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

[UOAP]

Ideally but most won’t have that option with their jobs.

That might be something to discuss with your employer before you go. I would not be surprised if some employers insist on isolation after a high risk exposure to protect their other workers they are trying to get back to work. They might alternatively require a mask at work for 14 days, etc.

 

[jbock]

The only case I've read of a June guests being informed they are canceled was posted in the Rumors thread on cancellations, and is coming from a guest that booked a package deal through a TA that included a charter flight. I can imagine that if the charter flight is a no-go, the entire package could be canceled, since there may not be a way to get the guest to WDW one the dates, airport and cost that they had originally.

I would be curious to know if anyone that has a regular package reservation without a flight has gotten cancelled. Normally, we start seeing the cancellations on Wednesdays and Thursdays. It could be that some are coming out earlier this week.

This doesn't answer your question, but I called the Swolphin yesterday and made a res for late June. I asked if they had any insider info and said I planned to go if parks were open but obviously not if they weren't & that Disney resorts weren't available for reservations. They said they didn't have anything that they were ready to share with the public but the S/D planned on being open June 1st.

EDIT: Before reading in to that too much, I didn't push her to see if she meant there was something private that wasn't yet shared, or if she meant that they do not have anything public or private to share. I actually assume it's the latter, but you have to think at some point more employees other the C-level executives would know whether or not parks would be opening...

 

[Tjddis]

I don't mean this reply for just you but in a more general way. We take chances for our children everyday. We let them get on swings, we let them play sports, we let them swim, we drive with them in our cars, we fly or drive to WDW. There is no guarantee our children will not get hurt doing everyday things. True, we can be extra careful with some of these but can only do so much about others. And, yes, some of these are necessary when a trip to Disney isn't but some are elective like sports and swings. I feel like some of us want guarantees of safety when we've always been willing to live with a little risk in life.

You are of course correct and more than justified in your view. I do find it to be a bit of a false equivalency. While all the activities you mention do have risks attached, most also have procedures and common sense guidelines you can follow in order to minimize that risk on a very visceral way. You can see the threats to safety in those activities. If he is swinging to high you stop him. I cannot see if the guy who sneezed in his hand grabbed the safety bar before my kid did. Plus I think there is far to much not yet learned on this virus. For example a month ago it did not affect kids at all. Oops.
lastly I am not looking for anyone else to manage safety for my child. It is my job to keep them out of harms way. And my kids are not limited. They play sports, commute to the city for school and enjoy freedoms and experiences I never dreamed of as a kid. I am not overly cautious in general, I just don’t see the value in taking any chances right now

 

[SierraT]

While it’s been said they can open under Phase 1, I really think Disney and Universal are waiting for Florida to enter Phase 2. DeSantis originally said it could be weeks to Phase 2 which would have been late May/early June at the time he mentioned it.

Phase 2 has a lot less restrictions and will (I’m guessing) be easier to operate the parks and make employees and most visitors less uncomfortable. Just an opinion.

 

[Jroceagles]

That might be something to discuss with your employer before you go. I would not be surprised if some employers insist on isolation after a high risk exposure to protect their other workers they are trying to get back to work. They might alternatively require a mask at work for 14 days, etc.

My company is ONLY mandating 14 day quarantine for International travel..once permitted of course

 

[Mit88]

All this back and forth of “will they, won’t they” open in June is more exhausting than Ross and Rachel’s relationship. There seems to be contradicting revelations on a day to day basis. Nothing we can do but to wait and see if reservations are cancelled because at this point it doesn’t seem like Disney is going to make any announcements about cancellations

 

[jbock]

While it’s been said they can open under Phase 1, I really think Disney and Universal are waiting for Florida to enter Phase 2. DeSantis originally said it could be weeks to Phase 2 which would have been late May/early June at the time he mentioned it.

Phase 2 has a lot less restrictions and will (I’m guessing) be easier to operate the parks and make employees and most visitors less uncomfortable. Just an opinion.

If this were true (and FWIW it does seem like the logical approach) would it kill them to send out a press release saying that's the plan?

 

[Tjddis]

I hope you actually wrote all this down in an email to disney. Nothing we can do here other than just vent
wdw.guest.communications@disneyworld.com

I have thank you. Got the standard we’ll get back to you response. I don’t blame them. I’m not unreasonable. I get that they are swamped

 

[Jroceagles]

I have thank you. Got the standard we’ll get back to you response. I don’t blame them. I’m not unreasonable. I get that they are swamped

I think its very reasonable

 

[SierraT]

All this back and forth of “will they, won’t they” open in June is more exhausting than Ross and Rachel’s relationship. There seems to be contradicting revelations on a day to day basis. Nothing we can do but to wait and see if reservations are cancelled because at this point it doesn’t seem like Disney is going to make any announcements about cancellations

You just showed your age.

Sorry to go off topic.

 

[yulilin3]

If this were true (and FWIW it does seem like the logical approach) would it kill them to send out a press release saying that's the plan?

that's what they've been saying all along. In the Florida task force, in the Orange Co task force, yesterday Chapek said it in the interview. They are waiting for each local government to coordinate a reopening when the numbers look like it is possible. Phase 1 started last Monday, the mayor yesterday said that by the end of this week we will have definitive numbers to see how the county did, but as of now, it's looking good.
They won't reopen before Phase 2, and Phase 2 could come as early as next week

 

[Letsoflyakite]

That might be something to discuss with your employer before you go. I would not be surprised if some employers insist on isolation after a high risk exposure to protect their other workers they are trying to get back to work.

