Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[LSUmiss]

I don’t know that guests who pick up covid will run to the media over it, even though people are typically quick to blame things on Disney.

More likely, I think some guests will keep that they caught it quiet because they don’t want to be judged for the decisions they made. I don’t think we’ll ever have an accurate idea of cases from Disney unless we hear about it from a CM perspective - staffing issues, etc.

OR b/c how on Earth could they possibly know exactly where they got it.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

I am just confused about why you seem surprised to find people who plan to engage in vacations and unnecessary travel to theme parks on a Disney discussion board. Know your audience. Obviously, some of us here (on the Disboards) are actively planning trips to Disney.

This isn’t a trip planning thread right? I think a rumors and news thread based on operational updates related to covid has a bit of a different appeal. The threads on the rumors and news board are always filled with folks who have an interest in Disney and following, speculating and commenting on decisions the company makes. Not usually just people planning trips. More commenting on the company, company decisions, the future, etc.

I have concerns about Disney being open, but I’m not going to hop into the TPAS, happy dance threads, etc. and share those concerns there.

 

[disneyfan150]

I think a lot of the local APs are blocked until August (like I am). I expect the number of APs at the parks to pick up once the lower tier passes can get in.

When will the lower tier passes be able to get in?

 

[AmberMV]

When will the lower tier passes be able to get in?

Aug 7, hence why August avail looks awful

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Right, but this isn’t a trip planning thread right? I think a rumors and news thread based on operational updates related to covid has a bit of a different appeal. The threads on the rumors and news board are always filled with folks who have an interest in Disney and following, speculating and commenting. Not usually just people planning trips. More commenting on the company, company decisions, etc.

I have concerns about Disney being open, but I’m not going to hop into the TPAS, happy dance threads, etc. and share those concerns there.

No this isn't a trip planning thread. All I'm getting at is not understanding the surprise associated with people on these boards engaging in unnecessary theme park leisure travel when you consider the target market of the website we are all on right now. It is literally a website based around the subject of (mostly Disney) leisure travel destinations. Which to me, would mean that logically, a good number of people who are active on this website are likely to be interested in or actively seeking to participate in that activity.

Either way, this is probably getting OT.

 

[Farro]

Right, but this isn’t a trip planning thread right? I think a rumors and news thread based on operational updates related to covid has a bit of a different appeal. The threads on the rumors and news board are always filled with folks who have an interest in Disney and following, speculating and commenting. Not usually just people planning trips.

I have concerns about Disney being open, but I’m not going to hop into the TPAS, happy dance threads, etc. and share those concerns there.

There is a difference between having concerns (which is totally normal) and actually outright judging (passive-aggressively or not) people for doing what they are allowed to be doing.

I get everyone has their own comfort levels with what they will and will not do. I really do. My 81 year old dad who loved to go out dinner, for drinks, etc. is now terrified to go inside a restaurant. To say that makes me sad is an understatement, but it's his choice.

If people don't want to go to Disney, don't go. If people don't want to go to a store, the zoo, the dentist, don't go.
But if people are allowed to go, follow the rules, do their best, quarantine, what have you...mind your business. If Disney closes, then there you go. If they don't, there you go.

I will wear my mask, social distance and follow the rules. I will also enjoy the zoos, our museums are opening and I'll be in line, I'll go to dinner, planning a long weekend to Smokey Mountains and I'll be at WDW next year. If I need to quarantine when I get home, I will. If we shut down again, then we will get through again.

People really need to stop with the sanctimoniousness. Unless someone is being careless or not following guidelines/rules, again, mind your business.

There are other threads on the other boards where you can openly discuss what you think of people traveling to Disney right now. I don't feel like this thread should be one of them.

 

[A2DisneyMom]

Just looked and saw that our APs (which were due to expire today) were just extended to 8/17/20. Welcome surprise!

We went to DHS today and have now visited all 4 parks. Tried (and failed) to get in a successful BG for RotR. Rode MMRR twice and absolutely loved it (our family is hugely into the Disney Shorts).

