Disneyland Reopening Speculation Superthread

[amyg1975]

I saw that too, but I think it is old info.

 

[upritbass]

I was actually looking at NBC News

The only reliable news source is... Disney.

 

[DLgal]

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Am I reading too much into this?

That was the old entry level price for a 1 park ticket during slow days.

There is also still an Annual Passports heading and we know those are no longer a thing...

 

[ycsteves]

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Am I reading too much into this?

The page being live in and of itself is still a Really Good sign! We should probably be seeing the announcement for reservation system and/or ticket prices/sales very very soon! This is finally happening and it's so exhilarating!!

 

[LoriLovesMickey]

I am so excited that they have announced an opening date! I still have two 3-day Park Hoppers that I am hoping I can use. I also have a hotel reservation at the Tropicana May 4-8. Fingers crossed I can get a park reservation. I am coming from Sacramento and I am retired so we can literally go at the drop of a hat. I know that the app has been back and forth with showing linked tickets, mine are not showing at the moment. I am thinking that the app might be used for the reservation system and I am a little nervous that my tickets keep dropping off. Anyone else not seeing their linked tickets?

 

[crystal1313]

I am so excited that they have announced an opening date! I still have two 3-day Park Hoppers that I am hoping I can use. I also have a hotel reservation at the Tropicana May 4-8. Fingers crossed I can get a park reservation. I am coming from Sacramento and I am retired so we can literally go at the drop of a hat. I know that the app has been back and forth with showing linked tickets, mine are not showing at the moment. I am thinking that the app might be used for the reservation system and I am a little nervous that my tickets keep dropping off. Anyone else not seeing their linked tickets?

Our tickets have disappeared quite a few times, but right now I can see them in the app. We have 2 day, 1 park per day tickets. We loved the Tropicana! Fingers crossed you get to go!

 

[brightlined]

One note of something related to reopening:

If you follow the news at all, you may have seen reports in the last day or two (referencing DL reopening) that the parks are going to stop people from screaming on rides.

Please ignore those articles - they're clickbait/ragebait.

The guidelines they're talking about are from a trade group called the California Attractions and Parks Association. They have a proposal that they're offering on how parks should reopen safely.

The problem: the proposal says nothing of the sort:
https://reopencaamusementparks.com/rrp/
"Face covering usage and/or modifications to seat loading patterns will be required on amusement park rides to mitigate the effects of shouting. Additionally, on rides, guests generally face in one direction."

If you see someone rant about it, please point it out to them.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

https://d23.com/disneyland-resort-a...ure-park-on-april-30-with-limited-capacities/
D23 article with a few more tidbits on what will be available when they reopen.

 

[brightlined]

Interesting note from the D23 article:

"Guests with valid theme park admission who are planning a stay at a Disneyland Resort hotel will need to also book theme park reservations in advance, as a hotel stay does not guarantee a park reservation."

People have said that, but I don't think I've seen that in writing before. Suggests that they might not bucket the reservations - that people might legitimately need to book a park reservation before they book a resort reservation.

That might put a damper on the folks who already have resort reservations.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Interesting note from the D23 article:

"Guests with valid theme park admission who are planning a stay at a Disneyland Resort hotel will need to also book theme park reservations in advance, as a hotel stay does not guarantee a park reservation."

People have said that, but I don't think I've seen that in writing before. Suggests that they might not bucket the reservations - that people might legitimately need to book a park reservation before they book a resort reservation.

That might put a damper on the folks who already have resort reservations.

I take that to mean that having an onsite reservation doesn't automatically guarantee you entrance - you'll have to book a reservation too. Not that you can't have the hotel reservation first. But since nobody outside of DVC members are able to book right now, it's hard to tell.

It's actually less incentive to stay onsite for me.

ETA: It does actually make it sound like tickets will be separate from booking park reservations though.

 

[brightlined]

I take that to mean that having an onsite reservation doesn't automatically guarantee you entrance - you'll have to book a reservation too. Not that you can't have the hotel reservation first. But since nobody outside of DVC members are able to book right now, it's hard to tell.

I'm probably overthinking it a bit (I've done a lot of PR) - I think I was expecting the language to be something looser, like:

"Guests who are planning a stay at a Disneyland Resort hotel will need to also book theme park reservations prior to their stay, as park reservations for hotel guests will only be available on a limited basis and are not guaranteed as part of a resort stay."

Otherwise, it sounds like if you have a resort reservation already, you're at the mercy of the hordes. That's the part I wasn't expecting - I figured they'd hold a few spots. (And, honestly, they still might.)

Again, I could be overthinking.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I'm probably overthinking it a bit (I've done a lot of PR) - I think I was expecting the language to be something looser, like:

"Guests who are planning a stay at a Disneyland Resort hotel will need to also book theme park reservations prior to their stay, as park reservations for hotel guests will only be available on a limited basis and are not guaranteed as part of a resort stay."

