The more I think about the reopening of the parks, the less excited I get.

[agame2323]

Part of the way I feel has a lot to do with the fact I was scheduled to be in WDW in 2 weeks. This was going to be our first trip in 10yrs. However, I rescheduled the trip for September but the idea that we'll be wearing mask and most likely without parades and fireworks kind of sucks. I'm not even sure if we're going to keep the trip. We might just cancel and wait until things go back to normal, if that ever happens.

I'm not mad at Disney. I get it. This is what needs to be done. But just the thought that the whole entire experience will most certainly be altered and unrecognizable from my prior visits is disappointing. I'm not even sure how Disney plans to implement the social distancing side of this. It doesn't seem possible to completely keep people 6 feet apart throughout every area of the park. That said, I am interested in hearing from Disney how they plan to attack this. Will you have to wear mask on thrill rides or water rides? That seems problematic as the mask can get wet or become damaged. How about if someones mask flies off during the ride (Everest, SpaceM, SplashM, SDMT... etc). Will the Water Parks reopen? Again... it's worth watching and worst come to worst, 20?? could make more sense for me and my family.

...just a thought.

 

[MaddieB223]

I understand completely! I can imagine how miserable wearing a mask in 90 degree weather in 80% humidity would be. My whole family is planning on going in Summer 2021 for my 21st birthday, and this morning my aunt sent me a picture on Instagram of a woman in Shanghai today wearing a mask now that Shanghai Disney has re-opened and said she hopes we don't need to wear a mask in Disney when we go!

 

[DisLiss]

I understand. For me the mask is a deal-breaker. I am currently wearing a mask if I go out and I am in no way opposed to doing so. However, I have an eye condition that makes me wear sunglasses even on days most people wouldn't consider sunny. And one of the days I went out I was outside and it was a day that I required my sunglasses, and while I can wear a mask and manage to mostly keep my regular glasses from fogging over, because I wear sunglasses on top of my regular glasses, when I tried wearing both pairs of glasses AND the mask, it did not work for me at all. The glasses fogged up completely over & over again no matter what I did. I cannot walk around the parks without both pairs of my glasses, so if masks are required when our trip is planned that's simply not going to work for me, personally.

 

[kelsum01]

I totally get where everyone is coming from. Our original stay was over Easter and that was cancelled. Now it's rescheduled for 6/1 and we're just waiting on the cancellation to come through. I've gotten my hopes up too many times to be disappointed yet again. I will not wear a mask at Disney when it's 95 degrees, 100% humidity and I'm the middle of a downpour. It has no appeal to me. Until/unless they open as close to normal as possible, I just have to put the thought of a Disney stay out of my mind. We're focusing on a low key beach vacation instead.

 

[elle21]

I get it. It’s so disappointing. I don’t even enjoy Target right now...seeing people in masks and everyone avoiding everyone. You feel like you’re walking on eggshells. I can’t imagine feeling like that at Disney. I don’t want to feel like everyone is scared of being near me, I want to see people’s faces, I want to hug/ have photos with characters. We’ll cancel our trip and go when things are normal again. (Now pardon me while I go cry.)

 

[loves to dive]

I get it but since we really don't know what they are going to require you really can't get too upset about it. As far as parades and meeting characters, we are one of the few families that actually don't do either. I would actually watch the parades but my son isn't a fan, so when he is with me we don't. I won't sit on a curb and wait a hour for one though, even without him, if one is going on while I'm passing by I'll stop and watch it, the same with the stage shows. I have watched the new MK night time show once, we got there early enough to get a good spot and right before it started a father lifted his son up on his shoulders in front of me, held the kids arms up on the air and swayed back and forth so I couldn't even peek around, under or through him. Never again. I tried the HS show twice, same results. First time I was solo and was there about a hour in advance, a CM actually came and got me and took me up almost as far to the front as you can get without being in a party. I was around a lot of other people and we all agreed the kids would go in front of me since I'm short and we had it all figured out. Last minute two tall men came and stood in front of me. Second time, my son was with me. We got right next to the aisle markers with 3 wheel chair people in front of me, thought that would be safe. Nope, two men came and stood in front of the wheel chair people, causing them to have to stand lean on their chairs, causing me to not be able to see, even leaning out of the line. So, no night time shows for me. So modified experiences aren't that big of a deal and if guests are required to wear masks, I guess I'll just wear one.

 

[nduckles]

It's frustrating. And of course we all have different tolerances for the unknown...some people are laid back "we'll just have to wait and see" folks and boy am I not good at that.

We have a trip scheduled for October. It's supposed to be my daughter's senior year at college and this was to be her fall break senior gift. Not knowing what college will look like, not knowing what the restrictions at Disney will look like....we're almost to the point where it would be easier to just to cancel and KNOW we aren't going and deal with that knowledge rather than wonder. I envy those of you who have the patience. Right now I'm trying to have control over SOMETHING.

