Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Jennasis]

It's funny folks are posting bad experiences at Disney Springs today. Just saw a pic from my brother on Facebook, since his family made an unexpected trip down and hit TRex for dinner...Total wide spacing at the dinner hour in front of the place and every random nobody in the 2 pics posted (1 by the restaurant and 1 on a random spot) were all masked.

Just like the parks - it seems time and place may matter a lot to your experience...

PS - He and his family had a spectacular time...

If you look back a page or two you'll see the pic I posted at our late lunch at wine bar George today. Totally empty . By the time we finished eating the whole area was getting uncomfortably crowded for Covid times and mask compliance was slipping terribly.

 

[TwoMisfits]

If you look back a page or two you'll see the pic I posted at our late lunch at wine bar George today. Totally empty . By the time we finished eating the whole area was getting uncomfortably crowded for Covid times and mask compliance was slipping terribly.

Right, he was there for dinner from 5-7pm...pretty empty in that area...and they said T-Rex was pretty empty (they ate inside and then walked the area afterwards...that's why I'm surprised...

Maybe the mid-afternoon crowd slipped before dinner hour got better again...

 

[Mit88]

Right, he was there for dinner from 5-7pm...pretty empty in that area...and they said T-Rex was pretty empty (they ate inside and then walked the area afterwards...that's why I'm surprised...

Maybe the mid-afternoon crowd slipped before dinner hour got better again...

Ive seen many DS vlogs where the West Side would be empty, and the Marketplace is packed, and vice versa. Its just like anything else, Fantasyland could be packed will Tomorrowland is empty. But people move constantly, so crowds are ever changing. Disney cant dictate where people go, especially with no FP.

The mask compliance issue NEEDS to be taken care of. How they’ve gone this long with non-compliance issues every day, its bad. Even if I havent been there physically, theres enough reports out there from different people to know its true

 

[JacknSally]

Oh my god.

Everyone stop what you are doing and go watch
Howard. Now.

Sorry for the off topic but I just had to echo this. It was SO GOOD.

 

[Farro]

Sorry for the off topic but I just had to echo this. It was SO GOOD.

I'm watching Little Mermaid crying!

 

[Anna_Sh]

Now I’m extra hesitant to laugh at react at the comments that seem like jokes, just in case I misunderstood them

I feel like I should apologize to the people I thought I was laughing with, in case they think I’m laughing at them

 

[Dentam]

I disagree. If the crowd levels this weekend make someone uneasy, it’s probably a good idea to postpone the trip. I would hate to spend the kind of money it costs to go to Disney and just be anxious the whole time. It’s basically the reason that we cancelled our September trip.

Agree to disagree. As has been discussed in previous posts, not everyone can cancel (in my case I have a non-refundable DVC rental that I tried unsuccessfully to have re-rented) and aside from that, Disney needs to be ensuring that social distancing is possible in their parks.

 

[Dentam]

I feel like I should apologize to the people I thought I was laughing with, in case they think I’m laughing at them

Didn't think this would become a whole thing, but I think it's pretty obvious when someone laughs at a post where someone is expressing concern about crowd levels vs laughing at a post where someone is being self deprecating or making a joke. I think everyone knows the difference but maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Anna_Sh]

Are they doing the new, touchless bag check at all 4 parks, or are any of them still physically going through people’s bags?

 

[Anna_Sh]

So, DFB is reporting that Islands of the Caribbean is back at F&W, but that it may only be open on weekends?

https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2020...booth-is-back-open-in-epcot-but-for-how-long/

 

[Mit88]

Are they doing the new, touchless bag check at all 4 parks, or are any of them still physically going through people’s bags?

I dont believe MK has gotten them yet. I know AK and EPCOT definitely do

 

[gottalovepluto]

...I’ve been having this timing issue with everything lately, seems to be a phase.

You are not alone! #Phase2020

 

[gottalovepluto]

I'm seeing a lot more reports of people needed to go to the cooling tents at the entrances. Just be aware that it is happening frequently and don't freak out if if happens to you. Everyone that I've seen have to go to the tent has been fine withing 5 minutes.

I think the temp check thing is gonna be thrown out sooner rather than later by Disney...

 

[rteetz]

https://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2020/08/mobile-dine-walk-up-waitlist-coming.html

 

[Aimeedyan]

Are they doing the new, touchless bag check at all 4 parks, or are any of them still physically going through people’s bags?

