Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Dulcee]

It really sucks for FW Cabins. I'm not a fan of that resort to start with, but to have to deal with their bus system and no other option would make me stay home. I'm just not seeing the safety reasons for not running boats. They seem a lot safer to me than enclosed, air conditioned busses.

Capacity maybe? With social distancing on some of the smaller launches how many could you realistically put on at once, maybe it just wasn't worth it or they anticipated it creating lines?

 

[peaceluv&mickeymouse]

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

I said the same thing weeks ago and got laughed off stage.

That money coming in is good for us fans.

I also wish it was shocking that 10 pages of this thread have been about a fence.

I always thought the same. Good deal for Disney to re coup lost money.

 

[Aeralie]

Many may be happy to hear multiple Epcot construction projects are again seeing movement today. Better late than never... perhaps more literally than ever at this point!

 

[Doingitagain]

Is anyone else missing the park reservations that they made under "My Plans"?

You might try that question on this thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/disney-world-reservation-system-post-1-for-links.3805139/page-261

 

[hertamaniac]

Super Nintendo World opening delayed.

https://www.engadget.com/universal-delays-super-nintendo-world-theme-park-214833102.html

 

[hertamaniac]

It really sucks for FW Cabins. I'm not a fan of that resort to start with, but to have to deal with their bus system and no other option would make me stay home. I'm just not seeing the safety reasons for not running boats. They seem a lot safer to me than enclosed, air conditioned busses.

I'm a huge fan of FW and the cabins, but you're right.....if they are only running buses then it's not good. We like boat hopping from FW so this will really limit the experience.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

It really sucks for FW Cabins. I'm not a fan of that resort to start with, but to have to deal with their bus system and no other option would make me stay home. I'm just not seeing the safety reasons for not running boats. They seem a lot safer to me than enclosed, air conditioned busses.

I think it’s just due to capacity. Only a small
number of people would fit socially distanced on the boats, and they can’t just deploy more boats to make up for the low capacity. With closed resorts, they can deploy more buses to make up for the low capacity.

 

[Ariel 1715]

Ding ding ding! We have a winner!

I said the same thing weeks ago and got laughed off stage.

That money coming in is good for us fans.

I also wish it was shocking that 10 pages of this thread have been about a fence.

I agree! Can't we just get back to days of giving park information and tips? Everyday it is a new argument about masks, tickets, fences, NBA etc... Disney has to do what they have to do to survive. We are in the middle of a horrible pandemic that no one has had to deal with before! Yes this may be inconvenient but everyone does have a choice if it bothers you that bad go another time!

 

[Betty Rohrer]

I think it’s just due to capacity. Only a small
number of people would fit socially distanced on the boats, and they can’t just deploy more boats to make up for the low capacity. With closed resorts, they can deploy more buses to make up for the low capacity.

I agree think about the number of people on the boat and then cut that number in half then add the time to get to MK. how many boat are you going to wait to get there for opening? I remember one night waiting 6 boats on way back at closing. so yes I think buses will be better but different

 

[Chumpieboy]

How bout N-DIS

Law and Mobile Order?

 

[BrianR]

I hear this kind of thing all the time. Parks shouldn't be so expensive so everybody can go or NBA/NFL/college football shouldn't be so expensive that an average family an go. The problem on all of this is there is a limited capacity. If you made say NFL games $10 a ticket all that would happen is they are sold out in 2-3 minutes if that and that average family still likely can't go unless they could be online right when tickets went on sale and got very lucky. Theme parks are the same. There is still only so much capacity. It sucks but it is reality. There is simply no way to allow all 380M people in the US access to the parks even if you wanted to. It sucks that it is expensive and I get that - I hate spending as much money I do though I often go on a very low budget. It is even worse in a pandemic but even before covid if you made tickets $20 for WDW it would be so crowded nobody would have a good time.

