Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Obliviate]

I think they should change it maybe 4 & up. There are a lot of ppl posting that they won’t go b/c their young kids can’t wear masks.

I would imagine that is precisely the reason why they haven't changed it yet. I assume they want to minimize the amount of people that don't wear masks.

 

[Brianstl]

This.

It probably doesn’t matter, but it should be pointed out she was talking about the studio division when she made that comment.

 

[jlwhitney]

Lots of places are doing age 2 & up for masks, including our local zoo. People make it sound like Disney is the only one doing 2 & up.

If they change the mask mandate to an older age, that will significantly increase the number of unmasked people in the parks, in lines and on transportation.

They want as few unmasked people as possible, even if that means people will choose not to go because their 2 year old would not be able to wear one. I know we would be in that boat. My 4 & 5 year olds wear masks with ease but at 2 I think it would have been a much different story. We would just respect Disney’s choice and choose to not go at this time.

if you had a current 2 yo you would feel different. We can’t go to the park even if we want to. He will keep it on for 2 seconds and toss on ground. He is a young 2, smart but doesn’t have the reasoning skills yet which is normal for that age. No where locally he has to wear a mask other than Costco so we just don’t go there anymore. Even doctors offices are not requiring 2 around here.

 

[Pyotr]

It probably doesn’t matter, but it should be pointed out she was talking about the studio division when she made that comment.

Wow. You are correct. She wasn’t talking about the parks.

 

[Rash]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1303770712797335552

I wonder if this will apply to shopdisney again?

 

[The Pho]

Analyst predicting Disney Parks won’t fully recover until 2023.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/...-another-lost-year-in-2021-analysts-forecast/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

if you had a current 2 yo you would feel different. We can’t go to the park even if we want to. He will keep it on for 2 seconds and toss on ground. He is a young 2, smart but doesn’t have the reasoning skills yet which is normal for that age. No where locally he has to wear a mask other than Costco so we just don’t go there anymore. Even doctors offices are not requiring 2 around here.

I know people sort of joke about the "my kid is 25 months" vs just saying 2 - but there is a big difference (for most kids) between 24 and 35 months

I think most places it is 3 and up (that is what it is here for every where - I'd say including schools a that was the plan, but our are virtual 100% now), and that ties to tickets, so easy to say: you need a ticket, you need a mask

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Analyst predicting Disney Parks won’t fully recover until 2023.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/...-another-lost-year-in-2021-analysts-forecast/

will be interesting to see - obviously the end of 2021 brings the 50th stuff (and then with that a number of new attractions), so I could see things be propped up a bit for that, then die down again.

I think 2023 for consistent back to normal is realistic

 

[jlwhitney]

I know people sort of joke about the "my kid is 25 months" vs just saying 2 - but there is a big difference (for most kids) between 24 and 35 months

I think most places it is 3 and up (that is what it is here for every where - I'd say including schools a that was the plan, but our are virtual 100% now), and that ties to tickets, so easy to say: you need a ticket, you need a mask

Yup! Huge different from new 2 to almost 3. Really between 2-4 the growth of a child in reasoning and such is huge. I can tell my 4 year old well hey if you wear the mask you can get a piece of candy later and chances are he will try hard and succeed likely. I tell that to my 2 yo and he looks at you funny and runs off...lol.

 

[Brianstl]

Analyst predicting Disney Parks won’t fully recover until 2023.

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/...-another-lost-year-in-2021-analysts-forecast/

It all depends on the economic conditions going forward even more than COVID. It took them longer than 3 years to fully recover from 2008, but that was a historically bad economic downturn. We will see how deep and long this one turns out to be.

 

[Krandor]

Yeah I think people want to start moving more. They will have to do so with restrictions for now at least. Disney certainly isn't going to be one to relax things first.

I agree which is what makes me pessimistic on some of the upcoming rundisney events. I don't think disney wants to be one of the first doing big races. I hope I'm wrong because I love them so much.

 

[rteetz]

I agree which is what makes me pessimistic on some of the upcoming rundisney events. I don't think disney wants to be one of the first doing big races. I hope I'm wrong because I love them so much.

Well they won’t be as Space Coast is.

I learned in a podcast recently that the average race has 600 participants so if you go by that logic there are a lot of large race events. I do hope RunDisney can do it.

 

[chicagoshannon]

We have our Droid Depot reservation on Tuesday (the 15th), does the ap discount work in there? And of course Savis opens back up the day we leave. Lol i guess we'll save that for December and hope all the things are back in there by then.

DHS was pretty crowded today. 60+ minutes for headliners for a good portion of the day. Last 2 hours were fantastic though except for the rain.

 

[rteetz]

We have our Droid Depot reservation on Tuesday (the 15th), does the ap discount work in there? And of course Savis opens back up the day we leave. Lol i guess we'll save that for December and hope all the things are back in there by then.

DHS was pretty crowded today. 60+ minutes for headliners for a good portion of the day. Last 2 hours were fantastic though except for the rain.

Discount works on accessories I believe but not the droid it self.

 

[Krandor]

Well they won’t be as Space Coast is.

I learned in a podcast recently that the average race has 600 participants so if you go by that logic there are a lot of large race events. I do hope RunDisney can do it.

I siad "one of the first" not the first. By big races I'm thinking ones over 1000. Space Coast though is only 760 or so registered for their marathon but that is combined virtual and physical so they will be well under 1000 on the marathon physical. The halves will likely be over 1000 but still way lower then even a 10% typical rundisney half. Even at 10% normal capacity I think they'd be the largest races to run since march.

I hope they can do it. I really do.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Discount works on accessories I believe but not the droid it self.

correct. I received it on my backpack, but not my droid.

 

[Obliviate]

Discount works on accessories I believe but not the droid it self.

correct. I received it on my backpack, but not my droid.

That's weird. Last time they did the AP 30% it worked on the Droid according to a CM from the Depot. She may have been mistaken then.

 

[chicagoshannon]

That's weird. Last time they did the AP 30% it worked on the Droid according to a CM from the Depot. She may have been mistaken then.

I'll ask on Tuesday, but will be prepared for a no.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

if you had a current 2 yo you would feel different. We can’t go to the park even if we want to. He will keep it on for 2 seconds and toss on ground. He is a young 2, smart but doesn’t have the reasoning skills yet which is normal for that age. No where locally he has to wear a mask other than Costco so we just don’t go there anymore. Even doctors offices are not requiring 2 around here.

No, I would not feel differently, because I would not want my child unmasked in a theme park during a pandemic. I also don’t think it’s fair to the other guests - best and safest scenario is as many guests in masks as possible. So, we would not go unless our children could wear a mask anyway - regardless of what the rule was.

Anyway, it’s not even worth debating because the age is 2 and up and there is no credible sign of that changing.

 

[magickingdomprincess]

That's weird. Last time they did the AP 30% it worked on the Droid according to a CM from the Depot. She may have been mistaken then.

We were told the same too in July. I tried to find the receipt to verify but of course I can't find it. I did find the receipt for Windtraders in Pandora, with the 30% AP discount my DS's banshee was only $42, which I thought was reasonable.