Chomping at the bit to go back ourselves but also using the first ones in as guinea pigs. I'm ok with no parades/fireworks and dealing with masks all day.
But man, if reports come back that ride wait times are through the roof for headliners (we would normally only do the big E-tickets with early entry and FP+ and those are gone) - or worse, on a boarding system where you can't get on at all if you didn't click fast enough??
If bus capacity issues are causing people to wait through multiple arrivals just to get on one? Dining impossible to grab just from less options being open? These are all adjustments that would make the tickets no longer worth the money.
So August/September crowd, my eternal thanks for being brave and getting us those answers!
What makes you think that? The park hours have been changed on the calendar, and they are limited indefinitely. Until further notice, AK is open 8-6, DHS is open 10-8, Epcot is 11-9, and MK is 9-7. Presumably, the end time would be the time they will stop letting people into queues, but will finish out the queue until everyone is done like they did before.My guess on park hours is that the second time listed isn't necessarily the closing time, but rather the last time you'll be able to re-enter. For instance, if the reservation calendar says 10-8, I'm guessing the park is likely open until 10, but you wouldn't be allowed to come back in after 8.
The park hours are intentionally staggered like thatWhat makes you think that? The park hours have been changed on the calendar, and they are limited indefinitely. Until further notice, AK is open 8-6, DHS is open 10-8, Epcot is 11-9, and MK is 9-7. Presumably, the end time would be the time they will stop letting people into queues, but will finish out the queue until everyone is done like they did before.
Right... no snark intended, but what's your point? The poster I quoted was suggesting that the listed park closing time won't be the actual closing time, and I was curious why they believed that. If they had heard/read something or if it was just speculation. To my knowledge, the park closing time is the time they will stop letting people into queues just like it used to be.The park hours are intentionally staggered like that
But you do get an extra 4 months worth of park admission.What we now have (no money back) is reservation-only access to 1 park per day with limited hours, no water parks, and we can only have 14 days of park access reserved at a time, regardless of how many resort nights we have booked. Is this what I paid for? No.
No, I don't. I have 3 months added at the end that replaced the 3 months of my pass year when the parks were closed. That still is 12 months of park admission.But you do get an extra 4 months worth of park admission.
And that would be one of the many reasons we cancelled our trip and rescheduled for next year. The other reason being the pandemic and our underlying health issues.For us, part of the biggest draw of WDW is the entertainment.
It's what sets Disney apart from every other theme park brand.
I understand that for reasons of social distancing, they're not going to have fireworks or parades, or apparently most entertainment.
This includes our 2 favorite shows on property: Festival of the Lion King and Finding Nemo, the Musical.
So no Happily Ever After fireworks, no Magic Kingdom Parade, no Move it Shake it mousekedanceit street party, no Fantasmic, no Star Wars fireworks, no Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, no Voyage of the Little Mermaid, no For the first time in forever frozen singalong, no Festival of the Lion King, no Finding Nemo the Musical, and of course no character meet and greets, including the charming Enchanted Tales with Belle.
And those are just the things we really enjoy, there well could be others that i didn't notice.
so again, i get the social distancing aspect of all this.
But does anyone else feel that paying the regular price for a ticket seems a bit much when there's so much missing?
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