I can only speak for MK via Contemporary walkway and International Gateway - both were touchless.

 

[Mal6586]

Are they doing the new, touchless bag check at all 4 parks, or are any of them still physically going through people’s bags?

They haven’t been physically going through any bags since the reopening. The places that didn’t have the new fancy scanners had traditional metal detectors. You would just have to remove more things from your bag to put in a bin on the side before going through them, such as metal water bottles, external chargers, aerosol cans, and umbrellas.

 

[brockash]

Precisely. If you’re worried about the walkways and bathrooms and such being a bit congested, that’s going to be the case at some point regardless of what capacity the parks are at and this isn’t the best time for you to go then. If you’re having reservations about the congestion, back out now rather than getting there and realizing you’re not comfortable. However, if you know you’ll be ok in those situations, as infrequent as they may be, then now is the best time to go.

People using the term, madhouse, to describe the parks, even people who post on Disboards is difficult to judge at this time. People saying that may not have been to the parks in a year or so and were seeing the pictures of the parks completely empty but had a few instances of congestion and broke out the madhouse word. Others may have been going regularly since reopening, enjoying the lower crowds, and the first sign they start picking up they immediately overinflate their judgement of it and call it a madhouse. Others may just want to scare others off from coming so more park reservations open up for them. You can never know.

But the moral of the story is, if looking at the pictures and reading the reports at this point make you upset and worried and all you want to do is complain about it on a message board, it probably isn’t the best idea to visit Disney right now.

Or, maybe it's just what the OP said. I'm not sure why so many are trying to make the OP out to be misleading with their madhouse comment. Look, the waits have now at this point been consistently reported over the weekends would be pretty annoying and "busy" in my opiniom too and I go to Disney often. Here's where the disconnect seems to be...sure those wait times are about the same or even less than an average wait time precovid...however how many on here would've ever waited in those lines in the past? I know we wouldn't have...we would've used fastpasses...that's no longer an option anymore, so yes waiting 30 mins for Carpets or 45 mins for Splash...is at least double what my folks would ever wait for before. Add to that that many of these lines are now out in the weather elements due to social distancing...yikes, sun beating down on me in 95 degree weather waiting in a que...no fun.

It is what it is for now, but I don't know why some are refusing to believe what multiple first hand reports are stating...especially when many on here predicted lines would often be longer once they reopened etc. given all the circumstances.

 

[brockash]

I mean.....maybe. Although I tend to think a bulk of the crowds coming are locals, and I don't know that they would go to water parks, BW, etc instead of Springs. That may help with resort guests and maybe AP holders.

Deni said it before....there is no investment in going to Disney Springs. So people go just to go, and they aren't too concerned about being "kicked out" because they haven't spent money on admission the same way they would in a park.

Maybe impose a temporary parking fee? Resort guests and AP holders get free parking. Or maybe some sort of time limit? I dunno how to logistically make any of this work...I just wish they'd come up with something.

I mean what else do you think resort guests are doing at/after dinner time and with such limited food options at many parks and resorts? I agree with pp that if they had water parks open, later park hrs, more reasonable food optiins at resorts (AKL I'm specifically looking at you) then less resort guests would be going to DS so often. We usually only hit DS once or twice on our 9 day trips, but we already have it planned dor 5 days/nights just because there's not much else to do.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Are they doing the new, touchless bag check at all 4 parks, or are any of them still physically going through people’s bags?

Even with the touchless, they only ask you to remove a few specific items (eg, umbrellas), but other items can get flagged and they will go through the bags. My inhaler and external batteries set something off at AK and EPCOT. I just had to step to a table off to the side, and security went through my bag. They asked me to open my bag and remove items, but the security guards did touch my bag themselves (albeit less than they used to).
(Note: external batteries weren't something security ever asked us to remove from bags before we walked through the new scanners. We did get in the habit of putting them in a smaller plastic bag that we could easily remove from my larger purse.)

 

[Pksmom03]

I think the temp check thing is gonna be thrown out sooner rather than later by Disney...

The temperature checking is IMO not a true indicator of Covid. We’ve been taking temperatures at my work since March. Six employees- that I know of- have tested positive and NOT ONE had a temperature of 100.4 or higher when they were scanned at beginning or end of their shifts. Maybe they developed fevers later at home-maybe they never had any symptoms-but the reliance on taking temperatures as a gauge of someone’s Covid status clearly has not been the case in my situation.