GRAND OPENING - GRAND CLOSING (Florida)

[dvcgirl67]

By the looks of it, people pointing out why it is a bad idea to travel to Florida now / for WDW to reopen. Plus the reworked promo Roomthreeseventeen posted and the video of the person going to the Disney nurses with symptoms and she narrates it with the remark 'anyone who asks if she has covid, I'm going to remove you from this group'. And some #desantisresign hashtags, or something similar.

Yup, a lot of that. Unfortunate for Disney that they opened on the weekend when Florida hit the highest number of cases for the day that any state has seen so far. So people are having fun at their expense. Also a lot of people who are saying..."interesting that I couldn't visit my dying mother in the hospital, but people have to go to Disney World". Not exactly the kind of PR you want. It was a bad idea to open...that's the bottom line. Disney will continue to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.....because.....Florida.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

All is well. We have repulsed Covid 19 at the Georgia border. Officials mistook 15,000 cases of under enthusiasm for covid is all. There always has to be a few fuddy duddies that don't like having fun. And if you count all the botched tests as negative like you should, that positivity rate for under excitement goes down even more. We have just the right amount of excitement for you. All is well here in the great state of Florida. Come on Down!!!

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

That's because they not only want to go, they want proof that going is sensible and safe. So they hunt for anything that they might be able to use to prove they aren't being foolish and helping spread this thing. If the number of cases is lower, great news. It doesn't matter than they ran fewer tests. But if the pop goes up, well that means they didn't run enough tests. It's just trying to justify the unjustifiable.

Well right now they're busy trying to figure out how to park hop when they aren't supposed to.

 

[Karin1984]

Yup, a lot of that. Unfortunate for Disney that they opened on the weekend when Florida hit the highest number of cases for the day that any state has seen so far. So people are having fun at their expense. Also a lot of people who are saying..."interesting that I couldn't visit my dying mother in the hospital, but people have to go to Disney World". Not exactly the kind of PR you want. It was a bad idea to open...that's the bottom line. Disney will continue to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.....because.....Florida.

I am not in the US, I do not get to see what is trending on Twitter in the US. So I have to use hashtags to see what's going on. When I use #disneyworld, I get the negative posts. When I use #WDW I get the fans who are at WDW now

 

[JimMIA]

Also a lot of people who are saying..."interesting that I couldn't visit my dying mother in the hospital, but people have to go to Disney World".

Yeah, that's DW's point of view on it. We had to watch her Mom die on Zoom...but hey, have a Magical Day!

 

[wombat_5606]

Yeah, that's DW's point of view on it. We had to watch her Mom die on Zoom...but hey, have a Magical Day!

Heartbreaking. I'm so, so sorry. I can't imagine what you are all going through.

 

[cakebaker]

Yeah, that's DW's point of view on it. We had to watch her Mom die on Zoom...but hey, have a Magical Day!

How awful to have to live with that memory. I worry every day that this is what will happen with my 87 yr old mother who refuses to stay home. She travels out of state and shops constantly at home.

 

[cakebaker]

Well right now they're busy trying to figure out how to park hop when they aren't supposed to.

Priorities.

 

[godisney14]

Yup, a lot of that. Unfortunate for Disney that they opened on the weekend when Florida hit the highest number of cases for the day that any state has seen so far. So people are having fun at their expense. Also a lot of people who are saying..."interesting that I couldn't visit my dying mother in the hospital, but people have to go to Disney World". Not exactly the kind of PR you want. It was a bad idea to open...that's the bottom line. Disney will continue to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.....because.....Florida.

Would have been the same look whether they opened last week, the week before last, next week, or the following week after. Florida is hitting new records every week and will continue to do so into the near future from looking at the trends.
Just shouldn’t have opened as you say.

 

[JimMIA]

Well right now they're busy trying to figure out how to park hop when they aren't supposed to.

Yep -- and I expected nothing less of them!

 

[LSUmiss]

Yup, a lot of that. Unfortunate for Disney that they opened on the weekend when Florida hit the highest number of cases for the day that any state has seen so far. So people are having fun at their expense. Also a lot of people who are saying..."interesting that I couldn't visit my dying mother in the hospital, but people have to go to Disney World". Not exactly the kind of PR you want. It was a bad idea to open...that's the bottom line. Disney will continue to be in the news for all the wrong reasons.....because.....Florida.

Disney didn’t make the rule that ppl couldn’t visit their loved ones in the hospitals, the hospitals did. And, ftr, I think that was a terrible policy.

