Disneyland Reopening Speculation Superthread

[Lynzer Torte]

Looks like Disney is recording a commercial at the parks today!

https://www.facebook.com/themeparktagalong/posts/2662544507333510

 

[dieumeye]

I hope they’ll do it. It makes a lot of money and is logistically easier in CA than FL. While overall it would mean less reservations available each day it could in the long run ease some of the reservation pressure because people would get more out of the reservation. Instead of an AP needing to come 2 days for both parks, they can do 1 day for all their favorite highlights. They would need longer hours than FL is running but that’s not unusual for DLR and later hours + PH would encourage more spending on dinner and time to browse merch in the evenings.

I agree. I’m not so sure it makes sense to stop park hopping at DL.

If hopping is not allowed, to visit both parks I make a DAY 1 reservation for DL and stay for a few hours, and then a DAY 2 reservation for DCA and stay a few hours. So as a local AP, I’d be taking up 2 days of reservations that could have easily been done with just 1 day. That doesn’t seem like a good use of limited capacity.

It’s just not the same as WDW where hopping is among 4 parks and requires transportation.

 

[midnight star]

Looks like Disney is recording a commercial at the parks today!

https://www.facebook.com/themeparktagalong/posts/2662544507333510

Wonder what type of commercial

 

[disneychrista]

OC is already in "Red" tier and will likely move to "Orange" tier on Tuesday per OC Register.

Didn’t they JUST hit orange level this week? They have at least another (couple) weeks before they can be moved. It takes 2 full weeks meeting the metrics to move. Or have they been below 4 for awhile. Hard to keep up any more. My county just blew getting out of Purple thanks to an outbreak at one business (20+ people infected)

 

[audrey2580]

I agree. I’m not so sure it makes sense to stop park hopping at DL.

If hopping is not allowed, to visit both parks I make a DAY 1 reservation for DL and stay for a few hours, and then a DAY 2 reservation for DCA and stay a few hours. So as a local AP, I’d be taking up 2 days of reservations that could have easily been done with just 1 day. That doesn’t seem like a good use of limited capacity.

It’s just not the same as WDW where hopping is among 4 parks and requires transportation.
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I agree but I think they could be looking at it like this - If DL reservations sell out there's always DCA for locals. They are packing into DTD so I'm sure if DL was at capacity people would head to DCA. I think it will act like an overflow park.

 

[SeaDis]

Looks like Disney is recording a commercial at the parks today!

https://www.facebook.com/themeparktagalong/posts/2662544507333510

Nice scoop! Commercial or maybe the kind of videos we saw for previous park openings (spacing, procedures, safety, etc)

Glad to see more activity either way. I think that's the first time we have seen a gate even open or unlocked (in a photo)?

 

[bgswan]

Didn’t they JUST hit orange level this week? They have at least another (couple) weeks before they can be moved. It takes 2 full weeks meeting the metrics to move. Or have they been below 4 for awhile. Hard to keep up any more. My county just blew getting out of Purple thanks to an outbreak at one business (20+ people infected)

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/...campaign=socialflow&utm_content=tw-ocregister

 

[dina444444]

Yes, didn't they just do that in 2018 ahead of SWGE opening? They blocked out the entire month of July for Deluxe APs at DL park. Remember that's when they split up the blackout days to be park specific. Plenty of people had already bought their passes when they announced this change.

They didn't add more once the calendar was released, but they have once in the past 5 years removed dates there were originally blocked.

 

[SeaDis]

And with that, Grand Californian is the only DVC property without an announced reopening.

https://dvcfan.com/2020/09/24/aulani-beginning-phased-reopening-november-1st/

 

[disneychrista]

https://www.ocregister.com/2020/09/...campaign=socialflow&utm_content=tw-ocregister

Can’t read the article.

 

[JJ2017]

So far this discount is only if you had already booked a room. I wanted to book room for Dec and they said that the discount doesn't apply unless you are rebooking.

I didn’t get a chance to call today. Are they open later on West coast time? I can call tonight. I had August booked which they cancelled but I had already had November booked as a place holder.

