Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[CastAStone]

I would say that social distancing occupancy would dictate that this is EXACTLY what they are planning to do.

They have to social distance on the buses though. That’s why the staggered openings - they need to run 3x the normal buses from each resort from each park to accommodate the crowd at each resort. That is almost certainly what’s driving the staggered openings.

Im not saying there won’t be time slots I’m saying don’t expect that DLR=WDW in terms of how and when.

 

[Farro]

I'm grown with no children and religiously take an afternoon break during the summer at Disney

Same! It's nap, shower, dinner res, and maybe back in a park til close. The good ol' days.

First, we don't know we can't do that yet.

Second, even if so, I doubt the ability to leave a park and come back is gone forever! Just til things ease a bit.

 

[Jrb1979]

They have to social distance on the buses though. That’s why the staggered openings - they need to run 3x the normal buses from each resort from each park to accommodate the crowd at each resort. That is almost certainly what’s driving the staggered openings.

Im not saying there won’t be time slots I’m saying don’t expect that DLR=WDW in terms of how and when.

Maybe that's how they schedule the busses.

 

[RamblingMad]

I'm grown with no children and religiously take an afternoon break during the summer at Disney

I’m sure they’ll have pews in a break area, where you can take a break from worshipping the almighty Donald Duck.

 

[Sandisw]

My gripe is the parks aren’t even going to be close to being fully opened. The solution of course is to get a refund, which is what we now have done. Shanghai didn’t start the clock on AP’s and I fully expected WDW wouldn’t either.

But, we had the option to say no thanks and we did. So other than it’s still a crappy way to do it, we’re good.

No, they didn’t choose for this to happen, but they can’t sell you something and then not give it to you, regardless of the reason. Amazon can’t help it if an item turns out to be unavailable, but they can’t go ahead and keep my money, regardless of the reason.

Maybe they did this so that expired ones would be active for park reservation. I wonder if they will then do something later like, renew the next time and get 15 months for price of 12?

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Maybe they did this so that expired ones would be active for park reservation. I wonder if they will then do something later like, renew the next time and get 15 months for price of 12?

That'd be nice. It'd also be nice if they'd extend ours like they've apparently been doing for others

 

[Anna_Sh]

Maybe they did this so that expired ones would be active for park reservation. I wonder if they will then do something later like, renew the next time and get 15 months for price of 12?

They’ve done that in the past. My original AP renewal (years and years ago) was in February. Before this latest extension, I was up to June (that extra time came from Disney promotions, birthday “gifts,” etc.). With the new extension, I’m up to September.

 

[jesskeys91]

Maybe they did this so that expired ones would be active for park reservation. I wonder if they will then do something later like, renew the next time and get 15 months for price of 12?

My pass is a Platinum Pass that expired during the closure on May 14 and has been showing in the app still as recently as this morning but is now just completely gone in the app and on the website. I don’t think this helps those with expired passes.

 

[Searc]

That's a step in the right direction!

My pass that expired during the closing is still not showing.

I know I'm like 15 pages behind *sigh, I'm never going to catch up if y'all keep talking!!* but I have a hunch that expired AP's will be left expired. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Sandisw]

My pass is a Platinum Pass that expired during the closure on May 14 and has been showing in the app still as recently as this morning but is now just completely gone in the app and on the website. I don’t think this helps those with expired passes.

It could be that they are working on it and it will show back up. Mine has not been extended yet.

But, I once was on thr DVC site and had a reservation disappear while I was doing something and it showed up with the new resort I had waitlisted. The CM and I were in the same exact time.

Id give it a little bit since they just started this today.

I know when they changed the expiration date to the tickets, it took over two weeks for all attached to me account to show it.

 

[Anna_Sh]

I know I'm like 15 pages behind *sigh, I'm never going to catch up if y'all keep talking!!* but I have a hunch that expired AP's will be left expired. I hope I'm wrong.

I hope that’s not the case, but I went ahead and renewed mine (even though it would have been nice to be able to wait a few months to pay for it) because I was worried that might happen. That said, I really don’t see a Disney doing that to AP holders.

 

[Krandor]

It could be that they are working on it and it will show back up. Mine has not been extended yet.

But, I once was on thr DVC site and had a reservation disappear while I was doing something and it showed up with the new resort I had waitlisted. The CM and I were in the same exact time.

Id give it a little bit since they just started this today.

I know when they changed the expiration date to the tickets, it took over two weeks for all attached to me account to show it.

Yeah it took several days for all the ADR and FPs to go away. These extrnsions will likely take a few days as well.

 

[jenjersnap]

My kids and I are fine but if my DH doesn’t get his afternoon Disney nap he Is hard to deal with.

I'm grown with no children and religiously take an afternoon break during the summer at Disney

 

[NWOhiogal]

The way the Florida COVID numbers are going, I'm not counting my October Disney trip as anything like definite. DeSantis will likely not close anything down again but yikes.

 

[Iowamomof4]

Yeah, this is absurd if all they're doing is extending for time closed. Like laughably absurd. You can't stay onsite, can't dine at the restaurants, might not be able to get into a park, probably can't park hop, numerous attractions will be closed... Basically: you see these are extenuating circumstances for our poor company so use it or lose it suckers!

And holy heck if I was a Tri-State holder... oof.

For those keeping score:
-Shanghai still hasn't started their AP clock
-Hong Kong is giving all APs an extra 30 days

You said it! I'm so frustrated right now.

 

[yulilin3]

Wasn’t that opening day widely considered to be disastrous? They really enjoy tempting the Fates, don’t they?

If asphalt is not melting its considered a win

 

[DGsAtBLT]

What did we expect for AP? Well, I didn’t expect more than this. I think what they’re doing is bare minimum.

I wanted more though. I was really hoping they would take into account those of us who bought APs to cover 2+ already planned trips (and not just people who wanted to go as much as possible for a year), and are too far away to be made even close to whole by the partial refund and extension, or any other in park perks they may throw in. I have an email in now, so we’ll see. My expectations are low though.

I will be really frustrated if they don’t allow me to opt in to the partial refund before the parks open if I’ve already been auto extended though. Taking the chance, I guess. I am fine with Disney being as quiet as they want to be, and I can be patient, but not at the financial expense of guests. I think it’s great how they’ve let people get all their money back (who are not AP) and what they’ve done for regular tickets in terms of the generous extension and refunds when requested. Stinks they aren’t extending that flexibility to APs.

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1273382287510470656

 

[gottalovepluto]

You said it! I'm so frustrated right now.

I’m telling myself this is Step 1 and there WILL be a Step 2.
Step 1: process promised extension so they don’t sue us en masse
Step 2: make up for the fact our parks and restaurants will be crap for a long while and our hotels will remain nonexistent if you aren’t LeBron

 

[22Tink]

So that’s nothing extra despite everything going on .

Guess I get to wait on hold . This Canadian would really appreciate a toll free line right about now.

I use the Google Hangouts app to call. It’s free and as long as your wifi is good the calls are very clear.