Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[Heather07438]

Happy to hear confirmation on Festival of the Arts!

We booked our dates Jan 8-16 specifically to attend, figuring it'd start on the 15th because usually starts Fri before MLK. Very happy to hear it's starting a week early We've only visited during the first one so far and it was awesome.

ETA: We were able to buy hopper tickets, hope that's also a go

 

[hereforthechurros]

One thing I found interesting was I was reading in a non-Disney focused group and 99% of the comments are Pro-Newsom.

So as much pressure as Disney and others out on him, if he has the majority behind him, why would he bend now?

Just think something very fundamental is going to have to change

On another DLand forum most of the comments are in support of the elongated closure. My sister is a local to DL as well and thinks the parks should stay closed. She's friends with a Club 33 member and gets free tickets as often as she would like so while not an AP, she isn't a casual either. I stated before that outside of the Disney echo chamber, people don't think theme parks should be open, or don't love that they are open.

 

[mattpeto]

I’d say it’s too early to say for sure. They could be taking space from other buckets. I would imagine they are hopeful they can increase capacity by then.

Testa is saying the discounts might be signs for increased capacity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318905878171582464

 

[Farro]

On another DLand forum most of the comments are in support of the elongated closure. My sister is a local to DL as well and thinks the parks should stay closed. She's friends with a Club 33 member and gets free tickets as often as she would like so while not an AP, she isn't a casual either. I stated before that outside of the Disney echo chamber, people don't think theme parks should be open, or don't love that they are open.

A Reddit echo-chamber is the same thing though.

Most people I know are ambivalent. They may not choose to go, but they don't care at all that the parks are open. I certainly wouldn't extrapolate my experience to say all people think they should be open.

None of us know what most people think because every poll, every discussion group is skewed. We all know this.

 

[hereforthechurros]

It's ADR day for the first half of our Christmas stay is today and pickings are SLIM. If they extend park hours do later ADRs automatically pop up or does it take a day or two?

 

[midnight star]

Testa is saying the discounts might be signs for increased capacity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318905878171582464

Were discounts sent in an email?

 

[tlmadden73]

One thing I found interesting was I was reading in a non-Disney focused group and 99% of the comments are Pro-Newsom.

So as much pressure as Disney and others out on him, if he has the majority behind him, why would he bend now?

Just think something very fundamental is going to have to change

I doubt it is the majority .. just the vocal minority that likes to post their opinions on the internet .

 

[mattpeto]

Were discounts sent in an email?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/special-offers/early-2021-room-offer/

 

[midnight star]

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/special-offers/early-2021-room-offer/

Thank you!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Testa is saying the discounts might be signs for increased capacity.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318905878171582464

yeha, it all goes hand in hand - if they are trying to get more people to come, if they do they need more space for them. They already now announced that All Star Movies will open so that is more hotel space for them - but now they need more "space" for them in the parks ... be it figuring out how to make throughput on rides more efficient, opening more shows, opening more dining, longer park hours, etc.

 

[RamblingRabbit]

It's ADR day for the first half of our Christmas stay is today and pickings are SLIM. If they extend park hours do later ADRs automatically pop up or does it take a day or two?

I've been looking for 2 weeks for extended hours for ADRs for our early December vacation & they haven't been extended yet... stuck with a 3 PM Be Our Guest & no restaurants are scheduled open for the last 2 hours of the day...

EDIT: I just checked BOG again for December 8 & they were extended JUST NOW. Moved our reservation to the last possible time and we'll now be in after the park closes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

Do you have any idea how much it would cost to build two new theme parks from scratch? It’s not happening. Dallas also has a much worse climate than Southern California.

Not that I think the parks would actually ever move, BUT... Dallas isn't the only city in TX. South TX hardly ever gets snow (it snowed where I'm at a couple years ago for the first time in like 32 years, and lasted less than 12 hours). Also, Disneyland Paris has pretty big swings in temps, including snow, so that's not really even that much of a deterrent. (I realize cold isn't the only adverse weather there is, and it can be pretty surface-of-the-sunn-y in TX.) In my dream world, they make Disneyland into a historic landmark, move park operations to South TX. Again, not that it'll happen.

When I think about how much structural work has been done over the years on Matterhorn & SM... yeah. No. You can’t just dig it up, load it on trucks and hope the TX soil is the same as SoCal.

The soil in TX has a lot of clay, very loamy. A lot of limestone in Central TX. It can be pretty difficult to dig here.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

A Reddit echo-chamber is the same thing though.

Most people I know are ambivalent. They may not choose to go, but they don't care at all that the parks are open. I certainly wouldn't extrapolate my experience to say all people think they should be open.

None of us know what most people think because every poll, every discussion group is skewed. We all know this.

yeah, just when I see things like "why does Newsom hate Disney so much? did he fail to get a BG for Rise of the Resistance? Did Roy Disney kick his dog?" - it's not really something personal for him against Disney it's that there are other sides and a lot of people agree with him that things should stay closed and people supported financially another way

 

[rockpiece]

Sitting at DHS right now, are they using the plexiglass on Rise yet or is still 1 party per car?

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

I don't know if anyone's reported on when the Q2 room discounts are definitely for? It's "Stay most nights January 3 through April 17, 2021." I was able to apply to our March trip. Trying for our Jan, Feb, and April trips, but not finding rooms at our current resorts.

 

[Farro]

yeah, just when I see things like "why does Newsom hate Disney so much? did he fail to get a BG for Rise of the Resistance? Did Roy Disney kick his dog?" - it's not really something personal for him against Disney it's that there are other sides and a lot of people agree with him that things should stay closed and people supported financially another way

I don't think it has anything to do with Disney personally. Most definitely other factors in play.

I do get frustrated though. Here they are closing things back down again in certain counties because cases are going up. Death rate, hospitalizations are nowhere near what they were in our first spike, but they aren't paying attention to that. So now businesses that literally just reopened are now being forced to shut down again, some probably to never open again. But then some businesses are allowed to stay open using masks and social distancing.

They say the spike is coming from family gatherings, not restaurants/bars. So they closed the restaurants bars...

There's no rhyme or reason and I don't believe most are actually following the science anymore. I don't even believe they are following the CDC recs anymore. But I digress.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I doubt it is the majority .. just the vocal minority that likes to post their opinions on the internet .

well, he did get elected - maybe the majority doesn't feel as strongly as the vocal minority but I think a majority of people in CA might lean towards his views

 

[BorderTenny]

It's ADR day for the first half of our Christmas stay is today and pickings are SLIM. If they extend park hours do later ADRs automatically pop up or does it take a day or two?

If it's any indication, the reservation finder I had going for Yak & Yeti dinner finally just this morning came through for the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Oddly enough, I also managed to grab LTT for that same day when randomly checking yesterday. Family is still deciding on which one Disney park they want to visit when they're down that week (in addition to the already decided Dining with Orcas at Sea World on Thanksgiving Day).

 

[TheMaxRebo]

It's ADR day for the first half of our Christmas stay is today and pickings are SLIM. If they extend park hours do later ADRs automatically pop up or does it take a day or two?

I know for our last trip (back in February which feels like a lifetime ago) they extended park hours and then it was like a week later that FP_ showed up for that extra hour ... and I think that was pretty typical so I would expect that to be the same for ADRs, etc. that there is a delay

 

[scrappinginontario]

Sitting at DHS right now, are they using the plexiglass on Rise yet or is still 1 party per car?

One party per car at this time.