Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

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I am starting to wonder if the lack of news is related to the marked uptick in Orange County coved cases? If that does not turn around soon, then most of our speculation will be for naught.
Nah, even Disney has said they are watching hospitalizations in the area for signs emergency rooms could be overwhelmed and that’s not being seen in OC. My understanding is more young people are testing positive so the cases aren’t presenting as serious. I think the Disney delays are due to their tech issues. I think it’s possible they have already over promised on what they can deliver tech wise.
 
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Didn’t @Remy is Up hint that the reservation system was in the planning stages before COVID-19 hit, and that it wasn’t a temporary thing? I think that there was always a plan to implement it. COVID-19 recovery just accelerated it.
I think you're right. He definitely said that the reservation system won't go away after COVID is gone.
 
I have been seeing this all over the place lately.

Which is why I think it will definitely end July 7
I was speaking with a TA and they said the travel restriction is for the New York Tri State Area only, not the entire three states? Would that make any sense? She people throughout the states not in the direct area have been given the green light to not quarantine.
 
I was speaking with a TA and they said the travel restriction is for the New York Tri State Area only, not the entire three states? Would that make any sense? She people throughout the states not in the direct area have been given the green light to not quarantine.
here's Disney's wording

Before traveling to Florida, please make sure that you have reviewed any advisories or restrictions that may be in place for travel to Florida. Visit https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/travelers/ for information. Guests who are under isolation or quarantine orders must not enter Walt Disney World Resort.
 

I wonder if this reservation system will no longer allow Park hopping. We loved to PH. We were also thinking about getting AP next year. Wondering if we should do that now 😬
 
Catch up time!

You can't rent a boat?!?!?! That seems like a good distant activity when so much is closed! The boats cant get that close to each other and they could do reservations required. They could decontaminate the boat pretty easily with a solution spray every part is designed to handle water so its not like a spray solution wouldn't be easy to spray on surfaces. Disney is just being super cheap!!!!!! some of those cancellations are purely to save money.
If you capsize the boat when you're done with it, they don't need to clean it! Plus that sweet insurance check Disney gets means they can refresh the fleet!
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For anyone concerned about Covid-19 it is highly suggested everywhere that you do not travel or partake in activities that would increase your risk of exposure. Disney has it loud and clear on their website. There is a clear risk, and by choosing to travel to Disney you are accepting that risk.
The Mrs. has been in the pharmacy this whole time working. Fights with people who complain that others don't have a mask on, fights with people that complain that do have a mask on. Fights with people that want the drive through window completely open instead of in "teller" mode, Fights with people that say the drive through window should be closed and in "teller mode" all the time. Fights with doctors who send likely COVID patients to the pharmacy with paper scripts. We've probably been exposed and got lucky, but you gotta jump through hoops to get an antibody test around here, and those tests are a joke on the reliability of the results. We're going since we've been dealing with the risk for at that point 4 months. The plan is to make sure we use our current amount of bank current borrow DVC points on this reservation and then we can bank our way all the way to 2023 if things don't normalize.

There's a thread on the TPAS board, I ordered the sw medium ones an hour after they announced on 4/30. Just got ther email that they shipped
What in the world is TPAS?
 
I was speaking with a TA and they said the travel restriction is for the New York Tri State Area only, not the entire three states? Would that make any sense? She people throughout the states not in the direct area have been given the green light to not quarantine.
That just sounds like an overly optimistic TA interpretation of the order. The order does state the Tri State NY area, but it is clearly for the entirety of the states of NY, NJ, and CT. It has been worded that way since the order went into place and it has been for the entire states the whole time.
 
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Do you have more information behind third party tickets not being valid for the 50th? I didn't catch that part in the article but may have missed it. Thanks!

It’s in their FAQs. Third party tickets won’t be valid 27th September to 31 December 2021. Tickets already paid deposit only will be honoured if paid in full by 15th August 2020.

