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

[Katie Count]

Anybody know if you can buy the mask hooks that sit on the back of your head/neck in the parks or at the hotels?

 

[TangledHairDon'tCare]

Anybody know if you can buy the mask hooks that sit on the back of your head/neck in the parks or at the hotels?

I’d like to know about those too! My husband wants to try it.

 

[Lsdolphin]

Anybody know if you can buy the mask hooks that sit on the back of your head/neck in the parks or at the hotels?

I bough one for my mother from amazon

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Anybody know if you can buy the mask hooks that sit on the back of your head/neck in the parks or at the hotels?

I did not see them for sale during my visit. I ordered some on Amazon when I got back as I was curious how they felt after seeing many people in the parks with them.

 

[mak'smom]

We just spent seven day at beach club. Enjoyed the low crowd level and not worrying about fast pass return times. It was the most relaxed trip we ever had and truly felt like a vacation. We had a car and drove to MK and AK, so I can’t speak to the buses. As far as my personal feeling of safety, I would give it a 7/10. Disney is trying, but can’t police guests all of the time. I would notice some people walking around outside with their noses out and would just try to avoid them. My real issues is with people who would wear their mask correctly in line and as soon as they got into the ride vehicle and away from a CM pull down their masks. Disney did put an empty car between parties, but it that doesn’t prevent my family from riding through what that person just breathed out. I think Disney can add more reminders that mask need to remain on as people are entering the ride. Although, it won’t stop selfish people from doing what they want. Two places I felt incredible unsafe was FOP and the monorail. On FOP, Disney place a guest with one seat between us. He and his friend both had their masks under their noses and I nicely asks them to raise their masks they refused. At that point we were locked into the ride and had no options. We rode again and this time asked to have our own section, which Disney accommodated. The second was on the monorail. We were seated across from a family where the man had the mask at his chin, the women had her mask off and was coughing. The women did put her mask on after my husband and I both yelled at her, but the man continued to ride with his mask below is chin. This was the most selfish encounter I experienced during our trip. I don’t understand how someone can be so self centered. My advice would be to avoid the monorail and take the boat over.

 

[upbeatred]

We just spent seven day at beach club. Enjoyed the low crowd level and not worrying about fast pass return times. It was the most relaxed trip we ever had and truly felt like a vacation. We had a car and drove to MK and AK, so I can’t speak to the buses. As far as my personal feeling of safety, I would give it a 7/10. Disney is trying, but can’t police guests all of the time. I would notice some people walking around outside with their noses out and would just try to avoid them. My real issues is with people who would wear their mask correctly in line and as soon as they got into the ride vehicle and away from a CM pull down their masks. Disney did put an empty car between parties, but it that doesn’t prevent my family from riding through what that person just breathed out. I think Disney can add more reminders that mask need to remain on as people are entering the ride. Although, it won’t stop selfish people from doing what they want. Two places I felt incredible unsafe was FOP and the monorail. On FOP, Disney place a guest with one seat between us. He and his friend both had their masks under their noses and I nicely asks them to raise their masks they refused. At that point we were locked into the ride and had no options. We rode again and this time asked to have our own section, which Disney accommodated. The second was on the monorail. We were seated across from a family where the man had the mask at his chin, the women had her mask off and was coughing. The women did put her mask on after my husband and I both yelled at her, but the man continued to ride with his mask below is chin. This was the most selfish encounter I experienced during our trip. I don’t understand how someone can be so self centered. My advice would be to avoid the monorail and take the boat over.

I'm with you, whenever asked people who don't comply get very ugly. They also put their masks on right and immediately take them off when the cast member leaves. I just don't understand it either. It is not that hard to wear your mask correctly and if you don't want to STAY HOME!!! There is only so much Disney can do. Our ride we were scared of was Mickey's railroad so many people were taking off their masks and then they also did it on the ride!! So frustrating, you could not even enjoy the ride.

 

[wilkydelts]

According to CDC: You are at most risk when you are not 6 feet away and in contact with someone who HAS Covid for greater than or equal to 15 minutes. Most things in Disney do not even come close to this requirement except if you actually get stuck in a long line with people ignoring spacing. This is the biggest reason restaurants have to have spacing.

This is also what make flying more precarious.

 

[yulilin3]

Lets please remember to stay on topic of what WDW is doing operationally now.

 

[ClapYourHands]

According to CDC: You are at most risk when you are not 6 feet away and in contact with someone who HAS Covid for greater than or equal to 15 minutes. Most things in Disney do not even come close to this requirement except if you actually get stuck in a long line with people ignoring spacing. This is the biggest reason restaurants have to have spacing.

