Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[TropicalDIS]

I really need them to give some clarification on the reservation window.
If it's being able to book all the way through to stays in 2021 on Monday as opposed to a rolling booking window (30 or 60 days out) it is going to be a complete nightmare and AP/locals are at a huge disadvantage.

Got a feeling we won’t know until Monday morning.

 

[SaintsManiac]

How do people already have tickets for their 2021 trips? Are these tickets bought originally for a 2020 trip that now work for 2021 due to the date extension?

I bought mine in 2016 from Undercover Tourist before they switched to dated tickets.

 

[mshanson3121]

I wouldn’t expect big resort news or anything today.

Good call

 

[NJlauren]

Given that they seem to be allowing you to see availability prior to ticket purchase and then reserve as soon as you have a ticket, I think we see all of 2020 on Monday and then 2021 on the 28th or whatever it said for bookings opening.

I mean ill be making my reservations for November on Monday, but lets be real this is a bit silly.... it worse then a 60 day FP window!

 

[Roscoe18]

If we currently have park hopper tickets, do we think that we need to get those downgraded/refunded now (before Monday when we make park reservations)??

It said something about having "options" for people with hoppers but the page it redirected to doesn't mention anything about them (yet) ...

 

[SaintsManiac]

I mean ill be making my reservations for November on Monday, but lets be real this is a bit silly.... it worse then a 60 day FP window!

It's ridiculous really.

 

[jen7233]

If we currently have park hopper tickets, do we think that we need to get those downgraded/refunded now (before Monday when we make park reservations)??

Yes, please wondering the same.

 

[TropicalDIS]

Given that they seem to be allowing you to see availability prior to ticket purchase and then reserve as soon as you have a ticket, I think we see all of 2020 on Monday and then 2021 on the 28th or whatever it said for bookings opening.

That’s a good point. That is exactly what Disney said. I hope their system is ready.

 

[Eric Smith]

I know. But after everyone who currently holds a ticket or an AP makes their reservations, realistically what slots will be left over to reserve?

There will probably be more than you think there would. I don't think demand to go to a theme park is as high as everyone thinks it is.

 

[emilymad]

So the entry time is the that time and later or a window of time?

 

[rteetz]

Good call

Noted a little while later I got my popcorn ready. Things change rapidly.

 

[andyman8]

You get something called a "Keys to the Kingdom" card which allows you to tap on the magic band pedestals.

Key to the World cards are what everybody used prior to Fall 2013 when MBs for Resort Guests were introduced. It's interesting that they're discontinuing perhaps the most popular/successful element of MyMagic+.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I thought @Mit88 was being super optimistic yesterday with thinking AP extensions were just the beginning for dealing with us, but seeing how they appear to be releasing reservations for the next year+ shortly, and the implications that has for APs, I wonder if they were onto something.

Maybe put me down as cautiously optimistic that something better is coming.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Noted a little while later I got my popcorn ready. Things change rapidly.

Right?? I wouldn't even hit that quote button being that many pages behind.

 

[mshanson3121]

Noted a little while later I got my popcorn ready. Things change rapidly.

#2020

 

[Eric Smith]

Key to the World cards are what everybody used prior to Fall 2013 when MBs for Resort Guests were introduced. It's interesting that they're discontinuing perhaps the most popular/successful element of MyMagic+.

I don't think this means that magic bands are being discontinued.

 

[TISHLOVESDISNEY]

Noted a little while later I got my popcorn ready. Things change rapidly.

I assumed the minute you quoted your self something was coming. That's why I snooped over on WDWMagic.

 

[Bibbobboo2u]

I am still not clear as to if Disney Resort Hotel guests without tickets have any priority at all. It seems no?

They only addressed room-only reservations in 2021. What happened to those in 2020? No info?
From the website:
"If you have a room-only reservation at a Disney Resort or other select hotel for a stay in 2021, please call the Disney Reservation Center or call your travel professional beginning on June 24 to upgrade to a vacation package with tickets—and then make your theme park reservations."

 

[bks9581]

I just don't see how this is supposed to work for stays with an AP. We are DVC with a trip booked in Feb. Our APs now expire at the end of Dec. I can't even renew APs this far out (nor would I want to) so that means I can't book park reservations until early Dec? So let's say I renew and then discover there is no availability for my Feb trip - what then?

Ugh...leave it to Disney to release news that just brings up more questions and chaos. I really don't understand why they are enabling park reservations so far in the future.

 

[elephant98]

That's great for folks coming in 2021, not so much for anyone with a room reservation without tickets in 2020. They are basically screwed.

Would you be willing to purchase an AP? You can still do that now. I'm in the same boat. I have a resort reservation at the FW Cabin this December, but no tickets. I'm guessing (and hoping) that by purchasing an AP voucher this weekend that I will be able to make park reservations on June 22 along with anyone else who has a resort reservation and an existing ticket or AP. If I don't get the park dates and arrival times that I want and/or over the next few months, it looks like the park experience won't be worth going, I will just cancel my resort reservations and activate my AP voucher in a future year.