Cruise and Theme Park Operational Updates due to Coronavirus

[gottalovepluto]

https://blogmickey.com/2020/06/world-health-organization-now-recommends-use-of-face-mask-in-public/

Dear Mod, why man?! You finally got us to shut up on the topic for a couple pages

 

[sromanello815]

Not to change the subject but has anyone heard anything else about this travel quarantine? We are from NY and are visiting in August, I'm worried they will make us quarantine for the duration of our stay

 

[gottalovepluto]

...like many of you I’m confused with the why and how disney is handling much (all?!) of this.... The one thing that keeps popping up in my mind is what Disney will change once Florida reaches Phase 3?...

Amen to the bolded.

No. Disney has given every indication they will be opening with barely any guests which would mean they aren't going to be even close to bumping up against FL Phase's capacity regulations.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Not to change the subject but has anyone heard anything else about this travel quarantine? We are from NY and are visiting in August, I'm worried they will make us quarantine for the duration of our stay

Nothing has changed with it and they aren't enforcing it so status quo.

 

[Farro]

Amen to the bolded.

No. Disney has given every indication they will be opening with barely any guests which would mean they aren't going to be even close to bumping up against FL Phase's capacity regulations.

Well. They finally found a way to lower crowds without raising prices.

 

[Janet McDonald]

Since @rteetz posted the Dis Universal Twitter feed I don't feel too guilty about sharing my experience at Volcano Bay. They are doing an excellent job at reminding people about mask and social distancing. This morning it was pretty dead (9:30am) but it picked up a bit later in the morning. All the slides were "ride now" so no need for tapu tapu, all the cabanas and premium seating were sold out come 11am (they were doing social distance on those so not all were available) at $250 for cabanas and $80 per premium seating.
Universal just also shared a lot of ap perks coming our way from premium parking for free to ap entrances through bag check, at the parks, a free refillable mug, and of course the ap magnets, buttons and regular discount on merch and food
Come to the dark side everyone, we have a fire breathing dragon
I might head over t the parks on Monday to check the queues, they do look non existent today
BTW I'm not comparing both properties, just saying there are other options out there

We live in Arkansas and bought annual passes two days ago. In all the stress it led me to research UO for a back up. Ended up booking three nights on the tail end of our mid July Disney trip. During the research saw how much more affordable UO season passes are and not more more than the two days we were already gonna be there. Plus the fact the season pass was a 15 month special! We have only been once, three years ago but we loved it so we are very excited and this has helped with the Disney blues.

 

[Lord Fantasius]

Disney doesn’t have to change anything just because FL moves into phase 3.

I personally think Disney will very slowly ease restrictions over time. And I don’t think they’ll change a thing until they are sure there hasn’t been a spike, that they haven’t been the source of an outbreak, etc.

I do not think we will see a mass reopening anytime soon, regardless of what phase FL moves to.

Agree. I expect the over-arching mindset for Disney at the moment, and the reason they are progressing at this snail of a pace, is to "show" they are doing everything they can to placate those with the greatest paranoia, and avoiding lawsuits. Like a lot in my small little group of friends, there's probably about 80% of us that would be fine with going to back to pre-pandemic Disney and just telling us to keep a mask on for the foreseeable future and that there will be no touching/hugging of characters anymore...all the rest of this is way overboard and seems to be counterproductive in allaying anyone's concerns if Disney is taking this long to make decisions.

 

[Spridell]

Not to change the subject but has anyone heard anything else about this travel quarantine? We are from NY and are visiting in August, I'm worried they will make us quarantine for the duration of our stay

I think by July that restriction will be over.

Today florida took down the checkpoint from Florida to Alabama. So they are starting slowly to lift those restrictions.

 

[runjulesrun]

Dear Mod, why man?! You finally got us to shut up on the topic for a couple pages

I almost posted the same thing!

 

[sromanello815]

I think by July that restriction will be over.

