Will Disney Soon Be Moving To Regular Capacity?

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[Mr. Drauer]

No. They are still concerned with optics (read: cancelling Marathon Weekend in January and Princess Weekend in Late February).

 

[rteetz]

No. Just because the governor made a change doesn't mean they will jump at it. Look at the time it took them to open to begin with. Not only optics but Disney doesn't need negative press. They would much rather take it slow and build up.

 

[skeeter31]

Following up on above, No. Disney is not beholden to what the State says, except in the case of California where the state says they can’t open. Disney will continue to operate on their own safety schedule regardless of what Florida does.

 

[Krandor]

Disney does not want to look like a company putting profit over health. desantis has taken a lot of heat for looking that way. Disney will do what Disney wants to do.

 

[New Mouse]

No because the only group they are excluding that wants to go right now is annual passholders, whom they dont care about because they have their money up front.

 

[fredandkell]

Yes, but they did cancel the marathon, etc. before this announcement. I'm a bit concerned about my Universal trip in October. The whole point, to me, was to go during lower crowds right now, but if theme parks shoot back up to "normal," it feels iffy.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Nope

 

[TwoMisfits]

It's 2020, so I'm not betting on anything anymore...

Although you should probably define "soon" - b/c Christmas week is probably different than random non-holiday November week which is different than next week...

 

[DebbieB]

Half the resorts are closed, so they need people to come and fill them. It wouldn’t make sense to just open them all, same with the parks. They have to look at what capacity they can make money at with the number of people who will come, A lot of out of state and international do not want to travel, or can’t.

 

[skeeter31]

Yes, but they did cancel the marathon, etc. before this announcement. I'm a bit concerned about my Universal trip in October. The whole point, to me, was to go during lower crowds right now, but if theme parks shoot back up to "normal," it feels iffy.

Disney was not caught off guard by this announcement. Disney needed the states approval to reopen, but that’s all they’re going to look for from the state. Disney will not change anything just because the state says they can.

 

[Have3Kids&aHusband]

They are not increasing capacity as of last week. I asked cast member when booking our short trip in November if they are increasing capacity from our July trip. The cast member said the capacity level is the same as July. More people may be there in the fall, but I'm assuming in July they just didn't meet their capacity levels in July. It was empty when we went.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Might just be more anecdotal than reality but I see a lot of comments from people that these changes make them less likely to travel to WDW not more

 

[skeeter31]

Might just be more anecdotal than reality but I see a lot of comments from people that these changes make them less likely to travel to WDW not more

If I was out of state I would be saying that as well. But coming from Florida, I will gladly now go to the Disney bubble rather than going out anywhere else near home with maskless people.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

If I was out of state I would be saying that as well. But coming from Florida, I will gladly now go to the Disney bubble rather than going out anywhere else near home with maskless people.

Yeah, almost feels like the change is the opposite of what Disney wants - they want to maximize people traveling to Disney to stay in their hotels, etc vs locals

 

[Farro]

Well, I would have no qualms about going to Disney from out of state.

I know they aren't changing anything and I dont go out of the bubble, so I'm not worried.

 

[soniam]

Well, I would have no qualms about going to Disney from out of state.

I know they aren't changing anything and I dont go out of the bubble, so I'm not worried.

Would you be flying or driving? If you have a car, would you have to stop for gas, restroom, or food? If flying, masks may not be required in the airport. If taking MDE back, you may be sitting in the airport for hours. There was a lot of iffiness when we drove in July from Texas and that was with greater state and local restrictions.

 

[Farro]

Would you be flying or driving? If you have a car, would you have to stop for gas, restroom, or food? If flying, masks may not be required in the airport. If taking MDE back, you may be sitting in the airport for hours. There was a lot of iffiness when we drove in July from Texas and that was with greater state and local restrictions.

Flying.

I'm not nervous to walk through airport even if others don't have on masks.

I'm just not one of those people that are nervous to travel right now and that's not wrong or right. It just is.

Now we aren't, but thats not due to pandemic.

 

[Eric Smith]

Yes, but they did cancel the marathon, etc. before this announcement. I'm a bit concerned about my Universal trip in October. The whole point, to me, was to go during lower crowds right now, but if theme parks shoot back up to "normal," it feels iffy.

I'd be more worried about safety at Universal than Disney.

 

[Eric Smith]

Would you be flying or driving? If you have a car, would you have to stop for gas, restroom, or food? If flying, masks may not be required in the airport. If taking MDE back, you may be sitting in the airport for hours. There was a lot of iffiness when we drove in July from Texas and that was with greater state and local restrictions.

I wouldn't worry if I were driving since you wouldn't be exposed to anyone for an extended period of time. If they didn't mandate masks in the airport, that would be a huge concern.