Mask compliance and distancing have been good in all parks. I don’t find the lack of crowds to be depressing; it’s more like I’m living a Disney brochure (you know the ones with the attractive beaming families in the parks with no one around them).

The only thing that has seemed lacking to me are the sit down restaurants. I never realized I’d miss the crowds there, but I do. Just seems odd to eat so isolated. However, I haven’t felt this way with the lounges, just the more formal restaurants. Also, the sit down restaurants in the parks haven’t necessarily felt as empty, mostly just the resort ones.

But missing people in the parks? Sorry to say, but I’m not (especially in this heat).

 

[Mit88]

Last year there was a first look picture of Galaxy’s Edge where it shot the Millenium Falcon a couple of guest models standing in front of it. Then, like with everything else, people made it into a meme and said “What Galaxy’s Edge will actually look like” and added a huge crowd of people stuffed into the picture. A year later and jokes on those meme makers. “What Galaxy’s Edge will actually look like” has turned into the empty land promo picture

 

[Falcon2xp]

Just a comparative note, I took the oldest 2 kids to SeaWorld this afternoon. It is truly a different world over here (no pun intended). I’ve seen a good number of people simply walking around with no mask. Probably half of those with it on are doing the “chin mask” thing. The idea of social distancing is much harder to work at here. You’ll find a good spot on a bench or ledge to sit down and immediately someone comes and sits in the open space next to you.

Again, give total credit to everything Disney is doing to make you feel safe. It’s a shame the media loves to try to run with the one picture or anecdote that makes them look bad when it’s so much worse other places that never get a mention. It honestly would’ve been nice if some of the Disney bloggers and writers had spent a day in another park so they could give you a good comparison on how well Disney is doing.

my experience at sea world was totally difference than yours today I came for the firework show I would say 97%off the people where wearing mask properly and their team member where telling everyone that didn’t having the mask right to put them right.
and they did a fenomenal job at social distancing in the firework show and eating places so many many places and tables to seat down with social distancing only exception was maybe in the ice cream parlor by the entrance but like any Disney park can’t be perfect but they try the best.
Sometimes you just get bad luck on what people do next to you. It don’t matter what brand of park you are In.
And they are so many Disney bloggers and writers even 1 month before disney opened and talk their point of view of the parks.
Most days positives with the exception of the first visits till they work out some things like everyone else

 

[anthony2k7]

The person that is going to fly on a plane to Disney and look to be lax and break rules will in all likelihood be doing the same thing if they go to a beach or other theme park or whatever they chose to do for vacation. At least Disney is putting up way more safeguards than any of those other places.

Disagree again. You can't say for sure those people would even go on vacation if disney wasn't an option. Perhaps that would be what it would take for them to realise whats going on with the virus.

Also, I'm fairly sure most that go to the beach do not fly there. Could be wrong though!

 

[anthony2k7]

Why do you think Disney would announce that? I guarantee you there have been cases at every park thus far, but it would be business suicide if they actually let that information out.

There have been many cases in DS reported before the parks opened but unsurprisingly many in here refused to believe that was possible in their utopia of the Disney bubble.

 

[anthony2k7]

OR b/c how on Earth could they possibly know exactly where they got it.

They wouldn't have though if Disney had been shut

 

[anthony2k7]

There is a difference between having concerns (which is totally normal) and actually outright judging (passive-aggressively or not) people for doing what they are allowed to be doing.

I get everyone has their own comfort levels with what they will and will not do. I really do. My 81 year old dad who loved to go out dinner, for drinks, etc. is now terrified to go inside a restaurant. To say that makes me sad is an understatement, but it's his choice.

If people don't want to go to Disney, don't go. If people don't want to go to a store, the zoo, the dentist, don't go.
But if people are allowed to go, follow the rules, do their best, quarantine, what have you...mind your business. If Disney closes, then there you go. If they don't, there you go.

