Disneyland Reopening Speculation Superthread

[theluckyrabbit]

... I looked at the app and the outdoor rides that I find are below:

Disneyland park :

• Gadgets go coaster
• carousel
• astro orbitor
• autopia
• casey jr
• canoes (but have serious doubts those could open with distancing)
• railroad
• dumbo
• jungle cruise
• mad tea party
• mark Twain riverboat
• storybook land canals
• tarzan’s treehouse

...

Thinking of the canoes as a socially distanced ride made me chuckle. That would be one slow ride with a single rider trying to paddle alone all the way around the ROA...
Okay, back to the discussion!

 

[olafgypsy]

The same for the distance requirement. Keeping people within a smaller geographic area reduces the spread if one was to contract the virus at the parks. An asymptomatic employee passes it along to people from all over the state/country. Then they bring it back to their home area and spread it there.

Yes, there's logic to that, but only if other tourist attractions are subject to the same requirement. From what I understand, zoos, aquariums, and museums do not have a distance requirement. So the theme parks would have a pretty good legal argument that a distance requirement for them and them alone is highly prejudicial. If there is a court battle, I'm guessing that's what it will hinge on.

 

[disneychrista]

Yes, there's logic to that, but only if other tourist attractions are subject to the same requirement. From what I understand, zoos, aquariums, and museums do not have a distance requirement.

The difference I see is people don't (in general) travel across the country to visit a local zoo or museums.

 

[zemmer]

The difference I see is people don't (in general) travel across the country to visit a local zoo or museums.

We visited the San Diego Zoo from Texas when I was a child, and we took our kids from Nevada several times when they were younger.

 

[KPeterso]

Thinking of the canoes as a socially distanced ride made me chuckle. That would be one slow ride with a single rider trying to paddle alone all the way around the ROA...
Okay, back to the discussion!

that is what I was thinking of too when I said not sure how those might work socially distanced. Although, we all know the cast members do 90% of the work getting the canoes around the island so maybe easier for them now? But then, they may have a hard time balancing them.

 

[disneychrista]

We visited the San Diego Zoo from Texas when I was a child, and we took our kids from Nevada several times when they were younger.

And that was the ONLY thing you visited when you came from Texas ? You flew or drove to SD went to the Zoo and then flew or drove home the next day?

 

[zemmer]

And that was the ONLY thing you visited when you came from Texas ? You flew or drove to SD went to the Zoo and then flew or drove home the next day?

I remember doing the zoo for 2 or 3 days as a kid. As the parent, we did weekend trips to the zoo and the Safari Park. So yes, they were our focus.

 

[disneychrista]

I remember doing the zoo for 2 or 3 days as a kid. As the parent, we did weekend trips to the zoo and the Safari Park. So yes, they were our focus.

I could not imagine spending 2 - 3 days at a zoo.

 

[zemmer]

I could not imagine spending 2 - 3 days at a zoo.

We certainly wouldn’t now that my kids are older, but when they were 2-7ish, they would happily spend days there. I’m not trying to be argumentative, but to say that Newsom’s distance limit on theme parks but not other area attractions is ridiculous in my opinion. We might be weird to travel for the zoo, but I’m sure others are going there, or to the beach, or to other places in California from out of state.

 

[olafgypsy]

And that was the ONLY thing you visited when you came from Texas ? You flew or drove to SD went to the Zoo and then flew or drove home the next day?

Yep, us too. We have traveled to San Diego for the zoo, museums, and other San Diego attractions, and not visited a theme park at all. And we gone several times to Omaha mainly to visit the Henry Doorly Zoo and the museums there. It is an eight hour drive for us.

Edited to add: I actually agree with you that the public health folks are probably thinking something along these lines--i.e., that it's way more likely a family would travel a long distance to go to the theme parks rather than a museum or the zoo. But in order for the rule to stand a chance legally, I think it has to be all or nothing. The government can't say that it's okay for this tourist draw (the zoo) to be open to everyone no matter the distance, but not that one (theme parks).