Today florida took down the checkpoint from Florida to Alabama. So they are starting slowly to lift those restrictions.

Thank you for the update!

 

[AmberMV]

My TA is reporting the same thing. As of this morning, guests with check-ins from June 5 - June 21 can modify, but only to dates from July 11 - December 31, 2020 and only DVC or Ft. W. No 2021 reservations at this time.

I had a June 10-12 res at Beach Club and when I talked to Disney last weekend they confirmed cancelled, no rescheduling possible. And it was also confirmed that ALL reservations at ALL resorts up to June 21 have been officially cancelled....so I'm not sure how you can modify once it's been cancelled and that they are also not allowing new reservations to be made? I also have a TA for my August trip and she has not heard of this at all

 

[Eric Smith]

It's interesting to me that some posters are saying that there's no way Disney could allow hopping and it would mess with capacity when Universal managed it. And yes, I know people will say Disney is bigger and more complicated - but they also have over a month to figure it out.

There’s no one at Universal right now. Look at the ride wait times. They were a bit busy during the AP previews but today seems to have no crowds at all.

 

[Eric Smith]

Maybe I missed it- but any word on if Disney will provide DS transportation to DVC hotels when they open in June

Yes, they will provide “limited” transportation

 

[rteetz]

Universal opening from the sentinel

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/tra...0200605-wjkqk2fnbng6rlelymavcupldu-story.html

 

[tlmadden73]

I had a June 10-12 res at Beach Club and when I talked to Disney last weekend they confirmed cancelled, no rescheduling possible. And it was also confirmed that ALL reservations at ALL resorts up to June 21 have been officially cancelled....so I'm not sure how you can modify once it's been cancelled and that they are also not allowing new reservations to be made? I also have a TA for my August trip and she has not heard of this at all

*shrug* .. I still have an open (in MDE) June 16-June 20 reservation that hasn't been forcibly cancelled by Disney yet, though I just did get the e-mail about it today saying "Your upcoming travel dates are impacted by these closures".
And it actually said I could call and cancel and reschedule if I want. (I know I can't) .. so it is just a boilerplate e-mail.

But . .my reservation isn't officially cancelled yet (just "invalid") .. so my hope is that when they let bookings start again .. I can just "modify" my reservation .. but not sure how that would really be any different than just making a new one (besides them just keeping my deposit).

 

[EveDallas]

There’s no one at Universal right now. Look at the ride wait times. They were a bit busy during the AP previews but today seems to have no crowds at all.

And your point would be? What does that have to do with them allowing park to park when people are saying it's impossible for Disney?

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1269013409535799296

 

[woody337]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1269013409535799296

Hopefully now we can get some answers for resort stays in July. I'm anxiously awaiting news about my July 18th trip.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I had a June 10-12 res at Beach Club and when I talked to Disney last weekend they confirmed cancelled, no rescheduling possible. And it was also confirmed that ALL reservations at ALL resorts up to June 21 have been officially cancelled....so I'm not sure how you can modify once it's been cancelled and that they are also not allowing new reservations to be made? I also have a TA for my August trip and she has not heard of this at all

When you called no one was eligible to make changes so you were given accurate info then. Today they made the week of June 15 eligible to re-schedule as long as you pay the difference, you can only book DVC or FW at rack rate. Idk if before that week can book as well but if you're cool with rack rate for DVC or FW then I would give them a call sooner rather than later.

There are too many people and TAs reporting this is happening for it not to be working. Disney has a record of your cancelled reservation and if they haven't actually processed the refund they might able to just transfer the deposit to the new reservation if you catch it soon enough. (Disney didn't make an official announcement they would allow this but they did advise TAs they would be ready for their call centers to handle affected guests of that week in June on Friday after they started sending out cancellation notices Thurs evening.)

 

[LSUmiss]

Oh for pete's sake!

I love how it basically says there is no scientific evidence it’ll help, but let’s give it a go .