Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SaintsManiac]

As a self identified mild germaphobe even pre-covid, I have never liked touching other people’s phones to take photos. They are always smudgy with fingerprints, you know some people use their phones in bathroom (ekkkkkkkk). I have always obliged when asked though, everyone deserves good photos at Disney with everyone in their party in them!

I would probably cringe about it internally just as I always have, but still take the photo Phones are just so dirty, though.

I swear I read a study that said poop was the #1 bacteria on cell phones.

 

[Leigh L]

I swear I read a study that said poop was the #1 bacteria on cell phones.

You did!
I remember reading it too..... just did a quick search, it was around 2011 (and looks like several others since )

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Hey, poop is better than COVID.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

I swear I read a study that said poop was the #1 bacteria on cell phones.

That takes bathroom reading to a whole new level.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Hey, poop is better than COVID.

I don't know. I need to think about this.

 

[MrsBooch]

Hey, poop is better than COVID.

official slogan for 2020.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

As a self identified mild germaphobe even pre-covid, I have never liked touching other people’s phones to take photos. They are always smudgy with fingerprints, you know some people use their phones in bathroom (ekkkkkkkk). I have always obliged when asked though, everyone deserves good photos at Disney with everyone in their party in them!

I would probably cringe about it internally just as I always have, but still take the photo Phones are just so dirty, though.

one positive is that all sorts of hand sanitizer and hand whipes and washing stations and stuff should be much easier to come across now - so a) even if you don't have your own, easier to "clean" after the fact and b) higher probability that the people who's camera it is have been better than int he past

 

[TheMaxRebo]

official slogan for 2020.

isn't there a quarantine episode of South Park coming on? I can totally see "poop is better than Covid" as one of the big musical numbers!

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/repo...t-apply-other-cost-cutting-measures-in-place/

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311388809410510848

 

[chicagoshannon]

Hey, poop is better than COVID.

I know this was meant to be funny but you can get Covid through poop as well as a ton of other things that are worse than Covid. Blech!

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

I think that is my plan. I am going to offer to take pics for awkward looking people and then in turn, ask them to take a pic of me.

People looking awkward or awkward looking people?

I swear I read a study that said poop was the #1 bacteria on cell phones.

Hey, poop is better than COVID.

This comment reminds me of posts from years ago... being at Disney is better than shoveling show, getting a spike through your head, etc.

 

[yulilin3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311388809410510848

I've been checking the Disney casting page for any jobs here but I have it open to all of Florida and Vero Beach has been hiring CM for about a month in different areas, I'm assuming the layoffs are in other areas of DVC then? I mean maybe the DVC CM that are in the parks trying to sell?

 

[rteetz]

I've been checking the Disney casting page for any jobs here but I have it open to all of Florida and Vero Beach has been hiring CM for about a month in different areas, I'm assuming the layoffs are in other areas of DVC then? I mean maybe the DVC CM that are in the parks trying to sell?

I believe this is guides/sales not at the resorts themselves.

 

[MrsBooch]

Do we know if they were operating at 50%, or less in regards to seating? We only did TS at 50s Prime Time in August, but they definitely had room. Not sure if it was demand or capacity

I don't know that we know any actual operating percentages - I just assumed some things:

First - FL dropped their restrictions and I assumed that WDW had capacity restrictions in place based on what I'd heard on vlogs etc that tables were spaced out and other tables had signs on them noting that no one could sit there to promote social distancing.
Second - WDW addressed the FL restriction dropping by specifically commenting only on masks, and then saying they would evaluate what the rest meant for their business etc (paraphrasing) and I assume that....
Third - that leaves some potential room to adjust upwardly any lower capacity restrictions that were in place prior to the announcement and based on a lot of feedback I've seen recently - the parks are hitting their capacity and the TS restaurants are super low capacity - and they might want to explore fitting more people inside...

I dont know - it's all assumptions.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Thanks to everyone here for inspiring today’s phone deep clean.

 

[Sarahslay]

official slogan for 2020.

Theme song set to the tune of “Reindeer are Better Than People” : poop is better than Covid, Sven/Flynn don’t you think I’m right....

 

[Princess Merida]

I wipe my phone with a lysol/clorox wipe about every 2-3 days. I've done so for a while even pre-covid. Phones are pretty gross. I'm not going to look up studies though since I'd probably have to do it hourly then. LOL. Covid did change how often I can actually get these wipes though.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/2700-non-union-cast-members-will-be-laid-off-at-disneyland/

 

[rteetz]

https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/walt...390-walt-disney-world-cast-member-layoffs.htm