Disneyland Reopening Speculation Superthread

[cruisehopeful]

What about people who moved in the last few months and don’t have the necessary documents yet is my point. Those lucky enough to be able to prove their county of residence shall be granted entry to the Magic Kingdom. As if Disney doesn’t have a public perception problem it’s only for the rich now it’s only for people who have their economic crap together and live in a chosen county? Disney won’t touch that idea with a 10 foot pole.

It's definitely not a great idea and it certainly wouldn't help me at all since I don't live in that county. I was just thinking of ways they could open sooner. If they could service people in their own area for a few weeks, I'd rather see them do that than have them completely closed. Granted, I only have a small business, but it was very devastating to have a couple months in the spring where we didn't know if we were going to bounce back at all. I can't imagine what all the theme parks are going through between the obvious loses from being closed for so long, but having that many employees out of work. It's painful as an employer to send people home who need a job and have been doing a good job.

 

[gottalovepluto]

It's definitely not a great idea and it certainly wouldn't help me at all since I don't live in that county. I was just thinking of ways they could open sooner. If they could service people in their own area for a few weeks, I'd rather see them do that than have them completely closed. Granted, I only have a small business, but it was very devastating to have a couple months in the spring where we didn't know if we were going to bounce back at all. I can't imagine what all the theme parks are going through between the obvious loses from being closed for so long, but having that many employees out of work. It's painful as an employer to send people home who need a job and have been doing a good job.

I hope you’re able to bring all your people back sooner rather than later. What a stressful year for you!

At the end of the day I just don’t see the math working either... Locals won’t spend much at local businesses as they mainly day trip. Few people would buy full price tickets for part of a park and DLR doesn’t make ticket money off APs. It would make more economic sense to try a festival Knotts situation open to anyone who can get a reservation, and even that Disney has resisted.

 

[DLgal]

they should just open, they won’t get ghosted then!

You know what? I kinda agree with this.

I just went to get my haircut yesterday and my stylist (who owns his small salon) told me he never closed or moved his operation outdoors during the "second shut down." And no one cared. The other stylist who works there (it's just 2 of them) asked her friend who works for the city PD what would happen if they got caught operating indoors (they just wanted to be prepared if they got a knock on the door) and the cop told her "I'll just tell the guys to leave you alone. Just be low key about it and no one will bother you." And this is in a city in OC VERY well known for being SUPER strict with enforcement. There will always be people willing to "look the other way."

In Disneyland's case, they already have the local OC officials on their side as well as the City of Anaheim.
Since there aren't guidelines yet, TECHNICALLY they would not be on violation if they open now and follow Red guidelines for indoor dining and retail space capacity limits. They could do it. I kind of hope they do.

 

[DLgal]

At the very least, Disney, Universal, Sea World, Legoland and Knott's should just come together and agree to publicly announce an arbitrary reopening date. Then sit back and see what happens.

 

[JJ2017]

Got the 35% discount for mid week early November at PPH. Thank you for posting. Now the parks really need to open!

 

[Brittney Cornwell]

Don't see anything on facebook about any scheduled press conferences for Newsom today

 

[Rich M]

Got the 35% discount for mid week early November at PPH. Thank you for posting. Now the parks really need to open!

Did you have a reservation previously or was this a new one?

 

[KPeterso]

What about people who moved in the last few months and don’t have the necessary documents yet is my point. Those lucky enough to be able to prove their county of residence shall be granted entry to the Magic Kingdom. As if Disney doesn’t have a public perception problem it’s only for the rich now it’s only for people who have their economic crap together and live in a chosen county? Disney won’t touch that idea with a 10 foot pole.

I never said it was a great idea. Just that it is feasible to do just those in a specific county. And if someone does not have the documentation, then they are out of luck at the moment. Same if I went to buy a SoCal AP or use a SoCal promotional ticket and had just moved and did not have the documentation yet, I would not be able to use it. It is the responsibility of the guest to have their identification and documentation up to date. When I moved to CA, I took my time getting my new license which was on me and I could not get Southern California rates for things which was only fair since I had not updated my license yet.

 

[JJ2017]

Did you have a reservation previously or was this a new one?

I've had had two reservations for a while. One for August and one for November. August was obviously cancelled, but I didn't re-book November from the August one (if that makes sense).

 

[TikiTikiFan]

Don't see anything on facebook about any scheduled press conferences for Newsom today

Now that Aulani has an opening date, they’re like the only resort left. This is so frustrating. Any chance he’d release guidance without a press conference? Has he done that before for other businesses?

 

[MinnieLovesMickey]

At this point, I feel like DCL is going to announce sailings before DL gets to reopen.

 

[StageTek]

What about people who moved in the last few months and don’t have the necessary documents yet is my point. Those lucky enough to be able to prove their county of residence shall be granted entry to the Magic Kingdom. As if Disney doesn’t have a public perception problem it’s only for the rich now it’s only for people who have their economic crap together and live in a chosen county? Disney won’t touch that idea with a 10 foot pole.

Disneyland did have a "SoCal Resident" day ticket and AP. Yes, people who just moved had to wait for a while until they were eligible. Those who didn't have their "economic crap" together where left out until they could get it together. And Disney was very generous with what they accept as proof of residency.

It seems Disney could enforce something very much like those SoCal Resident tickets for a period of time. Get the parks open safely for local AP holders, limited numbers, SoCal residents and then slowly open it up for everyone.

In this pandemic things are not normal. Things are not fair. We make some sacrifices.

 

[Bigmace]

Still no live update scheduled for today, so unless we got some kind of special announcement from the governor it looks like we go another whole week without a single update. "Soon" is starting to look like not anytime soon.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Meanwhile FL goes YOLO with 100% restaurant capacity...

 

[disneychrista]

Still no live update scheduled for today, so unless we got some kind of special announcement from the governor it looks like we go another whole week without a single update. "Soon" is starting to look like not anytime soon.

There was ban update on Monday.

 

[midnight star]

Meanwhile FL goes YOLO with 100% restaurant capacity...

I wonder if WDW will increase their capacity.

 

[abbeyroad6282]

Looks like Newsom is doing a virtual legislation signing today regarding consumer financial protections.

 

[TMooney]

I had reservations in April, May, September and December. I just tried calling to apply this discount for my room only reservations at GC in December and was told there was no discount available. How did you get this discount, any particular wording we should use when asking for it?

 

[tankgirl!]

I also couldn't get the discount at GCH when I called two days ago. I had reservations in March, August, and September and just rescheduled for October. They gave me $50 room credit but no discount. So frustrating!

 

[KPeterso]

I wonder if WDW will increase their capacity.

Disney has definitely increased their capacities at WDW in the last few weeks. We were supposed to be there the last 2 weeks and every comment and picture I have seen on Facebook is that it is way more crowded than it has been. Higher wait times and people all over the place. There was one on Main Street end of day yesterday that reminded me of the mornings waiting for Rise with people everywhere. Makes me feel much better about cancelling. It was just looking too "people-y" for me.