Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[princesscinderella]

We’re still complaining about Disney making you wear masks when they’re dismantling the iconic clown? Get your priorities straight, guys. Hope they don’t go for the creepy chairs next.

I always try to get my kids to sit in the creepy chairs in the lobby . I am sad to see the clown go, even if he was creepy it fit the theme. I hope they put something with boardwalk theming back there and not just a plain bridge to the slide.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Did they contact you or did you call them? We have a Christmas reservation at AS Movies. I’d love an AoA suite! I’m afraid we will be moved to Pop and I’m not interested in that.

Sorry for the delayed response......life has been busy here lately.

I posted elsewhere and will repeat it here...............

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I have 2 reports to make.

1. I had a reservation from Thanksgiving week and the first week of Dec at A/S.
I had until late October to report my intentions based on the email I received.
They called me a couple of days ago. Offered Pop. Would only price protect if dates were identical.
I told them to cancel since I wanted a shorter stay. The CM made it clear they could not be flexible with me at all.

2. I had an A/S reservation for just the first week of December.
I had until late October to report my intentions based on the email I received.
They called me. Offered AoA family suite. They were willing to modify my stay to a shorter one AND price protect.
We are very excited.

 

[DGsAtBLT]

I always try to get my kids to sit in the creepy chairs in the lobby . I am sad to see the clown go, even if he was creepy it fit the theme. I hope they put something with boardwalk theming back there and not just a plain bridge to the slide.

I love it, creepy face and all. Maybe it’s just getting a new hairdo.

 

[HokieRaven5]

I always try to get my kids to sit in the creepy chairs in the lobby . I am sad to see the clown go, even if he was creepy it fit the theme. I hope they put something with boardwalk theming back there and not just a plain bridge to the slide.

I love it, creepy face and all. Maybe it’s just getting a new hairdo.

A former co-worker of mine has a phobia of clowns and asked me to recommend between Boardwalk and Beach Club. I was really tempted to just blanket say Boardwalk just to have his GF provide some entertainment..

In the end I was nice and told him to look at photos of the boardwalk and get back to me.

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

They should stick with the 2020 theme and put Pennywise up there...

 

[Jennasis]

Thank God that soulless night demon clown is gone.

 

[mattpeto]

More rumors: clown getting replaced with Mickey and friends. Not sure I buy it.

 

[SMRT-1]

As with all rumors, we should probably check with the definitive source on this one...



(Yes, I probably have way too much free time. )

 

[Beachmom0317]

I’m super excited about the clown. I am staying at boardwalk for the first time only cause it was the cheapest DVC point room (10pt/night waitlist came through) and I wasn’t too excited cause of clown since we will be at pool a lot. Seems silly but I’m excited now haha we go late November so hopefully it’ll be done!

 

[HokieRaven5]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/business/disney-world-coronavirus.html
Has a quote in there from one of the union reps saying there have been few cases amongst their cast members and that most of them originate from activity outside of the park.

Another timed article to try and get DLR open.

 

[New Mouse]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/business/disney-world-coronavirus.html
Has a quote in there from one of the union reps saying there have been few cases amongst their cast members and that most of them originate from activity outside of the park.

Another timed article to try and get DLR open.

There is next to no way for them to know if the cases originated outside the parks. Ultimately, if you venture somewhere where there are a lot of people, your chances go up. Doesnt matter what type of business it is or who the people are.

 

[CouponGirl]

if you have a child in a stroller are they allowed to eat a snack while being pushed or do you have to find a place to stop to allow them to eat/drink?

 

[LizzyDragon]

if you have a child in a stroller are they allowed to eat a snack while being pushed or do you have to find a place to stop to allow them to eat/drink?

As far as I know, there's no exceptions for strollers.

 

[Makmak]

if you have a child in a stroller are they allowed to eat a snack while being pushed or do you have to find a place to stop to allow them to eat/drink?

We saw some people pushing while child was snacking in the stroller but we also saw people being asked to go and be stationary somewhere for the child’s snack so I think it’s not technically allowed if they are “mask aged”

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/10/froz...-reportedly-closed-permanently-at-disneyland/

 

[michellej47]

Yeah but extending the other parks and not DHS makes sense in efforts to lure guests to visit the other 3 instead.

Still want the added hour

I get wanting to pull folks to other parks. For my week, DHS is already full, so they should go ahead and add hours.

 

[Yooperroo]

I know Magic Kingdom will be packed on Halloween, but I was excited to see the hours extended until 9pm. Now it will make sense for us to go back to the resort for a few hours in the afternoon for a break and had back to the park later in the evening.

 

[CouponGirl]

As far as I know, there's no exceptions for strollers.

We saw some people pushing while child was snacking in the stroller but we also saw people being asked to go and be stationary somewhere for the child’s snack so I think it’s not technically allowed if they are “mask aged”

Thanks!

 

[Farro]

More rumors: clown getting replaced with Mickey and friends. Not sure I buy it.

Ah yes, fits in perfectly with the Boardwalk/Coney Island theme.

Hey! They can use Krusty the Clown!!!

 

[Pens Fan]

Disney will begin bus reconfiguration so don't be surprised if they start taking more people

We took a bus to Disney Springs this morning. The bus was configured for 10 parties. Is this what you’re referring to? Every other bus we’ve been on was configured for six parties.

They were no empty seats next to the plastic partitions. So every seat (at least in the front half of the bus where we were sitting) was available for use, just divided by the partitions.

Edited to add photo:



One more edit:

We rode another bus configured for 10 parties last night coming back from MK. This time we sat in the back. They did still have a few seats back there marked as unavailable, but the front appeared to be as you see in the photo.