Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[gottalovepluto]

Seems to happen most to CSR? Is the pool there smaller compared to others?

Personally I wonder if it’s an unfortunate conflux of things that are clobbering CSR’s feature pool.
-CSR is one of the biggest resorts room wise open right now
-feature pool has slide, hot tub and bar

CSR was functioning at like half capacity when the basketball thing was there but now they have potentially like 2k rooms worth of folks clamoring for the feature pool specifically. (Reports are the quiet pools are still quiet.)

What I want to see going into summer is a another mod opened. It would cost WDW more yep, but have you seen those room prices? Lol. They’re making money. And with DHS already getting booked to capacity for days in June for resort guests Disney has strong summer demand.

Personally I had a nice stay pool wise at CSR mid-Feb. No capacity issues and I was able to go to the hot tub whenever I wanted, lovely weather... But I only had half the competition people are facing now with the entire resort open and the weather was lovely, not OMG GET ME WATER AM DYING hot.

Disney could make this a better experience in a couple months by slicing CSR capacity and opening POR or even AKL. But they don’t have to, after all people are still paying to stay at CSR and the website technically discloses they might not be able to access the pool.

The other pool I’d keep a close eye on is SAB. BC opening will add a lot of people wanting SAB access this summer.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Personally I wonder if it’s an unfortunate conflux of things that are clobbering CSR’s feature pool.
-CSR is one of the biggest resorts room wise open right now
-feature pool has slide, hot tub and bar

CSR was functioning at like half capacity when the basketball thing was there but now they have potentially like 2k rooms worth of folks clamoring for the feature pool specifically. (Reports are the quiet pools are still quiet.)

What I want to see going into summer is a another mod opened. It would cost WDW more yep, but have you seen those room prices? Lol. They’re making money. And with DHS already getting booked to capacity for days in June for resort guests Disney has strong summer demand.

Personally I had a nice stay pool wise at CSR mid-Feb. No capacity issues and I was able to go to the hot tub whenever I wanted, lovely weather... But I only had half the competition people are facing now with the entire resort open and the weather was lovely, not OMG GET ME WATER AM DYING hot.

Disney could make this a better experience in a couple months by slicing CSR capacity and opening POR or even AKL. But they don’t have to, after all people are still paying to stay at CSR and the website technically discloses they might not be able to access the pool.

The other pool I’d keep a close eye on is SAB. BC opening will add a lot of people wanting SAB access this summer.

On second thought they’d prob need to open POR not AKL... I recall reports last summer of AKL pools having lines for entry with just the DVC folks.

 

[mrsap]

Morning!!


Just a Reminder: Disney Cruise Line opens bookings to All Guests Today!

New Summer 2022 Itineraries and Departures: Dreams Unlimited

 

[Farro]

Even June dates are starting to be in the "yellow" on the parks reservation calendar for resort guests. (mostly DHS not available)

I'm surprised - people must be booking hotels again.

 

[mrsap]

A New Look is in the Works for Main Street Confectionery at Magic Kingdom Park

 

[mrsap]

Great news for Disney CM’s...

All Adults to be Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine Beginning April 5th in Florida

 

[Sarahslay]

Even June dates are starting to be in the "yellow" on the parks reservation calendar for resort guests. (mostly DHS not available)

I'm surprised - people must be booking hotels again.

A lot of people are out of school by that week, we actually leave to go home on June 7 when DHS starts turning yellow (as of last time I checked). Our schools get out May 21 so we're heading down Memorial Day weekend for my birthday knowing most schools don't get out until the next week in many places. Of course I'm used to DHS getting full in all buckets by my trip dates, it's happened on every single one of my 5 trips that it's been booked solid in all buckets. I still don't think they've been having trouble filling rooms, it's just more obvious now and more than what it was at opening.

 

[Sarahslay]

A lot of people are out of school by that week, we actually leave to go home on June 7 when DHS starts turning yellow (as of last time I checked). Our schools get out May 21 so we're heading down Memorial Day weekend for my birthday knowing most schools don't get out until the next week in many places. Of course I'm used to DHS getting full in all buckets by my trip dates, it's happened on every single one of my 5 trips that it's been booked solid in all buckets. I still don't think they've been having trouble filling rooms, it's just more obvious now and more than what it was at opening.

of course now that I look my week is full for DHS too, not surprising in the least, I'm used to it at this point.

 

[HokieRaven5]

A lot of people are out of school by that week, we actually leave to go home on June 7 when DHS starts turning yellow (as of last time I checked). Our schools get out May 21 so we're heading down Memorial Day weekend for my birthday knowing most schools don't get out until the next week in many places. Of course I'm used to DHS getting full in all buckets by my trip dates, it's happened on every single one of my 5 trips that it's been booked solid in all buckets. I still don't think they've been having trouble filling rooms, it's just more obvious now and more than what it was at opening.

When DHS has the lowest maximum capacity of the 4 parks and the newest rides it makes sense. I'm sure there are also enough folks making multiple DHS reservation days for their trips it isn't surprising to see it fill up as quickly as it does.

 

[Farro]

Well I find it surprising because outside of Spring Break, we haven't seen full weeks filling up this far out with no "holiday". Summers have been slower the past few years.

 

[Eric Smith]

Well I find it surprising because outside of Spring Break, we haven't seen full weeks filling up this far out with no "holiday". Summers have been slower the past few years.

