Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[soniam]

2020, y'all. 2020.

If I wasn't laughing about 2020, I would be constantly crying about it. I think I have gone mad

 

[midnight star]

2020, y'all. 2020.

This is my answer for everything...

 

[skeeter31]

Went to HS this evening. Originally was going to go back to EPCOT tonight, but saw availability for HS and switched. Got there around 5 and it was lovely as everyone was heading out and we were heading in. Wandered around SWGE (haven’t been since the AP preview days last August) and it was so nice to be there when it was cooler outside and not 100°. Got some spare parts for my Savis lightsaber, looked in Dok Ondars and had some alcoholic blue milk. All the lightsabers lit up at night looks really cool. I’ve never been a HS fan, but it was a very nice evening. We didn’t do any rides. MMRR was still at 80 minutes at 5:30 and 70 minutes at 6:30. That would have been the only ride we wanted to try.

 

[Eric Smith]

Any updates on Gideon’s Bakehouse?

In the Timtracker video from a couple days ago. They showed the front from Wine Bar George. It looked like there’s still a decent amount of work to do.

 

[TXAKDisneyFan]

3. I think that will come back eventually. I feel like that’s a big selling point for staying on property. My parents have always raved about the luggage delivery.

I certainly hope they bring back the luggage delivery and resort airline check in. I understand if they don't currently have the guests to justify it right now, but it would be nice not to have to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with everyone picking up their bags at the carousel. Seems like it would help with social distancing in the airport. (Obv it's also nice not to have to mess with dragging bags around.)

 

[hereforthechurros]

Today is one of those bad aspects of social media and the internet in general. The entire glitch on Disney’s end lasted about 2-3 hours, but because people posted it everywhere, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of ADRs now out there that are going to be at risk of cancellations. Word of mouth got spread far and wide in such a short time. Too bad it took Disney too long to hear those rumblings and shut it down on their end.

I was too busy to check social media today weirdly enough! My husband is up at 5 am for work and just happened to check. I woke up to TP notifications. If they’re going to have to undo those they should let people know ASAP so they can keep looking.

 

[Shellbells]

Please update me on what happens in your mde experience app regarding your new reservations

Right now all of my changes as still showing my MDE.
I'm going to check the second I wake up in the morning and I'll let you know if they are still there. Our flight leaves at 7am so I won't be able to check again until we land. Fingers crossed!

 

[Azziefan]

Right now all of my changes as still showing my MDE.
I'm going to check the second I wake up in the morning and I'll let you know if they are still there. Our flight leaves at 7am so I won't be able to check again until we land. Fingers crossed!

Your in my thoughts and prayers fr! And have a fabulous time!

 

[Mit88]

Surveys at Disney going out asking about New Years Eve

 

[dislee1164]

Surveys at Disney going out asking about New Years Eve

I want one!! I am a resort guest that week, hope they send me one!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Surveys at Disney going out asking about New Years Eve

I vote "yes, we should move to a new year"

 

[RolloTomasi]

I flew in today and spent the afternoon/early evening at Epcot. Walked right on SE, Soarin, and Living with the land and I was thinking cool, I like this. Then I got to World Showcase. I know people have said the crowds have gotten bigger since the summer and while I believe them, crowds were loooooooow. It was actually kind of sad walking around. The vibe is completely off. So many store are closed. Since Frozen is closed, Norway was basically a ghost town. It did seem busier at night, probably because everyone was making their way over to restaurants, but it was just weird feeling all day. I waited longer for my covid test when I landed than anything else today.

I have Hollywood Studios tomorrow (for my birthday!) and I know that'll probably be the complete opposite, but I don't know. I never thought I'd see the day where I could do everything I wanted in Epcot in about three hours.

(I was also kind of annoyed at the girl in front of me in line at Hops & Barley who was clearly tipsy, wouldn't stand on the ground markings, and then only wore her mask properly to take a selfie and then just pulled it under her nose.)

 

[Leigh L]

An understatement considering many of these are Thanksgiving and Christmas reservations. I do not envy the people handling cleanup on this one. We benefited from two ADRs because of the glitch but are understanding if we lose them. Something seemed off about it right away with availability being that open.

Definitely
Initially, I had assumed they held some ADRs back. One of the two I modified was Oga's, and IIRC that one has had ones dropped in the past and our DHS day is Sunday, so pretty close I didn't think much of it. Then when I saw closing time H&V and BOG I thought that was weird with sudden availability at those times...well anything at MK for this Friday since that's been zip availability for a while now except Tony's.

Well whatever department is handling this is in for a long night it sounds like, I don’t envy them at all. This is gonna be rough to sort out if they don’t have a magical IT button that can reset everything to what it was yesterday

I would think they routinely backup their reservation systems and could theoretically set it back to the hour it glitched? But then again...
Either way, even if they did that, still a hot mess.

 

[Leigh L]

A lot of people were moving reservations around to different times on the same day. I moved a CA Grill res earlier by 30 minutes and moved a Sanaa one to an hour earlier. Maybe a certain number of those will cancel each other out and they won’t have to do too much canceling. I got a Hollywood and Vine lunch that was new though and I would understand if they have to cancel that. I’m glad I didn’t change too much for our trip in 2 weeks.

Hopefully they - at least some - cancel each other out.
In the end, I decided not to pick up anything new, but modified what I had to better times (one ADR I modified by 5 minutes. the other by 20 minutes). Also had been trying to drop my ADRs from 3 to 2 people for weeks now, but unable to until yesterday, so that was my major change since I thought having the right # of people showing was better for their planning purposes with tables.

 

[Shellbells]

Good morning Dis! Today's the day! I woke up an hour before my alarm went off so it's safe to say, I'm excited.
So far all the changes I made yesterday are still showing in MDE. However, I'm not seeing any ADRs available for today, tomorrow or Friday. None at all, no matter what time I select. Not sure if that's just me or everyone.
Our flight gets in at 4 and I'll let you know how the magical express goes.

 

[Disdreamprincess]

Good morning Dis! Today's the day! I woke up an hour before my alarm went off so it's safe to say, I'm excited.
So far all the changes I made yesterday are still showing in MDE. However, I'm not seeing any ADRs available for today, tomorrow or Friday. None at all, no matter what time I select. Not sure if that's just me or everyone.
Our flight gets in at 4 and I'll let you know how the magical express goes.

Safe travels

 

[yulilin3]

Good morning Dis! Today's the day! I woke up an hour before my alarm went off so it's safe to say, I'm excited.
So far all the changes I made yesterday are still showing in MDE. However, I'm not seeing any ADRs available for today, tomorrow or Friday. None at all, no matter what time I select. Not sure if that's just me or everyone.
Our flight gets in at 4 and I'll let you know how the magical express goes.

I don't see any either, have fun!!

 

[KM82]

I don't see any either, have fun!!

We tried all day yesterday while the dining reservations were down. Ended up heading to Liberty Tree Tavern at around 5 and did a walk up without issue.

 

[skeeter31]

Heading to UO today for the first time since it reopened. Then doing MK this afternoon and evening. Excited to see if any Christmas decorations are up at UO!

 

[MrsBooch]

We tried all day yesterday while the dining reservations were down. Ended up heading to Liberty Tree Tavern at around 5 and did a walk up without issue.

wow that is awesome! especially for a 5pm!