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If the closure is extended beyond 3/31, when do you think it will be announced?

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I'm surprised how any one has the money to go to Disney if they do re open by May. I doubt it will be business like usual for the majority of Americans. I have a feeling now that the U.S. / Canada border is now closed to non essential travel, this is going to go on to the middle of summer or later.
 
I work in higher education, specifically in International Services. I don't see any way the borders will be open for non-essential travel before the end of the summer, July at the earliest. So, if Disney does open before that happens, I would expect it won't be to the crowds we've seen lately. It's going to be a very tough 18-24 months for everyone.

ETA: Did anyone read the release of the Imperial College of London's projection for COVID-19 yesterday? It's pretty bleak. It basically says the measures taken now will need to be in effect until at least July. Then, we'll only have about a month before they need to be implemented again for another two months. One month off, two months on, until an effective vaccination can be administered to people in about 18 months at the earliest. Anything else causes the virus to spread like wildfire and effectively kill one-quarter to one-third of the world's population. It's not like once July rolls around this is all going to be over. Realistically, this is just the beginning.
 
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I work in higher education, specifically in International Services. I don't see any way the borders will be open for non-essential travel before the end of the summer, July at the earliest. So, if Disney does open before that happens, I would expect it won't be to the crowds we've seen lately. It's going to be a very tough 18-24 months for everyone.
Ah man.. bummer.. I will miss the Brazilians laying around on the sidewalks and hugging on each other in the lines
 
Ah man.. bummer.. I will miss the Brazilians laying around on the sidewalks and hugging on each other in the lines
Yeah, it would be kind of crazy to go to WDW without seeing people from all over the world there, wouldn't it? Then you have to think about all the people losing jobs and income over this and that further shrinks the pool of people who will be looking to spend money on vacation. I mean, the idea of fewer people is appealing on the surface. The reasons behind it are horrifying and depressing.
 


Yeah, it would be kind of crazy to go to WDW without seeing people from all over the world there, wouldn't it? Then you have to think about all the people losing jobs and income over this and that further shrinks the pool of people who will be looking to spend money on vacation. I mean, the idea of fewer people is appealing on the surface. The reasons behind it are horrifying and depressing.
More of the fact that the airlines wont bring them here..
All over the world, no problem. The specific ones that tend to be the ones lying all over the sidewalks on mainstreet and sitting on all the railings.. that one I wont miss.
 
I'm surprised how any one has the money to go to Disney if they do re open by May. I doubt it will be business like usual for the majority of Americans. I have a feeling now that the U.S. / Canada border is now closed to non essential travel, this is going to go on to the middle of summer or later.

They won't keep the border closed any longer than necessary. You guys (all those border towns) need us Canadian shoppers, more than the other way around.
 
I work in higher education, specifically in International Services. I don't see any way the borders will be open for non-essential travel before the end of the summer, July at the earliest. So, if Disney does open before that happens, I would expect it won't be to the crowds we've seen lately. It's going to be a very tough 18-24 months for everyone.

ETA: Did anyone read the release of the Imperial College of London's projection for COVID-19 yesterday? It's pretty bleak. It basically says the measures taken now will need to be in effect until at least July. Then, we'll only have about a month before they need to be implemented again for another two months. One month off, two months on, until an effective vaccination can be administered to people in about 18 months at the earliest. Anything else causes the virus to spread like wildfire and effectively kill one-quarter to one-third of the world's population. It's not like once July rolls around this is all going to be over. Realistically, this is just the beginning.

This isn't what they said. They said "IF" we see case numbers start to rise again once measures are relaxed, then restrictions "may" need to go back in place. They also said that what happens in China and South Korea over the next few weeks will really help predictions for here. They said absolutely nothing about a 2 month, one month policy whatsoever.
 
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I'm surprised how any one has the money to go to Disney if they do re open by May. I doubt it will be business like usual for the majority of Americans. I have a feeling now that the U.S. / Canada border is now closed to non essential travel, this is going to go on to the middle of summer or later.

Our late June trip is already paid for other than food...and most of that money is sitting in the bank.

If things get tight and we need to cut back then we can cancel a few of the extras a week before the trip. I expect a few of them to be canceled by WDW before they reopen so that will balance out.
 
Our late June trip is already paid for other than food...and most of that money is sitting in the bank.

If things get tight and we need to cut back then we can cancel a few of the extras a week before the trip. I expect a few of them to be canceled by WDW before they reopen so that will balance out.
Same here - For most of the short term it will be paid for trips or rescheduled from closed time.
 
