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

[osufeth24]

WDW call was uneventful... can switch you to a villa or FW, don't know anything else... blah, blah, blah. So, nothing new.

Hello Royal Pacific!

Hey RP is a nice resort, i'm partial to the portifino though

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Hey RP is a nice resort, i'm partial to the portifino though

I've never been. Never stepped foot on Uni property to be honest.

Frankly I was debating what to do - something new vs a week in a villa w/ the parks closed... the novelty of a partially occupied resort, seeing what all is operating, etc. Not totally sure I made the right call, but just gotta roll with it I guess. It was time for something new anyway.

 

[Tess]

I've never been. Never stepped foot on Uni property to be honest.

Frankly I was debating what to do - something new vs a week in a villa w/ the parks closed... the novelty of a partially occupied resort, seeing what all is operating, etc. Not totally sure I made the right call, but just gotta roll with it I guess. It was time for something new anyway.

Love Royal Pacific and you know I am a big Polynesian devotee. . .RP for me was better on some levels and you have to love that Express Pass park access. Never had the pleasure of Portofino, but our daughter just scored a room there for early October that was $125 less than RP. Since she has stayed at RP in the past, she decided to save the $$$ and try out Portofino. Have to admit--we really enjoyed our stay at Uni and would happily do it again. If it weren't for the rented DVC points in October (and our inability to reschedule before the end of 2020), we would have most likely ditched Disney for a Uni stay.

 

[Zeus'Headache]

I've never been. Never stepped foot on Uni property to be honest.

Frankly I was debating what to do - something new vs a week in a villa w/ the parks closed... the novelty of a partially occupied resort, seeing what all is operating, etc. Not totally sure I made the right call, but just gotta roll with it I guess. It was time for something new anyway.

Royal Pacific is our go to! To be frank, I don’t believe we have stayed anywhere else. That will be changing when we go this Tuesday to stay at Cabana Bay! Needed a break from constant Disney stalking(or, I’m hoping, a much needed vacation after stalking for so long, finally getting info from Disney, and scoring a park reservation!) Then again, is Tuesday within the ‘Soon’ timeframe?

 

[KristinU]

I suffer from seasonal allergies too, and I never go to the World without Zyrtec Claritin AND Flonase (I have to rotate because my body starts adapting lol). But if it makes you feel any better, masks really help a lot. Since I've been back in the office and having to wear masks almost all day between public transit and whatnot, I haven't even had to take any of my OTC allergy meds. So if you're following the mask policy you'll probably be ok when it comes to the symptom checking.

Good point, I'm WFH full time so totally in pollen-ville with no mask on weekdays. But my DS has been working on his Boy Scout Eagle project the past few weekends, which is a community garden nearby. I've been loving wearing a mask out at his job site!

 

[yulilin3]

If you have an expired AP check your expiration date, some people on facebook groups are reporting their passes extended for 4 months. Please let us know if that is your case

 

[Zeus'Headache]

If you have an expired AP check your expiration date, some people on facebook groups are reporting their passes extended for 4 months. Please let us know if that is your case

Our expired April 13th, they are not showing up in our MDE.

 

[PrincessV]

If you have an expired AP check your expiration date, some people on facebook groups are reporting their passes extended for 4 months. Please let us know if that is your case

Nothing here - still showing my original March 2021 expiration.

 

[SarahC97]

I just checked and mine hasn't changed. It's set to expire on 7/8.

 

[osufeth24]

Mine expired late April and still not showing up on MDE

One thing that did change is for one of my friends, he had the 4 day FL discovery with park hopper (or whatever it was called), and now it just says park ticket. Same expiration though of 9/30/2020

 

[DisneyFanJenn]

No change to any of our dates yet (4 passes in the family with 3 different expiration dates)

 

[denecarter]

Mine show expiring 7/7/2020 and there’s a notice we have two passes that need to be renewed. I swipe over, and there are my renewal certificates... expiring 12/31/2030.

ETA: MDE is missing the maps again... and being squirrellier than usual today on my iPhone & iPad.

 

[yulilin3]

Mine show expiring 7/7/2020 and there’s a notice we have two passes that need to be renewed. I swipe over, and there are my renewal certificates... expiring 12/31/2030.

Interesting. Screenshots maybe?

 

[sfbank]

Same here. No extension yet for our August expiration but renewal button there.

 

[Poohbear538]

Mine is still the same. Exp date was 3/16/2020 and renewed before this all happened. Current exp is 3/16/2021

 

[PrincessV]

I forgot about it, but my son's AP expired in April - it vanished a couple weeks ago and it hasn't reappeared.

 

[denecarter]

Interesting. Screenshots maybe?

 

[PrincessV]

Wait, I take it back: just checked again, and my AP due to expire March 2021 now shows a July 2021 expiration. Guess they refused my request to cancel my renewal.

ETA data points: Gold AP, renewed in January, monthly payments. No resort reservations. Days added to my AP are exactly the number of days I had left when parks closed + days parks will be closed, using July 11 as reopening day, - the April Gold blockout days. So NO extra days, only exactly what we were told would be extended. I called back in May and asked for my renewal to be canceled altogether and the 3 payments already made refunded, and if that wasn't possible to postpone my payments while parks were closed and extend my expiration.

ETAA: one more point - FL resident

 

[CarolinaBlue]

We have DVC gold APs (out of state). MDE still shows exp. date of 5/19/20 and "need to be renewed" buttons.

 

[armerida]

Our Platinum passes are set to expire August 4, 2020, and we have an on-site trip booked for mid-August. Just checked MDE and they haven’t updated the expiration date yet. I’m worried that they won’t have applied the extension when the new reservation system is launched and that we won’t be able to get park reservations. Do you all think they will fix this prior to launching the park reservation system?