Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[TropicalDIS]

yes, both were open at the same time

Thanks for your reports today @yulilin3

Did you get any merch?

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Count me in with those who think clusters are bound to happen for a few reasons - distancing to the proper degree and never coming closer is unnatural to everything we’ve known up until this point and requires conscious thought not to do it so there will be slip ups, some people will just not be putting any effort in unless they’re forced by CM, and in practice there may be bottleneck areas at various times/places.

It’s why proper mask wearing is so important, and why it’s something we just need to deal with as much as we possibly can (in Disney and out). Despite everyone’s best efforts it’s near impossible to *always* keep a safe distance away from people, especially if you’re actively going places with crowds and not just popping into the grocery store once a week.

Sorry M word haters. They’re why we can sit here today gushing over characters, the castle, and rabid Disney ducks.

 

[hertamaniac]

Norwegian Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean team up to make an expert safety panel for getting their ships sailing again.

https://www.travelandleisure.com/cruises/norwegian-royal-caribbean-healthy-sail-panel-safer-ships

 

[osufeth24]

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Oh I know, I was just thinking it was later and wanna ask if she could look for something

 

[MrsSmith07]

@yulilin3 Did you notice if they were still doing popcorn buckets? Curious if they're allowing refills.

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks for your reports today @yulilin3

Did you get any merch?

no, I'm pretty broke and this is one of the reasons I live stream I did eat my nutella fruit waffle from Sleepy Hollow so it was a succesfull day
We're going to have videos on SiDisney about safety and social distancing procedures, one about the surprise character parades, a look all around the castle, make sure to subscribe to the channel on youtube. Not sure if anyone else from the DisUnplugged team was there today

 

[yulilin3]

@yulilin3 Did you notice if they were still doing popcorn buckets? Curious if they're allowing refills.

I did not see any buckets at all and they are selling popcorn

 

[AmberMV]

No ceremony, but all the CM were on Main Street welcoming us back home. I was on the very first monorail to arrive so it was super empty, walked right on to everything, including PP you can watch the stream from the beginning since it's on FB now

Great thanks! I see what you mean, it was VERY empty first thing. But I know you said that parking was a cluster this morning and TONS of people were trying to get to the park at the same time, how did that all disperse so quickly?

 

[TropicalDIS]

no, I'm pretty broke and this is one of the reasons I live stream I did eat my nutella fruit waffle from Sleepy Hollow so it was a succesfull day
We're going to have videos on SiDisney about safety and social distancing procedures, one about the surprise character parades, a look all around the castle, make sure to subscribe to the channel on youtube. Not sure if anyone else from the DisUnplugged team was there today

Many thanks for your livestream! That Nutella fruit waffle sounds amazing, never had it.

I will check it out. Thanks Yulilin, look forward to your next report!

 

[wareagle57]

Just got home from a full day. I was the first car in the parking lot this morning (after being told to circle the speedway twice) and I think on the first monorail. Several people passed me on the way to security so I’m not 100% sure.

We did every ride other than Jungle Cruise and the Mark Twain. We did Mine train and the mountains twice each and Space 4 times. I’m not sure why Space was a walk-on all day but BTMR and Splash had 30-50 posted waits after noon. Maybe BTMR was the recipient of Splash hype.

We didn’t head straight for a ride like normal but soaked up Main Street and took pictures. The wall of CMs welcoming us back almost brought me to tears. It was magical. We went back to Main Street to rent a locker after our first ride on Splash and stocking up on Splash gear. I wish we had just chilled on MS more because I missed a lot of the characters but we did see tink and the move it shakeit crew.

At the end of the day the Fab 5 and move it shake it crew were on top of the train station waving goodbye. if this becomes a daily thing and you don’t want to miss it, get there BEFORE closing. We walked up right at the end because we got one last ride in and we’re taking pictures.

MAIN STREET IS THE PLACE TO BE. I might be biased because that’s my land, but I loved it before I worked there and I just felt the most Disney Magic there today with special interactions. Seriously something new every 20 minutes.

The rest of the park was great with how empty it was, but nothing extra special about it other than that. I still wouldn’t recommend people visit right now if you only come every so often. But for regulars, the empty walkways just makes for a very special day. Even if the lines had been long (they weren’t) I would have easily agreed to the trade off of never having to get within 6 feet of anyone.

