Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[AmberMV]

I listened to the press conference. Nowhere did he say they couldn't open until Phase 2. He said that they had to submit plans for opening safely, signed off by the mayor of their area. They would be approved by him based on the plans submitted. The "cliff notes" just doesn't say ALL of that.

ETA: that doesn't mean it won't be Phase 2 by then, he just never said they couldn't open until Phase 2.

It's in Florida's phased reopening plan. Here https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/covid19/Taskforce Report.pdf

 

[Mit88]

I listened to the press conference. Nowhere did he say they couldn't open until Phase 2. He said that they had to submit plans for opening safely, signed off by the mayor of their area. They would be approved by him based on the plans submitted. The "cliff notes" just doesn't say ALL of that.

ETA: that doesn't mean it won't be Phase 2 by then, he just never said they couldn't open until Phase 2.

I think it’s just assumed they’d open in Phase 2, at the earliest. Phase 2 isn’t that far away. Probably another 2-3 weeks depending on the received data. Doesn’t mean that Disney will open on day 1 of phase 2

 

[UOAP]

I listened to the press conference. Nowhere did he say they couldn't open until Phase 2. He said that they had to submit plans for opening safely, signed off by the mayor of their area. They would be approved by him based on the plans submitted. The "cliff notes" just doesn't say ALL of that.

ETA: that doesn't mean it won't be Phase 2 by then, he just never said they couldn't open until Phase 2.

Do you recall him saying anything about lifting the quarantine order for NY/NJ/CT/LA?

 

[Dis5150]

Do you recall him saying anything about lifting the quarantine order for NY/NJ/CT/LA?

I did not hear anything about that, sorry.

 

[AmberMV]

Do you recall him saying anything about lifting the quarantine order for NY/NJ/CT/LA?

From Florida's state tourism website https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/current-travel-safety-information.html

"All persons traveling to Florida from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or Louisiana are required upon entry to Florida to self-isolate or self-quarantine for 14 days, or for the duration of their presence in the state, whichever is shorter. Roadside checkpoints are set up on interstates to check for potential COVID-19 cases coming into Florida from areas with substantial community spread of the virus. The checkpoints do not apply to commercial drivers or health workers. "

 

[abnihon]

there's no way the parks can reopen this month, they need to get approval from local management, then they will call CM and TM back, by the time those two things happen we will be in Phase 2

By this month do you mean May or June?

 

[jlwhitney]

Sorry, I am playing catch up on here.
So Florida will be in full phase 1, did DeSantis say it was going to be another 2-3 weeks from the 18th before considering phase 2?
And, I assume Disney had to finalize deals with the Union before submitting their plan?
So basically we are back to pestering @yulilin3 come Sunday for CM updates.
Well, atleast progress-even if it is baby steps!

it is still not fully phase 1 not sure why he says that. Still excludes stuff the task force put in phase 1

 

[yulilin3]

By this month do you mean May or June?

this month, May

 

[yulilin3]

it is still not fully phase 1 not sure why he says that. Still excludes stuff the task force put in phase 1

he is the final decision maker, he said he would take the task force guidelines and implement what he thought was best.
So he started at 25% and now is increasing it to 50%, but this is a full Phase 1

 

[MickeyMinnie1971]

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[jerry557]

They won’t be any worse than just standing out in the heat. There will be air flowing through them and they are shaded. People are blowing it way out of proportion.

From one blog concerning walking around with a mask at Universal City Walk

According to my weather app, the temperature was 83 degrees when people entered the entertainment complex.
I’m not naming names on who else I watched, but let’s just say that Dev is the fittest of the batch. He didn’t mind the mask at first, but he admitted that it got to him after a while.
All the video hosts but one acknowledged that they didn’t like wearing a mask while walking around the area. They weren’t used to it, and it agitated them.
While 83 degrees is hot for Florida, the Central Florida area will get 20 degrees warmer over the next few months.
Everyone who appeared on camera started sweating after an hour, sometimes less. At this point, the masks became less convenient.

https://mickeyblog.com/2020/05/15/i...-learned-about-disney-springs-from-universal/
We'll see how enforcement goes in July.

