Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mit88]

I’m fine with giving APs a limit on the number of reservations at one time in the short term; but the rumored 2 seems a little slim if we’re being asked to make plans through September 2021.

It should be 10 at a time, no more than 2 per month if they want to keep it to a strict 2. I dont see why it needs to be like the fast pass system where you have to use the dates you choose before you can get another 2.

 

[laugard]

wrong thread

 

[Mit88]

So if we have a package can I the main holder of MDE make park plans for everyone when they open the system or do we have to all make plans separate

You book your party. So anyone in your party can book for the entire party. You dont need to do it separately. Same as how you’d book fastpasses

 

[TropicalDIS]

So I’m confused. Can I book a trip for March 2021 on Monday? I have a hotel reservation and valid tickets.

We don’t know for sure. Disney’s wording indicates yes, but they aren’t the best at making things clear. Watch out for an email, if you don’t get one be ready for Monday.

 

[Farro]

Hopefully the 3rd party ticket option remains available. That's a way to save some $$$.

We decided to leave our resort reservation alone for now. I want more info before changing anything.

I'll just have to hope when we are ready to buy tickets there will be some availability left. Who knows what will happen now with my brother. He is also room only with no tickets.

I'm not going to strain my finances to purchase all the tickets now just so I can reserve parks for a freakin' Disney trip in spring 2021.

Ugh.

 

[TropicalDIS]

So if we have a package can I the main holder of MDE make park plans for everyone when they open the system or do we have to all make plans separate

As long as everyone has a MDE account, you are good.

 

[Brianstl]

Yeah in the short term it pretty much dumped on DVC as a whole if you don't already have ticket media. On top of that a bunch of people having to burn points is going to be a big crush on the system summer of 2021. Glad I'm burning all my points now and won't have any to bank until 2022.

Do we even know if a DVC reservation with linked tickets counts as a package?

 

[Skippyboo]

Is the 2 AP no reservation going to be like the FP system, use your 2 and then you can make more?

 

[SaintsManiac]

Do we even know if a DVC reservation with linked tickets counts as a package?

My TA said if you have tickets linked in MDE you're good to go.

 

[Mit88]

I'll just have to hope when we are ready to buy tickets there will be some availability left. Who knows what will happen now with my brother. He is also room only with no tickets.

I'm not going to strain my finances to purchase all the tickets now just so I can reserve parks for a freakin' Disney trip in spring 2021.

Ugh.

I would bet money that even if the week you plan to go in Spring 2021 fully books up on monday, there will be more reservation slots available for those dates in the future. Right now they’re just allowing booking the bare minimum capacity for every day because they have no idea what the capacity limit will be in the future. But I would bet that the capacity limit in Spring 2021 will be more than July 11th 2020.

 

[csmith1004]

As long as everyone has a MDE account, you are good.

See, this wording is what worries me. Our Oct trip is with the grandparents. They both are on my Friends and Family list but I’m fairly sure Nana was just “added to” PawPaw’s account but does not have her own log in.

 

[Kmedders]

So if we have a package can I the main holder of MDE make park plans for everyone when they open the system or do we have to all make plans separate

Just make sure everyone is linked in family and friends

 

[gatechfan99]

I would bet money that even if the week you plan to go in Spring 2021 fully books up on monday, there will be more reservation slots available for those dates in the future. Right now they’re just allowing booking the bare minimum capacity for every day because they have no idea what the capacity limit will be in the future. But I would bet that the capacity limit in Spring 2021 will be more than July 11th 2020.

This is what makes the least sense to me of everything they're doing. You're right, it's impossible to predict what the Covid situation will be next winter and spring, so why would they even look at deciding the capacity now at that time. The only choice is to keep it at the absolute minimum capacity level they'll do at opening. Then, that will just unnecessarily frustrate and scare away potential guests if they appear to be already locked out of the parks for Spring Break in October or so. Most of those people will just go plan another vacation and won't be options to come to Disney if everything is great and park capacity is much higher. This is bizarre.

