Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[rteetz]

My pass was finally extended. I booked my January stay. I was not able to use any addition "AP" 3 dates.

 

[Farro]

Just heard FLA is stopping alcohol sales at bars too. Not sure if that is same as closing, but if I own a bar why would I open if I can’t make money in booze?

You don't. That's the point without making the point.

 

[rpb718]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276523594131083264

Makes me worried about @shanes17 from TX who use to post here a lot early on. He was saying how TX was going to show the country how it's done. Hope he and his family are hunkered down and safe now.

 

[Spridell]

Unless the state mandates statewide masks before Monday I don’t envision how WDW would be able to open and UO to remain open

Miami has had a city wide mask mandate for 2 months now and their cases are still going through the roof.

 

[Mfowler7828]

No doubt that number is scary and terrible but the good news is hospitalizations stayed almost exactly the same and deaths went down, so the health care system is not even close to being overrun in Florida. As long as people protect those who are most vulnerable then things should stay that way

 

[Krandor]

Hey guys...it's Friday, and things are starting to get a little nutso with outcoming news...who else is terrified of what the Friday Night News Dump may bring?

Oga's Closed... Baseline closed...pool bars closed...

That could be a start.

 

[SarahC97]

It would for me except I live in an area with similar trends. And here there are no theme parks, so it’s not that. It’s mostly young adults partying in large groups with no regard for themselves or others. It’s really obnoxious that one group is going to ruin it for everyone.

I live in a town with a large university and all I can say is: You're not wrong.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Well if that persists into July (as it likely will), that will absolutely affect Taste of F&W.

I really can't believe that people still think Disney World is going to open. Legitimately, it is blowing my mind.

 

[Katrina Y]

We are........

However there is a loud contingent that feels like their religion is under attack if they are forced to wear a mask. Happened a few days ago in Clearwater I want to say.

I wear a mask to my church and my church also hands out mask at the door. All the church staff wears mask.

 

[Spridell]

My pass was finally extended. I booked my January stay. I was not able to use any addition "AP" 3 dates.

Same.

I wonder how some are. Keep us updated if you can get more

 

[Mit88]

How did people NOT see this coming?

First of all, the states that are currently getting hit, never got hit as hard as they could have been in the first place.

Second of all, look at 3 of the states that are getting hit. Texas, Florida, Arizona. What do they all have in common other than none of them getting hit with a ton of cases in Mar/Apr/May....All 3 were among the first to reopen. And none of them required masks in most, if not all state counties.


Now if all of a sudden NY started having a sudden, enormous spike in cases again....Now thats something I wouldnt have seen coming.

 

[WonderlandisReality]

Hey guys...it's Friday, and things are starting to get a little nutso with outcoming news...who else is terrified of what the Friday Night News Dump may bring?

I will be astounded if it doesn’t happen tonight.

 

[Spridell]

Oga's Closed... Baseline closed...pool bars closed...

That could be a start.

The new Florida mandate applies to Bars only that serve ONLY alcohol and no food. And it says bars may remain open but alcohol can NOT be consumed inside the business. Only outside if they have outdoor area.

 

[WonderlandisReality]

Not to doom and gloom but some FL hospitals aren't saying what you are saying.

https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/n...--covid-19-cases--hospitalizations-increasing
Also, it's on a lag. More cases bring more hospitalizations. More of those can bring higher death tolls. I'm hoping in a week or so, however, that with knowledge gained, more ppe, and a lower median age that the death tolls do not rise.

The information that we watch our local region with for our own hospital shows FL overrun in early September and the information feeding that lags a bit. I have been increasingly concerned about an open then another shutdown in early Fall. If something doesn’t change in that state immediately it will effect WDW open.

 

[LSUmiss]

Texas of all places just announced they are rolling back their reopening plan to an earlier phase shutting back down all bars and lowering restauant capacity,

I wish we would close bars here again too. I think this is major problem.

 

[Spridell]

I'm not saying at all that its a religious stance.

There were just a few people at a town hall saying it would hurt their religion or something to that effect. Don't want to post the quote as it is kind of ridiculous, tbh.

Just pointing out that there is a ferver against making them mandatory here for a lot of weird reasons.

The masks order in South Florida excludes medical reasons and religious beliefs.

Where Disney is different is they are private property and dont have to oblige by health reasons and religious beliefs.

 

[Racheldb]

It would for me except I live in an area with similar trends. And here there are no theme parks, so it’s not that. It’s mostly young adults partying in large groups with no regard for themselves or others. It’s really obnoxious that one group is going to ruin it for everyone.

This is crazy. We have a VRBO rental beginning on July 10th (prior to our Disney trip) and the money is due today. So, now I have to decide today if I'm keeping the VRBO based on these #s...This week began stressful, now it is ending stressful! Yuck.

 

[Katrina Y]

I really dislike how often "young adults" get singled out, it isn't all of us, and it is not exclusively our fault. I haven't been inside of a grocery store since March and wear a mask every time that I go anywhere that isn't my house. I'm 27. Some of us are responsible and have been following the rules we have been given.

I've seen plenty of "older adults" not following the rules as well. It's a good mix. Every age group has people contributing to the problem.

Unfortunately, it’s human nature to play the blame game. It is easy, but wrong to blame whole groups of people. My 3 children are 17, 19, and 29 and they wear masks.

 

[Moliphino]

The new Florida mandate applies to Bars only that serve ONLY alcohol and no food. And it says bars may remain open but alcohol can NOT be consumed inside the business. Only outside if they have outdoor area.

Does the minuscule amount of food at Oga's count?

 

[BrianR]

For the emails sent out asking people to confirm reservations if they are before September 30, I called MS and they confirmed that email does not apply to DVC.

I got one for the DVC part of my stay, nothing for the Travelocity booked part though (to a closed resort nonetheless)

You're not an outlier because look at what is happening in the rest of the country. Texas, etc. Everywhere that started reopening back in May like this, this is happening. The only place in this country where this is not happening right now is the Northeast, and likely because they already got hit really hard and are reopening *really* slowly and cautiously with really good mask use and social distancing. But even up here in the Northeast, as we move forward with our reopening, I'm sure we'll start trending upward again too.

I'm in PA, and just last week we were praised for having the third best rates in declines. Now our numbers are on the rise again. Many in my area have been traced to Myrtle Beach.

We're going to have problems in PA. Our governor used color-coding for phases which was great until counties entered the "green" phase, which really means stuff is open but you should still do everything else (social distance, masks, etc). As soon as my area hit green those masks disappeared on about half of the people. I would say our bounceback in rates will start in about 3 weeks or so unless the other green areas are actually following all of the rules instead of green meaning "good to go and do whatever you want like before".