But is it really limited when only MK goes into capacity throttle mode 2 days a year? The limitation is the ticket price. It's like cars, you can either go for volume sales, or you can go premium on price / "amenities / luxury" and lower volume. Over the last 30 years you can see the slow trend to the latter. They could still be rolling an under $100 ticket price and have plenty of capacity, they just don't want the CM overhead to do it or the volume, because the slow period you would have to cut CM staff, which doesn't look good in analyst reports.

As for the fence at YC, they could very well have put up fence all along the walkway, but a $1000 fence job is much cheaper than a $50000 fence job, especially when you have to buy hundreds of mattresses and microwaves for these NBA rooms. Fitting the requirements as cheap as possible is why the fence is the way it is there, no doubt about it.

 

[Eric Smith]

Would the fences be up at DVC resorts? Would DVC members who own at those resorts be inconvenced in a variety of ways if the NBA wasn't there? Would the "regular guests" have been able to remain at the resorts inhabited by the NBA and MLS? I think the answer to most or all of these questions is yes.

So many Disney apologists. SMH

How are DVC owners inconvenienced? The only amenity that you could argue was taken away due to the NBA is SAB, but that's debatable. There are fences up around Yacht Club and part of the Grand Floridian, but that's about it.

 

[1GoldenSun]

I'm at Boardwalk now and my son and I sat on a bench outside of Beach Club and watched the fence being put up yesterday. It's kind of ugly but I don't think it's really a big deal. If you want to take a walk or run you can go to Beach Club and back or to Hollywood Studios. People walking to Epcot from the Swan and Dolphin will have a slightly longer walk but not too bad.

If this becomes an annual event maybe they'll come up with a better way of doing things.

 

[chicagoshannon]

What do we think about places like Garden Grill, if they still do breakfast, being open before park hours?

I would think no breakfast at all since Epcot doesn't open until 11am.

 

[LSUmiss]

I agree! Can't we just get back to days of giving park information and tips? Everyday it is a new argument about masks, tickets, fences, NBA etc... Disney has to do what they have to do to survive. We are in the middle of a horrible pandemic that no one has had to deal with before! Yes this may be inconvenient but everyone does have a choice if it bothers you that bad go another time!

I agree for the most part; however, it becomes an argument when ppl insist on telling others their complaints aren’t valid & they need to to just be happy to give Disney money b/c it’s a pandemic. Just let ppl vent if they want & ignore it if you (collective) don’t agree.

 

[Davdingo]

Many may be happy to hear multiple Epcot construction projects are again seeing movement today. Better late than never... perhaps more literally than ever at this point!

some may bypass this post of yours but I'm extremely excited for the construction to start up again. Epcot needs it badly. any glimmer of hope is still....well hope

 

[Anna_Sh]

Many may be happy to hear multiple Epcot construction projects are again seeing movement today. Better late than never... perhaps more literally than ever at this point!

Do we know which ones?

 

[gottalovepluto]

Yes but if that pool isn’t staffed than that’s an issue. SAB requires a decent amount of staff.

SAB risk of injury is also a lot higher than at the quiet pool.

 

[Dentam]

I agree for the most part; however, it becomes an argument when ppl insist on telling others their complaints aren’t valid & they need to to just be happy to give Disney money b/c it’s a pandemic. Just let ppl vent if they want & ignore it if you (collective) don’t agree.

Most of the comments I've seen here have been telling people to reschedule if the changes are too much for them, not to be happy giving Disney money during a pandemic.

 

[Krandor]

I'm at Boardwalk now and my son and I sat on a bench outside of Beach Club and watched the fence being put up yesterday. It's kind of ugly but I don't think it's really a big deal. If you want to take a walk or run you can go to Beach Club and back or to Hollywood Studios. People walking to Epcot from the Swan and Dolphin will have a slightly longer walk but not too bad.

If this becomes an annual event maybe they'll come up with a better way of doing things.

And S&D currentty has MLS players who won't be going to epcot. By the time MLS finishes probably will be close to when NBA will be out of YC. So doubt there will be a large period of time where S&D guests are inconvienced.