the reservations first?

Like:
1. DVC with AP
2. DVC with reg tickets
3. Deluxe with AP
4. Deluxe with reg tickets
5. Mod/Value tickets (AP and reg)
6. Swolphin/SOG/ 4 Seasons
7. DS hotels

What I will say is that right now, only DvC resorts at Ft Wilderness are open.

So, if any guest in a DVC resort or Ft, Wilderness with tickets, should be in one of the first phases.

What I do wonder is if they will announce opening dates for other resorts before the park reservation starts. If guests have packages at resorts not opened, I can’t see Disney letting them reserve, to only cancel them later,

I think we will see some announcements this week that give us more on both.

 

[StevieB81]

Yeah, there's no way on earth we would go during this time, even if parks open - no guarantee to get in, shortened hours I'm sure. No go.

I'm thinking people who do go, these will be shorter trips. I can't imagine booking a 7 day or longer stay with no guarantees of going to a park, no feature pools, not many restaurants. How would you fill your days? Disney Springs?

There's lots to do in the Orlando area, or a day trip to either coast. Not ideal, but you could definitely keep busy, if you have a car

 

[LSUmiss]

Remy has said that it does. And it better because I spent a lot of money on these AP's!

So Aps still don’t start til you use them, right? If I buy one for DH for Nov now & link it so he’ll have valid theme park admission for then, I can do that but the clock won’t start on it til first Park day, right?

 

[aweehughes]

Can most people truly plan a vacation only 30 days ahead? What if a family plans to go but gets shut out on park reservations, then maybe they have to try for the next week? Seems like that is a lot of unknowns. We usually stay onsite but not everyone can. Plus, sometimes we stay with my daughter who lives in Winter Garden. Seems like having an AP for our visits with her will be useless. And, I imagine her quick trips into a park to eat or just have fun after work are gone. If this is short-lived then ok, but if it's long term, it really stinks.

I’vd planned cruises leaving from a local port with 20 hours notice. I would need at least 30 days to figure out a Disney World vacation and flights.

 

[Krandor]

What I will say is that right now, only DvC resorts at Ft Wilderness are open.

So, if any guest in a DVC resort or Ft, Wilderness with tickets, should be in one of the first phases.

What I do wonder is if they will announce opening dates for other resorts before the park reservation starts. If guests have packages at resorts not opened, I can’t see Disney letting them reserve, to only cancel them later,

I think we will see some announcements this week that give us more on both.

yeah I think we're going to get an announcement on resort openings/moving/cancelllations before reservation system goes online.

 

[SaintsManiac]

So Aps still don’t start til you use them, right? If I buy one for DH for Nov now & link it so he’ll have valid theme park admission for then, I can do that but the clock won’t start on it til first Park day, right?

Yes that’s how it’s always been. You have to activate in person.

 

[Nightmarefandom]

So Aps still don’t start til you use them, right? If I buy one for DH for Nov now & link it so he’ll have valid theme park admission for then, I can do that but the clock won’t start on it til first Park day, right?

Pretty sure that’s how it works.

 

[chicagoshannon]

So Aps still don’t start til you use them, right? If I buy one for DH for Nov now & link it so he’ll have valid theme park admission for then, I can do that but the clock won’t start on it til first Park day, right?

Yes. The only Ap's that start immediately are Sea World/Busch Gardens AP's.