 

[HorizonOne]

It should be 10 at a time, no more than 2 per month if they want to keep it to a strict 2. I dont see why it needs to be like the fast pass system where you have to use the dates you choose before you can get another 2.

Just for the time being, maybe to prevent hoarding of reservations? Disney wants to keep prime slots open for Resort guests is my guess.

 

[fla4fun]

I’m fine with giving APs a limit on the number of reservations at one time in the short term; but the rumored 2 seems a little slim if we’re being asked to make plans through September 2021.

Are you making plans that involve a on site hotel stay or not? The limit should only apply to going without a hotel stay. While two is a small number, it does allow people to book a weekend and that may be all that can be done right now until they get past the first round of hotel stays and get a firm idea of what their actual occupancy is. Also, once you have used a day, you should be able to book another one. I haven’t seen anything that says you only get two for the life of your pass.

We sometimes forget this is a very small community in comparison to the total number of WDW visitors. So we don’t know what it will look like until that first couple days of park booking is complete. Even if everyone here on the DIS books their parks right away, we probably wouldn’t come close to taking all the available slots. I think in reality there are many, many more people who are not ready to go back to the parks right now, for various reasons, than there are people who want to get in during the next few months. I am going to wait until Monday before I panic.

 

[CastAStone]

I would bet money that even if the week you plan to go in Spring 2021 fully books up on monday, there will be more reservation slots available for those dates in the future. Right now they’re just allowing booking the bare minimum capacity for every day because they have no idea what the capacity limit will be in the future. But I would bet that the capacity limit in Spring 2021 will be more than July 11th 2020.

100% agree.

 

[Brianstl]

My TA said if you have tickets linked in MDE you're good to go.

I hope.

 

[AmberMV]

Well, the DVC disappointment was two-fold: 1) not being given priority alongside AP holders if they don't have tickets (which some DVC members were hoping for) and 2) the lack of amenities that will be available at their home resorts. I believe there will be more info on that slowly trickling out as we approach 7/11, but I wouldn't be expecting any grand additions to what we already know.

For those wondering, the AP disappointment was mostly about the delayed booking window (and the forthcoming restrictions about how many active reservations an AP holder without a resort stay can have). That and the minimum extension. Again, I don't think any of this is devastating but it might be disappointing.

The next piece of the puzzle will be resort guests, particularly Value/Mod...

I believe it is. It seems Pop will be the only non-Deluxe resort opening for a bit, and they may have had enough cancellations that they can move all values to Pop and all moderate res to Deluxe

Was I finally kinda right about something?

Do we not think our Friday news will be announcement of park reservation system? All the ducks are pretty well lined up now. Reservation system goes live Monday to public and "special access" this weekend to AP/DVC/resort/ticket holders?

I got it half right

And finally, will APs and anyone who qualifies still get room discounts or are those out the door forever now and everyone pays rack rate?

 

[little_orange_bird]

I’m entirely confused by this, so I apologize if this type of question has already been asked and answered.

Our APs were due to expire mid April. Obviously the park was closed. So they were extended to 30 days past the new park opening date? I think?
Buuuut in order for us to go on our already scheduled DVC points September and December trips in 2020, we’ll have to renew...but we’ll be guaranteed park reservations for the length of stay?

am I reading that correctly?

 

[vinotinto]

Sure, here is what I’m gathering on the training -

you will select which ticket you will be using
You just have to have a valid ticket and reservation Monday and of course have it all linked in your account
Tickets for 2020 summer - new tickets sales will become available once reservations are made for current ticket holders and they deem they have the space
There will be an availability calendar that will show you which parks have availability for each day for you to reserve

Thank you so much! That's different than what it has been, but should help those with multiple tickets from having to prioritize a ticket.

My plan is to book using the APs on Monday, and then call after Monday and modify to a basic package.

Fingers crossed that this all works out!