Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Farro]

100% agree.

@Mit88 (forgot to quote you) -

I spoke to someone - my only choices are to either rebook as a new package and pay resort increase for 2021 on 6/24 or buy tickets the day they come out so I can be sure I can reserve a park.

Not doing either of those, so I guess I'll know for sure if I'm going to Disney later this year when I'm ready to buy tickets.

 

[jbreen2010]

I called asking if I could edit my tickets for July 24th week before Monday morning when I am able to reserve park passes. CM told me they are not able to edit. I have a 3-day park hopper and told her if i'm not allowed to hop, I would love to exchange the value of the park hopper for a 4th day (we're staying longer at resort anyway). She told me may the odds be ever in my favor. LOL JK

She said to be ready to go at 7am on Monday and she said as soon as i've booked my 3 days feel free to call because she's hopeful by then they'll be able to do something.

 

[kverdon]

Yup. Just as long as you don’t use the MDE app.

I would test to make sure going to MDE in a browser does not force open the app.

 

[bluejasmine]

With respect, unless I hear it from Disney in an email this weekend, I’ll be ready to go Mon at 7am.

Their communication isn’t clear and with this brand new system, nobody knows how they are going to do it until someone actually uses it.

It actually says they will be doing it in phases on the disney parks blog. It also has been mentioned before on the parks blog that it will be done 60 days out from your booked trip.

Yup. Just as long as you don’t use the MDE app.

You cant use the app to book park reservations? How do we know this?

 

[little_orange_bird]

yeah, 2 days without a resort reservation or 14 days with a resort reservation:


If you are an Annual Passholder and have a resort reservation, you will be able to reserve up to 14 days at a time. If you are an Annual Passholder with a resort reservation, you will be able to make Disney Park Pass reservations beginning June 22nd.

So, wait. I’m not trying to be a smarty-pants, but you could technically get into a park of every day of your trip then right? If you can make them up to 14 days at a time?

 

[Brianstl]

With respect, unless I hear it from Disney in an email this weekend, I’ll be ready to go Mon at 7am.

Their communication isn’t clear and with this brand new system, nobody knows how they are going to do it until someone actually uses it.

This is where I am at, too. I plan to be on there Monday morning for my late September stay.

 

[cakebaker]

yeah, 2 days without a resort reservation or 14 days with a resort reservation:


If you are an Annual Passholder and have a resort reservation, you will be able to reserve up to 14 days at a time. If you are an Annual Passholder with a resort reservation, you will be able to make Disney Park Pass reservations beginning June 22nd.

I would assume the 14 day limit will be for all on site ticket holders as it was with FP.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

OK well good luck everyone I have an afternoon reservation to take my kids to the local zoo. Hopefully they give me a full refund on my annual membership because this one time I have to go in the afternoon. I look forward to reading all 250 new pages of this thread when I get home tonight.

Hey, if Disney wants to charge me approximately $200 for an annual pass for a family of 5 and relocate 30 mins from my house like my local zoo, they can do whatever the heck they want with passholders.

 

[AmberMV]

This is like the Disneyland Flex Annual Pass. You get two reservations at a time. Sounds like WDW adopted the Disneyland way of doing it.

2 forever? Or 2 per...30 days?

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Like everyone else, I’m confused. I currently have nothing booked but am planning on a spring break trip for next year. I’ve been waiting for packages to be released. Do we think that’s happening on Monday? I’ll be able to make a package reservation and then immediately reserve park days?

 

[vinotinto]

So, wait. I’m not trying to be a smarty-pants, but you could technically get into a park of every day of your trip then right? If you can make them up to 14 days at a time?

That's how I'm reading it. If you are staying onsite for 14 days, and you have an AP, you can make park reservations for 14 days.

 

[Brianstl]

From DisneyWorld.com:

That isn't room window, it is ticket eligibility window. What the hell is ticket eligibility window when all tickets are good right now for over a year?

 

[Sandisw]

From DisneyWorld.com:

Honestly, I think the Sept 2021 date is there to let people know this system is going to be around until then,,,not that everyone is booking all at once.

I know we have to wait for official emails, but I don’t think this is meant that it opens all at once.

 

[Spridell]

With regards to MDE and family and friends having their own account.........

Pete said in his video today EVERYONE must have their own account now going forward. No more just adding friends and family. They ALL must have their own account

Do we have this confirmed yet?

 

[PixarBall]

I thought Disney not rushing opening was the smart move but the lack of details, knowledge and confusing wording is really a bad look. It shouldn’t be that hard to figure out for people especially if you paid for an AP or booked a vacation.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Honestly, I think the Sept 2021 date is there to let people know this system is going to be around until then,,,not that everyone is booking all at once.

I know we have to wait for official emails, but I don’t think this is meant that it opens all at once.

This is how I interpreted it also. Park reservations will be required until Sept. 2021, but I don’t think that means everyone books Monday.

They definitely didn’t word that clearly enough since it’s open to different interpretation.

 

[New Mouse]

yeah, 2 days without a resort reservation or 14 days with a resort reservation:


If you are an Annual Passholder and have a resort reservation, you will be able to reserve up to 14 days at a time. If you are an Annual Passholder with a resort reservation, you will be able to make Disney Park Pass reservations beginning June 22nd.

2 is insane. Every AP should be entitled to a full refund or a 1 year extension with the new terms.

 

[Farro]

With regards to MDE and family and friends having their own account.........

Pete said in his video today EVERYONE must have their own account now going forward. No more just adding friends and family. They ALL must have their own account

Do we have this confirmed yet?

That makes no sense. Two of us on our reservation should be able to just use my account.

 

[jenjersnap]

From DisneyWorld.com:

“resort stay...eligibility” could be indication of a rolling window? You are eligible when your resort stay is in the window, maybe?

I just see Monday being, to quote a previous poster, a bloodbath without SOME limit.

 

[vinotinto]

Of course it's going to be next week. I will be at the beach, allegedly tech-free (won't happen). You can all thank me for "soon" being then.

I called it! I'm a the beach all of next week, have a snorkeling day off cays scheduled for Monday, and I just knew that's when this Parks Reservation system will drop. Oh, and now we need to make it on the phones on the desktop version. Peachy. Would it be too much to ask that they open up at 7 am so I can get this done before I need to be without cell signal?