It's probably indicative of people's rising comfort level with traveling. I would guess that it's shifting to more non-locals visiting the park which would mean more people in the hotels.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

I’ve been seeing some (unofficial) reports on Twitter and Facebook that part time servers just started getting called back. Wonder if that means they’re increasing restaurant capacity, opening more locations opening or what, but I love seeing happy CM posts!

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Well I find it surprising because outside of Spring Break, we haven't seen full weeks filling up this far out with no "holiday". Summers have been slower the past few years.

I think there is a decent number of people who held off or are holding off on travel until they’re vaccinated. Vaccinations are cruising along in so many areas of the country, so I think summer travel will be super nuts. DH and I are both got our first shots - I NEVER thought we would be eligible and fully vaxxed by the end of March! I thought I was looking at summer at the earliest.

Anyway, we weren’t going to go until early 2022 but things are looking so much brighter we may push it earlier. We also learned that a health issue we thought could put our son in a higher risk category is not as much of a concern. Our 2022 trip could become summer 2021

 

[hertamaniac]

The no-sail order date hasn't changed since instituted last October.

On Wednesday, the CDC said it is working on updating its no-sail order.

"Returning to passenger cruising is a phased approach to mitigate the risk of spreading COVID-19. Details for the next phase of the CSO are currently under interagency review," the agency said in a statement to FOX Television Stations."

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/c...ntil-nov-1-despite-cruise-association-request

 

[gottalovepluto]

Well I find it surprising because outside of Spring Break, we haven't seen full weeks filling up this far out with no "holiday". Summers have been slower the past few years.

I’m expecting Summer 2021 to be a non-stop version of Spring Break 2021 for Disney World.

 

[kylenne]

A lot of people are out of school by that week, we actually leave to go home on June 7 when DHS starts turning yellow (as of last time I checked). Our schools get out May 21 so we're heading down Memorial Day weekend for my birthday knowing most schools don't get out until the next week in many places. Of course I'm used to DHS getting full in all buckets by my trip dates, it's happened on every single one of my 5 trips that it's been booked solid in all buckets. I still don't think they've been having trouble filling rooms, it's just more obvious now and more than what it was at opening.

I cut my 2 week trip down to 8 days around that timeframe was well, going down Memorial Day weekend and coming back June 5. Seeing those reports of buckets filling at HS made me book park days “just in case” on the couple of days I set aside for resort/pool time at GF and YC. Something tells me that week is going to fill up quickly too.

I’m just really salty that APs who stay on site get screwed so badly by the bucket system as it currently stands, which is a LOT of us out of state APs. I don’t know if it’s an allocation issue or what, but it’s really irritating seeing resort bucket at capacity meanwhile AP is wide open. It really ought to allow us to draw from the other bucket if one is filled.

I hope SAB isn’t slammed too badly since I’ll be there when BC opens back up...I was going to splurge for a cabana at GF but I might well need to book one at YC too at this rate.

 

[IceSkatingPrincess]

I’m expecting Summer 2021 to be a non-stop version of Spring Break 2021 for Disney World.

I agree. The parks are going to be wild this summer. We are actually taking the summer off from WDW. Between the heat, the lines, and the lack of fastpass, it just isn't appealing right now. We will be back in Sept for a resort-heavy food and wine weekend, but canceled our reservation for the 50th and are going to Aulani instead.

I had planned to take my nieces on their first trip this winter but this just isn't the first experience I want for them so we are pushing that back as well. I'm hopeful for 2022 to be a little closer to "normal".

This is all in addition to the fact that as a new DVC owner I still can't buy annual passes right now. That honestly is one of my biggest complaints at the moment. For the amount of money dropped to buy (especially direct!) I strongly feel that new DVC contracts should get the ability to buy APs. They'll renew for existing/cancellation closed members, but new members are SOL. New DVC owners since mid-pandemic as an impacted group isn't that large and could be handled better.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

I cut my 2 week trip down to 8 days around that timeframe was well, going down Memorial Day weekend and coming back June 5. Seeing those reports of buckets filling at HS made me book park days “just in case” on the couple of days I set aside for resort/pool time at GF and YC. Something tells me that week is going to fill up quickly too.

I’m just really salty that APs who stay on site get screwed so badly by the bucket system as it currently stands, which is a LOT of us out of state APs. I don’t know if it’s an allocation issue or what, but it’s really irritating seeing resort bucket at capacity meanwhile AP is wide open. It really ought to allow us to draw from the other bucket if one is filled.

I hope SAB isn’t slammed too badly since I’ll be there when BC opens back up...I was going to splurge for a cabana at GF but I might well need to book one at YC too at this rate.

I’m with you. We are FL res APs but we always stay onsite because we live almost 7 hours away. I have read reports of people being able to call and get a CM to manually override the buckets and allow an AP to pull from the AP bucket with a resort stay but with the waits on the phone being so long lately I didn’t try it for our last trip.

 

[mrsap]

Hope this helps some of you...

Disney Refills Select Park Passes for March and April Dates

 

[kylenne]

I’m with you. We are FL res APs but we always stay onsite because we live almost 7 hours away. I have read reports of people being able to call and get a CM to manually override the buckets and allow an AP to pull from the AP bucket with a resort stay but with the waits on the phone being so long lately I didn’t try it for our last trip.

Thanks, that’s good to know. I outsource waiting on the phone to our TA, so it’s not a big deal to me.

Wish we didn’t have to though, it really stinks.