Masks no longer required outdoors at WDW

[Grumpy by Birth]

Google HIPAA. It does not mean what you think it means.

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but abuse of cast members who are asking guests to comply with indoor mask wearing is at an all time high. It's so bad in fact, that Disney has brought in therapy dogs to help cast members cope with the constant barrage of verbal abuse.

Please folks, be kind to cast members. They are just trying to do their jobs in a difficult time. Even if you don't agree with indoor mask wearing, it is Disney's current policy.

Wow. I thought people would be really happy that they DON'T have to wear them outside too. Maybe they haven't been there until now, so don't realize how much better it is to only have to wear them indoors and in lines than it was to wear them ALL THE TIME for the past months. Regardless, I just don't get when people are cruel to CMs (or anyone on "the other side of the counter" for that matter) for any reason.

 

[PaladinButters]

Now that Disney is inching closer to normalcy, can we talk about the people in line who run into you because they can't pick their heads up out of their phones long enough to notice that the line stopped moving? We had one group behind us on Sunday that I wanted to peel the "Please Wait Here" decal off the ground and wrap it around their forehead

We had that on a bit ago on Pirates (with the 6 ft restrictions). Head in her phone the whole time and the guy who was with her keep pulling her back and stopping her every time the line moved up so she never had to have any awareness.
Finally, he missed one and I saw it coming so I just planted really solid and let her bounce off my backpack. She finally looked up in shock!

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

I mentioned about how having indoor/attractions/theaters/dining mask requirements but not outdoors (although that excluded outdoor attractions as far as I know) would now make it more difficult for CMs on another thread because of more places to look out for rather than just a more "you need a mask" period and a poster told me no it would make it easier. People don't like differing rules and it's easy for me at least to see how someone would start up an argument on why they should still have to do this or that. I completely agree with you on being kind to CMs, be kind to all workers really (your retail, food industry, just everyone). They didn't make the rules but they are the ones who have to deal with them.

I think that was probably me. To be fair, I don't think I said definitively that it would make it easier. But it should make for a better situation because they've relaxed the rules from where they used to be. If people are giving them grief over wearing a mask SOME of the time, think how outraged those people would be if WDW chose to continue requiring masks at ALL times.

 

[limitdis]

How does Disney's new mask policy compare with Universals? Are they exactly the same? I like to think that Universal is a little less strict. Do you have to wear a mask in an outside line at Universal?

 

[eleven24]

We had that on a bit ago on Pirates (with the 6 ft restrictions). Head in her phone the whole time and the guy who was with her keep pulling her back and stopping her every time the line moved up so she never had to have any awareness.
Finally, he missed one and I saw it coming so I just planted really solid and let her bounce off my backpack. She finally looked up in shock!

Same thing with me. Plant solid when you know it's coming. Had the same group in the Splash Mountain line continually run into the back of me. Actually heard the one girl say to the other "maybe they should not stop so fast if they don't want us to run into them".

My 11 year old heard that and her eyes got all big and I simply said....

Hakuna Matata

 

[luv2cheer92]

How does Disney's new mask policy compare with Universals? Are they exactly the same? I like to think that Universal is a little less strict. Do you have to wear a mask in an outside line at Universal?

Currently they are the same.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

I think that was probably me. To be fair, I don't think I said definitively that it would make it easier. But it should make for a better situation because they've relaxed the rules from where they used to be. If people are giving them grief over wearing a mask SOME of the time, think how outraged those people would be if WDW chose to continue requiring masks at ALL times.