This isn't what they said. They said "IF" we see case numbers start to rise again once measures are relaxed, then restrictions "may" need to go back in place. They also said that what happens in China and South Korea over the next few weeks will really help predictions for here. They said absolutely nothing about a 2 month, one month policy whatsoever.
Did we read the same thing? I mean, if you want to argue semantics I guess I have nothing better to do all day, but it did say this: "In the UK and US context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases and household quarantine of their family members. This may need to be supplemented by school and university closures, though it should be recognized that such closures may have negative impacts on health systems due to increased absenteeism. The major challenge of suppression is that this type of intensive intervention package – or something equivalently effective at reducing transmission – will need to be maintained until a vaccine becomes available (potentially 18 months or more) – given that we predict that transmission will quickly rebound if interventions are relaxed. We show that intermittent social distancing – triggered by trends in disease surveillance – may allow interventions to be relaxed temporarily in relatively short time windows, but measures will need to be reintroduced if or when case numbers rebound. Last, while experience in China and now South Korea show that suppression is possible in the short term, it remains to be seen whether it is possible long-term and whether the social and economic costs of the interventions adopted thus far can be reduced." And the simulation does indicate that, after the first suppression period (lasting from now until July 2020), we could probably lift restrictions for a month, followed by two more months of suppression, in a repeating pattern without triggering an outbreak or overwhelming the ventilator supply.

I mean, it's all off a projected model, so sure -- none of it is written in stone. I wasn't trying to claim otherwise. But it's pretty clear that unless something completely unexpected happens, this isn't going away in a matter of months.
 
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Did we read the same thing? I mean, if you want to argue semantics I guess I have nothing better to do all day, but it did say this: "In the UK and US context, suppression will minimally require a combination of social distancing of the entire population, home isolation of cases and household quarantine of their family members. This may need to be supplemented by school and university closures, though it should be recognized that such closures may have negative impacts on health systems due to increased absenteeism. The major challenge of suppression is that this type of intensive intervention package – or something equivalently effective at reducing transmission – will need to be maintained until a vaccine becomes available (potentially 18 months or more) – given that we predict that transmission will quickly rebound if interventions are relaxed. We show that intermittent social distancing – triggered by trends in disease surveillance – may allow interventions to be relaxed temporarily in relatively short time windows, but measures will need to be reintroduced if or when case numbers rebound. Last, while experience in China and now South Korea show that suppression is possible in the short term, it remains to be seen whether it is possible long-term and whether the social and economic costs of the interventions adopted thus far can be reduced."

I mean, it's all off a projected model, so sure -- none of it is written in stone. I wasn't trying to claim otherwise. But it's pretty clear that unless something completely unexpected happens, this isn't going away in a matter of months.
Or this new drug combination could work and kill it off in months
 
Our late June trip is already paid for other than food...and most of that money is sitting in the bank.

If things get tight and we need to cut back then we can cancel a few of the extras a week before the trip. I expect a few of them to be canceled by WDW before they reopen so that will balance out.
Same here-room and tickets paid for, about $400 in Disney gift cards for food. My son's company paid for the rooms since it is a convention but I paid for the tickets. I told my grandson we would go to Disney sooner or later, and I would do my best to pay for a nice resort like the Boardwalk, where the convention is to be held. When this is over I will be willing to splurge on experiences. I also had to cancel an early June trip to the UK I had paid on for two years-postponed until next summer. We canceled an April trip to visit relatives who live at Pensacola Beach. At least it is really pretty where I live now and the flowers are blooming all around.
 
To circle back to the topic, I still believe that we are going to get the next statement from disney about "what's next" after they finish the current phase of shutting down the parks at 5pm Friday. So I still think we get something Friday night or Saturday.
 
Disneyland has already updated many Annual Passholders passes with expiration dates one month forward. I don't forsee them opening before April 15 at the very earliest, and even that is extremely optimistic.

Plus, Disneyland was cancelling hotel reservations through April 30 by calling people who had them. So, it is unlikely that anything opens back up in April, at least in CA.

I could see them opening the HOTELS and Downtown Disney ahead of the actual parks though.
Weird. Many of us are holding April reservations, no call yet. Why would Disney waste the man hours to do that when they are so overwhelmed just handing Mar right now?
 
Yes. That was in their statement at the start of this week. You can cancel any reservation through June 30th with no cancellation fees. They are not automatically cancelling all of them but you can cancel them with no fees if you want.
^this

That headline in the article is so clickbaity. I've seen a couple people thinking it means Disney is canceling all reservations up through June.
 
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