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Thinking of the canoes as a socially distanced ride made me chuckle. That would be one slow ride with a single rider trying to paddle alone all the way around the ROA...
Okay, back to the discussion!

I have never done the canoes! Even as a kid we didn’t because my dad was like ‘yeah, I didn’t come here to work out’ yet we were still walking how many miles a day.

 

[disneychrista]

NVM - having a bad day. I'm done.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

I’m hoping for an update this week. I want Disneyland to open and it can be done safely. WDW has proven that.. in a state that just threw out restrictions and they’re still being extremely cautious.

I think most of us here feel the same way otherwise why hang out on this board? It’s time. Let’s send Newsom a joint letter and we can sign it the DIS reopening speculation board.

I’m going to throw my dart at some news tomorrow. And if not tomorrow then Friday. Based on nothing other than a wild guess.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

NVM - having a bad day and feeling very picked on. NOT just here but everywhere. I'm done.

I don’t think anyone’s trying to pick on you from what I was reading, I hope you have a better day!

I think the negative posts just bum folks out- some of us are pretty emotionally invested in DL reopening. At least for me, staying optimistic just makes me feel sane.

 

[zemmer]

NVM - having a bad day. I'm done.

I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to pick on you! I’ve been following the thread but not what each poster personally thinks. I apologize for upsetting you. I hope you have a better day tomorrow!

 

[VandVsmama]

I have never done the canoes! Even as a kid we didn’t because my dad was like ‘yeah, I didn’t come here to work out’ yet we were still walking how many miles a day.

About a year and a half ago, we FINALLY went on the canoes. After that, I wish that we'd done the canoes on every trip! True, you have to row and it is a little bit of a work out. BUT it's an amazing experience. A peaceful and wonderful tour of the Rivers of America from a totally different point of view.

 

[crystal1313]

I don’t think anyone’s trying to pick on you from what I was reading, I hope you have a better day!

I think the negative posts just bum folks out- some of us are pretty emotionally invested in DL reopening. At least for me, staying optimistic just makes me feel sane.

Thank you. Well said.

 

[StarWarsNerd24]

IF 120 mile radius is true then IMHO it is a totally arbitrary number that is for the purposes of safety theater. It is no more and no less likely that a person from outside this magical distance boundry would have the virus then someone from inside the boundry. Proper adherence to best safety practices would limit the possibility of exposure more then this distance rule.

 

[VandVsmama]

Yes, there's logic to that, but only if other tourist attractions are subject to the same requirement. From what I understand, zoos, aquariums, and museums do not have a distance requirement. So the theme parks would have a pretty good legal argument that a distance requirement for them and them alone is highly prejudicial. If there is a court battle, I'm guessing that's what it will hinge on.

If that were the case, then zoos, aquariums, and museums in CA wouldn't have reduced capacity. For example, when we went to the San Diego Zoo in July a week or 2 after it reopened, there was reduced capacity. It was first come, first served. They counted how many people entered. And if they reached capacity, then you'd have to wait for others to leave before you could go in. All of the popular animal exhibits (the orangutans and gorillas, for example) had markers on the ground where you & your family group were to stand and it was far apart from other ground markers.

At the Bowers Museum, for example, which right now has a Disney Archives exhibit, you have to select an entry time.

 

[VandVsmama]

The difference I see is people don't (in general) travel across the country to visit a local zoo or museums.

Most people would include the San Diego zoo in a multi-day trip and would include seeing other sights in the southern CA area. They might spend 1 or 2 days at the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park. Then they might spend 1 day at the safari park in Escondido. Throw in a day at the beach, maybe a day at one of the aquariums in San Diego or Long Beach. A day touring around Hollywood. And 3 days at Disneyland.

OR if Disneyland wasn't open yet, they'd skip that.

You could easily fill an entire week in southern CA of non-Disney things to do. But yeah, the tourists' PRIMARY reason for going in the first place might be to go to the SD zoo. But they wouldn't just fly out to see the zoo and then get back on the plane to go home. They'd stay for a few extra days and do other stuff, too.

You could basically do ALL of that right now without Disneyland being open.