Rumor about “modified experiences” when Disney reopens (read 1st post for potential modifications being considered)

[tlmadden73]

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Interesting ..

Maybe Disney has been seeing that it just may not be WORTH opening up until they can operate at "normal". A lot of people can't make it down there (flights) or don't want to make it down there (still worried about virus) .. so maybe they see it is just better off writing off the summer and be able to open in the fall .. full capacity .. no masks .. no temp checks .. all attractions open . .some social distancing .. etc.

I mean a lot of businesses are putting a LOT of money into running "modified" and that affects the bottom line just as much as not being open. Maybe Disney just feels that they can't operate all the parks and resorts at a modified capacity. It's one thing to put a bunch of social distancing stickers and require masks and temp checks at Universal (that has ONE main entrance) compared to Disney having 4 parks, with multiple ways to enter, public transportation and resorts. Maybe .. just maybe .. they don't want to incur the costs to open "modified" when they feel (and hope) that all this may be temporary?

Maybe they are geared up to just stay closed for most of the summer (and a lot of signs are pointing to that).

The question is now .. will Disney do anything for all the guests whose vacations have been canceled once or twice? Or do they even need to? Will demand be so pent up that just opening up whenever they do will be good enough?

 

[goofynut41]

I think its best to wait till normal..

 

[Eric Smith]

Well I cant do without meeting GOOFY!! I wont go if I cant meet Goofy!!

I think that it's pretty likely that M&G's will at least be severely effected if not outright closed down for a while. Probably not much of a chance to meet Goofy for a while.

 

[goofynut41]

I think that it's pretty likely that M&G's will at least be severely effected if not outright closed down for a while. Probably not much of a chance to meet Goofy for a while.

I'll wait..

 

[hereforthechurros]

Interesting ..

Maybe Disney has been seeing that it just may not be WORTH opening up until they can operate at "normal". A lot of people can't make it down there (flights) or don't want to make it down there (still worried about virus) .. so maybe they see it is just better off writing off the summer and be able to open in the fall .. full capacity .. no masks .. no temp checks .. all attractions open . .some social distancing .. etc.

I mean a lot of businesses are putting a LOT of money into running "modified" and that affects the bottom line just as much as not being open. Maybe Disney just feels that they can't operate all the parks and resorts at a modified capacity. It's one thing to put a bunch of social distancing stickers and require masks and temp checks at Universal (that has ONE main entrance) compared to Disney having 4 parks, with multiple ways to enter, public transportation and resorts. Maybe .. just maybe .. they don't want to incur the costs to open "modified" when they feel (and hope) that all this may be temporary?

Maybe they are geared up to just stay closed for most of the summer (and a lot of signs are pointing to that).

The question is now .. will Disney do anything for all the guests whose vacations have been canceled once or twice? Or do they even need to? Will demand be so pent up that just opening up whenever they do will be good enough?

I just made a similar post! Does seem they may not want to sink in the cost to make things safe for now and are hoping perhaps if they can create a revenue stream with the NBA for the summer that would let them stay closed. In hopes things look better by late summer/early fall for a more normal opening.

And because they’re a business first, they continued to take reservations in case that plan didn’t work out. Or in case things changed and they could open sooner.

It is interesting to see a company that has never shut down for anything longer than a day, now willing to stay closed for months on end even when their competitors aren’t. I’m safety first but also assumed, wrong or right, that they would open the second they got the green light because that’s just always how they’ve operated.

 

[Farro]

I just made a similar post! Does seem they may not want to sink in the cost to make things safe for now and are hoping perhaps if they can create a revenue stream with the NBA for the summer that would let them stay closed. In hopes things look better by late summer/early fall for a more normal opening.

And because they’re a business first, they continued to take reservations in case that plan didn’t work out. Or in case things changed and they could open sooner.

It is interesting to see a company that has never shut down for anything longer than a day, now willing to stay closed for months on end even when their competitors aren’t. I’m safety first but also assumed, wrong or right, that they would open the second they got the green light because that’s just always how they’ve operated.

I made the prediction about NBA only and opening to guests later a while ago and people said I was nuts.

Well they thought Galileo was crazy too...

 

[hereforthechurros]

I made the prediction about NBA only a while ago and people said I was nuts.

Well they thought Galileo was crazy too...

I’ve largely ignored the NBA talk until recently, but will give any credit where it’s due!

 

[CuteAsMinnie]

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Disney should have a plan. Big fail. This shows us how much better run Universal is these days.