This is also what make flying more precarious.

In regards to flying, I recently read that this has surprisingly been a low-spread activity. Although the exact mechanism is not thoroughly studied, it's thought to be due to the way the air circulates and is filtered in a plane. Of course, if you're seated right next to a massless stranger, that's high-risk. But in general, flying seems to be a lower-risk activity than you'd think because the air filtration systems make it unlike other closed environments. I still plan to have my family wear N95s when we fly, but it is encouraging that planes don't seem to be making people sick.

 

[dachsie]

Anybody know if you can buy the mask hooks that sit on the back of your head/neck in the parks or at the hotels?

Easy to make. Get the strap of a reusable grocery bag and cut the length you need and sew a button on either end

 

[dipastor]

Three things: 1. Why would Disney close a ride as large as P.W. without plans to replace it. I mean it takes up a huge area. Will they just put big bushes/trees and fences around it to try and hide it. Why not just keep it open until they can afford to replace it. Seems crazy to me.

I think this ride was constantly breaking down. I can totally attest to that. The ride was down and I couldn't find my husband and boys. Ends up they were on the very top of the ride and had to be escorted down. Thankfully there were safety stairs that high up. Hopefully something fun will go in it's place after all of this madness is over!

 

[tsme]

Just an FYI for those with hearing aids. My dad wears hearing aids and has been having trouble with the mask pulling his hearing aids loose or off. So I bought him a pack of those plastic hooks that go around the back of your head that you hook the elastic “ears” of the mask to. It has helped him tremendously. So if anyone has to wear hearing aids & has trouble with their masks, try those. They’re cheap in amazon.

 

[ScubaCat]

(Deleted, went a little off topic, will repost in transportation forum. Please disperse - nothing to see here. Move along now.)

 

[dachsie]

Just an FYI for those with hearing aids. My dad wears hearing aids and has been having trouble with the mask pulling his hearing aids loose or off. So I bought him a pack of those plastic hooks that go around the back of your head that you hook the elastic “ears” of the mask to. It has helped him tremendously. So if anyone has to wear hearing aids & has trouble with their masks, try those. They’re cheap in amazon.

Thanks for that tip. I will tell my patients that. I had been telling them to be sure to put the mask over the aids to secure them.

 

[disneyfan150]

In regards to flying, I recently read that this has surprisingly been a low-spread activity. Although the exact mechanism is not thoroughly studied, it's thought to be due to the way the air circulates and is filtered in a plane. Of course, if you're seated right next to a massless stranger, that's high-risk. But in general, flying seems to be a lower-risk activity than you'd think because the air filtration systems make it unlike other closed environments. I still plan to have my family wear N95s when we fly, but it is encouraging that planes don't seem to be making people sick.

I am going to PM you with a question.
Edit: Changed my mind about off topic quesiton.

 

[shoreward]

Just an FYI for those with hearing aids. My dad wears hearing aids and has been having trouble with the mask pulling his hearing aids loose or off. So I bought him a pack of those plastic hooks that go around the back of your head that you hook the elastic “ears” of the mask to. It has helped him tremendously. So if anyone has to wear hearing aids & has trouble with their masks, try those. They’re cheap in amazon.

Thanks for posting this. Until you or someone you know has lost hearing aids this way, who would ever think of that happening?

I have a family member who could not find her pair of behind-the-ear aids. When a neighbor told me that her husband’s hearing aids were missing, again, and then proceeded to tell me that he “loses” them, after pulling off his face mask, I realized what happened. Fortunately, the neighbor’s hearing aids turned up in his house, but my family member’s aids were not found.

The audiologist at a very large hospital system commented that she had six patients whose hearing aids were recently lost by getting hung up on the behind-the-ear loops of their masks. She recommended wearing a mask that either fastened on the back of the head with clips attached to the two elastic loops or wearing a mask that ties behind the head.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

An update on the face mask policy - FYI

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287484745127997441

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287485541286588418

 

[scrappinginontario]

An update on the face mask policy - FYI

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287484745127997441

https://twitter.com/x/status/1287485541286588418

Thankful this will end the discussion of wearing masks with a straw hole and flap.

 

[yulilin3]

Thankful this will end the discussion of wearing masks with a straw hole and flap.

You are more optimistic than I am

 

[Sydnerella]

I did not see them for sale during my visit. I ordered some on Amazon when I got back as I was curious how they felt after seeing many people in the parks with them.

I bought some from Love your Melon and thought the mask felt far too tight with them, I preferred the loops around my ears to feeling like I had rubber-band around my head!