WDW COVID-19 Operational Changes- Reservation System-Rope Drop Procedures

[Milo247]

Just logged into the website and app and our FP+ are still showing. 6/1-6/10.

 

[magickingdomprincess]

My FP's are showing on the app for 6/18 check in.

 

[disneyin3]

I am among those with a few June trips scheduled (backups and hedging). While we’d love to make something work, we have frankly written them off mentally - just one part of a whole ball of uncertain summer schedules of camps, sports, etc. While our problems are small, I do have to laugh at the uncertainty of it all.

I’d like to think we’re pretty level headed in our approach - we’ll size up the situation at hand and make the best decisions when more information is known. I’m sensitive to a ‘false hope’ that may have sprung with no cancellation notices going out today (hard not to let it creep in your mind), and Disney’s rather dire warning about possible reopening operations on their website lingers in the back of my mind.

I follow Disney ‘patterns’ and often when you find a pattern or think you have something figured out, they throw an unexpected curveball. So I’m trying not to read too much into today. Tomorrow could easily bring a wipeout of the first week of June on the park calendars (which has been happening on Thursdays) and we’re back to where we started.

Just such a strange situation in trying to determine how to process/feel/plan.

Sorry if that reads pessimistic - I’m really not - just trying to stay open minded. And hold on to my Lapu Lapu dreams.

I have been the exact same today, almost grieving the chance to go this summer. Back up trips planned but feeling like none of it will happen. I have been planning just like I always do for trips and feel like I set myself up for the let down

 

[ktb2002]

My June 1 FP are back!!!

 

[Tbella]

Mine are back too. That was heart wrenching!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Apparently my previous post got lost in the noise...my My Disney Experience is showing "We cannot display your FastPass+ details right now. You can still add or modify other plans.". My trip isn't until November, so I don't have any FP+ selections. This sounds like maintenance or an outage. I wouldn't be too concerned as of right now.

In the words of some awful cooking show my kids have been watching on Netflix.... NAILED IT!

 

[tikilyn]

Whew!!! FPS going missing makes me sweat a little! Thank god they are back!

 

[brockash]

This probably means nothing, but I logged back into MDE and and we had fastpasses for the 4 of us staying at a disney resort and my niece who will not b staying with us...they live in the area. All of my nieces fsstpasses for MK and DHS are canceled. Hers are still there for Epcot and AK.

This is for a June trip...earlier tonight all fastpasses dissapeared, then when I logged back in that was the only change.

Now, we've had glitches in the past where they've taken part of our party off etc. and then they magically reappeared, so it could just be that, but I do find it interesting that only the non resort guest was taken off and only for MK and DHS parks.


ETA: False alarm (not sure what I was alarming) but after logging in through my sisters account, my nieces fastpasses are still showing, it seems they've just taken her off my friend list lol currently...maybe we had a falling out I didn't know a out

 

[dismom58]

I have a July trip planned that I booked fastpasses for on Monday and they are all gone.

Could these fast passes disappearing be a precursor to the daily reservations for entry that Shang Hi used I wonder!

 

[chad_1138]

Could these fast passes disappearing be a precursor to the daily reservations for entry that Shang Hi used I wonder!

Fast passes are back.

 

[kelsum01]

My 6/1 Fast Passes are showing, too! My kids still think our Disney stay is off. I keep getting their hopes up only to let them down again so I refuse to give them hourly updates.

 

[ratfam]

Everyone planning to go back in the event of a summer opening, just do be careful, do your due diligence and be sure that you have plans to protect yourselves in whatever way you feel is appropriate, as well as contingency planning in the event someone in your group becomes ill or there are unexpected changes in travel (having had to deal with the potential for "stuck" travelers for work earlier this year, I saw the importance of having a contingency plan). My son will be starting work at the NIH in June and continues to be told to plan for a remote work start, no decision yet on when they will be returning, and they are at the forefront of this. Sad as we are to have cancelled our first May trip to celebrate his graduation that we moved to August prior to the closure hoping that things would have improved, it was the right decision for us and I think it will be a while until we return. I share in everyone's love of Disney and have always enjoyed engaging in this community when I have been in planning mode, and I just hope that everyone has access to solid public health information and takes care!

 

[Sarahslay]

Everyone planning to go back in the event of a summer opening, just do be careful, do your due diligence and be sure that you have plans to protect yourselves in whatever way you feel is appropriate, as well as contingency planning in the event someone in your group becomes ill or there are unexpected changes in travel (having had to deal with the potential for "stuck" travelers for work earlier this year, I saw the importance of having a contingency plan). My son will be starting work at the NIH in June and continues to be told to plan for a remote work start, no decision yet on when they will be returning, and they are at the forefront of this. Sad as we are to have cancelled our first May trip to celebrate his graduation that we moved to August prior to the closure hoping that things would have improved, it was the right decision for us and I think it will be a while until we return. I share in everyone's love of Disney and have always enjoyed engaging in this community when I have been in planning mode, and I just hope that everyone has access to solid public health information and takes care!

I am planning the way I always do for any trip since illness of any kind and travel issues can happen any time (obviously now more than ever though, obviously). Taking lots of our own masks and hand sanitizers, medicine just in case (I’ve already had the virus, will just take Tylenol and my inhaler just in case), and we’re in Georgia so we can drive back or have someone come get us if need (in case we can’t get a rental car for some reason). Always need to be prepared anyway, just going in to over drive with back up plans on top of back up plans right now.

 

[ratfam]

I am planning the way I always do for any trip since illness of any kind and travel issues can happen any time (obviously now more than ever though, obviously). Taking lots of our own masks and hand sanitizers, medicine just in case (I’ve already had the virus, will just take Tylenol and my inhaler just in case), and we’re in Georgia so we can drive back or have someone come get us if need (in case we can’t get a rental car for some reason). Always need to be prepared anyway, just going in to over drive with back up plans on top of back up plans right now.

Glad that you recovered back to health!

 

[maccagerl]

Anyone know if Shanghai is doing fireworks since their re-opening? And if so, how is it working? Just curious as it MAY be an indicator of what Disney could apply to the US parks.

I saw a video of the fireworks show including music filmed from outside the gates at Shanghai a few days before they opened- filmed by a fan .

 

[cakebaker]

I saw a video of the fireworks show including music filmed from outside the gates at Shanghai a few days before they opened- filmed by a fan .

What I watched was a light show, no fireworks.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Well, email arrived.

 

[kelsum01]

Just got our cancellation for 6/1....

 

[yulilin3]

Me too, June 1-2 Contemporary

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I have a reservation 6/1-6/7 as well as others in June. I assume it applies to the first one.

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