 

[mentos]

I haven’t followed anything historical, but has DL ever added blockout dates after Initially announcing them? Definitely would be some annoyed passholders who bought one pass expecting certain days and then getting that changed.

IIRC, they've only unblocked dates, not blocked them after a calendar has been released. It's a sticky legal situation if they add more blackout days, even though they are technically allowed under the T&C of the pass.

Is UC-Irvine opening? We have UCSD opening with 15k students on campus. Hopefully they act better than the SDSU kids with 800+ cases that put SD County on the brink of slipping.

UCI historically starts late (late Sept/early Oct), and someone mentioned they are doing distance learning. Even if a local cohort spiked cases, it wouldn't really show up until mid/late October... by then, the hope is DL is open. I mentioned it before, I think DL wants to open before any spikes because it's easier to keep a closed park closed vs. shut down a park that just started operations again.

My new guess: this Friday guidelines are released late into the afternoon for political reasons (i.e. "Why is Newsom reopening Disneyland when EDD is a total disaster/state is still on fire").

Also new guess: DL reopens October 28.

Also related/unrelated image, whenever Newsom gives a presser, I'm like this:

 

[midnight star]

Can’t read the article.

Try copying the link to a browser you don't use.

 

[StarlitNight05]

Also related/unrelated image, whenever Newsom gives a presser, I'm like this:

LOL, that's pretty accurate for me too!
I used to watch that show with my Grandma on the Game Show Network (re-runs). "Big money, big money...no whammies, no whammies -- STOP!"

 

[DLgal]

Can’t read the article.

It doesn't say anything besides "OC can maybe move to orange next week and if they do, bars and breweries that don't serve food can reopen for outdoor operations."

I still don't think OC will move to orange next week. Without getting too into the details, the numbers are VERY borderline and may keep us in Red for the week 9/13-9/20, specifically. There is a disconnect in the way the county is reporting and the way the state is calculating the numbers.

 

[VandVsmama]

I agree. I’m not so sure it makes sense to stop park hopping at DL.

If hopping is not allowed, to visit both parks I make a DAY 1 reservation for DL and stay for a few hours, and then a DAY 2 reservation for DCA and stay a few hours. So as a local AP, I’d be taking up 2 days of reservations that could have easily been done with just 1 day. That doesn’t seem like a good use of limited capacity.

It’s just not the same as WDW where hopping is among 4 parks and requires transportation.

Before WDW reopened, many WDW attendees thought they'd be able to do exactly that. But the system is set up such that you will not have that as an option at all.

 

[Malcon10t]

OC is already in "Red" tier and will likely move to "Orange" tier on Tuesday per OC Register.

I think the OC register is miscounting. My understanding is they have to be in the Orange Tier 2 weeks BEFORE moving. They have been in it 1 week. Tues the 29th will mark the 2nd week, and they can move the following week if maintained. SO they could move on the 6th. I looked at Amador county which met red the week before Orange county and will be able to move to Orange next week.

 

[DLgal]

I think the OC register is miscounting. My understanding is they have to be in the Orange Tier 2 weeks BEFORE moving. They have been in it 1 week. Tues the 29th will mark the 2nd week, and they can move the following week if maintained. SO they could move on the 6th. I looked at Amador county which met red the week before Orange county and will be able to move to Orange next week.

Basically. This is what I said a few pages back. Oct 6 will be a potential move to Orange, BUT it's not a given.

 

[nicole88s]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/09/disn...inues-public-condemnation-of-governor-newsom/
Article today from Blog Mickey.

 

[DizMe]

Is this for anyone who’s booked? Or those that have had stays cancelled?

I don't think it applies only to previous bookings that had to be cancelled, because mine was applied to a Dec reservation I made recently as a contingency plan and not as a rebooking. I had a booking for Sept 22-25 that was cancelled but we had already made other bookings before that happened. I didn't think any of the perks would be transferred after Oct 3 though I did ask if I could still get the $50/day resort credit, but because this was a reservation made separately from the cancelled one, I was told no.