At about 6:30 Mine Train said 30 minutes but it was a literal walk-in. As in, we walked 100% straight through and boarded immediately. I was wondering if there were even 1000 people in the park at this point. It was an absolute ghost town until we hit Main Street, which still wasn’t that crowded.

I may or may not have spent more on merch today (before 50% off) than I have in the last 10 years combined. I am super frugal and rarely buy anything. But that 50% off made things way too tempting.

Finally... Complaints. I really don’t have many. Guests were great with their masks. I saw very few noses out and I don’t think I saw anyone with them off. Of course these are mostly CMs so it’s expected. Boarding the monorail was a bit of a clusterf but it was literally their first attempt at it. They’ll figure it out. My only nitpick would be that Disney needs to add social distancing markers to the exit queues. ESPECIALLY Space Mountain. It’s so long and narrow so you are 100% guaranteed to be slowed down more than someone else will like. We kept 6 feet behind the people no matter how slow, but people behind us sometimes were breathing down our necks. I stopped to let them pass but they still didn’t get it. I really think some people just don’t understand rather than not caring.

Overall, it was a much needed and amazing return to the most magical place on earth since we left the evening of March 15. I can’t wait to go back Thursday and just soak it in and relax.

 

[scrappinginontario]

I’ve heard that the food court at pop century is not doing breakfast. Does anyone know if capt cooks at the poly is open for breakfast? I would love to go there Friday morning before Magic Kingdom opens. I can pull up the menu online but they didn’t have hours listed for it

You were given incorrect information. Pop IS open for breakfast, just offering a reduced menu.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/pop-century-resort/everything-pop-dining/menus/

 

[jkh36619]

I am not on Facebook either.

No Facebook here either. Or Twitter or Snapchat or anything. Just read and post on a small handful of forums. Life is less stressful.

 

[AmberMV]

Just got home from a full day. I was the first car in the parking lot this morning (after being told to circle the speedway twice) and I think on the first monorail. Several people passed me on the way to security so I’m not 100% sure.

We did every ride other than Jungle Cruise and the Mark Twain. We did Mine train and the mountains twice each and Space 4 times. I’m not sure why Space was a walk-on all day but BTMR and Splash had 30-50 posted waits after noon. Maybe BTMR was the recipient of Splash hype.

We didn’t head straight for a ride like normal but soaked up Main Street and took pictures. The wall of CMs welcoming us back almost brought me to tears. It was magical. We went back to Main Street to rent a locker after our first ride on Splash and stocking up on Splash gear. I wish we had just chilled on MS more because I missed a lot of the characters but we did see tink and the move it shakeit crew.

At the end of the day the Fab 5 and move it shake it crew were on top of the train station waving goodbye. if this becomes a daily thing and you don’t want to miss it, get there BEFORE closing. We walked up right at the end because we got one last ride in and we’re taking pictures.

MAIN STREET IS THE PLACE TO BE. I might be biased because that’s my land, but I loved it before I worked there and I just felt the most Disney Magic there today with special interactions. Seriously something new every 20 minutes.

The rest of the park was great with how empty it was, but nothing extra special about it other than that. I still wouldn’t recommend people visit right now if you only come every so often. But for regulars, the empty walkways just makes for a very special day. Even if the lines had been long (they weren’t) I would have easily agreed to the trade off of never having to get within 6 feet of anyone.

At about 6:30 Mine Train said 30 minutes but it was a literal walk-in. As in, we walked 100% straight through and boarded immediately. I was wondering if there were even 1000 people in the park at this point. It was an absolute ghost town until we hit Main Street, which still wasn’t that crowded.

I may or may not have spent more on merch today (before 50% off) than I have in the last 10 years combined. I am super frugal and rarely buy anything. But that 50% off made things way too tempting.

Finally... Complaints. I really don’t have many. Guests were great with their masks. I saw very few noses out and I don’t think I saw anyone with them off. Of course these are mostly CMs so it’s expected. Boarding the monorail was a bit of a clusterf but it was literally their first attempt at it. They’ll figure it out. My only nitpick would be that Disney needs to add social distancing markers to the exit queues. ESPECIALLY Space Mountain. It’s so long and narrow so you are 100% guaranteed to be slowed down more than someone else will like. We kept 6 feet behind the people no matter how slow, but people behind us sometimes were breathing down our necks. I stopped to let them pass but they still didn’t get it. I really think some people just don’t understand rather than not caring.