No it wasn't you don't worry

It wasn't about people being mad, they'll get mad over everything lol. My opinion on that other thread was contrary to how I feel on other things (where a gradual adjustment is more opinion) for theme parks an all or nothing approach was more my opinion. Now CMs have to constantly be on the look out to remind people to put their masks on when entering the theater, attraction, store, restaurant, outdoor attraction, etc rather than the guest being under the expectation that it should be left on at all times save for a quick photo and while actively eating (and being stationary). People just like to push the boundaries so now you've got someone who was just walking around Epcot's World Showcase without a mask but needs to put it on to go watch O Canada and the CMs will have to be always watching out for that (until the guidance changes or Disney adjusts their policy). Just my opinion of course and I hope for the CMs (including one I know) people just go with the rules and don't try to push it but I was bouncing off the other poster who mentioned how bad CMs had been treated.

 

[disneyseniors]

I keep reading post about "Proof of vaccination". How can that happen with the current HIPAA Law?

It won't happen. That law was written for a reason, ie: to protect everyone's medical history. What if it wasn't in effect? Stores, resorts, parks could ask for your medical hx and send you away if they wanted. It's nobody's business what your medical hx is, period.
If people are worried about being around others, then maybe they should rethink their plans. If I wasn't comfortable and didn't feel safe at WDW, for whatever reason, you can bet I wouldn't go there.
Before Covid, people were crowded together at the parks all the time. I bet there were many, many people with illnesses, diseases but they went anyway to disney. Do you think a Dad is going to cancel a $$$ trip made months ago, with him and his wife getting vacation time, and the kids happy to go to disney, that if he has an upset stomach, etc, that he will cancel this trip? Nope, not gonna happen. We have always been around the "flu" illnesses and other illnesses, while at disney. You have to decide your risk level for you and your family. It's not up to disney or others to protect you. Disney is doing all it can. You can use sanitizer, masks, or whatever you need to make you feel safe if you want.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

It won't happen. That law was written for a reason, ie: to protect everyone's medical history. What if it wasn't in effect? Stores, resorts, parks could ask for your medical hx and send you away if they wanted. It's nobody's business what your medical hx is, period.
If people are worried about being around others, then maybe they should rethink their plans. If I wasn't comfortable and didn't feel safe at WDW, for whatever reason, you can bet I wouldn't go there.
Before Covid, people were crowded together at the parks all the time. I bet there were many, many people with illnesses, diseases but they went anyway to disney. Do you think a Dad is going to cancel a $$$ trip made months ago, with him and his wife getting vacation time, and the kids happy to go to disney, that if he has an upset stomach, etc, that he will cancel this trip? Nope, not gonna happen. We have always been around the "flu" illnesses and other illnesses, while at disney. You have to decide your risk level for you and your family. It's not up to disney or others to protect you. Disney is doing all it can. You can use sanitizer, masks, or whatever you need to make you feel safe if you want.

amen.

I keep seeing people use the children as a crutch to hang mask mandates on. Me and my other are both first responders, who had no days from working from home, zero. we also have an infant that was born in 2020 and he’s perfectly fine

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

amen.

I keep seeing people use the children as a crutch to hang mask mandates on. Me and my other are both first responders, who had no days from working from home, zero. we also have an infant that was born in 2020 and he’s perfectly fine

I just hate the hypocrisy of it. Children have never mattered at all through this entire pandemic. I for one would prefer that my child was given some consideration for the fact that she can't yet be vaccinated.

My husband worked front line through the pandemic as well, and we all got covid. He brought it home from work early on in the pandemic before mask mandates went into effect. Luckily my husband and daughter had mild cases. Mine was more severe, but did not require hospitalization.

 

[kevgraub]

It won't happen. That law was written for a reason, ie: to protect everyone's medical history. What if it wasn't in effect? Stores, resorts, parks could ask for your medical hx and send you away if they wanted. It's nobody's business what your medical hx is, period.

HIPAA does not apply to stores, resorts, parks ,etc. It is simply not a HIPAA violation for a business to ask to see your vaccination card. It may not be any of their business, but HIPAA has absolutely nothing to do with that.

 

[jjb1974]

That law was written for a reason, ie: to protect everyone's medical history. What if it wasn't in effect? Stores, resorts, parks could ask for your medical hx and send you away if they wanted.

