The Disney resorts are doing a staggered re-opening, and no re-opening date has been announced yet for either of the Port Orleans resorts (among others). Currently, the latest resort re-opening I've seen is the Boardwalk on October 1st (CSR is later, but that's due to NBA). Some people have taken that to mean the resorts with no announced date yet will open some time after October 1st and its just not been determined yet. Others are still holding out hope that the resorts with no announced date yet could still open some time prior to that, and the date just hasn't been made public yet.
I don’t think POR resorts are expected to open until they can significantly increase park capacity.
Oh ok fingers crossed by April they will reopen
Ok ty
Park capacity right now does not warrant having all the resorts open. Operating costs would be too high. The resorts they have chosen to open are ones that are DVC or have other modes of transportation, which allows them to limit buses.
Thank youMy assumption, for what it's worth (as no one, knows for sure) is that Disney is planning to open resorts gradually based on predicted increases in demand levels. At this stage they don't feel that the room occupancy rates will yet be high enough to warrant opening more resorts than they have so far announced by October - and to be honest I can see their logic.
However there are so many variables in play (guest confidence, local area restrictions, wide entertainment closures and activity limits, out-of-state travel issues, lack of international visitors - not to mention the huge upsurge in the virus in the US anyway) that even the best predictions are little more than guesses at the moment anyway. And if they don't have any confirmed opening dates, they can't suddenly start selling rooms for January, April or July as that inherently implies an opening date has been set.
Worst case? Remember that after 9-11 French Quarter was closed for a full year? And this situation is worse.
Andre [Cross-posted from the FQ thread]
For what it’s worth my TA said next Aug 2021 POR is available but she could only get me AB 5th sleeper which I don’t need. I don’t know if this means they're only opening AB side or if it means that’s all she can book on her agency special.My assumption, for what it's worth (as no one, knows for sure) is that Disney is planning to open resorts gradually based on predicted increases in demand levels. At this stage they don't feel that the room occupancy rates will yet be high enough to warrant opening more resorts than they have so far announced by October - and to be honest I can see their logic.
However there are so many variables in play (guest confidence, local area restrictions, wide entertainment closures and activity limits, out-of-state travel issues, lack of international visitors - not to mention the huge upsurge in the virus in the US anyway) that even the best predictions are little more than guesses at the moment anyway. And if they don't have any confirmed opening dates, they can't suddenly start selling rooms for January, April or July as that inherently implies an opening date has been set.
Worst case? Remember that after 9-11 French Quarter was closed for a full year? And this situation is worse.
Andre [Cross-posted from the FQ thread]
Same for us. We were holding out as long as possible before we cancelled but as soon as the border closure was extended we knew there was no option
My assumption, for what it's worth (as no one, knows for sure) is that Disney is planning to open resorts gradually based on predicted increases in demand levels. At this stage they don't feel that the room occupancy rates will yet be high enough to warrant opening more resorts than they have so far announced by October - and to be honest I can see their logic.
However there are so many variables in play (guest confidence, local area restrictions, wide entertainment closures and activity limits, out-of-state travel issues, lack of international visitors - not to mention the huge upsurge in the virus in the US anyway) that even the best predictions are little more than guesses at the moment anyway. And if they don't have any confirmed opening dates, they can't suddenly start selling rooms for January, April or July as that inherently implies an opening date has been set.
Worst case? Remember that after 9-11 French Quarter was closed for a full year? And this situation is worse.
Andre [Cross-posted from the FQ thread]
Same here. At this rate I’m hoping the border opens by Aug 2021! First time to ever cancel a WDW vacay. We rebooked for CBR.Same for us. We were holding out as long as possible before we cancelled but as soon as the border closure was extended we knew there was no option
