Oh wow, that's brutal
I just realized though, [tokyo disney] not owned by Disney. So that decision could be very location specific. Did any other Disney park do that upon opening?
Keep in mind - assuming you have something other than a top-tier one-day, one-park pass, your current tickets are more valuable than what they would sell for this - it would not be a great idea to use them, even if they took them. People would be expecting refunds, and I think that would be an unnecessary transactional hassle for Disney. Easier to just keep kicking the can down the road and/or completely refunding those tickets.
That's very true. Ugh that's annoying. I'd rather be refunded if my tickets won't work.
If they do decide to do new one-day tickets, I would bet that they'll announce that as an option when they do the reopening announcement. (Assuming they don't decide to just refund all of them.)
. I really have no clue what to expect (and I'm not getting my hopes up for anything). I'm setting the bar as low as possible so I won't be disappointed.
I think the terms he used was "some normalcy". "If we do this together, by 4 July, there is a good chance you, your family and friends can get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate Independence Day." He did say "small groups" somewhere else in his speech. I don't think he is going to advocate for "Let's open up fully!" But I agree with "some normalcy".
I'll nudge this - while I personally doubt they'll do what Tokyo did, that's the closest to DL in terms of pressures. WDW had enough capacity (and few state restrictions) that they were able to keep using existing passes, including multi-day passes - they just ditched parkhoppers for a while. They offered refunds for the parkhopping privileges, but I'd bet a lot of people didn't bother to call.
I want them to just go ahead and refund them all asap instead of waiting last minute, but it's their prerogative and these are not ordinary times.
If they were waiting at all, it was probably in the hopes that they wouldn't have to do it. Like, this would be about as early as I would expect them to start doing so - or, more likely, make that announcement when they announce the reopening plan so that people know what to expect. People are going to be pissed if they decide to unilaterally refund everybody (similar to the APs) - so there's a little bit less of a PR nightmare if it comes along with whatever the new plan is. I would bet they've spent the time since the state's announcement trying to figure out just what that new plan is.
Perhaps there is some cash flow consideration going into when refunds are occurring?
I'll piggy-back on this to note:
It's also the staffing part of the process. I mean, it took a pretty long while to get through the APs - feels like it'd be smarter not to try to do everything all at once. (Especially since people will almost certainly go ballistic if they decide to refund passes - I think a lot people have been expecting to be able to bypass whatever method they use to start selling new tickets, and are now going to have to wait in a queue with everyone else.)
Oh my gosh yall this has made me so sad!!!!! I was OK with the whole AP thing, but now my tickets which cost me hundreds of dollars that I never got to use?!?!?! It's making me feel not so Disney!
