Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Falcon2xp]

Was it the ride itself or walking through the pavilion to get to it that was the issue? I love the theming, but it can get kind of tight in their even without a pandemic.

What I saw when I was there about 2 pm is that when I entered the entrance in the right by the tequila bar was a mess the line was so long for the bar that when almost to the entrance of the pre room and little space to walk between to get into the pavilion so you have to cross side by side people and surprise that they where not cast member distancing everyone..
If you go the other side in the left it was fine. And the pavilion wasn’t busy.
the ride in the other hand felt very very tight because the flexi glass panels they installed and in the end of each waiting line is open so you will have to cross with people when you are making the loop in the line till you get to the boat. I have a interesting video but not sure how to post it here.

 

[Falcon2xp]

Yes, I'd like to apply my $40,000 initial Club 33 membership cost and my $12,000 Annual dues to my $350 AP please

Is that really how much is cost the club 33 membership? . Most be nice!

 

[Falcon2xp]

A question for everyone just for curiosity to know what everyone thinks
I notice that when you get in any ride at Epcot the cast members are not cleaning the rides every time someone leaves ( I am sure they are routine cleaning schedule with amazing Technology that I don’t know) but I have been to their park this month like sea world and many others and universal specially that every time some one leave you can see how the employee cleans the car with some sort of sanitizer. And then you step in.
my question is how do I know that in that few minutes that you are In The ride with people like me sweeting from the heat or whatever Don’t have a risk to get more infected than cleaning it lest say very 5 minutes. why Disney didn’t want to take advantage of the cast members that they are already there to clean like others are doing just as a layer protection? Even if is a show or not.

 

[AmberMV]

Is that really how much is cost the club 33 membership? . Most be nice!

I don't have one, I just did a google search. It's like one of those "Don't call us, we'll call you" type of clubs

 

[anthony2k7]

In all seriousness,


Another Carpets of Aladdin could probably fit in that area. Cheap, a big time people eating E ticket attraction. And who wouldn’t want a 2nd Carpets of Aladdin?


Experimental
Prototype
Carpets
Of
Tomorrow

It’s like its always been meant to be

Nah. Popup splash gift shop is surely the best solution. Its not important that it's the wrong park etc. Any opportunity to make cash right now needs exploiting.

 

[vinotinto]

My point isn't that we shouldn't be safe and wear masks and distance .. quite the contrary. If wearing masks allows a place like Disney be open .. great. Let's do it and let people make their choice if they want to go there or not. I feel it should have been open with a lot of these measures months ago when things weren't near as bad in Florida.

I guess my point was I don't like to see this fear of the virus ... and the shaming that goes with it ... infecting everyone. Especially because not EVERYONE has the virus .. not even close. A super small portion of people actually do. So you see someone not wearing a mask? Odds are pretty good they aren't infecting anyone. No need to take a picture and post it on social media of how "unsafe" they are being.

Actually, data indicates that in a gathering of 10,000 people in Orange County, you have a 99% chance of being exposed:

https://covid19risk.biosci.gatech.edu/
Also, as to whether this person pulling down a mask is infecting others, you assume that everyone in that crowd has an equal chance of carrying the virus. But, some have a higher chance than others, depending on their previous behaviors. Pulling down a mask, in an indoor space, at an amusement park, with people close by, indicates a risky behavior. If they are engaging in a risky behavior here, chances are they have engaged in a risky behavior previously that could have put them in contact with the virus (past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior). So, there will be people with COVID at Disney and those that engaged in risky behavior are more likely to have been exposed. We should not minimize that what they are doing is unsafe. I do see the point that shaming in an online forum is rather pointless, but there needs to be a way to communicate to Disney that unsafe behaviors are taking place.

All of this is a moot point though. Proper face covering is required at all times except for swimming and when sitting down to dine. This person does not have an appropriate face covering at that moment and is violating the rules they agreed to when they set foot in Epcot.

 

[Hummingbird]

Do we know what time they are releasing more AP park passes for July/Aug? There seems to be no change to the availability calendar yet.

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

Do we know what time they are releasing more AP park passes for July/Aug? There seems to be no change to the availability calendar yet.