 

[Dis5150]

It's in Florida's phased reopening plan. Here https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/covid19/Taskforce Report.pdf
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I am just saying what he said at the press conference, expanding on what was on the printed "Full Phase 1" guidelines. I am not arguing on when it will open, which will I'm sure be in phase 2. Which will not be months away, which is what some said.

 

[Criickette]

Orange County press conference is going on now. Demmings was just asked about Theme Parks. He said he has been talking with Disney.

Sounds like hotels first, followed by parks, starting late June or later.

 

[jlwhitney]

he is the final decision maker, he said he would take the task force guidelines and implement what he thought was best.
So he started at 25% and now is increasing it to 50%, but this is a full Phase 1

It is still not full phase 1. So he shouldn’t Call it that . Phase 1 was suppose To include theaters/auditoriums , bars and nightclubs.

 

[Lisa75]

Sounds like hotels first, followed by parks, starting late June or later.

Sorry. Do you mean hotels starting late June or Later or the park part?

 

[yulilin3]

It is still not full phase 1. So he shouldn’t Call it that . Phase 1 was suppose To include theaters/auditoriums , bars and nightclubs.

again, he doesn't do what the task force said to do, so he's moving theaters and bars to phase 2. The task force gave him guidelines and he's modifying them as he think is best

 

[yulilin3]

I think there seems to be some confusion about the Task force guidelines that are being shared here.
Those guidelines were created by the task force and presented to the Governor
Before he announced the modified Phase 1 he said he was taking the guidelines and modifying as he saw necessary , which is what he's been doing
He obviously is not putting theme park opening in any particular phase and is leaving it to local government to asses and authorize
So, people are correct in saying he never said theme parks will be phase 2.
We know that the major theme parks won't reopen before the end of this month because they have to call back CM and TM and Ambassadors, but the smaller theme parks and amusement parks might be able to come back quicker

 

[jlwhitney]

again, he doesn't do what the task force said to do, so he's moving theaters and bars to phase 2. The task force gave him guidelines and he's modifying them as he think is best

I hope phase 2 is by end of the month .

 

[Andrwh1]

Hi all! I’ve been following along here for a couple months as our April trip was cancelled and then our first back up trip the first week of June was cancelled and I also have a week reserved starting June 22. Since our first June trip was cancelled yesterday I went ahead and reserved a week mid-July as another backup. My plan has been to keep pushing out and hoping eventually we’ll get there. Tomorrow would be the day we can reserve FP for the July trip but my tickets are currently tied to the June reservation. I would normally just change the tickets to the July dates and reserve FP tomorrow. However, if things do happen to be open for our June trip that’s our date preference (simply due to weather). Any thoughts on whether it would be a problem to change our tickets back to June if it ends up being open? Or would it maybe be important to have existing tickets for those dates in case capacity measures are put in place that would be ticket based? We have room reservations, ADRs and FP scheduled for June already so not sure whether having tickets already would also be important? (I know we don’t actually know but thought there might be some ideas on what might end up being most important - date based tickets or room reservations.)

Also, in a related vein, it sounds like FP are greatly reduced right now so is it worth even worrying about trying to book FP at this point? Maybe FP will be replaced with virtual queue? Ack, all so uncertain to my trip-planning heart! Many thanks to anyone that made it to the end of this.

 

[UOAP]

From Florida's state tourism website https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/current-travel-safety-information.html

"All persons traveling to Florida from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or Louisiana are required upon entry to Florida to self-isolate or self-quarantine for 14 days, or for the duration of their presence in the state, whichever is shorter. Roadside checkpoints are set up on interstates to check for potential COVID-19 cases coming into Florida from areas with substantial community spread of the virus. The checkpoints do not apply to commercial drivers or health workers. "

Hopefully that expires in phase 2. It's based on numbers that are 2 months old.