Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[alison228]

I'm surprised I was able to still select free magic bands for February, I wonder if they'll charge me later on for them. There's a few cute premium ones that I might get instead when it gets closer.

 

[tinkerhon]

Yea, I was looking at the price per.night w tax , which was $367
I would have to leave $225 down for room only

Opinions - room only or.package.? Farro - your advise makes ton of sense, but I fear buying tix.right now
Also fear purchasing park only and having to add tickets later and system not allowing me to - I can see that scenario !

 

[TheMaxRebo]

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@Blog_Mickey: Disney World Claims Disney Park Pass System Didn’t Have Glitches, Blames User Error
https://blogmickey.com/2020/06/disn...system-didnt-have-glitches-blames-user-error/

welp, I was way off ... I thought they'd go with the usual "Due to unexpected demand .... " but they went straight to "User error"

 

[tinkerhon]

wow - POP is $367/night?

Incl the tax for July 19- yep- $367 avg per night

 

[Farro]

Has anyone else noticed crazy high rates for 2021? I put down three deposited; end of March at GF Main building cl, end of June beach club cl, and Fourth of July week 2 bedroom cl at contemporary. While I know the prices are always high on the club room, prices are way up from this past year.

It's hard to tell, but GDT's rate went up between 7-10% depending on day. It ended up being about $200 more than 2020s rate for same dates.

 

[Jen0107c]

I compared 2020 to 2021 for equivalent dates in April before booking; CBR Standard Room went up about 12%; AoA LM and Pop Preferred went up roughly 7% each. Call it the Skyliner Tax.

I didn't compare any other resorts, sorry.

This year I had a two bedroom outer building club room at the GF for an average of $2800 a night. For the same time next year it was an average of over $3400. I still continue to pay the prices so I guess I shouldn’t complain, just thought it was a big jump!

 

[LSUmiss]

So I'm sure this may be annoying to some....but booking park reservations was a breeze!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I much prefer this to fast pass. Pick my park and done!

Me too. I’m looking forward to being able to walk around with no real plans & just do whatever we want.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Opinions - room only or.package.? Farro - your advise makes ton of sense, but I fear buying tix.right now
Also fear purchasing park only and having to add tickets later and system not allowing me to - I can see that scenario !

if you do package you can always cancel and get everything back, even the ticket part - downside is you are paying Disney prices for tickets vs a third party which can sometimes save $

You can also just do a ticketless package - that is what we have for 2021, just a room only but booked as ticketless package so only had to do the $200 down payment instead of 1 night

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Did you add hoppers? If you did, did it let you pick multiple parks per day in the park reservation system?

I bought hoppers for March but was only able to select park reservations for one park per day.

I'm surprised I was able to still select free magic bands for February, I wonder if they'll charge me later on for them. There's a few cute premium ones that I might get instead when it gets closer.

I thought you can't change them after you make the selection? Has it changed?

 

[Farro]

Opinions - room only or.package.? Farro - your advise makes ton of sense, but I fear buying tix.right now
Also fear purchasing park only and having to add tickets later and system not allowing me to - I can see that scenario !

I really don't see a downside of tickets/package, unless you can get them cheaper elsewhere. You can get a full refund of tickets if you book with a package. You aren't actually paying for all of it right now, not due until 30 days out.

But up to you!

 

[CastAStone]

How long have people been stuck on this stupid "We're Almost in Orbit" screen when trying to book 2021 resorts today? I've been on It for about 35 minutes now.

I exited out and went back in and got in immediately. YMMV.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Incl the tax for July 19- yep- $367 avg per night

And suddenly the Pop Peasants were peasants no more

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

Opinions - room only or.package.? Farro - your advise makes ton of sense, but I fear buying tix.right now
Also fear purchasing park only and having to add tickets later and system not allowing me to - I can see that scenario !

I always book a package. I like that it's non refundable and only requires a small deposit. And even though it can be cheaper, it would make me nervous to buy tickets for a 3rd party as they are generally non refundable.
Edit...I meant to say the package is “refundable”

 

[tinkerhon]

I really don't see a downside of tickets/package, unless you can get them cheaper elsewhere. You can get a full refund of tickets if you book with a package. You aren't actually paying for all of it right now, not due until 30 days out.

But up to you!

Yep, think package is way to go - just wish the stinkin All Stars were available !

 

[Bibbobboo2u]

While unfortunate I think this makes sense... at least for now.

Why?

 

[G719]

Opinions - room only or.package.? Farro - your advise makes ton of sense, but I fear buying tix.right now
Also fear purchasing park only and having to add tickets later and system not allowing me to - I can see that scenario !

When you book a package, you're not really buying tickets. The tickets aren't yours to use whenever you want. They are tied to the package. There's no risk in having a package if you end up wanting to cancel as long as you do it 30 days before the trip.[/QUOTE]

 

[Iowamomof4]

If you are booking completely new, you are better off buying a package. Only $200 down and due 30 days out from start of trip (I think). If you cancel by 30 days you get all your money back.

If you do room only, you put down a bigger deposit (unless room less than $200) and buy tickets separate, which I'm not sure if tickets are refundable if you need to cancel. Also, if you wait to buy tickets, always the chance price increases!

This is exactly my thinking! We have 2, 8-day park hoppers for our party of 4 (dh and I had AP's, so we only needed the two park tickets for our kids) which we purchased for our April 2020 trip that got cancelled. But we decided to book a package with tickets for April 2021 so that we would have park tickets that we could cancel if we decide not to go. I don't want to throw money at Disney that I can't get back later!

 

[Bibbobboo2u]

if you do package you can always cancel and get everything back, even the ticket part - downside is you are paying Disney prices for tickets vs a third party which can sometimes save $

You can also just do a ticketless package - that is what we have for 2021, just a room only but booked as ticketless package so only had to do the $200 down payment instead of 1 night

is the difference between that and room only the payment due date and cancellation period? 30 days versus 5/6/7? days?

 

[Krandor]

I always book a package. I like that it's non refundable and only requires a small deposit. And even though it can be cheaper, it would make me nervous to buy tickets for a 3rd party as they are generally non refundable.

Yep and that is the only reason I used trhe FD recovery offer in the first place. I only had the $200 deposit at stake and had just got that refuned from april so really nothing to lose rolling it over to september FD offer. I still have no idea if I'm taking the september trip but if i decided no at 30 days I get my money back no big deal.

 

[CastAStone]

This year I had a two bedroom outer building club room at the GF for an average of $2800 a night. For the same time next year it was an average of over $3400. I still continue to pay the prices so I guess I shouldn’t complain, just thought it was a big jump!

That's genuinely an insane jump. Blergh.