 

[Cramden]

Yeah, that's DW's point of view on it. We had to watch her Mom die on Zoom...but hey, have a Magical Day!

I can't imagine. I'm so sorry for you and your family!

 

[JimMIA]

Disney didn’t make the rule that ppl couldn’t visit their loved ones in the hospitals, the hospitals did. And, ftr, I think that was a terrible policy.

The hospitals made the right decisions. They saw what happened with nursing home visits and decided to keep their staffs alive and their doors open.

NOT keeping families away, as painful as it is, would have been much, much worse.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Would have been the same look whether they opened last week, the week before last, next week, or the following week after. Florida is hitting new records every week and will continue to do so into the near future from looking at the trends.
Just shouldn’t have opened as you say.

Yup. And here, Dr. Scott Gottlieb describes what will likely happen in the southern states. Essentially, a surge and peak in the next 2-3 weeks, then a slight decline and a high plateau of a steady state of virus from there. He's saying that there will be a peak and some decline as consumers pull back in the state. They can tell by things like Open Table reservations...etc, that people are making fewer dining reservations...etc. I'd expect that Disney will begin to see cancellations as well. But he compares Florida to Brazil....Brazil! Because, unlike other countries in the West, Brazil had no plan, and let it rip. Florida, unlike other states, also...no plan....letting it rip. The countries and states that really crushed the curve will ultimately be better off economically. Lesson #1 in a pandemic, you can't ignore the pandemic.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282335730472189954

 

[anthony2k7]

Yup. And here, Dr. Scott Gottlieb describes what will likely happen in the southern states. Essentially, a surge and peak in the next 2-3 weeks, then a slight decline and a high plateau of a steady state of virus from there. He's saying that there will be a peak and some decline as consumers pull back in the state. They can tell by things like Open Table reservations...etc, that people are making fewer dining reservations...etc. I'd expect that Disney will begin to see cancellations as well. But he compares Florida to Brazil....Brazil! Because, unlike other countries in the West, Brazil had no plan, and let it rip. Florida, unlike other states, also...no plan....letting it rip. The countries and states that really crushed the curve will ultimately be better off economically. Lesson #1 in a pandemic, you can't ignore the pandemic.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1282335730472189954

But the unique thing with Florida is the volume of people travelling to and from there - and generally without any quarantine currently. They’re likely to export the virus back to all other states.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

New COVID risk assessment tool.

The risk level is the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event

In Orange County, FL, for anywhere that's a group of 25 people (like a restaurant or ride queue), the risk is 76%. For a group of 10, it's 44%

 

[TLSnell1981]

No, I think most of us want everyone to willingly distance, limit exposure and wear masks so that no one has to lock down. They refused though and now that may not be enough.

The problem is, a bunch of grown up people aren’t willing to accept this thing is real, and refuse to make even the slightest sacrifice insisting on behaving as if things are normal. Their solution is to have anyone who isn’t 100% healthy give up their lives entirely so they don’t have to give up anything. It’s beyond selfish and self centered.

You do realize if we “ lock up” those over 60 and all those who have any underlying condition, we’re probably talking about a majority of Americans? Just obesity alone would knock out a great many people.

It is real but I’m not advocating that we lock ANYONE up...far from it. Those with underlying health conditions are at a higher risk for complications from the virus. These individuals should be able to make their own choices. I don’t depend on masks either. Although I wear one when required or if I can’t distance. Some rely way too much on a piece of cloth for protection.

 

[anthony2k7]

New COVID risk assessment tool.

The risk level is the estimated chance (0-100%) that at least 1 COVID-19 positive individual will be present at an event in a county, given the size of the event

In Orange County, FL, for anywhere that's a group of 25 people (like a restaurant or ride queue), the risk is 76%. For a group of 10, it's 44%

50 is 94%. 100 is 99%.

 

[anthony2k7]

It is real but I’m not advocating that we lock ANYONE up...far from it. Those with underlying health conditions are at a higher risk for complications from the virus. These individuals should be able to make their own choices. I don’t depend on masks either. Although I wear one when required or if I can’t distance. Some rely way too much on a piece of cloth for protection.

The more we learn about the virus the more I think we should be rephrasing what you said a little.

"Those with underlying health conditions are at a higher risk for immediate complications from the virus."

 

[KBoopaloo]

But the unique thing with Florida is the volume of people travelling to and from there - and generally without any quarantine currently. They’re likely to export the virus back to all other states.

This is my biggest worry. We are just now starting to be able to do things again (I ate outside at a restaurant last week for the first time since March!) and I would hate to see us pushed back to where we were earlier in the spring.