Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[shoegal9]

I think they will be increasing the capacity as much as they can over time. No way this Covid crap starts waning and they stay at 20% or whatever the mystery number is. They are a C Corp after all with a duty to shareholders... they will start to focus on profits after this hysteria dies down.

 

[CheshireCas]

I just can’t! You got an email for a May 2021 trip & I still haven’t gotten even 1 email for a July 12, 2020 trip!

My cousin has a trip July 13 and got the email today. We have a rescheduled trip from May, June, and now August 2. I have NEVER received any correspondence from Disney the entire time. I've questioned whether it's because we used a TA, but I don't feel like that is correct. I don't know. We are supposed to find out Monday about our reservations, according to our TA. And I'll be up bright and early to make those park ressies!

 

[Disneylover99]

Isn't Monday only through September?! Did I miss something?

I got the email, but I guess we’ll know for sure on Monday.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

No...it is for those that want to be able to get in park reservations for 2021 now.

Thank you! Helping a friend with a rescheduled trip and want to be sure I’m sharing correct info.

 

[Sandisw]

Took a gander at a few pages that I got behind on.

So as an AP you can either get an extra 1 month extension OR 1 months worth of a refund?

I’m sure I interpreted that wrong. But if I didnt...yikes

I read it as one month extension, of turn in your AP for a refund of some sort.

 

[Mit88]

Seems rather silly to remove the option to buy APs. It doesnt guarantee people entrance into the parks, nor does it shoot them to the front of the line unless they have resort reservations. Its just added money in Disney’s pocket.

 

[Carol Jackson]

Passholder question.
I NEVER get AP emails but I absolutely WANT to have a shot at a preview. Is there some sort of setting on MDE that I need to turn on to receive emails?

 

[Sandisw]

Seems rather silly to remove the option to buy APs. It doesnt guarantee people entrance into the parks, nor does it shoot them to the front of the line unless they have resort reservations. Its just added money in Disney’s pocket.

It may be why it is shut down, Lots of DVC and resort guests with no tickets and maybe they are worried?

 

[A2DisneyMom]

I just can’t! You got an email for a May 2021 trip & I still haven’t gotten even 1 email for a July 12, 2020 trip!

Maybe not a great sign. Where are you booked for that July trip? DVC/FW?

 

[Mit88]

I read it as one month extension, of turn in your AP for a refund of some sort.

And you have until October to make the decision, or when your pass is currently set to expire w/4 month extension?

If thats the case, I have no trips scheduled or want to schedule from October 25th through February 26th during my 4 month extension, so I’d just ask for the refund and renew my pass in February.

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

So.. my annual pass expires in November. Am I going to be out of luck booking for Christmas now? It will probably reach capacity before I can book it.

Who the heck thought it was a good idea to book through September 2021?!

Oh, and what is going on with resort upgrades now-- people are having to pay for them?

 

[jen7233]

What do these emails even say, anything interesting? Is there a time on it where it says to log into the system?

 

[0FF TO NEVERLAND]

Don’t know if this questions was answered but did they say when people who don’t have a reservation can plan a trip

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274103491774967809

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I read it as one month extension, of turn in your AP for a refund of some sort.

Im hoping it’ll just be a pro-rated refund for the amount of time left on the pass. While I’m sad to give it up, it would basically put mine at break even, as if we had just bought regular tickets for the one trip we got to use them.

 

[Mit88]

Don’t know if this questions was answered but did they say when people who don’t have a reservation can plan a trip

June 28th for 2021 bookings.

“Later this summer” (probably a few weeks after reopening) for the remainder of 2020

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...eme-parks-hotels-and-downtown-disney-in-july/

 

[chasgoose]

Here's my question regarding making reservations for trips booked in 2021, isn't Disney saying that you can't change park reservations once they are made? Assuming the park reservation system stays in place, but things are better with COVID by then and Disney has more capacity, wouldn't booking on Monday for those trips potentially put you at a disadvantage should hours change and more slots open up? I would be annoyed if I made an 11 AM reservation at EP (aka first timeslot) for a Spring 2021 trip only to find out that the park hours were shifted earlier and I couldn't modify.

I wonder if it would make more sense to hold off on 2021 park reservations for a bit until you get closer in. It's not like they are going to run out of 2021 reservations on Monday or anytime soon even if capacity is kept at what it is for the July opening. This is also why it boggles my mind that Disney isn't doing park reservations on a rolling basis of like 30-60 days prior to arrival. Not only would it limit the number of people trying to make reservations on Monday, but it would also give them more flexibility to tweak the system as things change with COVID and they have a chance to see how it works in action. Not to mention that it could give them a way to preserve a preferred booking window advantage to on-site guests and market that as a perk for staying on-site. If they really are allowing 2021 park reservations, anyone who books a trip between whenever that opens up again and September 29, 2021 will lose the on-site advantage after June 28, 2020.

In the end I don't think it will matter all that much for park reservations in 2021, since they aren't going to run out for a while on those (there just aren't enough people with tickets and reservations for that to be the case, even factoring in AP holders), but it just seems wild to me that Disney would make things more taxing on their IT and potentially more frustrating for guests when they didn't have to.

 

[Hoodie]

Glad I am not alone in this. I have confirmed with 2 different sources that as long as they're linked they're good to go with a room only reservation.

I wonder how fun it will be when I have to upgrade my kid's ticket to an adult one!

I have a room only with UT tickets attached. I got the email that as a "resort guest" I can make reservations on Monday as long as I have "valid ticket media" attached. I think the package confusion is guests with room only and NO tickets have to upgrade to a package to book. Makes me think you HAVE to get your tickets through Disney for the foreseeable future.

 

[Farro]

I think the key is those wanting to book for 2021 now and make park reservations will be forced to go with a package via Disney.

Anyone waiting until ticket sales open up, will be able to do the whole 3rd party thing.

That's total crap.

They allowed me to book room only for 2021 and lock in my room rate at 2020 prices, like always.

Now they are forcing me to rebook as a package and pay 2021 room rates???

Get lost Disney, i'll fight that tooth and nail.

I still don't believe it. I have to be able to buy tickets separately.