Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[rteetz]

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[gottalovepluto]

I wonder if the recommendation carries any more weight because it came from a health agency as opposed to the parks.

Practically state rules > county rules is the hierarchy. Counties can be more strict than the state, but not less. As for will the state head a recommendation from a county health department? Maybe but highly unlikely. Will the state heed a recommendation from ORANGE County? Omg no. Orange is one of those counties that are a pain in the State’s rear. Let’s just say their politics don’t play well together

 

[rteetz]

https://dvcfan.com/2020/10/06/aulan...zcIooorRgHeUgcFNb5Xpu0bi7v1ko_izF1DqiI-njf1jw

 

[mi*vida*loca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313584817771028481

 

[Dentam]

I've read a few reports now of no distancing on the DME back to the airport. Anyone here have any recent reports?

Yep, this was my experience after my Labor Day week trip. Odd since they were so careful how they loaded the bus from the airport to the resorts. There weren't too many people on my bus back to the airport, but seating was a free for all and a few people were coughing the entire drive, one with his nose out of his mask.

 

[MrsBooch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313584817771028481

Omg this makes me SO HAPPYYYYY

 

[gottalovepluto]

Yep, this was my experience after my Labor Day week trip. Odd since they were so careful how they loaded the bus from the airport to the resorts. There weren't too many people on my bus back to the airport, but seating was a free for all and a few people were coughing the entire drive, one with his nose out of his mask.

What a mess! They need to take a stricter stance. That is not ok.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Yep, this was my experience after my Labor Day week trip. Odd since they were so careful how they loaded the bus from the airport to the resorts. There weren't too many people on my bus back to the airport, but seating was a free for all and a few people were coughing the entire drive, one with his nose out of his mask.

Thank you for weighing in. I saw a picture posted this week that showed a completely full DME bus heading to the airport, no skipped rows or seats. Read another report here and then another on a different forum corroborating that. Now yours.

Really makes you wonder about the purpose of Disney not caring about distancing once your vacation is over. Not great optics.

 

[yulilin3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1313584817771028481

Fantasia Gardens closing for the season, so again, still just one mini golf option open

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

Really makes you wonder about the purpose of Disney not caring if distance once your vacation is over. Not great optics.

That was my first thought... they're doing all they can to keep covid out of WDW, but once you leave, you're on your own!

Affirms my decision to drive!

 

[TakesFaithTrust&PixieDust]

Thank you for weighing in. I saw a picture posted this week that showed a completely full DME bus heading to the airport, no skipped rows or seats. Read another report here and then another on a different forum corroborating that. Now yours.

Really makes you wonder about the purpose of Disney not caring if distance once your vacation is over. Not great optics.

Unfortunately, it’s not operated by Disney. Mears runs the buses. It’s possible that they are dropping the ball. I do think that since it represents Disney that Disney should be more involved in monitoring the situation. I don’t think it’s a matter of Disney actively not caring.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

Really makes you wonder about the purpose of Disney not caring about distancing once your vacation is over. Not great optics.

I think a lot of what Disney is doing is about publicity, not safety. They can allow maskless pictures (since you can eat outside without a mask) but they don’t because of what the media or others may think. It’s not about safety.

 

[Dentam]

Unfortunately, it’s not operated by Disney. Mears runs the buses. It’s possible that they are dropping the ball. I do think that since it represents Disney that Disney should be more involved in monitoring the situation. I don’t think it’s a matter of Disney actively not caring.

Aren't the buses running from the airport to the resorts run by the same company? They were much more careful on that leg of the trip in my experience. Although CM's were in charge of loading them in that case and the driver was in charge on the return trip... that's probably the difference.

I wrote about this in the "here now/just back" thread after I got home, but another issue I had was that I was scheduled on a bus back to the airport over 3 hours before my flight was scheduled. This left me in MCO where mask compliance was not nearly as high for an extended period of time. I moved seats in our gate's waiting area twice to get away from people not wearing masks or sitting way too close to me. I advised on that thread that people just rent a car based on this and the bus experience I had.

 

[Geomom]

Thank you for weighing in. I saw a picture posted this week that showed a completely full DME bus heading to the airport, no skipped rows or seats. Read another report here and then another on a different forum corroborating that. Now yours.

Really makes you wonder about the purpose of Disney not caring about distancing once your vacation is over. Not great optics.

It was a free for all when we were heading home on 8/8 from AKV. He picked up from Jambo, then stopped at Pop where people sat right across the aisle from us and took off their masks. The bus wasn't full, so there were other places to sit that weren't right near someone else. I honestly felt the same way at that moment...who cares if you get sick now, you're on your way home. (I know it's Mears running it, but it really looks like Disney is requiring them to socially distance on the way to Disney and is letting Mears do whatever they want on the way to the airport). I was hoping it had improved since our trip or that it was just our driver doing that...oh well.

 

[Grikk]

Hello
Is there any word from Disney yet concerning getting rid of the face mask requirement? And when they open the rest of the resorts?
We are wanting to replan a DisneyWorld trip.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think a lot of what Disney is doing is about publicity, not safety. They can allow maskless pictures (since you can eat outside without a mask) but they don’t because of what the media or others may think. It’s not about safety.

I agree some of it is about appearing safe as much as actual safety

That said, I also think for a lot of people you give a inch and they take a mile. For example, to start they let people eat/drink while walking but people were then milking their water or whatever and just carrying it not really drinking ... and I think the same could happen with allowing masks off for photos - all of a sudden people are posting all down Main st and not putting their mask back on

Long way of saying I get Disney erring on the more conservative side

 

[rteetz]

Hello
Is there any word from Disney yet concerning getting rid of the face mask requirement? And when they open the rest of the resorts?
We are wanting to replan a DisneyWorld trip.

Don’t expect masks to go away anytime soon.

 

[Tigger's ally]

I think a lot of what Disney is doing is about publicity, not safety. They can allow maskless pictures (since you can eat outside without a mask) but they don’t because of what the media or others may think. It’s not about safety.

Yeah, like keeping whole resorts shuttered, tons of restaurants closed. Limiting capacity when the Gov said they didn't have too. Definitely for publicity.

 

[osufeth24]

Hello
Is there any word from Disney yet concerning getting rid of the face mask requirement? And when they open the rest of the resorts?
We are wanting to replan a DisneyWorld trip.

Don't plan on it til sometime in 2021. Just purely a guess, but March would probably be the absolute earliest.

 

[Eric Smith]

Don't plan on it til sometime in 2021. Just purely a guess, but March would probably be the absolute earliest.

I think it will be later in 2021. Masks will probably be the last thing to go.