I will wear my mask, social distance and follow the rules. I will also enjoy the zoos, our museums are opening and I'll be in line, I'll go to dinner, planning a long weekend to Smokey Mountains and I'll be at WDW next year. If I need to quarantine when I get home, I will. If we shut down again, then we will get through again.

People really need to stop with the sanctimoniousness. Unless someone is being careless or not following guidelines/rules, again, mind your business.

There are other threads on the other boards where you can openly discuss what you think of people traveling to Disney right now. I don't feel like this thread should be one of them.

The reason people focus on Disney being open in here is because that's what the topic of the thread is.

But actually though most of us that think Disney should be shut also thinks pretty much everything should be shut in FL right now. Full stay at home, essential work and shops open only.

Why do we think everything should be shut? Because leaving everything open isn't going to get control on the numbers. With everything open, and other states allowing travel to the hotspots it will just spread more and more.

What a lot of people fail to understand or perhaps are just to selfish to care about is that by continuing to do things, yes that is their decision, but when they catch it they likely will pass it onto several other people as well. Some of those people may have been as careful as they could be and just slipped up once. That once could well be enough for that person to then die.

 

[RWinNOLA]

I don’t know that guests who pick up covid will run to the media over it, even though people are typically quick to blame things on Disney.

More likely, I think some guests will keep that they caught it quiet because they don’t want to be judged for the decisions they made. I don’t think we’ll ever have an accurate idea of cases from Disney unless we hear about it from a CM perspective - staffing issues, etc.

Well the resorts have been open for nearly a month and the parks for about two weeks (with previews) and I don’t recall anyone on these boards mention that they have started to feel ill after their visit.

I think there are enough people that read these boards such that they are a representative sample of visitors in general.

It’s almost certain there will be some cases that pop up after people make a trip to WDW and it will be hard to determine whether they were infected while at Disney or at the airport, gas station, etc. But, that is true of almost anywhere right now, especially in the southern states.

 

[Helvetica]

Today is my Epcot day.

It's still hard for me to believe it's actually happening and that I'm only a few miles away from being on property. I'm just hopeful people are more respectful than they were at Dollywood with regards to masks / distancing.

 

[Jothmas]

They really need to pump the sound from the live acts they do have throughout the main walkway area in World Showcase. That would help with the atmosphere.

I don’t think replacing the Lili Marlene instrumental in the German pavilion with the sounds of Mariache Cobre would work very well, and similarly in other pavilions.

 

[WonderlandisReality]

Is the build your own lightsaber at Tatooine traders at DHS open?

 

[Anna_Sh]

The reason people focus on Disney being open in here is because that's what the topic of the thread is.

But actually though most of us that think Disney should be shut also thinks pretty much everything should be shut in FL right now. Full stay at home, essential work and shops open only.

Why do we think everything should be shut? Because leaving everything open isn't going to get control on the numbers. With everything open, and other states allowing travel to the hotspots it will just spread more and more.

What a lot of people fail to understand or perhaps are just to selfish to care about is that by continuing to do things, yes that is their decision, but when they catch it they likely will pass it onto several other people as well. Some of those people may have been as careful as they could be and just slipped up once. That once could well be enough for that person to then die.

Going to Disney is not selfish, and Florida does not need to shut down again. If Florida shuts down again, it will kill the tourism industry. I know some people think Disney can afford this, but I think at some point even the big companies will start to fold. The real risk is to the millions of Floridians that depend on the tourism industry to feed their families. I went to a little touristy town a couple of weeks ago. They’ve got about a dozen shops on their main street. One had already gone out of business and another was having a going out of business sale. The cost of another shut down would be devastating to people. Florida does not need to shut down again. We need visitors and residents to do what Disney is making them do—wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from others.

 

[crayon3448]

Is Colortopia in Epcot open?

 

[rteetz]

Is Colortopia in Epcot open?

No that closed when Innoventions closed.