I’m wondering the same thing. They’ve added AK for today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Hope there’s more coming or that was a waste of an email blast.

 

[Hummingbird]

I’m wondering the same thing. They’ve added AK for today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Hope there’s more coming or that was a waste of an email blast.

Yea I just refreshed and saw the AK availability. I also hope there is more, it's getting very hard to give Disney the benefit of the doubt though.

 

[Yooperroo]

In general the experience in the park was good and love the princess in the show case make me feel like I was a Disney.
oh and if you feel a little nervous of a lot of people next to you just skip the Mexico ride this time .

I completely agree with this. Being in the Mexico pavilion/ride is the ONLY time over the last 4 days my husband and I felt extremely uncomfortable. There needs to be a capacity limit for the building itself. We have 2 more days at EPCOT on this trip and unless they change and adjust, we won't go back to it.

 

[Hummingbird]

Ok looks like they are adding one park at a time because there is now availability for AK all weekend days July/Aug and also some DHS weekend availability also

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I’m wondering the same thing. They’ve added AK for today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Hope there’s more coming or that was a waste of an email blast.

CM: the passholders are getting upset that there isn't enough available

Middle manager: ok, we'll announce that we will give them some more availability

...

CM: ok, I added some more to a few days for Animal Kingdom now to the next park ...

Middle Manager: no, no, our work here is done.

CM:

Middle Manager: do they like be me again yet?

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

We got next week! Tues - MK, Thurs - AK, and Sat - HS! I hate that you have to pick day then park and see availability one at a time. I wish I'd done something other that Saturday at HS, but I saw it, had a heart attack, and grabbed it! Now to ask off work, make reservations, etc. I just emailed my boss and was like..."Hey - I played Russian Roulette with my Disney pass this morning...what's going on next week?"

 

[BrianR]

Ok looks like they are adding one park at a time because there is now availability for AK all weekend days July/Aug and also some DHS weekend availability also

Based on yesterday DHS shouldn't get any more availability. That was... bad. Plus I thought all the three buckets were full for that park, so that wouldn't be a reallocation, but an expansion?

 

[Jillfo]

Yea I just refreshed and saw the AK availability. I also hope there is more, it's getting very hard to give Disney the benefit of the doubt though.

I just received a notification from MDE that more AP park reservations are available now.

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

As of last night, the "theme park tickets" bucket still had green for DHS on Sat, 7/25. That's why I checked it first. After I booked it, though, the availability calendar showed that it had AP dates for Friday 7/24, too. I didn't want to risk losing our day to try to move it to Friday. Sucks there's no "modify" option. With all or nothing, you can't risk losing what you've got.

 

[Hummingbird]

And I just got the push notification

Based on yesterday DHS shouldn't get any more availability. That was... bad. Plus I thought all the three buckets were full for that park, so that wouldn't be a reallocation, but an expansion?

I'm not sure cause I thought there was still some DHS availability for the other buckets in August? I haven't watched that to closely because I had no plans on going to DHS because I kind of figured it would be a waste for me since my grandson can only ride one ride and there are no shows

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

I'm not sure cause I thought there was still some DHS availability for the other buckets in August? I haven't watched that to closely because I had no plans on going to DHS because I kind of figured it would be a waste for me since my grandson can only ride one ride and there are no shows

There wasn't all-park availability until 8/17. I've been watching it closely because we want to go down. When Park Pass was first announced we picked days for the end of July, but my husband's pre-planning got moved around to where we couldn't go that week at all. So, I cancelled all of those (don't know if they went back into the bucket...if they did I never saw them) and we were up at 6 AM repeatedly refreshing for the additions today.

 

[Hummingbird]

I was trying to swap out an Epcot Sunday for an Epcot Saturday for my daughter and got dropped into the waiting room

 

[lauraingalls]

Yesterday it was reported that there was no one in the temp tents during a thunderstorm & ppl were wondering if they weren’t doing temp scans. Today at MK they weren’t in the tent b/c of a storm but were at the security check point with the bag scan. So they were still doing temp checks.

We came back to HS yesterday during a storm and the temp takers were by security. I reported it the other day. Yeah I was glad to see that. They might have always been there. I just didn't notice it as we were leaving the other day.