I guess one of the pluses of using an
ECV for me while in the park is that I don't touch the handrails nearly as often as most guests. I had a silly visual pop up in my brain the other day. Remember when they used to have the red badge that they would hand guests for tracking queue times? Well now, instead of that, there will be someone who moves through the queue with a cleaning cloth in each hand that they use as they move through the queue. Picture it, both hands have cleaning cloth dripping with solution wrapping around the railing sliding along as the person moves along. Then at the end of the line is a bucket full of dirty cloths and a cast member with a button that they toss to you that says "I helped keep the parks clean." LOL
Maybe I need more sleep.
Seriously though, as someone who travels from out of state and stays on property, I'd like to see screenings (both health and security) done before resort guests have to get on the buses (or whatever Disney transportation there is). I'd really hate to be on the bus with a person who was sick. Also, I'd hate to be the person who spends an hour riding the bus, just to be turned away once I got there. Then how do I get back to the resort? Would I be allowed back on the bus? Would I have to find my own way back? If they screened resort guests prior to lining up for transportation, then they could have a special entrance queue for resort guests at the parks that by-passed the screening queues for guests that drove. Just a thought.
My next trip is in mid-October (booked at the 500-day mark), so I realize that things could change several times before then. I'm just really curious (like everyone else) about how things will be handled. I really hope that at least shows will be operating. I completely understand not having parades or fireworks. Anyone that has gotten trapped in the sea of humanity trying to exit the park after fireworks can see that social distancing would be impossible.
and as a final note... My ring tone on my phone is the Electrical Parade music.
ETA - I'd loved it if they had a instructional video on how things will be operating. An updated one for the Magical Express and then another one on the resort TVs with tips on what to do and how to act in the parks.
OK... so maybe we need to get you a *little* bit more sleep! LOL But I did get a really good laugh out of that idea!
I too have wondered about the buses, and how that's going to be handled; I remember seeing the other day some discussion about how people coming through TTC to MK (for example) would be screened at TTC and they would then bypass the screening area on the MK side. (This was on a story about the changes to TTC that would be unveiled when the Parks reopen) That led me to believe that it could be possible that bus riders will either see a security bag check/prescreen at every Resort prior to boarding transportation (not likely, because that would be a HUGE increase in manpower - and you have some resorts like Poly where there are 3 modes of transport, so you would have to have 3 stations minimally) or they will be moving the screening for incoming bus riders at every Park down closer to the buses than they were before the closure, which allows for greater control of passengers: if everyone in that security line came in on a resort bus, then there is no question how they would be sent back.
(and for purposes of this discussion, we aren't including Disney's Magical Express - although that is another topic that should be addressed, shouldn't it?)
It's my understanding that one of the things being considered/discussed is bus capacity, and how distancing will be implemented on the buses when it comes to seating; there will likely be no standing. One of my personal great concerns is the inevitable "That Guy" who gets on the bus, and then once it is in motion, takes off his mask and does not put it back on because it is "too hot" or some other nonsense.
The obvious solution is to drive a car to the Parks, but then I have other issues with that, not the least of which is if I drive to WDW, I am not in the mood to drive myself around Florida; there are too many tourists, all gawking at one thing or another, and I don't want to get in a wreck on vacation! And, if I fly in to MCO, I don't want to have to rent a car, and then drive to Disney *and* drive myself around... that's even more misery! I'm on vacation, and one of the reasons I love Disney World is because once I get there, I leave *everything* to a Disney CM that I humanely can.
That *definitely* includes driving!
I don't doubt for a moment that this (how to handle buses, boats, monorails & to some extent, the Skyliners) is a *huge* issue as part of reopening the entire Resort goes. If nothing else, you have the sanitation issue - Guests will be boarding a vehicle that has just been used another group of Guests, and most likely without sanitation service between passenger loads. (Yeah... sit with that idea for a moment. Used to never bother me a bit, never thought twice about it...)
If you try to reconcile that by saying "Well, everyone will have masks on!" that minimally assumes (as we already discussed above) that "That Guy" wasn't in the previous group of Guests. And it does nothing to address the notion of the asymptomatic Guest; that person who does not know they are sick, and so are silently spreading the virus.
It's all a *lot*, and I don't envy anyone at Disney Parks who has to try and find the best path to reopening through all of these questions. It's all a calculated risk, and at some point, each person may have to decide for themself how much risk they can bear in the name of vacation.
walkthrough from the Grand Re-Opening of Disney Springs
