Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[skeeter31]

Okay maybe not then haha. Between the push for holiday crowds and Q2 bookings I thought maybe they expected a heavy call volume for October then tapering off in November.

Yeah my guess is mandatory OT has been down since the parks reopened with not as many calls coming in. But then again, with some call center CMs still furloughed, the ones that are working may have had the mandatory OT.
The nice thing with the OT is you did it on your own terms. You had your set schedule (say 3pm-11pm Tuesday-Saturday) but you could come in at anytime to do your OT hours. So I would normally pick a day or 2 to just go in a few hours early and bang the hours out. But it was nice being able to come in in a morning if I needed to, etc.

 

[Chris Ehlers]

Im wondering if we will have a July -September moment ( wait Times) when they start bringing back shows in larger numbers? or will they expand capacity at the same time?

 

[rteetz]

Just received the pin code myself.

 

[Justrose]

No pin code here - bummer! I didn't get one the last time they sent them out, either.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

I saved $77 a night for our 4 nights at CSR. 3/3-3/7. CBR only has discounts on king beds for my dates. Seems that rooms are filling up.

 

[JacknSally]

One other tidbit to share for those planning holiday trips (mainly post-Thanksgiving): Disney is expecting many more bookings for the last part of the year. If this expected demand materializes, they apparently do have some (albeit small) additional offerings they’re planning.

I don’t know if I want attendance to stay low so the crowds are low, or if I want attendance to come up enough that we get these magical post-Thanksgiving surprise offerings.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Me: canceled June trip.

DIS Boards: omg look PIN codes for June!

Me: checks email. convinced I will never get a PIN code.

 

[andyman8]

I don’t know if I want attendance to stay low so the crowds are low, or if I want attendance to come up enough that we get these magical post-Thanksgiving surprise offerings.

Just to caution: I get the sense we’re talking small things (more restaurants, more shops, special menus, special merch, small entertainment additons, a socially distant holiday character thing, etc...), but that’s all dependent on how bookings play out over the next couple weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if we also get another date or two for resort reopenings announced before year’s end.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

No email here. I called an nothing attached to my account. Figures, I always get a pin email when I'm not planning a trip...

She did tell me they have mandatory overtime until beginning of November. Guess they are expecting a rush!

at least you have gotten a pin - I've never received one ... guess Disney doesn't love me as much as I love it (or they get pissed that I stay off property some times)

 

[RamblingRabbit]

I get the sense we’re talking small things (more restaurants, more shops, special menus, special merch, small entertainment additons, a socially distant holiday character thing, etc...)

Honestly, those are things that look needed right about now and would love to see.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Honestly, those are things that look needed right about now and would love to see.

100% agree - and if the parks are currently running at (or very close to) the 25% cap, and they are able to increase in park capacity (meaning things people can do, more capacity for rides, dining, etc.) by, say, 20%, that will be a big help in reducing some of the crazy long physical lines that start to impede the walkways

 

[lampshadehead]

Just received a PIN

Edit to add: They don't recognize my last name and zip code at the pin validation page.

 

[sullivan.kscott]

Just to caution: I get the sense we’re talking small things (more restaurants, more shops, special menus, special merch, small entertainment additons, a socially distant holiday character thing, etc...), but that’s all dependent on how bookings play out over the next couple weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if we also get another date or two for resort reopenings announced before year’s end.

Is thanksgiving week so low we can’t get a sneak preview of some of these shows and restaurants?
Honestly I’m glad our second EPCOT day falls where we’ll get the start of their little festival of the holidays. But we’d love any more shows

 

[Sarahslay]

If if Newsom really thought operating theme parks could be a public health danger right now, he wouldn’t have sent his staff into those parks for days. This is just political theater. Those staffers didn’t even quarantine after returning to CA, but sure Newsom is really acting on the science.

Well aware it was all for show, but I do know that it probably just solidified in his mind that what he's doing is "right" (right by his standards, not necessarily anyone else's).

 

[hereforthechurros]

Just to caution: I get the sense we’re talking small things (more restaurants, more shops, special menus, special merch, small entertainment additons, a socially distant holiday character thing, etc...), but that’s all dependent on how bookings play out over the next couple weeks. I wouldn’t be surprised if we also get another date or two for resort reopenings announced before year’s end.

I’m sure the Port Orleans resorts will be last to come online but a girl can dream right?

 

[Sarahslay]

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 can tell you that for Thanksgiving week it didn't change much at all, I've been stalking. I made my Christmas week ADRs yesterday and had tons of availability aside from Yak & Yeti of all places, everybody must be coming in on Sunday. I was really hoping that I could book a later ADR at AK after they extended hours for Thanksgiving, they stopped at 5 when I was booking before the extension, and I saw zero change after they extended. Most of the other parks had ADRs available after park hours anyway so that didn't change either since they were already offered.

 

[hereforthechurros]

Just received a PIN

Edit to add: They don't recognize my last name and zip code at the pin validation page.

This is a common issue. It happened to me with the last pin and this one. You can try other addresses or last names that may be on file. Or just call in and they’ll confirm.

 

[JaxDad]

at least you have gotten a pin - I've never received one ... guess Disney doesn't love me as much as I love it (or they get pissed that I stay off property some times)

Big Brother Disney tracking your location with the MagicBand???
:-D

 

[Leigh L]

Just received a PIN

Edit to add: They don't recognize my last name and zip code at the pin validation page.

Try the last names of anyone else in your family, your old zip code, or anything else Disney might have on record.

Someone on the resort discounts boards figured that out a few months ago and going off that post, I finally got the PIN I received then to work with my DDs last name (even though she doesn't have an MDE or anything registered with Disney - she's under my account).

Edited to add: Just got a PIN. It's under DDs last name again.

 

[andyman8]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/10/disn...ions-for-recently-increased-theme-park-hours/FYI