Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[osufeth24]

I'll be interested to see the approach of Disney management for CM and masks. The general public will most likely have the option to wear them or not but i believe once Disney drops the mandate the CM will not have that option. I know my DD feels reassured when she's wearing her mask at work, not sure how she'll feel if/ when Disney tells all CM they can't wear them anymore

I really can't imagine them dropping it until they feel it's completely safe to do so

 

[jlwhitney]

Like everyone else said, they won't be around forever. You may see more people choose to keep wearing them, but that's different.

I fully expect Disney to keep the requirement longer than most, but on the flipside of that - if more and more places drop the requirement quicker than we think (we really have no idea what's going to happen with vaccine timeline, just a lot of guessing at this point) and Disney becomes the only holdout (especially in theme-park vacation destinations), I can see that being an issue with people going on vacation. A lot of "I don't have to wear it anywhere but here", or "I'm vaccinated"...Yes, it's their house, their rules, but just saying I can see issues in the future.

I actually think cities, once vaccinations really ramp up, will be quicker to drop mask mandate than most of us are predicting.

I do wish social distancing could stay as I agree it's nice not to have people on top of me.

Anyways, things are looking up!!!

Maybe, but there are big groups of people that also think they should stay around forever. Just doesn't feel hopeful. I miss Disney and we won't be back till no masks. We just did Dollywood and it was cold and the masks are just miserable and they barely enforced them which was the only way we survived. Dollywood allows walking and eating/drinking, to take off for pictures (actually encouraged) and really walking around very little enforcement. We don't wear them much wear we live since so few places required them here and many don't wear either, and the crazy part is our numbers are very controlled here.

 

[yulilin3]

I really can't imagine them dropping it until they feel it's completely safe to do so

Oh yeah, 100% agree, I just don't think the cm will have the option to wear them or not like the guests will, which is obviously what happened before. I just know that some CM will feel better wearing them even if it's a false sense of security.

 

[Farro]

Maybe, but there are big groups of people that also think they should stay around forever. Just doesn't feel hopeful. I miss Disney and we won't be back till no masks. We just did Dollywood and it was cold and the masks are just miserable and they barely enforced them which was the only way we survived. Dollywood allows walking and eating/drinking, to take off for pictures (actually encouraged) and really walking around very little enforcement. We don't wear them much wear we live since so few places required them here and many don't wear either, and the crazy part is our numbers are very controlled here.

The real majority (silent majority) of mask wearers don't want to wear masks forever.

We were them because we have to (and we should), but as soon as requirements are dropped, most of us will be thrilled to put away our masks!

 

[SmartyBacon]

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[SaintsManiac]

Here's the mask debate again!

Masks are here to stay until Disney says they aren't. Your personal comfort with people removing masks is irrelevant because Disney says they must remain on.

Yep here it is! It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it is. It’s going to keep coming up.

 

[osufeth24]

Whenever this ends and masks aren't required, I'm gonna have to figure out what I'm going to do with 40 some masks I have LOL

 

[MickeyWaffles]

The real majority (silent majority) of mask wearers don't want to wear masks forever.

We were them because we have to (and we should), but as soon as requirements are dropped, most of us will be thrilled to put away our masks!

Exactly! It’s a very big leap to say that because someone doesn’t mind wearing a mask that they think masks should be around forever.

I am very pro mask but I certainly do not want masks to be around forever I don’t care about wearing them - they don’t bother me at all, in fact sometimes I forget to take it off when I get back in the car after going inside somewhere. But I still don’t want to wear one forever.

Even though masks don’t bother me, when transmission is low enough for it to be safe, I’ll be happy to be done with them. I want to see my kids smiles at WDW again! And honestly, everyone else’s smiles too!

I also don’t want to keep doing mask laundry

 

[osufeth24]

I didn't recognize a co worker one time because they DIDN'T have a mask on, and i had never seen their full face before lol

 

[Lewisc]

All this stuff will disappear gradually and mostly unofficially IMHO. They probably won't renew the contract for the temperature takers, the enforcement for face coverings will become more lax, particularly outside. The distance markers will wear away and they won't be replaced. I don't see them making any sort of grand announcement saying everything is back to normal.

I couldn't disagree more. Disney has union contracts. I sort of agree with respect to distance markers. Plexiglass and mask compliance may reduce the need for strict distancing all places.

 

[FutureDisneyEventPlanner]

Recently saw a poster on a Facebook group say that no one should travel to Disney because all the workers are at risk. Which is 100% true, the risk is there. But...if no one travels to Disney, wouldn’t the workers also be at risk of losing their jobs because no one is coming to the parks to spend money? I was just curious what others thought.

 

[jlwhitney]

Yep here it is! It shouldn’t be such a big deal, but it is. It’s going to keep coming up.

Its a big deal because not everyone can handle them well no matter how much they try, people seem to forget that.

 

[yulilin3]

Whenever this ends and masks aren't required, I'm gonna have to figure out what I'm going to do with 40 some masks I have LOL

The reason why i haven't bought any, other than the blue, disposable ones

 

[DGsAtBLT]

Who are the big groups of people who want mandatory masks forever? I think at the very most I’ve seen people say they want mask wearing *normalized* if you are feeling under the weather (which I happen to agree with), but that is not the same thing nor is it a wish to personally wear them forever all the time.

 

[osufeth24]

The reason why i haven't bought any, other than the blue, disposable ones

haha, i figured if I'm going to have to wear one every day at work and when i go out, I might as well have fun with it and be fashionable. Everyone at work looks to see what type of mask I got on today lol

 

[SaintsManiac]

Who are the big groups of people who want mandatory masks forever? I think at the very most I’ve seen people say they want mask wearing *normalized* if you are feeling under the weather (which I happen to agree with), but that is not the same thing nor is it a wish to personally wear them forever all the time.

Exactly.

 

[SaintsManiac]

haha, i figured if I'm going to have to wear one every day at work and when i go out, I might as well have fun with it and be fashionable. Everyone at work looks to see what type of mask I got on today lol

I have a child in school and her collection is pretty big now. She said she "needs variety."

 

[KittyKitty]

(My fantasy)
I think masks are here to stay for the ones who want to prevent infection once the vaccine is available. Like most viruses, Covid-19 may not disappear, but the vaccine will help the body fight off the virus once exposed.
I myself have not had a cold/flu for a year. Normally I would have 3-4 colds that last a month. So me wearing a mask will become a normal.

 

[rpb718]

Who are the big groups of people who want mandatory masks forever? I think at the very most I’ve seen people say they want mask wearing *normalized* if you are feeling under the weather (which I happen to agree with), but that is not the same thing nor is it a wish to personally wear them forever all the time.

If it's on Facebook, due to the sheer number of users one can find "big groups" for or against just about anything and everything there. There's probably "pro-line cutting" and "anti-fireworks" groups out there.

 

[woody337]

Whenever this ends and masks aren't required, I'm gonna have to figure out what I'm going to do with 40 some masks I have LOL

Burn them!!!! LOL