Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[SaintsManiac]

Part-time informative, part-time sounding board, part-time therapy session, and almost always entertaining. In a way we all commiserate here and celebrate what good we can from the current state of affairs.

The score for 2020 was heavily weighted on the bad news, but there have been sprinkles of good mixed in. My fervent wish is for the score to be dramatically reversed in 2021 - but while still being a realist and knowing that the recovery will not be swift. WDW was reborn almost 6 months ago, there are a lot of baby steps to be taken. The hope is now that there won't be much teething pain in the interim.

Well said!

I love this thread. It helped get me through and will continue to do so.

 

[rteetz]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/12/all-four-disney-world-theme-park-hours-extended-in-january-2021/

 

[KBoopaloo]

Well said!

I love this thread. It helped get me through and will continue to do so.

Yes! Even the fighting was a fun distraction sometimes. Well, for us. Not so much for @rteez. Sorry, Ryan! Thanks for your patience all year.

 

[New Mouse]

Does rteetz reset his post kill tally chart at 1201 tonight?

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344680073119600640

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344699464632709125

 

[JJB123]

We were there for nine days over Christmas and like any vacation there were great parts and not so great parts. Really impossible to believe there is 35% cap, especially at MK & HS. If you told me it was fluid based on demand I’d believe it. We left every park without doing all that we wanted to do because lines were just too long sometimes and crowds became uncomfortable. 75 minutes for 7DMT may not seem bad but when you’ve already do waited an hour for Jingle Cruise then an hour for Pirates then an hour for BTMR, it gets old. But like I said in the Here & Back thread, everything is anecdotal and each day is different.

We had the exact same thoughts! In addition, our Uber driver pointed out that the car lots seemed to be 60% full, which in itself would equate to more than 35% capacity.

 

[rteetz]

We had the exact same thoughts! In addition, our Uber driver pointed out that the car lots seemed to be 60% full, which in itself would equate to more than 35% capacity.

I think more people are driving in general to the parks whether from other states or locally. That is why they did that discount for the drive market.

 

[rpb718]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344680073119600640

I saw this in October. The angle is misleading, it actually isn't that bad for GE.

Now Hogsmeade and especially Diagon Alley - that's bad.

 

[Mit88]

I saw this in October. The angle is misleading, it actually isn't that bad.

I don’t see anything wrong with it, even with deceptive angles. The only grouping here is clearly the same party’s standing together. AJ is trying to find anything that will get her 7DMT attention

 

[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344680073119600640

In my head, that looks really light for New Year's Eve!

 

[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344699464632709125

Oh man, I'd be in that line if I could!
Shoving pizza in my face, yelling "goodbye 2020, you giant turd!".

 

[Tiki Birdland]

In my head, that looks really light for New Year's Eve!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was sure it would be wall-to-wall crowds in GE. Wonder what the crowds look like between IASW and PPF?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I don’t see anything wrong with it, even with deceptive angles. The only grouping here is clearly the same party’s standing together. AJ is trying to find anything that will get her 7DMT attention

Yeah, I thought the takeaway would be that despite the structure of the area and overall crowd levels, spacing is largely able to be maintained.

Like, that it was a positive thing

 

[TheMaxRebo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344699464632709125

Man, imagine how long that line would be if the pizza was good

 

[rteetz]

I saw this in October. The angle is misleading, it actually isn't that bad for GE.

Now Hogsmeade and especially Diagon Alley - that's bad.

Agreed

 

[Mit88]

Man, imagine how long that line would be if the pizza was good

Probably much shorter. Floridans are used to cheesy cardboard, they don’t know what good pizza is lol

 

[gottalovepluto]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344680073119600640

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344699464632709125

That all looks really light for NYE. I believe the 35% capacity limit looking at that.

 

[HikingFam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1344699464632709125

This is probably due to the fact that VN currently doesn’t open until 12:30, which is so bizarre to me (we are early birds and usually looking for lunch by 11:30- meaning no delicious pizza for us this trip).

 

[JJB123]

that tweet about GE is also misleading because they are using that area for the characters! You can see the storm troopers were up there while that was filmed. We saw a host of characters on that stage!