If your an essential worker taking a legit vacation domestically, this would be kind of surprising. If you work at your local take-out place, I guess that would be something to mitigate prior to a vacation?

 

[HuskieJohn]

My company is ONLY mandating 14 day quarantine for International travel..once permitted of course

My company is still asking anyone returning if they have traveled to China, South Korea or Italy...*facepalm*

 

[Mit88]

You just showed your age.

Sorry to go off topic.

My age was never hidden, it’s all in the name lol

 

[Sarahslay]

@Sarahslay - what was the great ADR booking debacle of 2018?

Well, I was trying to make my ADRs for a trip and the app and website kept throwing up error messages, freezing, and then it for some reason showed one reservation multiple times. I tried to delete them but got more error messages. I called because I had multiple ADRs that were hard to get and this way screwing up everything. Phone CM told me she saw nothing on her end, and told me I can’t just lie so I can get what I want. She said to leave it alone and maybe take a nap and see that nothing is wrong when I come back. I went back an hour or two later with two full days screwed up due to the multiple ADRs that weren’t even showing on Disney end, and I made my ADRs for the rest of the trip just fine. Took multiple phone calls to finally find a CM who was willing to listen, and took the initiative to forward it to the IT team who finally fixed it. Anyway, that first CM put me off calling all together, and only do it when forced.
Anyway, we’ll see what happens as Florida moves through phases (either forward or backwards over the coming weeks). I’m to the “I’ll believe it when I see it” phase.

 

[Tjddis]

In their defense, Disney may not know what they are going to do yet. This thing has been a constantly changing landscape for 2 months now.
They may have target dates in mind, but no definitive plans. They may see a sudden spike in COVID cases/hospitalizations/deaths across the country that may get them to postpone things or futher modify their plans.

I think they are still getting a "feel" what their guests want. Why open at all, if they lay down a ton of restrictions that a lot guests may not want (and thus won't come anyway until things are more "normal"). Why open with restrictions and capacity limits if they have to pick and choose which already reserved vacations can come or not .. etc.

I basically agree with you and understand your view except for one thing. Actually the last 2 months have been status quo. They are closed. They are closed because they do not feel it is safe to open. I am sure they have not been idle for 2 months. They have 2 months to formulate a customer service plan and for the reasons I cited it’s lacking. I don’t expect them or anyone to figure it all out just asking for a bit more transparency and forethought.

 

[jbock]

that's what they've been saying all along. In the Florida task force, in the Orange Co task force, yesterday Chapek said it in the interview. They are waiting for each local government to coordinate a reopening when the numbers look like it is possible. Phase 1 started last Monday, the mayor yesterday said that by the end of this week we will have definitive numbers to see how the county did, but as of now, it's looking good.
They won't reopen before Phase 2, and Phase 2 could come as early as next week

They may have been saying that, but someone in the cancellation thread just got an early June Poly cancellation. Assuming that's true either:
They know they're not going to be in Phase 2 by then OR
They aren't opening the Poly for Phase 2 (If so, which are they opening?) OR
Many other possibilities. In any case, say "On the day phase 2 is announced, the following parks and resorts will be open "X,Y,Z" or... after Phase 2 is announced, it will take us [#] weeks to accomplish X,Y,Z at which point this will be open, this will be closed.

 

[MrsSLF]

My age was never hidden, it’s all in the name lol

I can't believe a Friends reference is showing one's age now...

I'm officially old.

 

[UOAP]

My company is still asking anyone returning if they have traveled to China, South Korea or Italy...*facepalm*

Yeah they are stuck in policies from early March!

 

[yulilin3]

They may have been saying that, but someone in the cancellation thread just got an early June Poly cancellation. Assuming that's true either:
They know they're not going to be in Phase 2 by then OR
They aren't opening the Poly for Phase 2 (If so, which are they opening?) OR
Many other possibilities. In any case, say "On the day phase 2 is announced, the following parks and resorts will be open "X,Y,Z" or... after Phase 2 is announced, it will take us [#] weeks to accomplish X,Y,Z at which point this will be open, this will be closed.

They may have been saying that, but someone in the cancellation thread just got an early June Poly cancellation. Assuming that's true either:
They know they're not going to be in Phase 2 by then OR
They aren't opening the Poly for Phase 2 (If so, which are they opening?) OR
Many other possibilities. In any case, say "On the day phase 2 is announced, the following parks and resorts will be open "X,Y,Z" or... after Phase 2 is announced, it will take us [#] weeks to accomplish X,Y,Z at which point this will be open, this will be closed.

first it not "they may have been saying that" they have been saying that, it's on video and recording
Second they are playing it one week at a time, they can't come out and say "we're opening this day" right now because we haven't switched to phase 2 and we don't have the data yet
Once they have that, I'm sure we will see a more specific date posted. By cancelling reservations one week at a time gives them the ability to give the guests 3 weeks notice that their vacation won't happen and at the same time the ability to open on short notice