Overall, it was a much needed and amazing return to the most magical place on earth since we left the evening of March 15. I can’t wait to go back Thursday and just soak it in and relax.

Thanks for the review of the NEW Disney! And best wishes returning back to work to make memories for the rest of us soon!

 

[LSUmiss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1280583868924428289

I hope those ppl are in one party! If not, why is social distancing such a hard concept?!!

 

[imjustafatkid]

Just got home from a full day. I was the first car in the parking lot this morning (after being told to circle the speedway twice) and I think on the first monorail. Several people passed me on the way to security so I’m not 100% sure.

We did every ride other than Jungle Cruise and the Mark Twain. We did Mine train and the mountains twice each and Space 4 times. I’m not sure why Space was a walk-on all day but BTMR and Splash had 30-50 posted waits after noon. Maybe BTMR was the recipient of Splash hype.

We didn’t head straight for a ride like normal but soaked up Main Street and took pictures. The wall of CMs welcoming us back almost brought me to tears. It was magical. We went back to Main Street to rent a locker after our first ride on Splash and stocking up on Splash gear. I wish we had just chilled on MS more because I missed a lot of the characters but we did see tink and the move it shakeit crew.

At the end of the day the Fab 5 and move it shake it crew were on top of the train station waving goodbye. if this becomes a daily thing and you don’t want to miss it, get there BEFORE closing. We walked up right at the end because we got one last ride in and we’re taking pictures.

MAIN STREET IS THE PLACE TO BE. I might be biased because that’s my land, but I loved it before I worked there and I just felt the most Disney Magic there today with special interactions. Seriously something new every 20 minutes.

The rest of the park was great with how empty it was, but nothing extra special about it other than that. I still wouldn’t recommend people visit right now if you only come every so often. But for regulars, the empty walkways just makes for a very special day. Even if the lines had been long (they weren’t) I would have easily agreed to the trade off of never having to get within 6 feet of anyone.

At about 6:30 Mine Train said 30 minutes but it was a literal walk-in. As in, we walked 100% straight through and boarded immediately. I was wondering if there were even 1000 people in the park at this point. It was an absolute ghost town until we hit Main Street, which still wasn’t that crowded.

I may or may not have spent more on merch today (before 50% off) than I have in the last 10 years combined. I am super frugal and rarely buy anything. But that 50% off made things way too tempting.

Finally... Complaints. I really don’t have many. Guests were great with their masks. I saw very few noses out and I don’t think I saw anyone with them off. Of course these are mostly CMs so it’s expected. Boarding the monorail was a bit of a clusterf but it was literally their first attempt at it. They’ll figure it out. My only nitpick would be that Disney needs to add social distancing markers to the exit queues. ESPECIALLY Space Mountain. It’s so long and narrow so you are 100% guaranteed to be slowed down more than someone else will like. We kept 6 feet behind the people no matter how slow, but people behind us sometimes were breathing down our necks. I stopped to let them pass but they still didn’t get it. I really think some people just don’t understand rather than not caring.

Overall, it was a much needed and amazing return to the most magical place on earth since we left the evening of March 15. I can’t wait to go back Thursday and just soak it in and relax.

Every part of your story from today makes me super excited. I hope it's still dead like this in August.

 

[rteetz]

I hope those ppl are in one party! If not, why is social distancing such a hard concept?!!

We obviously don’t know that but for more context I have yet to see another photo like this anywhere. Today seemed to go very well in terms of compliance.

 

[yulilin3]

Great thanks! I see what you mean, it was VERY empty first thing. But I know you said that parking was a cluster this morning and TONS of people were trying to get to the park at the same time, how did that all disperse so quickly?

They scattered people loading monorail and ferry
So they group you before you even go on thre ramps, no cluster of people on the loading platforms

 

[yulilin3]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2438974823068128&id=100008669016411Here's the link of small world boat getting cleaned

 

[LSUmiss]

☹ I wish I could watch them!! I am probably one of the few people in the world that does not have Facebook!

I don’t!

 

[Mit88]

I don’t!

I think that’s like 15 of us that have said that we don’t have Facebook. I think that’s a sign @yulilin3 that you need to bring your content to YouTube for us all to enjoy and appreciate