Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[osufeth24]

Lol, yeah im working at SW, started yesterday.

congrats! Hope you enjoy it

 

[FinnsMom7]

I think Remy will open by Spring Break.

based on a bridal site my friend is part of, looks like Remy is delayed until next summer. weddings/welcome parties with that ride included in their package thru May 15th received notice Remy wouldn't be available.

 

[Farro]

based on a bridal site my friend is part of, looks like Remy is delayed until next summer. weddings/welcome parties with that ride included in their package thru May 15th received notice Remy wouldn't be available.

They probably should have never included a ride in their package that wasn't even open yet...I don't think that means anything other than that they can't guarantee when it will be open. Could be sooner, could be later.

 

[skeeter31]

based on a bridal site my friend is part of, looks like Remy is delayed until next summer. weddings/welcome parties with that ride included in their package thru May 15th received notice Remy wouldn't be available.

That’s interesting. I didn’t know that Disney weddings included specific rides in their packages. Guess it’s like a VIP tour-lite type of deal.

They may also just not want to promise the ride to a VIP type of situation and then have to offer refunds. Sort of like how true VIP tours right now don’t include ROTR.

 

[Farro]

That’s interesting. I didn’t know that Disney weddings included specific rides in their packages. Guess it’s like a VIP tour-lite type of deal.

They may also just not want to promise the ride to a VIP type of situation and then have to offer refunds. Sort of like how true VIP tours right now don’t include ROTR.

How are they booking weddings right now? With limitations and social distancing, is it only 10 guests or less?

 

[FinnsMom7]

They probably should have never included a ride in their package that wasn't even open yet...I don't think that means anything other than that they can't guarantee when it will be open. Could be sooner, could be later.

well this is a May 2021 wedding so I guess since the Remy ride was due to open this summer it wasn't a consideration. thanks to 2020 we all now know anything is possible LOL

 

[FinnsMom7]

How are they booking weddings right now? With limitations and social distancing, is it only 10 guests or less?

These are weddings that were already booked. I think Oct weddings will be first they have. My friend was May this year, moved to Sept, and now is hoping the 3rd date in Jan 2021 happens. They canceled Sept when they got the restrictions - no way she was paying that much to wear a mask during her ceremony and then no dancing allowed. Plus disney won't allow outside vendors so the items you can save money on would have to be thru disney and triple cost.

 

[FinnsMom7]

That’s interesting. I didn’t know that Disney weddings included specific rides in their packages. Guess it’s like a VIP tour-lite type of deal.

They may also just not want to promise the ride to a VIP type of situation and then have to offer refunds. Sort of like how true VIP tours right now don’t include ROTR.

It may have been in their Epcot Welcome party and not wedding - I know you can add an upcharge to include rides for the dessert parties.

 

[rpb718]

based on a bridal site my friend is part of, looks like Remy is delayed until next summer. weddings/welcome parties with that ride included in their package thru May 15th received notice Remy wouldn't be available.

Wow - that "unofficial" delay for Rat posted earlier this week had it at 8 months and May 15 is pretty much exactly 8 months from that.

 

[Farro]

Wow - that "unofficial" delay for Rat posted earlier this week had it at 8 months and May 15 is pretty much exactly 8 months from that.

No, it was originally supposed to open summer 2020, so 8 months would be around Feb/March

 

[rpb718]

No, it was originally supposed to open summer 2020, so 8 months would be around Feb/March

Still, it makes me wonder if those delays where based upon whatever the "official" opening date was, if there ever was an "official" opening date actually committed to by WDW (I don't remember seeing anything official), or if those delay dates were based from earlier this week when the current set of delays were reported. And by WDW standards - we are still within "summer 2020".

 

[mattpeto]

based on a bridal site my friend is part of, looks like Remy is delayed until next summer. weddings/welcome parties with that ride included in their package thru May 15th received notice Remy wouldn't be available.

Okay I'll speculate:

• Disney got burned a bit with MMRR. New attraction opened and then the parks shutdown. They really want to avoid that again. Fall/Winter could be hard on the country again and want to avoid further shutdowns or restrictions on capacity. DL is still closed!
• They figure if people were planning to come in the Fall/Winter, they will come anyway without the new attractions and the old stuff (Fireworks, M&G, etc.).
• They also have a capacity limit in play. Reaching the capacity at Epcot at 25% will only minimize the bleeding, not stop it.

