Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Mfowler7828]

Positivity rate has stayed steady as had hospitalizations and also we are coming on two weeks since these numbers started spiking and so far deaths are still going down. Disney is opening for AP visitors in a few days. People are going to go and hopefully have fun. I personally and leaving in two weeks and can’t wait. If that upsets you for some reason, sorry about your luck.

 

[cakebaker]

If that upsets you for some reason, sorry about your luck.

I just hope my luck holds out and people from my area traveling to FL don’t come back and infect people here.

 

[Llama mama]

Does anyone know if resorts will still accept grocery deliveries or would that fall under the new “package” rule where guests have to meet the delivery person to accept? I wasn’t sure if that had been specified. I’m guessing it’s not allowed but asking just in case.

Garden Grocery is posting on their FB page they have been delivering again.

 

[one_cat]

As of now, Minnie Vans don’t appear to be gone forever.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1279476923601739776

I would really like to see the Friendship Boats return.

 

[Mfowler7828]

I just hope my luck holds out and people from my area traveling to FL don’t come back and infect people here.

The truth is there is no place “safe”. I live in a small community and we had 42 cases from a apple picking orchard. Covid is everywhere, the states that are supposedly doing well are the ones who haven’t opened up most things, or have had so many cases already that a higher percentage has already had it and hopefully has some immunity to it.

 

[hertamaniac]

Maybe I’m confused but the title of this thread does not specify Disney. Other theme park news has been reported in here since day one of this thread.

And cruise news which I have been trying to keep going for forum folks in an effort to stay abreast of the situation both domestically and internationally. I follow the cruise lines with vigor.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I’m wondering if they’ll be adjusting park hours to open earlier once they get a handle on things to combat the heat?

I think heat will have no role in determining park hours. Once Disney gets their legs under them I would expect hours to start expanding.

 

[hertamaniac]

Still, from my personal observations, older people are still the number one group not wearing them at publix, also tourists have started to arrive,

I see the same demographics at our grocery stores (Publix, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market, etc.) not wearing masks, but am surrounded mostly by prominent 55+ "retirement" communities. So my observations may not be representative for other areas of central Florida.

 

[gottalovepluto]

As of now, Minnie Vans don’t appear to be gone forever.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1279476923601739776

Welp. This is as awkward as last year's Tiki Room rumor...

 

[Mit88]

Ok we get it

Florida has more cases. Positives are high. We get it. Next month another state will be in the same position.

Thankfully the vast overwhelming over 95 percent of them are going to get better and Many don’t even feel like they are sick.

At this point, people going in July already made up their mind about going to Disney

A lot of people on here are backhandedly trying to get people to change their opinion on going. If you don’t like it and don’t want to go, fine don’t. Stay home, but stop trying to influence other people to agree with you.

Some People don’t wanna open ever. It might not effect you but it affects tens of thousands

Have fun everyone going to Disney. Enjoy yourselves and stay safe

As long as theres water running from the sinks, soap from the dispensers, and my mask still fits around my face, I’m still going in August, and not a single stranger on the internet was ever going convince me to do otherwise. I feel bad for those that dont trust themselves enough to be able to leave their homes while also staying vigilant. And not even just Disney. Theres a lot of world to see, and only a limited amount of time on Earth to see it.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Now THAT is the official skyliner news I have been waiting for!! I feel like I need a full graphic with a formal announcement to trust anything at this point

Don't trust it until you're there!

Sincerely,
A Disneyland Fan

 

[one_cat]

My patients sit out in their air conditioned cars and wait until I bring them into the office. By noon, even the ones that I get to the moment they pull in the parking lot are registering above 101 degrees and with a forehead scan thermometer. They immediately come back down after a couple of minutes in the waiting room. So it will be very interesting to see how often this happens at the parks. Don’t panic if it registers high. It will most likely combe down quickly when you cool down.

I’m sure Disney will change their protocol if they get a lot of false positives.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I believe the watercraft would be like the boats to MK and Disney Springs from the resorts.

Definitely a bummer as the demand for DS is going to be pretty hopping with the parks closing so early...

 

[cakebaker]

As long as theres water running from the sinks, soap from the dispensers, and my mask still fits around my face, I’m still going in August, and not a single stranger on the internet was ever going convince me to do otherwise. I feel bad for those that dont trust themselves enough to be able to leave their homes while also staying vigilant. And not even just Disney. Theres a lot of world to see, and only a limited amount of time on Earth to see it.

You’re free to do whatever you want to but I’m not sure why you feel the need to be insulting to those of us who have chosen not to engage in what medical experts deem to be a very risky activity.

Just because we made the decision not to visit a theme park in a state with record setting covid cases, doesn’t mean we don’t trust ourselves to leave our homes.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I wonder how long the leases were on the vans? Perhaps the leases have just coincidentally ran out during the shutdown and that's why the current vans are going back, and any plans for replacements may have then been put on hold during the shutdown.

I would think they don't all come off lease at the same time as the fleet has been acquired and updated at different times. When I was there in Nov one of the drivers said the new cars they were getting were coming in as Suburbans so they could also do airport/port runs. Idk if that was true but it would be very odd for those to be coincidentally coming off lease the same time as cars they've had for a couple years. It could be there is a lease termination clause they can enact if they want. Pay early penalty and be done with it.
...Or it could be absolutely nothing because apparently Disney has no intention of scrapping the Minnie Van program after all. Which would make me very happy as I loved it.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

As long as theres water running from the sinks, soap from the dispensers, and my mask still fits around my face, I’m still going in August, and not a single stranger on the internet was ever going convince me to do otherwise. I feel bad for those that dont trust themselves enough to be able to leave their homes while also staying vigilant. And not even just Disney. Theres a lot of world to see, and only a limited amount of time on Earth to see it.

Where have you gotten the idea that people who are not freely going out don’t trust themselves? I think for the vast majority of us the problem is other people as well as the precautions we can take not being a guarantee. If you’ve found a way to control for those two, especially other people, please share your secrets lol.

 

[SierraT]

As long as theres water running from the sinks, soap from the dispensers, and my mask still fits around my face, I’m still going in August, and not a single stranger on the internet was ever going convince me to do otherwise. I feel bad for those that dont trust themselves enough to be able to leave their homes while also staying vigilant. And not even just Disney. Theres a lot of world to see, and only a limited amount of time on Earth to see it.

"Fear is the mind-killer." ~ Frank Herbert

 

[Janet McDonald]

Just posted

 

[DGsAtBLT]

The narrative that you’re brave if you go and live life as normal and scared if you limit is ridiculous.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Warning to monthly paid APs, I’m seeing lots of people reporting more charges hitting today. Check your banks/cards.