Disneyland, Universal and other California theme parks can reopen April 1

[RobertaMomof2]

Yeah, off the top of my head:
- Pirates
- Haunted Mansion
- Astro Blasters
- Star Tours
- Space Mountain
- Submarines
- Alice (probably - very little is outside)
- Peter Pan, Snow White, Mr. Toad, etc.

... yikes.

Not to mention the new stuff in Star Wars area. Both those big rides are indoors. No thanks, I will wait until indoor rides can open.

Edit to Add, plus I love to eat at Blue Bayou and can't go down there without eating there! No indoor seating either they said.

 

[longboard55]

OC cases are dropping so rapidly we are closing on Orange tier, so it will not be 15% for long. We were getting up to 4000 cases a day 2 months ago, now it is down to 150-250. Vaccines are rolling out like crazy, we are approaching the end of covid.

 

[Calidisneyfam]

The news tonight said indoor rides CAN open, since there is a lot of air circulation.

 

[ScubaCat]

The news tonight said indoor rides CAN open, since there is a lot of air circulation.

Yes, the article literally contradicts itself in the next paragraph.

 

[Malcon10t]

Such wonderful news! I wonder what it means for Touch of Disney now?

Nothing, will go on as planned.

Isnt 15% capacity still around 12000 people or so. Probably more with Galaxies Edge

Capacity of both parks total is around 100K.

15% is the least of it. It says NO INSIDE RIDES. Which is the majority of the rides at DL...

https://abc7news.com/travel/california-to-allow-theme-parks-to-reopen-at-reduced-capacity/10391723/

Actually is says indoor rides will need modifications, likely something like 1 party every 3 vehicles and cleaning are ideas of what it means.

 

[SOCALMouseMommy]

I wonder if these means we are closer to an announcement about a new “membership” option to replace the old AP program. This is honestly more important to me than the actual timeframe of opening the park since we aren’t likely to visit on a day by day basis.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

I don't think it'll be hard to fill 15% with CA residents. Heck, there are more people in LA county than the total population in 38 of 50 states! (individually, not cumulatively. But still, a CRAZY stat)

Um...it would take 100 days give or take for every former AP holder to visit Disneyland once at 15% capacity and 40 something days at 35% capacity. Then there are all the non-AP holders who might be willing to visit. And as others have pointed out, there are enough people in California to not need out-of-state visitors to meet those numbers probably. I agree there will be no shortage of visitors. This isn't going to spell great profitability for the parks of course. And the hotels and region will still be hurting.

 

[mamapenguin]

Um...it would take 100 days give or take for every former AP holder to visit Disneyland once at 15% capacity and 40 something days at 35% capacity. Then there are all the non-AP holders who might be willing to visit. And as others have pointed out, there are enough people in California to not need out-of-state visitors to meet those numbers probably. I agree there will be no shortage of visitors. This isn't going to spell great profitability for the parks of course. And the hotels and region will still be hurting.

I’m sure the airlines are less than thrilled also. The discrimination is interesting, although not unexpected. Out of state can visit and shop and eat, but no rides? There was nothing preventing out of state from buying Touch of Disney tickets and people can fly there...it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Maybe we will get to go this summer, or maybe we spend more money in Florida...

 

[BobCharlie]

Can they even make any money at 15% capacity? Seems like they'd lose money reopening at that level. What capacity is their breakeven point?

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

Can they even make any money at 15% capacity?

I doubt it.

 

[mom2rtk]

Can they even make any money at 15% capacity? Seems like they'd lose money reopening at that level. What capacity is their breakeven point?

I doubt they can make much at 25%.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

“Capacity” is a pretty big number. I think if they’re able to wait until Orange and have 25% capacity, that could maybe be profitable? Depends on a lot of things. 15% seems impossible for them to make any money.

No shows/parades/fireworks lowers their operating costs, and they theoretically need less ride operators at those numbers, but they also need more CMs monitoring the social distancing/lines/etc. and dealing with all the new procedures - cleaning rides alone might take a large amount of personnel... it’ll be interesting to see what they decide to do.

 

[Malcon10t]

“Capacity” is a pretty big number. I think if they’re able to wait until Orange and have 25% capacity, that could maybe be profitable? Depends on a lot of things. 15% seems impossible for them to make any money.

They likely won't be opening until Orange. The Touch of DIsney event will last until April 19. I doubt they will reopen prior to May 1st, and by then they should be Orange, thus 25%.

 

[mom2rtk]

Capacity of both parks total is around 100K.

I find that hard to believe.

 

[mom2rtk]

I’m sure the airlines are less than thrilled also. The discrimination is interesting, although not unexpected. Out of state can visit and shop and eat, but no rides? There was nothing preventing out of state from buying Touch of Disney tickets and people can fly there...it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Maybe we will get to go this summer, or maybe we spend more money in Florida...

Not to mention the local hotels.

 

[DLgal]

I find that hard to believe.

100k is too small a number if we are taking a daily total capacity for both parks together.

Disneyland is rumored to be around 85,000 and DCA is something like 50,000.

 

[mom2rtk]

100k is too small a number if we are taking a daily total capacity for both parks together.

Disneyland is rumored to be around 85,000 and DCA is something like 50,000.

That seems more in line with what I expected.

 

[DLgal]

They likely won't be opening until Orange. The Touch of DIsney event will last until April 19. I doubt they will reopen prior to May 1st, and by then they should be Orange, thus 25%.

I agree with this. I mean, obviously this is all dependent on how the numbers trend and whether we see that "March surge" or not. But realistically, to open in 3 weeks would take a LOT of stars aligning just right.

I think they will at least want to wait and make sure we stay in Red for a couple weeks and the trend holds. Unless part of this reopening plan means they can stay open even if case numbers spike. That hasn't been mentioned.

 

[Guy in Fargo]

Glad to hear of the change. Think it's too restrictive, but not my state.

I do know that I won't be traveling to Disneyland if they won't let me in and will probably have to make the first family trip to Florida.

 

[AmishGuy91]

It’s not so much would they make money as it is would they lose less than they are losing now