Otherwise, it sounds like if you have a resort reservation already, you're at the mercy of the hordes. That's the part I wasn't expecting - I figured they'd hold a few spots. (And, honestly, they still might.)

Again, I could be overthinking.

I think we all are!

I have a friend who read a different part of that way differently than I did.

And I yes, I agree that having a resort reservation doesn't give you any advantage in getting park reservations. And I'm also surprised by that.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

I'm probably overthinking it a bit (I've done a lot of PR) - I think I was expecting the language to be something looser, like:

"Guests who are planning a stay at a Disneyland Resort hotel will need to also book theme park reservations prior to their stay, as park reservations for hotel guests will only be available on a limited basis and are not guaranteed as part of a resort stay."

Otherwise, it sounds like if you have a resort reservation already, you're at the mercy of the hordes. That's the part I wasn't expecting - I figured they'd hold a few spots. (And, honestly, they still might.)

Again, I could be overthinking.

“A hotel stay does not guarantee a park reservation” seems to absolutely mean you are at the mercy of scoring a “regular” reservation, with everyone else. If it said park ENTRANCE, that would be different, but since it specifies reservation...

Guess we won’t need to splurge on the Grand after all. Seems shortsighted since they aren’t offering other hotel perks, but what do I know?

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

“A hotel stay does not guarantee a park reservation” seems to absolutely mean you are at the mercy of scoring a “regular” reservation, with everyone else. If it said park ENTRANCE, that would be different, but since it specifies reservation...

Guess we won’t need to splurge on the Grand after all. Seems shortsighted since they aren’t offering other hotel perks, but what do I know?

I totally agree - right down to not feeling like the splurge on the Grand is worth it. Our week offsite is the cost of 1 night at the Grand - and even when if we pay for parking, it's not comparable. I'll save an onsite stay for when it's worth it again. But except for proximity and a nice pool (do we know if that's reopening?), I don't see the benefit.

 

[mlggator22]

That is the same language on the WDW site regarding hotel stays and reservations. It is my understanding though, that a set of reservations are held in a different bucket from the non-resort guests. The wording may be there, because if you book late, you may not be able to get the reservations.

My guess is it will be like WDW. But who knows what they will do. However, waiting to find out is really, really, extremely hard.

 

[disneychrista]

A hotel reservation does not guarantee park admission makes sense to me. They have to severely limit park admission. That does not mean they are not going to give those with a hotel reservation PRIORITY in booking park admission.

 

[AZMermaid]

Agreed. They may have their own bucket based on say 3 people per room. But if too many rooms have 4... the bucket is full. I agree that with no priority, even if it’s the form of easier to get reservations (in advance), it’s gonna be hard to justify those rates! Or maybe it’ll be like you can book your tickets 30 days in advance, but hotel guests can book 45 days out. After 30 days, all bets are off.

 

[brightlined]

I like that one - where hotel guests can book further out than the regulars. That would make sense - it'd incentivize people to book hotels early.

I think most of my overthinking is just about the first month - knowing how many pressures there are and how limited everything is. I'm really curious to see how this is actually going to play out.

 

[TikiTikiFan]

I totally agree - right down to not feeling like the splurge on the Grand is worth it. Our week offsite is the cost of 1 night at the Grand - and even when if we pay for parking, it's not comparable. I'll save an onsite stay for when it's worth it again. But except for proximity and a nice pool (do we know if that's reopening?), I don't see the benefit.

Same for us. I think I'll just reserve an off-site hotel and just keep kicking the dates down the calendar until we can come. Staying at the Grand would be great (dare I say.. grand?) but I'll wait until all the perks and normalcy return first. If we want the on-site Disney hotel experience it's much more reasonably priced at WDW anyways.

I like our favorite neighborhood hotels and honestly would be relieved to not feel pressured to stay on-site to get a reservation.

 

[brightlined]

If they do guarantee it, you risk people reserving a hotel, reserving tickets, and cancelling their hotel/keeping the tickets.

At WDW, people used to do that with FP's - you could book them 60 days out with a resort stay, so people would book rooms, book FPs, then cancel the rooms and keep the FPs. Disney eventually wised up and synced the systems so that it would cancel the FPs when the room was cancelled.

No idea if WDW does the same with park reservations, but it wouldn't surprise me. I assume doing it would nullify your park reservations, since they're tied to the bucket (in this case resort guests) that they were reserved under, which would no longer be valid.

I agree with you, though - as small as the resorts are, they really should guarantee admission to resort guests. No harm in holding a block of park reservations for every expected guest, then freeing any unused reservations day-of. (Those reservations would get scooped up almost immediately.)