Disney ABSOLUTE has a plan in place, you just aren’t privy to it yet...

 

[Eric Smith]

Disney should have a plan. Big fail. This shows us how much better run Universal is these days.

They certainly have a plan. It's ignorant to think otherwise. They're not publicizing the plan, which is frustrating.

 

[Farro]

I’ve largely ignored the NBA talk until recently, but will give any credit where it’s due!

I will share the glory if I somehow ended up being right on accident.

 

[Vern60]

Personally I think I'll wait to go until things are running at least somewhat normally.
That being said, Disney is a private business and they can do whatever they want. However, boy, waiting a long time would REALLY put a massive strain on the Florida economy. If they do that, it would really lower their social responsibility standing in my eyes. I just can't help but think of ALL the folks out of work, and not talking exclusively Disney either, all the shops, restaurants and rental places that go along with it.
It's bad enough for my conscious wondering how little money those folks wiping the tables at the quick service get paid, (virtually foreign slave labor I'm sure), but staying closed to avoid running in a "modified" state just seems to be crapping on the local economy to me.
I dunno, ha ha, sorry about the rant.

 

[cakebaker]

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Disney ABSOLUTE has a plan in place, you just aren’t privy to it yet...

Then if they have a plan, it should include all those reservations that have yet to be cancelled. Otherwise they're just taking people's money because they can. That is, unless the plan is...we don't have a clue.

 

[SarahC97]

Personally I think I'll wait to go until things are running at least somewhat normally.
That being said, Disney is a private business and they can do whatever they want. However, boy, waiting a long time would REALLY put a massive strain on the Florida economy. If they do that, it would really lower their social responsibility standing in my eyes. I just can't help but think of ALL the folks out of work, and not talking exclusively Disney either, all the shops, restaurants and rental places that go along with it.
It's bad enough for my conscious wondering how little money those folks wiping the tables at the quick service get paid, (virtually foreign slave labor I'm sure), but staying closed to avoid running in a "modified" state just seems to be crapping on the local economy to me.
I dunno, ha ha, sorry about the rant.

This is why I don't think they'll stay closed the entire summer. With every place else opening up and how dependent the economy is on tourism in Florida, I imagine they're getting a lot of pressure to open. And frankly, it'll look bad on them if they don't at this point because it'll look exactly like that -- "crapping on the local economy."

 

[tlmadden73]

It is interesting to see a company that has never shut down for anything longer than a day, now willing to stay closed for months on end even when their competitors aren’t. I’m safety first but also assumed, wrong or right, that they would open the second they got the green light because that’s just always how they’ve operated.

Yes .. I thought there would be no way Disney would stay closed for more than two months especially with their competitors opening up. Maybe they are more worried about "public perception" of opening "too soon" ... which to me means the company is more worried about perception than making money (but, let's be honest, a lot of big companies seem more worried about that lately)

 

[Hummingbird]

Kinda crappy if that post about Disney attempting to block Universal is true.

If it is ever proven to be true then that could definitely taint their image given that it would look like they were making money from the NBA stuff and blocked any revenue Uni would have been able to make during that time.

 

[SarahC97]

Yes .. I thought there would be no way Disney would stay closed for more than two months especially with their competitors opening up. Maybe they are more worried about "public perception" of opening "too soon" ... which to me means the company is more worried about perception than making money (but, let's be honest, a lot of big companies seem more worried about that lately)

It seems to be kind of a lose/lose situation for them as far as perception goes. If they open and there's a spike in illness, then that'll look bad. If they stay closed while everyone else around them is opening and the economy in central Florida continues to stall and people are out of work because of their continued closure, then that looks bad. Personally, I don't see how they can justify staying closed if UO and Seaworld (and every other touristy place in Orlando) is open.

 

[thingaboutarsenal]

I think that it's pretty likely that M&G's will at least be severely effected if not outright closed down for a while. Probably not much of a chance to meet Goofy for a while.

Before I had a child I never went to M&G. Now I'm mentally preparing for a park without them. Life is funny like that.

 

[Anna H]

Does UO have a fast pass equivelent?

 

[Sarahslay]

Because Disney IT is terrible and can't manage to do two things at once.

I mean, we realize that, but but if they are actually trying to take this seriously that's a bigger oops than they need to have.

 

[Sarahslay]

Does UO have a fast pass equivelent?

You can pay for an express pass, but it's not like FP, you don't have to book anything you just get to pretty much skip the line on any ride with an express pass line.