It sure seems like Disney's strategy is buy time until the vaccine is readily available. Continue to make slow and steady progress on projects started, being financially prudent.

Disney is gearing towards a re-launch of sorts. I would imagine over the course of 12-18 months, we get the old things back and plenty of new STUFF (50th celebration, Remy's, GoTG, Harmonious, Tron, etc).

If I had to guess, the re-launch seems to point to Spring 2021, Summer 2021 or October 2021. It's clearly vaccine driven.

This could be a shareholder dream.

 

[MrsBooch]

Just took a peek and Thanksgiving week is all but sold out for Resort Guests and Theme Park Ticket guests for HS - Nov. 23-25 and the 27th - NOT Thanksgiving day though...

And AP's still have availability during that time.

 

[Krandor]

Okay I'll speculate:

• Disney got burned a bit with MMRR. New attraction opened and then the parks shutdown. They really want to avoid that again. Fall/Winter could be hard on the country again and want to avoid further shutdowns or restrictions on capacity. DL is still closed!
• They figure if people were planning to come in the Fall/Winter, they will come anyway without the new attractions and the old stuff (Fireworks, M&G, etc.).
• They also have a capacity limit in play. Reaching the capacity at Epcot at 25% will only minimize the bleeding, not stop it.

It sure seems like Disney's strategy is buy time until the vaccine is readily available. Continue to make slow and steady progress on projects started, being financially prudent.

Disney is gearing towards a re-launch of sorts. I would imagine over the course of 12-18 months, we get the old things back and plenty of new STUFF (50th celebration, Remy's, GoTG, Harmonious, Tron, etc).

If I had to guess, the re-launch seems to point to Spring 2021, Summer 2021 or October 2021. It's clearly vaccine driven.

This could be a shareholder dream.

Completely agree and don't really think we are going to see a lot of stuff return until at least spring. Disney clearly knows what the optics are for them which doesn't apply as much to their competitors and wants to maintain their image and brand and think if they do too much "hey come down and ride this brand new ride" they could hurt that image. and I'm not sure that is wrong - there are a few places I refuse to go back to because of how they handled the reopening and I may never go back because my impression was they put profit over health.

So yes i think disney is going to try to tread water a big, cater to people who will come with all the restrictions for now and wait for a vaccine.

I have a feeling the pictures/videos of that last day before disney shut down scared some of the executives. They got a lot of bad press for that and I think they want to make sure that doesn't happen again (back to protect the Brand)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Anyone else see this? Ability to order Food "to go" from Table Service locations bia the app? Sort of a good idea if you want something specific and still nervous about eating inside - but also feels like an expensive option as part of cost of table service is the environment (at least some (BoG, Sci Fi, etc)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306967391369396227

 

[Sara W]

Anyone else see this? Ability to order Food "to go" from Table Service locations bia the app? Sort of a good idea if you want something specific and still nervous about eating inside - but also feels like an expensive option as part of cost of table service is the environment (at least some (BoG, Sci Fi, etc)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306967391369396227

I would have loved that for resort restaurants when I was there last week. I could have made my kids something in the villa and enjoyed a nice table service dinner for myself.

 

[Moliphino]

Anyone else see this? Ability to order Food "to go" from Table Service locations bia the app? Sort of a good idea if you want something specific and still nervous about eating inside - but also feels like an expensive option as part of cost of table service is the environment (at least some (BoG, Sci Fi, etc)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306967391369396227

It looks like it's only Sanaa at this point, but this is really neat.

 

[skeeter31]

Anyone else see this? Ability to order Food "to go" from Table Service locations bia the app? Sort of a good idea if you want something specific and still nervous about eating inside - but also feels like an expensive option as part of cost of table service is the environment (at least some (BoG, Sci Fi, etc)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306967391369396227

So excited for this. Going for 2 nights next week and we were planning on getting Chilis or Macaroni Grille for dinner to take back to our 1 bedroom. Now we can get Olivias or somewhere else!

 

[butterscotchcollins]

Anyone else see this? Ability to order Food "to go" from Table Service locations bia the app? Sort of a good idea if you want something specific and still nervous about eating inside - but also feels like an expensive option as part of cost of table service is the environment (at least some (BoG, Sci Fi, etc)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1306967391369396227

Honestly the quality of TS food is a bit better than QS so I think this is also a great option for guests willing to pay that premium for the quality of meal they want without having to stalk ADRs.

 

[HikingFam]

I just updated my app but still don’t see it. Am I missing something?? This would be so awesome.