Tell me you're not a lawyer, without telling me you're not a lawyer.

 

[Darklord77]

I keep seeing people use the children as a crutch to hang mask mandates on.

Follow the science, until the science does not agree with your point of view. Then just ignore the science and insert an emotional based argument that ignores the facts. Kids are about 18-19 times more likely to be killed by a gun than from Covid. Do we wrap our children in kevlar before they go to school?

 

[VandVsmama]

Now that Disney is inching closer to normalcy, can we talk about the people in line who run into you because they can't pick their heads up out of their phones long enough to notice that the line stopped moving? We had one group behind us on Sunday that I wanted to peel the "Please Wait Here" decal off the ground and wrap it around their forehead

Maybe we can go to the good old days when the hottest topics on Disboards was people with strollers!

 

[CatNipRules]

Same thing with me. Plant solid when you know it's coming. Had the same group in the Splash Mountain line continually run into the back of me. Actually heard the one girl say to the other "maybe they should not stop so fast if they don't want us to run into them".

My 11 year old heard that and her eyes got all big and I simply said....

Hakuna Matata

I use an ECV when I go to Disney. I had something like this happen before covid. This dude kept running into the back of me. So, the mean girl in me had had enough. So, I let my hand slip off the control and he ran into the back of the seat. No one was hurt, but the words that came out of his mouth were not family friendly. Needless to say he didn't run into me again. LOL!!

 

[eleven24]

It's nobody's business what your medical hx is, period.

It is when we're in the middle of a global pandemic. Why can't we all just pull on the rope together and get through COVID?

 

[CatNipRules]

It is when we're in the middle of a global pandemic. Why can't we all just pull on the rope together and get through COVID?

I'll just say what Pete said yesterday, If you don't feel comfortable going to the parks when there's no mask being worn outside then don't go. Just like he said that if you didn't want to go and wear a mask.

 

[braysmommy]

It won't happen. That law was written for a reason, ie: to protect everyone's medical history. What if it wasn't in effect? Stores, resorts, parks could ask for your medical hx and send you away if they wanted. It's nobody's business what your medical hx is, period.
If people are worried about being around others, then maybe they should rethink their plans. If I wasn't comfortable and didn't feel safe at WDW, for whatever reason, you can bet I wouldn't go there.
Before Covid, people were crowded together at the parks all the time. I bet there were many, many people with illnesses, diseases but they went anyway to disney. Do you think a Dad is going to cancel a $$$ trip made months ago, with him and his wife getting vacation time, and the kids happy to go to disney, that if he has an upset stomach, etc, that he will cancel this trip? Nope, not gonna happen. We have always been around the "flu" illnesses and other illnesses, while at disney. You have to decide your risk level for you and your family. It's not up to disney or others to protect you. Disney is doing all it can. You can use sanitizer, masks, or whatever you need to make you feel safe if you want.

HIPAA laws protect your medical information within the health care setting so private business and travel companies can ask you to provide proof of vaccination. Same with colleges across the country that will require proof of vaccination for fall semester.

 

[Grumpy by Birth]

Maybe we can go to the good old days when the hottest topics on Disboards was people with strollers!

Not just any strollers... humongous DOUBLE strollers!!!!

 

[Darklord77]

It is when we're in the middle of a global pandemic. Why can't we all just pull on the rope together and get through COVID?

So what part of my medical history is your business during a "global pandemic"? I second the motion: if a person is not comfortable at this point going out into the real world with or without a mask then stay in the basement watching Netflix. Everyone can make their own decisions on what's best for their health.

Why can't we all just pull on the rope together and get through COVID?

When will we have gotten through COVID? When the virus is totally eradicated with 0 cases reported worldwide? Because our medical "experts" won't even give us a goal line or number. Heck, they can't even come together on herd immunity. This virus will be with us for a long time in one way or another.