This time has been a real exercise in patience, hasn't it? But it has also been a time of figuring out priorities. There are more important things than Disney vacations, for certain. But still.

I guess for right now we're waiting to see what will happen with her school. Then we'll deal with Disney decisions.

Best of luck to all of you and stay safe.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

There should be a trade off of some sort for having to suffocate in a mask during Jungle Cruise. Perhaps if Disney allowed us to bring our own favorite adult beverage into the parks for medicinal purposes. You know, to take off the edge of having to breath in your own stinking breath all day.

 

[doubtingthomas6]

While I think Disney will do everything they can to prevent the spread of the virus in their parks I worry there is only so much they can do. Thats my biggest worry.
My second worry is paying the big disney price tag for only a partial experience. I'd rather wait and pay all that money when we wont be limited in what we can do.

I totally understand the situation that everyone is in. It is what it is I suppose.

 

[MeridaAnn]

For me, I just can't picture being goofy or super-cheerful right now, even at Disney. I just don't think I could shut the reality of the pandemic away enough to fully lose myself in the Disney magic. It would feel like a false front to me, instead of truly enjoying myself. I will be worried about people not wearing their masks and getting too close to me and worried that I'm getting too close to others and worried that I might be accidentally passing along the virus without knowing that I have it and I'd be thinking of everything going on outside the parks and back at the medical facility where I work and so on. I just don't have it in me right now to be unreservedly cheerful.

Strangely, I feel like I would be willing to go to Universal before Disney, just because their environment doesn't go for that same level of cheer. It's still a beautiful park, but in a different way, and somehow walking through the realistic-looking New York alleys or the ancient Mythos area would require less "forgetting" of the outside world. I can still appreciate those areas the same way I am fascinated by pictures of abandoned buildings and urban decay photography and such, even if I'm not ready for the rainbows and butterflies level of happiness Disney tries to exude. At Disney, everything is perfect and idealized and I just don't think I can convince myself to believe in that just now the way I usually can when I'm there.

I'm not actually going to rush back to either park when they first open for passholders [I'm local-ish, so I could, but I don't plan to], but I feel like I could still find some enjoyment in a "bittersweet" visit to Universal more than I could at Disney. Obviously 100% just how I would feel personally and not saying that would apply to anyone else, but that's sort of my line of thought right now. I just don't feel like I could be genuinely, obliviously happy right now, even in the most magical place on earth.

 

[Mainsail Minnie]

There should be a trade off of some sort for having to suffocate in a mask during Jungle Cruise. Perhaps if Disney allowed us to bring our own favorite adult beverage into the parks for medicinal purposes. You know, to take off the edge of having to breath in your own stinking breath all day.

The Magic Kingdom filled with a bunch of tipsy guests stumbling around wearing masks and grasping bottles of beer...Um, no.

 

[Jadyreen1282]

The Magic Kingdom filled with a bunch of tipsy guests stumbling around wearing masks and grasping bottles of beer...Um, no.

Alcohol is a disinfectant. It's a win win.

 

[cgattis]

The Magic Kingdom filled with a bunch of tipsy guests stumbling around wearing masks and grasping bottles of beer...Um, no.

With our glasses all fogged up, we’ll be stunning g around anyway. And I was thinking more along the lines of a big Mickey ear sipper with a long straw to snake under my mask!

I actuallyget what @MeridaAnn is saying. I’m good waiting until 2021 and hoping we’re back to (hopefully a slightly cleaner version of) normal by then.

 

[AngieInOH]

You are paying a Disney premium for an altered experience. In my opinion I would reschedule. You haven't went in 10 years, you deserve for it to be perfect. Plus, a lot more of the projects will be finished up (hopefully).

Goodluck. Either way I hope you make the best of it!!

 

[StageTek]

The Magic Kingdom filled with a bunch of tipsy guests stumbling around wearing masks and grasping bottles of beer...Um, no.

Um, yes, from me!

 

[Hiitsme]

You can tape down the mask so your breath doesn't fog your glasses.

 

[nduckles]

You can tape down the mask so your breath doesn't fog your glasses.

Yep, that's a good old operating room trick. Just a small piece over the bridge of your nose will make a big difference.

 

[Davey Jones II]

We weren't planning to go back this year anyway. As for the mask, it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me IF the parks will also be uncrowded, with short wait times.

 

[Erica Ladd]

I’m hoping for the best, expecting the worst. We have a trip planned 9/8-9/12 and with certain regulations in place it would not be enjoyable fir us, especially with the cost. I’m anxiously watching how things develop so I can make an educated decision by August 7th. Unless they extend cancellation windows.

 

[georgina]

I used to find it odd, the Asian folks in airports wearing masks long before this started. Honestly, I may wear a mask in crowded places for many years to come.

I should have arrived in Orlando today, but added my cancelled May reservation onto my existing October one. I have an AP, and at this point would be happy to go even if only half the attractions are open and everyone is required to wear a mask. Just walking around in the parks would lift my spirits.