Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Rxdr2013]

I'll be there with you, July 22-July 29 at BWV.

Our 21-24 is at Boardwalk too! Then we head over to Animal Kingdom

 

[TwoMisfits]

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.

Those 3 states are also where folks were outside all spring...and now head inside b/c the heat and/or humidity is too brutal in summer...it's a reversal from March where the folks in the north were inside with heat while those states were outside...

Plus, the protests, especially in TX, where they traced a huge outbreak to Houston's, didn't help...people together for hours in confined spaces seems to be a really bad idea (not that we didn't already know that...but now we really do)...

Of course, that also makes theme park lines even more problematic...

 

[KBoopaloo]

My larger concern for Disney is the Orange County numbers.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276526835430547456

 

[mshanson3121]

I didn't read all that hoopla, so I only vaguely know what you're referring to.

I haven't been on the site since I booked my parks yesterday and it was fine then.

You didn't miss much, just Disney just putting out an official comment stating that (paraphrasing) all the issues people were having booking were user error, not Disney IT error. Y'know, just blaming the guest....

 

[Spridell]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276553422657982469

 

[dlavender]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276553422657982469

Really not a shock...

It will be in Disney’s hands.

 

[SaintsManiac]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276553422657982469

Of course he doesn't.

 

[cakebaker]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276553422657982469

Of course he doesn't. Disney will have to decide just how much risk they want to take.

 

[SwirlTheCitrus]

If I could only be at BW now - spend a day at the pools and walking around the EPCOT resorts, hit the hot tub, walk over to the YC lighthouse, stare into the water to see the fish moving around between the sunny and shady areas, take a short nap and then in the evening grab a slice or 2 of pizza from the window and possibly a margarita, then head over to B&C take out for a sundae and sit out on a bench watching whatever boats are on the water and other folks milling around while the lights of the various buildings start to sparkle - I would consider it a full day. I can see this so clear in my mind I can almost smell the various EPCOT resort lobby scents.

I think many of you folks need to do this too, go to a happy place now before yet another shoe drops.

I was just saying that.. everything is such a downer right now, I need my Disney. All I want is to sit on a bench and eat a mickey shaped snack, listening to the boats. Also on BW.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Came out today that 16 players just tested positive

I see no issue with this. Teams haven't been together. Those players can now go into quarantine and will be tested again before heading down to Orlando. Or not go at all.

 

[Mit88]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276553422657982469

I am so shocked

 

[cakebaker]

I see no issue with this. Teams haven't been together. Those players can now go into quarantine and will be tested again before heading down to Orlando. Or not go at all.

Really, all they need to do is put them in hermetically sealed bags, drop them off at a resort, no staff at the resorts, no one fixing them food or cleaning their rooms, no one driving them back and forth to practices and games- they're all good to go. It can work.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Of course he doesn't.

He's forgetting that WDW being open or not, no one is going to want to come to his state and spend money if he doesn't right this ship ASAP.

 

[gwynne]

I see no issue with this. Teams haven't been together. Those players can now go into quarantine and will be tested again before heading down to Orlando. Or not go at all.

Just to add-No release of info yet about the results of coaches and staff.

 

[SaintsManiac]

He's forgetting that WDW being open or not, no one is going to want to come to his state and spend money if he doesn't right this ship ASAP.

I said on another thread the you could not pay me to go to FL right now. Not even a free trip to WDW would get me there.

 

[dlavender]

I’m almost certain that they’ve had analysts that have told them all possible scenarios. Its not like Florida is the first state that has gotten hit. There’s a lot of available data out there to have given them an idea of what could happen. Did they know a 13% positive rate would occur? No. But I’m sure they had it in data spreads that it was a possibility and what they’d do if that occurred.

It will come down. Thats 100% a guarantee. We just don’t know how soon. But as I said, if you look at more populated cities and states that have gotten hit harder than Florida, and see how the states differ in population density, one can assume from there how long it may take. Thats not absolute, none of this is. Doctors and Scientists have been wrong many times in the last 3.5 months. But one can assume Florida will rise, peak, and decline much quicker than NYC.

I want to say the highest it ever got in NY was 12k cases in a day, FL is catching up. Hopefully the fall like you say is at least just as quick.

But no one knows, not even the analysts in Lake Buena Vista.

If it sustains 17% positive rate in Orange County and cases continue on the same path for the next 5 days I do think they make the decision to push back a few weeks.

As I said, I hope they don’t find theirselves in that spot.

 

[parasail_of_congress]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I would think a concern with respect to the virus are the underground tunnels that CMs use to access various parts of the park. As a guest, I don't know much about these tunnels. Is there actual air flow down there? They seem reasonably spacious in some of the pictures and videos I have seen, but are there also gathering spaces down there? It seems to be like it would be the perfect breeding ground for a virus.

 

[birostick]

Okay, I read the Emergency order for the Bars "suspending on premises consumption of alcohol at bars statewide."

It basically bring Florida back to Phase 1.

Bars (More than 50% of sales are alcohol based) cannot have people inside them consuming drinks (TO GO drinks only) if they choose to be open
Restaurants (Less than 50% of sales are alcohol based) can continue serving drinks to consume inside

Attached Emergency Order.

 

[hertamaniac]

DeSantis to hold press conference this afternoon. I didn't see a time, but on Florida Channel it might be starting at 2 PM.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

My larger concern for Disney is the Orange County numbers.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1276526835430547456

Again, for comparison, Orange County Florida alone now has significantly more positive tests than the entire state of NY.