I have part-paid or paid a deposit for a 7-day or 14-day ticket for 2021, and I plan to use my Walt Disney World tickets between 27th Sep and 31st Dec 2021:

Walt Disney World have advised us that they are removing the 7-day and 14-day tickets from sale for this period. They are honouring those that have made a deposit booking, with a fundamental change to the terms.

Your current balance payment deadline on such tickets has been moved to 15th Aug 2020. However, the introduction of the reservation system for 2021 could present you with park availability issues if you decide to leave it to this date. Your tickets cannot be dispatched to you until final payment has been made. You cannot access the reservation system without tickets.
 
I wonder if this reservation system will no longer allow Park hopping. We loved to PH. We were also thinking about getting AP next year. Wondering if we should do that now 😬
Same! I gave up after cancelled reservations this year. We are planning trips in Feb and Fall 2021 and were definitely planning on getting APs. Not sure it's worth it if you can't park hop, we park hop every time we go to the parks it's our favorite! I wish reservations were available to make these bookings...maybe SOON.
 
It’s in their FAQs. Third party tickets won’t be valid 27th September to 31 December 2021. Tickets already paid deposit only will be honoured if paid in full by 15th August 2020.

I have part-paid or paid a deposit for a 7-day or 14-day ticket for 2021, and I plan to use my Walt Disney World tickets between 27th Sep and 31st Dec 2021:

Walt Disney World have advised us that they are removing the 7-day and 14-day tickets from sale for this period. They are honouring those that have made a deposit booking, with a fundamental change to the terms.

Your current balance payment deadline on such tickets has been moved to 15th Aug 2020. However, the introduction of the reservation system for 2021 could present you with park availability issues if you decide to leave it to this date. Your tickets cannot be dispatched to you until final payment has been made. You cannot access the reservation system without tickets.
Ok, that just seems like conjecture given the current tickets are extended until 9/26/2021 and there are no further sales of tickets right now. Nothing guarantees there won’t be 3rd party tickets for the rest of 2021, they’re just basing that off the current expiration date.
 
I'm really worried about our AP's now. We should be fine with our 2 trips this year but next April we're staying off property with our extended family. It would be nice if we could ALL go to the parks together but if they limit AP's to say 3 reservations it will be a disaster for us. Out of 10 days in the area we'd only be able to go 3 days. That's not cool
 
Same! I gave up after cancelled reservations this year. We are planning trips in Feb and Fall 2021 and were definitely planning on getting APs. Not sure it's worth it if you can't park hop, we park hop every time we go to the parks it's our favorite!


There is no reason to believe that hopping is going away permanently.
 
It would be an odd day to start it off. Sept. 27, 2021 is a Monday. Maybe they just want to get those guests out of the way before kicking off the celebration on Oct. 1, which is a Friday.
We don’t know because it hasn’t been announced.
 
Same! I gave up after cancelled reservations this year. We are planning trips in Feb and Fall 2021 and were definitely planning on getting APs. Not sure it's worth it if you can't park hop, we park hop every time we go to the parks it's our favorite!
We currently are booked for 2 nights in April at BC and I liked that we could walk to Epcot at night. We may cancel our cruise (which is after our BC stay) and do a split stay at AKL for 7 nights and then we have a trip booked for a long weekend in May. We were then planning on going back February 2022. So the AP definitely make sense but I’d hope we can PH then.
 
I'm really worried about our AP's now. We should be fine with our 2 trips this year but next April we're staying off property with our extended family. It would be nice if we could ALL go to the parks together but if they limit AP's to say 3 reservations it will be a disaster for us. Out of 10 days in the area we'd only be able to go 3 days. That's not cool
Has there been anything definite from Disney concerning the 3 day booking per month for APs or is that still just board rumor? I can’t see that lasting through next year. There are people with APs that go every weekend during the year. I could see them limiting it for the first couple of months, but not forever.
 
Has there been anything definite from Disney concerning the 3 day booking per month for APs or is that still just board rumor? I can’t see that lasting through next year. There are people with APs that go every weekend during the year. I could see them limiting it for the first couple of months, but not forever.


Still rumor.
 
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