News Round Up 2020

[OKW Lover]

Must mean they are expecting much lower crowds than anticipated, right?

At least at AK. Perhaps DHS is drawing people over there?

 

[rteetz]

News

https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/work-expands-on-main-street-usa-western-bypass-at-magic-kingdom

 

[J-BOY]

Ahh .. didn't realize they were doing it in phases .. thought it was going to be like TSL or Galaxy's Edge where it opens all at once. Interesting.

I should point out that it seems like it will be opening similar to Galaxy's Edge - the entire land will likely be ready, with the show building being up for the E-Ticket. I believe the E-Ticket will be the only thing opening later.

 

[CastAStone]

Just checked MDE and wait times weren't as outrageous, outside of FOP as I thought they would be for the spring break season. Did see that Frozen and River Journey are both down.

Epcot looked like a 1 or 2 when I checked. 15 minutes for Soarin and 60 for Test Track in the busiest part of the day.

Mission Space was weirdly the longest wait. Wonder if one of the spinners went down.

 

[disneygirlsng]

NEWS

Opening date for Avengers Campus at DCA set for July 18

https://blogmickey.com/2020/03/aven...-for-july-18th-at-disney-california-adventure

Dang, was hoping it would be open for my trip at the end of June, oh well. Wasn't really expecting it, but hopeful.

 

[birostick]

ALL travel from europe is suspended for 30 days starting on Friday. Except the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51846923

 

[tlmadden73]

ALL travel from europe is suspended for 30 days starting on Friday. Except the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51846923

Holy moly! My friend just made it in under the wire today ... coming from Netherlands.

 

[soniam]

ALL travel from europe is suspended for 30 days starting on Friday. Except the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51846923

Travel to Europe too, so Europeans may be stuck here. Trade is blocked too.

 

[TomServo27]

He did play Walt Disney so I guess it counts as news.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1237909897020207104

 

[Farro]

All speculation, but will this mean people will defer their vacations until the summer? or the fall? or next year? Just curious on opinions.

I think it (the "panic") will only get worse in April/May as inevitably more and more "confirmed" cases are found in the US (and Florida especially). People will catch this, it will spread (just like the flu has all over this country the past 4 months) .. time will only tell if catching COVID-19 is any worse than the flu, pneumonia or common cold for MOST people.

I think people will rebook for the warmer months - June - Sept - as historically less chances of respiratory illnesses.

The virus may abate in the warm months, but will come back again late fall. I said in another thread, all of sudden summers will become crowded again while fall/winter will once again become "low" crowds. Until treatment and/or vaccine available, then all bets off again.

 

[soniam]

I think people will rebook for the warmer months - June - Sept - as historically less chances of respiratory illnesses.

The virus may abate in the warm months, but will come back again late fall. I said in another thread, all of sudden summers will become crowded again while fall/winter will once again become "low" crowds. Until treatment and/or vaccine available, then all bets off again.

I think a lot of people will postpone until 2021 too, which could really drive up the crowds for the 50th

 

[Brianstl]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1237914142033444864

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Travel to Europe too, so Europeans may be stuck here. Trade is blocked too.

I haven't heard to Europe, I've only heard from Europe.

I know the news stories just broke though.

 

[Farro]

I think a lot of people will postpone until 2021 too, which could really drive up the crowds for the 50th

shhhh, if we don't say it, it won't be true.

(and I'm so happy I already booked Gran Destino for late April 2021! )

 

[soniam]

I haven't heard to Europe, I've only heard from Europe.

I know the news stories just broke though.

We were listening to him live, and Trump said to and from Europe. Now, how it actually is implemented could be different.

 

[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1237914142033444864

They are playing without fans I thought?

 

[larry47591]

They are playing without fans I thought?

Players have it so I think it’s a bigger issue

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

We were listening to him live, and Trump said to and from Europe. Now, how it actually is implemented could be different.

Thank you. I wonder if the news stories have just skipped over that part.

I agree on wondering the logistics of it all. Certainly anything of this magnitude is going to be a huge undertaking.

 

[soniam]

Thank you. I wonder if the news stories have just skipped over that part.

I agree on wondering the logistics of it all. Certainly anything of this magnitude is going to be a huge undertaking.

I wouldn't put it past Trump to mispeak, but I also wouldn't put it past the news outlets to not fully report. It's going to be interesting Thank goodness toilet paper is made in North America.

 

[TomServo27]

Players have it so I think it’s a bigger issue

UTAH Jazz player is infected.